February 17th - February 21st

February 13, 2025

February 17th - February 21st

SPAL Basketball Tournament Recap: A Year to Remember!

What an incredible year for SPAL basketball, with our teams winning over 70% of their games! A huge shoutout to all of our coaches for their outstanding work this season!

SPAL Champions

5th Grade Boys: The 5th-grade boys made history, winning their very first SPAL Championship! John Perkins was on fire, hitting 3 three-pointers and leading his team in scoring. What a game!
6th Grade Boys (Developmental): The 6th-grade Development team was unstoppable this season, finishing undefeated! Rex Zeigler dished out an impressive 16 assists, while Rives Jue scored 22 points to lead the charge.
6th Grade Boys & Girls: Both teams had an amazing year and took home 2nd place trophies! They were upset in the finals after a sensational season.
8th Grade Boys: The 8th-grade boys faced off against a strong SCPS team and won by 1 point in a thrilling back-and-forth game! They advanced to the Championship against SJS, where they fought hard but came up just short.

Tournament Highlights:

Out of 8 basketball teams, 5 made it to the championship game!
2 of our teams came out as champions!

Uniform Return

Please return your basketball uniform to your coach or drop it off with me in a zip-lock bag clearly marked with your full name and team. There is a $150 fee to replace uniforms due to higher production costs for smaller batches.

Spring Sports Update

Coaches for spring sports will be in touch with all the kids who signed up. Make sure your physical is up-to-date by checking with the school nurse.

Coaching Opportunities

Parents who are interested in coaching are encouraged to serve as assistant coaches or participate in HDS summer camps (like basketball or volleyball). This helps maintain continuity in our programs while giving other parents the chance to get involved (as per the handbook).

Thank you for an amazing season!

- Coach B

February has already been a busy month in the library! On February 5th, we celebrated World Read Aloud Day. This fun day brought readers, writers, and listeners together to honor the joy of storytelling. Students enjoyed listening to some of their favorite books read aloud to them live by the authors, as well as participating in draw-alongs with the authors and illustrators.

In addition to World Read Aloud Day, we also celebrated the 100th Day of School and Valentine's Day this week. We read books about love, friendship, community and commitment. Students made special handmade valentines and wrote sweet poems for our community housebound seniors.

Click here for Birthday Book Program!

Kindergarten and 1st Grade have been exploring the world of abstract and all the cool things that paint and a brush can do in tandem. IIt all started with a piece of string (a path) that traversed a square piece of cardboard by looping and curling about. They then painted around it by experimenting with blending colors, blocking anomalous shapes of color around each other and utilizing different types of patterns and textures. The results are really great and you can sense the fun that was had creating them.