Our amazing school nurse, Nurse Kim, has shared a new update for families! 💙
We appreciate the partnership that supports our HSE Eagles being healthy, happy, and ready to learn! 🦅💙🎃
Elementary families–save the date! Conference Night at our elementary schools is next Wednesday, November 5. This is a great opportunity to meet with your student's teacher and discuss their progress for the year.
Please watch for specific details coming from your child's school.
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Families are invited to join the Martin County School District at this year’s Transition Fair!
This event is designed for families of students with varying exceptionalities in grades K–12 who have an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or Section 504 Plan. Explore additional resources from community agencies that offer extra support to help students thrive in school and prepare for life, education, and employment beyond graduation.
📅 November 3
🕟 4:30–6:30 p.m.
📍 MCSD School Board Rooms 2 & 3
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Welcome to another edition of "Elevate Eagles with Evening Reading" I pulled the below from a great website worldreader.org. The below was posted online January 17, 2025.
Why Being a Reading Role Model Matters
Children are natural imitators. When they see you engaging with books, they’re more likely to want to do the same. Here’s how your actions make an impact:
Creates Positive Associations: When your child sees you reading for enjoyment, they’ll associate books with fun and relaxation.
Sets Expectations: Your behavior communicates that reading is a normal and important activity—something worth prioritizing.
Builds Confidence: By modeling reading, you show your child that it’s okay to explore new stories, make mistakes, and learn at their own pace.
The next post will give you simple ways to be a reading role model. Stay tuned! That and much more to come!
If you are one of the very many adults who struggle with reading or learning English, the public library is a great place to get help. https://www.martin.fl.us/adult-literacy-services
Families: We have an early release day this Friday, October 31! Students will be dismissed two hours earlier than normal.
View our complete school calendar: https://www.martinschools.org/page/calendars
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❤️ RED RIBBON WEEK at HSE! ❤️
Next week, we’re celebrating healthy choices and positive lifestyles during Red Ribbon Week! Each day, our Eagles will dress up to show that we have the power to make healthy choices and stay drug free! 💪✨
Here’s our dress-up lineup for the week:
🏈 Monday: Team Up Against Drugs! – Wear your favorite sports jersey or team gear!
🧦 Tuesday: Sock It to Drugs! – Show off your silliest, wackiest socks!
💗 Wednesday: Be Bright, Be Bold, Wear Pink, and Stay Drug Free! – Go all out in PINK!
🔴 Thursday: Wear Red to Show You Care! – Let’s fill HSE with red from head to toe!
🎭 Friday: Drugs Are Out of Character! – It’s early release day, and students may wear their costumes to show their spirit!
Let’s soar high this week, HSE Eagles, and show that we’re proud to make healthy choices! 🦅❤️
This past weekend, Hobe Sound Elementary School students joined School Board Member Jennifer Russell, Principal Trisha Elliott, and community members to mark the 100th anniversary of the historic Apollo School site by sealing a time capsule.
What's inside the capsule? Letters and items from 4th-grade HSE students, detailing what learning looks like now in 2025, like current technology, stuffed animal keychains, and even ramen noodles!
Fifty years from now, future generations will open these memories and see how education has evolved—reminding us that excellence never goes out of style in our A-rated, unstoppable District.
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📢 Students who read, succeed. 🚀🌟
Parents, we value your time and know the challenges of raising children in this day and age. There are a lot of activities, duties and distractions competing for your time and your child's time. In an effort to help support your child showing growth in both the love of reading and their reading skills, HSE will be posting a series of statistics, suggestions and thoughts on the power of reading, the impact of independently sustained reading and how you can help your child at home. 📈
You likely know how important independant reading is to your child, but did you know that a student who reads 20 minutes per day will be exposed to 1.8 million words per year and will likely score in the 90th percentile on standardized tests. A student who reads 5 minutes meets 282,000 words per year and scores int eh 50th percentile and one minute a year only exposes 8000 words and are proven to test in the 10th percentile?" That is a powerful statistic!(according to Naggy, Anderson and Herman)
We thank you for your partnership in this journey which is focusing on this most important job of raising a successful child and student.
