Our kindergarten scientists took their learning outside to explore how the sun’s energy affects the world around us! 🌞 Students explored the playground by touching different surfaces and observing which ones felt hot and which ones felt less hot. Through hands-on investigation, students practiced observing, comparing, asking questions, and using their senses to explore how sunlight can warm different materials.
This activity connects to our district’s core commitments in so many ways!
🛡️ Safety: Students practiced making safe choices while exploring outdoors and learning to be mindful of hot surfaces.
🌱 Growth: Students developed their curiosity, observation skills, and scientific thinking as they explored and discovered new things.
⭐ Excellence: Students engaged in meaningful, hands-on learning that encouraged them to think critically, compare their observations, and share their ideas.
🎒 Preparation: Students built a foundation for future science learning by exploring energy, making observations, and developing the skills of young scientists.
We love seeing our little learners ask questions, make discoveries, and connect classroom learning to the world around them! 💛☀️
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Yesterday, our HP school family came together to recognize Down Syndrome Awareness Month and celebrate one of our very special kindergarten friends! 💙💛
It was a beautiful reminder that every child is unique, valued, and loved. We are proud to be a school family that celebrates our differences, supports one another, and makes sure everyone knows they BELONG! 🐾❤️
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What a fun night at our Fall Fest! 🎃👻 We are so thankful for all the families who came out to join us. We had such a great time celebrating with our HP community!
A big thank-you to the Benton Junior High and Benton High School students who volunteered their time to help make the event a success. We are also incredibly grateful for our community sponsors who generously donated and for those who showed up and gave their time to support our event. Your generosity means so much to us!
Finally, we couldn’t have pulled it all together without the hard work, organization, and support of our amazing UPTO! Thank you for all you do for our students and school.
It truly takes a village, and we are so thankful to be part of such a wonderful community! 🐾
Tomorrow, Thursday, October 22, we're wearing BLUE for Down Syndrome Awareness! 💙
Let's fill Howard Perrin with blue as we promote kindness and remind everyone that we ALL belong! 🐾
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Good morning, HP families!
Next week is Red Ribbon Spirit Week! We will have fun dress-up days to go along with our theme, “Be a Hero, Stay Drug Free!” We’ll be reminding our students about the importance of making safe and healthy choices so they can be heroes in their own lives!
We are also partnering with Bright Futures for our Hero Food Challenge to give back to our community and help families in need. You’ll find a list of donation items on the attached flyer. Every little bit helps, and we appreciate your support!
Thank you for helping us make a positive impact both at school and in our community!
Please remember to follow school dress code guidelines on dress-up days.
Monday: Wear red
Tuesday: Dress as your future career
Wednesday: Wear PJs
Thursday: Wear crazy hair and/or socks
Friday: Wear a school appropriate costume with a vocabulary word to describe the character/costume.
Happy Fall Break!
A BIG thank you to our wonderful UPTO for providing a delicious dinner for our teachers during Parent-Teacher Conferences tonight! Your thoughtfulness and generosity mean so much to our staff!
We also want to thank all of our parents and families who took the time to meet with teachers tonight and throughout the week. Your partnership, involvement, and support make such a difference in the success of our students!
We are truly blessed at Howard Perrin to have such an amazing school community. When families and teachers work together, our students have every opportunity to learn, grow, and BLOOM! 🌱🌸
Thank you for helping our HP garden GROW!
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Our 2nd graders put their learning into action as they participated in an Olympics featuring lots of different events! As we’ve been studying Ancient Greek Civilization and Greek Myths, students had the opportunity to bring a little history to life through friendly competition.
We loved seeing everyone’s participation, teamwork, and great sportsmanship throughout the games! Way to go, 2nd graders! 🏆🇬🇷
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Your generosity, support, and encouragement mean so much to our HP family! We are blessed to have a community that loves and supports our staff and students. Thank you for helping us feel appreciated! 🐾❤️
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Mrs. Jackson's ELA Classes traveled back to the Middle Ages as they studied the Feudal Society! 🛡️👑
One activity: students focused on serfs and documented important facts about their daily lives, responsibilities, homes, work, and role in feudal society. It was a fun and exciting way to share their thinking and learning!✍️📜
Her classes are building historical knowledge while practicing how to identify important facts, take notes, and document evidence from what they learn! 🔎📖
So proud of our young historians as they learn that history is more than dates—it’s about understanding the people and lives that shaped the past! 🏰✨
Way to Grow Mrs. Jackson's Class!
