Hardy Brown College Preps

Parent Newsletter
Week 34-April 4th-April 8th, 2016

Newsletter created by
Ms. Allen

1st Inaugural Rex and Margaret Fortune Parent

Convention

(Above picture) One of our scholars

earned the Knight of the Week
award for PE.

Fortune School of Educations 1st Inaugural Rex and Margaret Fortune Parent
Convention that was held at Hazel Mahone (one of the Fortune Schools) in
Sacramento. HBCP was given the wonderful opportunity to bring 10 of our
parents along with us for this empowering event. It was an event that focused on
the theme of building power. Our parents were informed with information on
how to vote and/or encourage others to vote. They also participated in
workshops in regards to the School Site Council, Civic Engagement and Charter
Nation. Our parents were truly inspired and left the convention with many
inspirational ideas to implement. See a picture below:

Fortune Arts Program!

Fortune School is launching an arts
program at HBCP! The goal for the
program is to enrich our scholars
experiences by providing a jazzthemed music program and a visual
arts program that integrates Math
and English Language Arts. Music will
be offered to grades 5th-8th and Visual
Arts will be offered to grades K-4th.
Come to information night!
Discover Program Highlights
Meet the Music Program
Staff
Meet the Visual Arts
Program Staff
Learn the Program
Expectations
Date: Thursday, April 14th
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Location: Multipurpose Room

Mother and Son Luau Dance

HBCP will be hosting its 2nd Annual
Mother and Son Dance on April 8th.
This event will be held in the MPR
(Multipurpose Room) at HBCP. Make
sure to RSVP. If you are interested in
volunteering for this event, please
see Mrs. Johannsen in the front
office.

Enrollment Campaign-Want to win 4 Season Passes to

Knotts Berry Farm?
The first person to refer five different families to Hardy Brown College Prep
will have an opportunity to win 4 season passes to Knotts Berry Farm.
Season pass includes:
Unlimited visits
Discounts on Knotts Scary Farm
Unlimited access to Knotts Soak City
Rules
1. Contest starts on April 4, 2016 until August 31, 2016
2. This is open to all current families of HBCP
3. Must refer 5 different families. Claiming of the Knotts Season Passes is
upon enrollment of five different families through October 31st.
4. Enrollment for the 5 families must be completed, and referred scholars
must attend HBCP through the end of October 2016 to be eligible for
the free season passes.
5. Should any of the 5 five families referred, dis-enroll prior to October 31st,
you will be disqualified
6. Winner will be announced and notified on Tuesday, November 1, 2016

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Upcoming Fundraisers

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Common Core Parent Nights

In an effort to help inform our families with additional information in regards to

Common Core, as well as provide strategies for you to better help your child at
home, we will host Common Core Parent Nights during the month of April. The
Common Core Parent Nights are important for each grade level. This school
year we adopted a Common Core aligned curriculum. You will learn more about
our curriculum and how to better help your child at home during Common Core
Parent Night. Families with scholars in testing grades, we will provide information
TGI Fridays Fundraiser Event on how to help your child succeed on the state test in May. Flyers will be sent
20% of the sales will go towards home next week. In the meantime, dates and times for each grade level are listed
the 8th grade Washington DC trip.
below. Save the date(s)!
Make sure to bring your flyer.
When: Thursday, April 7th
Monday, April 25th
Tuesday, April 26th
Time: 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Where: 390 E. Hospitality Lane
5th grade: 4:15-5:15
3rd and 4th grade: 4:30-5:30
th
San Bernardino 92408
8 grade: 5:15-6:15
6th and 7th grade: 5:15-6:15

Some of our 8th grade scholars are signed

up to attend the Washington DC trip in
June. We are hosting a couple of
fundraisers to raise the rest of the funds
needed to attend this trip. If you want to
support some of our 8th grade scholars,
below are upcoming fundraisers:

Upcoming Events/Important
Dates: March-May
Fridays Fundraiser-April 7th 5 p.m.-9
p.m.

Wednesday, April 27th

Kinder & 1st grade: 2:15-3:15 p.m.
2nd grade: 3:15-4:15 p.m.

Mother and Son Dance-April 8th

Father and Daughter Dance-April
22nd
Common Core Parent Nights-April
25th-27th
Parenthood Meeting-April 28th
Spirit Tunnel Testing Assembly-May
1st
Teacher Appreciation Week-May
2nd-6th
Smarter Balanced Assessment
Consortium (SBAC) Testing/CST
testing: Grades 3-8; May 9th-June 3rd
(NOTE: 5th and 8th Grade Science CST &
CAPA will be held during these dates as
well).
HBCPs 2nd Annual Talent ShowJune 3rd

SBAC Goody Bags

SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium) state testing is right
around the corner for HBCP! A good breakfast, at least 9 hours of sleep,
great attendance and a little encouragement always makes a difference in our
scholars performance. While this is a time of anticipation and excitement for
our testing grades, we do need to ensure that our scholars feel supported. In
an effort to show our support to our scholars in testing grades (3rd-8th), we
have decided to collect snack donations to be delivered to our testing
scholars on a daily basis during testing. Each scholar will be delivered a snack
goody bag that also includes a note of encouragement.
If you want to help support our scholars and school, we are looking for
donations. You can donate healthy non-perishable snacks or donate at least
$5. If you are interested, please see someone in the front office. All
donations count toward the 40 hours that each family is required to
complete each school year