Science Lab Fridays! During all investigations, our scientists employ their basic skills including using equipment safely and reading it accurately. Today, grade 3️⃣: measured solids finding and describing mass vs. weight.
Grade 5️⃣ measured volumes of a liquid, keeping account of the meniscus. 🧪








💻Holiday IXL Hustle competition for our students. Bring as many ELA, Math, and/or Science skills to proficiency (SmartScore of 80+) on IXL from December 20th - January 5th. Top three students from each grade level will get to have a special lunch with the Prinicpals on January 8th! 🎉


🎶🎁MCSD WRAPPED🎁🎶
Ready to discover more top tunes our school leaders are vibing to? Check out the latest drop of MCSD Wrapped 2024!
🎧 Scroll through their favorite tracks and stream along with us: https://bit.ly/MCSDWrapped2024
#ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud #IgniteTogetherMCSD🔥




STEM FAIR UPDATE: Projects are due on January 17, 2025. Holiday break is a great time finish up any elements. Completed projects can be turned into classroom teacher. Contact Ms. DeVoe with any questions: devoes@martinschools.org

⭐️CELEBRATING OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEES⭐️
This evening, the Martin County School District proudly celebrated 27 exceptional individuals whose dedication and contributions make a lasting impact on our schools and community!
A special congratulations to Mr. Joshua Oviedo, an ELL (English Language Learner) paraprofessional at Dr. David L. Anderson Middle School and proud MCSD alum, who was named the District’s overall 2024-2025 School-Related Employee of the Year!
Click the link below to view our list of fantastic site-level award winners Mr. Oviedo: https://bit.ly/3BJYu0K
We couldn't ignite success for our students without these incredible employees! More photos and a video to come soon!
#ALLINMartin👊 #IgniteTogetherMCSD🔥


🎉 Congratulations to Connie Waterman, HSE's 2024-25 School Related Employee of the Year! Mrs. Waterman's official title is Paraprofessional, however she helps everyone, all over campus, everyday. 💙🤍



🎉HSE Kindergartners are readers! Our students are working hard learning to encode and decode cvc words and are decoding Benchmark stories. 📚



Thank you Hobe Sound and Stuart communities for having dinner at the Stuart Chick Fil A this past Tuesday! Your purchases allowed a generous donation to be given to the school to support celebrating our teachers, staff, and students. 💙🤍

Grade 4️⃣ students have studied Jim Dine's Still Life body of work during class with Mrs. Stuart recently. Here are our artist's work showcasing everyday art studio objects. 🎨🖌️HSE: Academy of Arts & Global Studies










Hobe Sound Elemenatary - Parent and Community Input request. We are in a rebranding year and we are growing into serving our community through becoming Hobe Sound Elementary, the ACADEMY OF ARTS & GLOBAL STUDIES. We have narrowed down our new logo to the following choices and we would love your input. Please visit our school's official Facebook page and LIKE/LOVE the image set you like best. Our school team and students will also be providing input. We look forward to the big reveal later this school year.



❄️ 🎶 Hobe Sound Elementary Holiday Concert 2024.
Our recorder ensemble, choral ensemble, and steel drum ensemble performed on Thursday night to a packed house! We are so proud to begin our journey as HSE: Academy of the Arts and Global Studies. Thank you musicians for your beautiful talents and bringing the holiday spirit to us all. (FB comments have video segments)




Hobe Sound Clinic Newsletter December 2024
We are grateful to have Mrs. Eddy in our clinic and on our team.

Grade 1️⃣ Math is focusing on recognizing patterns with skip counting this week. Small group work and anchor charts were happening today in class. If you have a first grader at home, practicing these skills in the car or on walks can be fun.



HSE Spirit Night @ Chick Fil A in Stuart! Please support HSE as proceeds will benefit our teachers and staff and their work in the classrooms. Mrs. Elliott will be there at 5:30 if you want to have dinner with the principal.

📢 Calling all students who wish to make an impact at HSE. Applications to join Principal's Student Advisory Council are available and due, with teacher recommendation, by 12/19. Review school data, provide input for HSE leadership and student events. Student Advisory Council application: https://5il.co/32owe

🙇🏼♀️Building Thinking Classrooms professional learning occurred this past Saturday at our MCSD offices. HSE had 4 teachers in attendance working hard to bring back engaging structures for their students and their math classrooms. Thank you Mrs. Brandt, Ms. Jones, Mrs. Sanchez, and Ms. Thompson for your commitment to learning! 💙🦅





🎨🖌️ Grade 2️⃣ artists studied Paul Cezanne's still life body of work. They completed their own observational art recently and it is displayed in our hallways. Hobe Sound Elemenatry is a school of the arts 🎭 as well as a school committed to rigorous academics for all.







🤶🏼🎅🏽🎄Hobe Sound Holiday Parade!
Our Eagles had a blast celebrating Mrs. Stuart, HSE Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Waterman, HSE Employee of the Year, and 10 HSE Eagles from grades K-5 who earned spots on the float by using their Eagle bucks earned through meeting our N.E.S.T. expectations. HSE 💙s our community.









💙💛🦁 Thank you to the HSE students and families who attended the first MMS pathways information night.
We look forward to attending the next one in the spring. 🦅➡️🦁










🧐 This week, Grade 4️⃣ students at HSE have been engaged in Active Listening techniques, accountable talk, and collaborative work structures to deepen their understanding in ELA. (Socratic seminar and partner sharing) Learning target 🎯 : Drawing inferences about characters and how the characters contribute to the plot.