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Ms. Baldwin’s 3rd graders wrapped up their Classic Tales literacy unit with a special tea party and a viewing of Alice in Wonderland! 🎩🐇☕️
Throughout the unit, students worked hard to strengthen some important reading skills:
📖 Answering questions about a text and finding evidence to support their thinking
📖 Identifying and explaining main story elements
📖 Using context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words
We are so proud of the learning and GROWTH these students showed throughout their first literacy unit! 🌱 What a great way to kick off a year of growing as readers, thinkers, and learners!
Way to go, Ms. Baldwin’s class! ❤️🐾
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Our 2nd graders are working toward their end-of-year oral reading fluency goal of 100 words per minute! Students are building their reading skills by choosing books from our classroom library and getting down to the important work of decoding, fluency, and comprehension.
Each student has a personal book box for their current selections, and they were especially excited to “shop” the new collection of October books! 🎃📖
We’re also making our GROWTH visible! 🌱 Fluency check ins help us monitor progress, and students will track their own reading growth throughout the year using their personal data trackers.
We love seeing our readers take ownership of their learning and celebrate every bit of progress along the way! ❤️📚
Readers are leaders! 🐾
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🎾 Tennis Skills in Action! 🎾
Our students are stepping onto the court this week as they explore the exciting world of tennis using Net Generation tennis equipment!
Through 10 fun, skill-building stations, students are practicing how to strike a ball with control while strengthening hand-eye coordination, tracking, balance, and proper striking techniques.
They’re building on skills they’ve already learned, challenging themselves to GROW, and having lots of fun along the way! 🎾🐾
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🔎 Comprehension Detectives at Work! 🕵️♀️📚
Mrs. Keene’s and Mrs. Fuller’s 3rd Grade Extension Group has been putting their reading skills to the test during WIN time!
Last week, our detectives dug into passages to prove their answers with text evidence. This week, they became Context Clue Code Breakers, using clues from the text to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. 🔐📖 We’ve also been practicing testing strategies that help us slow down, think carefully, and show what we know!
WIN = What I Need 🌱
Each grade level has dedicated WIN time to give students what they need—whether that’s reviewing essential skills and standards or extending their learning with an extra challenge.
No matter what we need, we are ALL learning and GROWING during WIN time! 🌱🐾
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While it might look like just a game, Mahjong is packed with serious academics. Students are putting their critical thinking to the test as they analyze patterns on their scoring cards, calculate mathematical probabilities, and map out long-term strategies with every tile they draw.
This hands-on activity directly reflects our core commitments:
🌱 Growth & Excellence: Students are tackling a complex new challenge, sharpening their logic, and pushing their analytical thinking to the next level.
🎯 Preparation & Safety: Working together at the table builds essential collaboration, decision-making, and communication skills in a supportive, fun environment where everyone feels safe to take intellectual risks.
So proud of the focus, strategy, and teamwork on display today.
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Mrs. Whitley’s kindergarteners put their subitizing skills to work! Students practiced quickly recognizing how many objects were in a group without counting each one and then compared their set with a classmate’s.
They took their math thinking one step further by using words like equal, same, more, less, greater, and fewer in complete sentences to explain their comparisons! 🌟
Building number sense + using strong math vocabulary = GROWING mathematicians! 🌱➕🐾
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Our 4th-grade students are the Perrin Penny Bankers, and they are working hard to count pennies with our classes and help students cash them in for fun rewards.
The best part? Every grown up in our building has pennies, and they are on the lookout for students making positive choices!
Today, our bankers stopped by Kindergarten to count and celebrate their hard-earned pennies!
We love watching our students learn that positive choices add up!
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🎯 First official round of centers in Mrs. Blaylock's 1st grade class!
Students practiced math and literacy skills through games, word puzzles, Write the Room, and IXL—all while building independence, confidence, and teamwork!
Centers are a great way to put our district values into action: working safely and respectfully, growing through practice and problem-solving, striving for excellence, and building skills that prepare students for what comes next! 🐾📚➕
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