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Becoming a PTA member does not automatically subscribe your e-mail address to receive our PTA website e-mails.
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New Social Media
We want to capture as much as our Husky community as possible, so in addition to our Twitter account, we now have a Facebook and Instagram. Please follow us to be updated on what’s going on with the PTA:
PTA Executive Board nominations are open! Get involved with your PTA!
The nomination committee is currently seeking parent volunteers who can serve on the Hedenkamp Elementary PTA Executive Board for the 2023-2024 school year.
Would you like to volunteer in the spirit of support for students, teachers, and the Hedenkamp community? Do you know someone who would like to join our team of Hedenkamp PTA volunteers?
All day Wednesday, January 18, show the flyer above (or mention Hedenkamp Elementary) at California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) Otay Ranch Towne Centre location to help support Hedenkamp PTA.
20% of proceeds will be donated (not valid on orders placed or fulfilled through third-party delivery).
If you aren’t familiar with CPK, they don’t just serve pizza, they also have salads, soups, pastas, sandwiches, etc.
The Loko Bean Cafe coffee cart will be returning to Hedenkamp Thursday mornings (but excluding this coming Thursday, January 19) from 6:30-9:00 am at the bus loop. The coffee cart includes espressos, lattes, mochas, and more.
% of proceeds goes to Hedenkamp PTA.
If you are interested in ordering for a Hedenkamp teacher or staff member, but maybe don’t have the time, you can text 858-997-6542 with the name of who you’d like to order for, and the order, and PTA will order and deliver on your behalf, followed by Venmo payment request.
Yearbook
The 2022-2023 Hedenkamp yearbook includes all grades and features photos of students, teachers, staff, school clubs and events. It is a great way for your Husky to remember their time at Hedenkamp! Preorder your yearbook for $35. You can have their name printed on the cover for an additional $5. Sorry, early bird pricing ended on December 31, 2022.
Preorder your yearbook at the Hedenkamp PTA Web Store. Deadline to purchase a yearbook is April 2, 2023.
Yearbooks will be distributed by the last day of school, pending the printer.
Yearbook Love Lines
Yearbook love lines (aka boosters) are short personalized messages to family, friends, staff and students that are placed at the end of the yearbook. They are a great way to send a special message to your child recognizing all the hard work they have put into the school year. Love lines can be written to Huskies in all grades (students and staff) and there is no limit to how many you can order.
A love line costs $5 and may contain up to 100 characters (including spaces and punctuation). Purchase online at the Hedenkamp PTA Web Store. Deadline to purchase love lines is March 1, 2023.
Please note that all messages will be reviewed before they are placed in the yearbook. E-mail yearbook@huskiespta.com with any questions you may have.
Yearbook Photos
Get your pictures in the yearbook! All grades are included in the yearbook so we need your help. If you have great photos of school events, email them to us! We can’t be everywhere to take pictures so help us get as many photos as possible to create a terrific yearbook to remember this school year!
Share photos/albums from Google Photos, Dropbox, Amazon Photos, etc.
Please submit photos that are:
school-related
digital, no hard copies will be accepted
high resolution (300 dpi jpg)
original files – no screenshots
full color
unaltered – do not crop, use photo filters, add text or create collages
not watermarked
recognizable – faces should be visible or partially visible
in focus – not blurry
Be sure to include your child’s name, grade, teacher and event info in your email. This ensures that photos are placed on the correct pages.
If possible, rename your files:
1 Child in photo: “X Grade_TeacherLast_ChildFirst ChildLast” e.g. “6th Grade_Mikulanis_Jane Smith”
Kids from the same class: “X Grade_TeacherLast kids” e.g. “4th Grade_Rose kids”
Kids from the same grade: “X Grade kids” e.g. “2nd Grade kids”
For all other variations include event name or a description
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL PHOTO SUBMISSIONS WILL BE REVIEWED AND ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE YEARBOOK. EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO ENSURE ACCURACY AND CLARITY. IN THE EVENT OF AN ERROR OR OMISSION, PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES AS THE YEARBOOK CANNOT BE REPRINTED. LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BECAUSE LAYOUTS MUST BE FINALIZED AND SUBMITTED BY THE PRINTER DEADLINE. THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING!
6th Grade Photos
Hey 6th grade parents!
The 2022-2023 yearbook will have pages that feature baby photos of our 6th graders! Share a photo of your cutie pie with us and have it in the yearbook for a lifetime!
Please choose ONE baby photo (we know it will be tough to choose!), rename it “First Last” and email it to yearbook@huskiespta.com by March 1, 2023. The photo file name will be the name listed to identify the baby on the page, be sure to check for typos. Images not renamed with the student’s name will not be used. Please include the name of your teacher in your email.
Please submit a baby photo that is:
an individual shot – no other people in the photo
forward facing (at least from the chest and up) and shows the baby’s face clearly
digital, no hard copies will be accepted
high resolution (300 dpi jpg)
original files – no screenshots
full color
unaltered – do not crop, use photo filters, add text or create collages
not watermarked
in focus – not blurry
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL PHOTO SUBMISSIONS WILL BE REVIEWED AND ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE YEARBOOK. EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO INCLUDE ALL BABY PHOTOS. IN THE EVENT OF AN ERROR OR OMISSION, PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES AS THE YEARBOOK CANNOT BE REPRINTED. LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BECAUSE LAYOUTS MUST BE FINALIZED AND SUBMITTED BY THE PRINTER DEADLINE. THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING!