First-quarter report cards have been posted! Student grades can be accessed by logging into the FOCUS Parent Portal and clicking the "Reports" tab and then "Grade Report" for elementary, or "Report Card" for secondary.
View your child's grades and attendance info: https://martin.focusschoolsoftware.com/focus/
Need to set up your FOCUS account? Follow these instructions to claim your account: https://martin.focusschoolsoftware.com/focus/auth/
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Photo day is coming. Wear your best outfit for school pictures on Thursday, October 23! See flyer for details.
It's Character Counts! Week, and in the Martin County School District, we are proud to recognize the importance of good character in shaping future leaders and building strong, respectful communities.
Grounded in the six pillars of Character—trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship—our students are learning that excellence isn’t just about achievement, but about integrity and heart. 💙
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Our students were invited to contribute to a Time Capsule in honor of The Apollo School’s 100th Anniversary! 🎉 They reflected on what life and learning is like in 2025, imagining what students in 2075 might think when it’s opened 50 years from now! 📚💫
This Grand Centennial Celebration takes place Sunday, October 19th at 4 PM 🕓 at 9141 SE Apollo Street. Families are welcome to join our community partners and honor this local historical school! 🎈🎶🎂
💙💛🧡💗 Anti-Bullying Week starts Monday, October 20th! 💗🧡💛💙
While every day is Anti-Bullying Day at HSE, next week we’ll shine an extra spotlight on it! 💪 Our Eagles will be showing off their Character Counts traits through colorful spirit days that help promote kindness, respect, and inclusion. 🦅✨
👕 Here’s the plan:
💛 Monday: Wear YELLOW for Respect
💙 Tuesday: Wear BLUE for Trustworthiness
🧡 Wednesday: Wear ORANGE for Fairness
📸 Thursday: Photo Day! Dress as you’d like for your picture, following Martin County dress code.
💗 Friday: Wear PINK for Caring
Let’s stand together against bullying and show that Eagles lift each other up! 💪
Wednesday’s highlight? 😎🧳 Dress as a Tacky Tourist Day! One lucky traveler even won a pepperoni pizza blanket 🍕🧺 for showing the most spirit!
We loved seeing all the enthusiasm, creativity, and school pride! 💙
UPDATE: The event at Indiantown Middle School has been canceled. Thank you for your understanding.
📲 DIGITAL DEFENSE 📲
Missed the first Digital Defense event? Don’t worry—there’s another opportunity to join the conversation!
The Martin County School District's Student Services Department and Visionary School of Arts are teaming up to help families navigate the digital world.
ℹ️ Behind the Screen: What Every Parent Needs to Know
📆 All Grade Levels: Oct. 23 | 6–7:30 p.m. | Indiantown Middle School
These free workshops are designed to give MCSD families tools and insights to help keep children safe and supported online. In this digital world, safety online is so important.
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National School Lunch Week sponsored a "Tacky Tourist Day" on Wednesday. There were many "tacky tourists" at HSE! These two were caught in the cafeteria.
Join us for a delicious way to support Hobe Sound Elementary!
📅 Date: Thursday 10/16
🕓 Time: 2 - 8 PM
📍 Location: Chick-fil-A Stuart Location
When you order using the ap, be sure to say the code word “EAGLES” 🦅 or say HSE at checkout , and a percentage of your purchase will be donated back to HSE!
Your order helps us celebrate our amazing students and staff all year long! 💙
We can’t wait to see our HSE family there — let’s show our Eagle pride and make this night a huge success!
In Ms. Hasting’s lab, students became potion makers as they explored “mystery solutions” and “mystery powders” to create exciting chemical reactions! 💥 Through this fun experiment, they learned how to explain the difference between an experiment and other types of scientific investigations (Science Standard 1.2). 🔬👩🔬
