Herndon Magnet

Middle school Almost Anything Goes Day tshirts are on sale now! The deadline is next Wednesday, April 3rd! https://www.locallevelevents.com/events/details/33200

Thank you to everyone who came out to Herndon Night at Johnny's Pizza on Monday! Another thanks to our PTSA for the fun door prizes! 🍕💙💛🖤

Plans are being made for parents and guardians to watch the solar eclipse at Herndon with your child on April 8, 2024. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cddHgfR80F0MNJ4tiSXoLDI4yHm8Evdx4diOF5fN2mY/edit?usp=sharing

🎉🎉 Congratulations to the following students! Visual Best of First Grade ($100 prize) 1st grader Carter Ashby "Griffin at the Castle" Visual Jurors' Choice 1st grader Kaylix Harris "Portrait of King Foxworthy" Visual Jurors' Choice 4th grader Joanna Leskova "A Perfect Day" Visual Jurors' Choice 4th grader Mackenzie Lioi "Bessie Coleman" Visual Jurors' Choice 6th grader Reid Rumbaugh "Combine" Image of Artbreak Award ($100 prize) 2nd grader Josiah Batterton "Ladybugs" Image of Artbreak Award ($100 prize) 6th grader Addie Pharr "My Place in the World is Theatre" Best of Middle School Award ($100 prize) 7th grader Cort Pennington "Day Work with Dad" Prose: Descriptive Award ($50 prize) 3rd grader Ava Cox "My Day as a Third Grade Social Studies Teacher" Literary Jurors' Choice Award Kindergartener Josie Oliver "The New Fish" Literary Jurors' Choice Award 6th grader Elise Barnette "My World" Literary Jurors' Choice Award 7th grader Anniston Tipton "Growing Up" Literary Jurors' Choice Award 8th grader Mia Anderson "The Sailor"

Thursday, March 28, is a street clothes day for students. Please see the guidelines on page 6 of the student agenda or on the website under documents and with the title “DRESS CODE FOR STREET CLOTHES DAY.” All clothing that is designed to go under clothes must be worn that way. Leggings cannot be worn by themselves, whether they are athletic or not. All leggings must be covered with appropriate clothing that is no more than four inches above the knees. This is for all grades.

Get ready for our Spring Book Fair on March 28th & April 2-5

Thank you Brandon Garner with Caddo Parish Fire for coming to our middle school PE classes and training students on hands-only CPR. Students also learned how to use an AED, the location of our AED on campus, as well as the difference between heart attack and cardiac arrest.

Student Council Week is next week March 4-8! All K-8 students may dress up each day! Middle School students, if you had a great time at homecoming, you are going to love this year's Sadie Hawkins Dance. $10 ticket gets you entry, 2 slices of pizza, and a drink. Photo opportunities are available. Students must be picked up by 4:45 pm. Parents may not attend the dance. No Cash Sales. Tickets available here: https://www.locallevelevents.com/events/details/32679

We will celebrate Read Across America Week next week. Each day has a theme related to a Dr. Seuss book. The Mud Bugs will be here Wednesday the 28th at 10:00 to read to the A-Wing students in the auditorium. 📚♥

Virtual Day assignment information: Students were given a paper copy of their Tic Tac Toe boards. Digital copies are available on our website and linked below.​ 💙K-2 Virtual Day: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ma0XEmFu8_VUdGiJlzb-qnKzZcuKXD15/view?usp=drive_link 💛3-5 Virtual Day: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11aJ8NsIYuBZvNHtXuzCvzgFNXBKD0jip/view?usp=drive_link 🖤6-8 Virtual Day: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RvhqRm8Q0HgTx1zd9sJI2KqZO1EVWzGB/view?usp=drive_link Share your pics below! Have a safe Winter Break/Presidents Day. See you Tuesday, February 20th.

🟣🟢🟡 Who knew a three-day week could be jam-packed with so many activities!? Students enjoyed our annual Mardi Gras parade hosted by the 8th-grade class. Beauty queens, 8th-grade Krewes, Court, Royalty, and some former Herndon teachers threw lots of loot as we wrap up this Mardi Gras season. 📿🎭⚜ 💙💛🖤 The winner of the cheerleader's coin drive was Mr. O'Neal! He was slimed not once, but three times! Thanks for being such a good sport, Mr. O'Neal; and thank you to everyone who donated to help our cheerleaders go to Disney this spring! Too many pictures to share so here's the link to them all! 🔗 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/154hwhapZcV8U0fp-qIAES5syuHgZDdM7?usp=sharing ‼ As a reminder, tomorrow is a Virtual Day for students. They were given an assignment today and the digital copy with instructions will also be posted tomorrow morning on our website and Facebook.

Congratulations 🎉 to our students that scored Mastery or Advanced on at least one LEAP subtest in 2023! The number of students that scored mastery or advanced on each test was: 323 on ELA 294 on Math 202 on Social Studies 218 on Science 💙💛🖤 46 students scored Advanced or Mastery on all 4 subtests and 6 students scored ADVANCED on all 4 tests. ‼‼ Hayes Corbell (not pictured) Piper Odom Sophia Nguyen Cale Penn Liam Williams Landry Pharr 💙💛🖤 We are so proud of our students and teachers!

Street clothes tomorrow! Schools will be closed on Friday the 16th and Monday the 19th. See you Tuesday, February 20th! 💙💛🖤

8th grade and Business ads are on sale now through Tuesday, February 20th. 💙💛🖤 🔗 locallevelevents.com/events/details/28327 Please email all artwork, photos, and text to JessStaffAds@gmail.com by February 20th. We can not accept ads after 2/20.

🍀 4H 🍀 these 3 students from Herndon participated in the 4H Pen of 3 Show & Sale Wednesday, January 24th 🍀

Congratulations to our 2023-24 Lady Hawks Soccer team! ⚽💙💛🖤

Join us after Thanksgiving Break for a FUN, FREE, FAMILY event to kick off the Holiday season. 🎄🎅 All K-8 students and their families are invited! 🍿🎥

As you pack away your Fall decor, please consider donating your gently used Halloween costumes! Accepting donations now through December 15th.

📣 Congratulations to our students, faculty, and staff for our excellent school performance score of 100, maintaining our A+ status! 🏆 We are so proud to be named the #6 school in Caddo Parish and in the top 10 in all of Caddo and Bossier parish schools! We were also named a Top Gains Honoree, an Opportunity Honoree, and had a 6.5 point increase in SPS making us a Caddo Gains Honoree as well! Why should you choose Herndon Magnet? Because our faculty, staff, and administration strive to give our students the best education possible, making them well-equipped for their future success! We are so proud of our Hawk family! 💙💛🖤 What do these accolades mean? 💙 Louisiana Dept. of Education Top Gains: Excellence in student progress from one year to the next. 💛 Caddo Parish Top Gains: Increasing overall school performance score from one year to the next. 🖤 Opportunity Honoree: Given to schools (only 7 this year!) in the highest tier of progress for special education, English language learners, and high-poverty students.

Reminders for this week 🦃