6th grade parents if you can share this with your 6th graders:
The yearbook wants a photo of your favorite memory from being at Hedenkamp! Was it running alongside your friends at the Apex Fun Run, marching in the Kindergarten Community Workers Parade, a field trip to Old Town, playing with your friends on the blacktop or meeting your teacher for the first time?
Whatever it is, have your parents find a photo of it and email it to yearbook@huskiespta.com by March 1, 2023. Please include the 6th grader’s name and the name of the teacher in your email.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL PHOTO SUBMISSIONS WILL BE REVIEWED AND ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE YEARBOOK. EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO ENSURE ACCURACY AND CLARITY. IN THE EVENT OF AN ERROR OR OMISSION, PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES AS THE YEARBOOK CANNOT BE REPRINTED. LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BECAUSE LAYOUTS MUST BE FINALIZED AND SUBMITTED BY THE PRINTER DEADLINE. THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING!
National PTA Healthy Lifestyles
Making small changes as a family today can make a big difference for everyone’s mental health and well-being tomorrow. It can be hard to know where to start, but National PTA’s Healthy Minds Family Action Plan can help you commit to actions that will support your family’s well-being:
National PTA Standards Webinar Series
National PTA’s Center for Family Engagement is partnering with the Institute for Educational Leadership for a five-part webinar series to help district, school and parent/community leaders explore our six National Standards for Family-School Partnerships through panel discussions with leading practitioners, researchers and policymakers who are improving family-school partnerships so that all children can reach their full potential.
Hedenkamp has earned a “Silly Sock Day” for Monday, September 19, for reaching 100 PTA members! Please spread the word to become a member by visiting huskiespta.com/membership. We will also have a PTA table in front of the school on Tuesday, September 20, from 1:30-2:30 pm, with free popcorn for PTA members. Non-members can sign-up at the table with $10 in cash (or sign-up online via smartphone).
Huskies posing with PTA Goal Meter
Help us reach our end goal of 400 PTA members! Every time we reach a goal, the school gets a prize:
150 members: Principal sings a song!
200 members: Pajama Day!
250 members: Free homework pass!
300 members: Popsicles!
350 members: Pie in Principal’s face!
400 members: Extra recess!
Husky Wear Sale
Husky Wear Sale flyer
We will have 240+ shirts available for sale in 3 different designs/colors per the flyer above. Additionally, we’ll have samples of items available for pre-sale (pay now and shipment will arrive later). Pre-sale items are pullover hoodies, full zip hoodies, soft shirts, and v-neck shirts. We’ll have a table for pre-sales (example of order form, pricing varies depending on size) and a table for regular sales.
Scholastic Fall Book Fair Volunteers
Volunteers needed for Scholastic Book Fair
We will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair next week, from Monday, September 19 to Friday, September 23.
The Scholastic Book Fair empowers our students to choose books they love, and with so many options, they’re sure to find themselves in the pages. We hope that you can offer your time and talents to help students become Bolder, Prouder, and Stronger Readers – which in turn makes them bolder, prouder, and stronger individuals. And since every purchase benefits our school, helping is twice as rewarding.
Cleared Volunteers can sign-up for as many time-slots as available.
Non-Cleared Volunteers can volunteer a maximum of 2 days. This only applies if the slots are during school hours. Before and after school slots have not limits.
Sweetwater Union High School District (SUHSD) students can volunteer to help with the book fair. They have to follow the same volunteer guidelines as adult volunteers. Student volunteers can help with the trinket table, manning the traffic at the door, and helping students. Students can not sign up for the cash register slots.
As a token of our appreciation, volunteers can select 1 book ($15 max) of their choice. 1 book max per book fair. Only volunteers signed-up will receive a book.
Yearbook Sales
Yearbook Sales Flyer
Early bird pricing of $30 for the 2022-2023 Hedenkamp Elementary Yearbook is available now until December 31st! You also have the option to personalize the front of the yearbook with a name for an additional $5. Order a yearbook now at huskiespta.com/yearbook.
Husky Howl Committee Meetings
Husky Howl Committee meetings
If you are interested in helping to plan the Husky Howl, attend the Husky Howl Committee meetings to be held on Fridays at 2:00 pm in the MPR or the Library on the following dates:
September 16
September 23
October 14
October 21
Final meeting to be held on Wednesday, October 26, at 3:30 pm
The Husky Howl will be held on Friday, October 28.
PTA Executive Board
2022-2023 Executive Board
There’s a lovely red paw print as a placeholder for our VP Fundraising position, when it could be replaced with your lovely face instead! Most of our fundraisers are already established as well. If you are interested, please e-mail parliamentarian@huskiespta.com.
Apex Fun Run Fact Sheet
Apex Fun Run 2022 Fact Sheet for Hedenkamp Elementary
Thank you to everyone that supported the Apex Fun Run whether with encouragement, volunteerism, and/or pledges. Check out the Fact Sheet above for a summary on how our Huskies did. Also, as a reminder, please share any photos you might have with yearbook@huskiespta.com to possibly be used for the yearbook.
Robeks Fundraiser
Robeks fundraiser flyer
Robeks will come again this Monday, September 19 (which isn’t part of the “every other week” pattern) to sell strawberry and mango flavored smoothies, in front of the school, but this time at 1:55 pm (minimum day dismissal time for 1st-6th grade, due to Parent/Teacher Conferences). Please note that quantities are limited.
Our National PTA hosts a Teacher Talk Miniseries “Notes from the Backpack” podcast. Episode 61 is on Supporting Children through School Transitions, featuring guest Deborah Farmer Kris. Whether your child is struggling to get out the door in the morning, experiencing anxiety in the classroom or melting down when they get home, Deborah has advice to ease your back-to-school transition.
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