Hope Highlands School Blog

ZEBRA READS BOOK!!!!!!

2011-12-09T12:55:00.000-08:00

At h.h. zebras are learning to read books. This little zebra's name is billy-bob. He was reading a book. He took the elevator up to the library because he wanted to get to the books faster then lightning. WE LOVE ZEBRAS!!!!!! <3

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

2011-12-09T12:46:00.000-08:00

It is getting close to the holidays, so Hope Highlands decided to show some spirit! The school set up a whole store so the students could collect some gifts for their family. However, that is not all Hope Highlands did. They also set up The Giving Tree. This allowed the students to buy gifts for other children. Now everyone can have great gifts! Hope you have a happy holiday!

THE BIG GAME

2011-12-09T12:44:00.000-08:00

THE BIG GAME

WAHOOO! The Hope Highlands Huskies won the big game. It was the battle of the two Elementary schools Orchard Farms V.S Hope Highlands. It was an intense battle. It was Orchard than hope then we scored the winning basket we WON!

Mysterious Auditorium Letters

2011-12-09T12:42:00.000-08:00

Okay, I was walking into the Auditorium today and I noticed the letters were made out of stone. If You don't believe me here are some pictures to prove it.....

2011-10-21T12:31:00.000-07:00

Mr. Cowart is the bomb.com!!! you rock by Kendall!!!

2011-10-21T12:29:00.000-07:00

Mr. Cowart you are the bomb .com you rock.

- COSETTTE

Mrs. Montanoro is the bomb-diggity.com

2011-10-21T12:19:00.000-07:00

Heyyyyyy!!! It's Kendall and Erin and we're just here to say that Mrs. Montanaro is the bomb diggity.com. Definition- Mrs. Mantanoro is AMAZINGLY AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:) P.S.: I THINK LAFFY TAFFY IS THE BEST AND SOPHIA PLEASE DON'T KILL HEATHER WE NEED HER FOR SELECT SOCCER

2011-10-21T12:17:00.001-07:00

Mrs.Montanaro is the bomb diggity.com!!!! BOOM!!! yeahhh buddy!!!!!!!She gives us candy and M&Ms.....we are hyper!!!!!!

-Madi :)

teacher

2011-10-21T12:17:00.000-07:00

Mrs. Montanaro is the bomb digity.com

-CAROLINE & COSETTE

Laffy Taffy

2011-10-21T12:16:00.000-07:00

Sophia loves laffy taffy! Heather (me) took her laffy taffy. She tackled me and practically broke my wrist! For any spectaters im sorry for what you saw! I (Sophia) had lots of fun harrasing Heather!!!!! :) Very fun with some exaggeration! tehehe :p

Love,

Heather & Sophia

2011-10-14T12:20:00.000-07:00

hi it's madi again. i love chocolate. i hope people only have to eat chocolate in the future,and that we won't get fat. i'm the only one in the lab right now cause they all went on a random walk. also taco bell is great i love purple m&ms cookie monster rocks and i love the world.

P.S. comment please

Cookie Monster!!!!

2011-10-12T17:26:00.001-07:00

Hey party people! Just want to say Cookie Monster is the best character on sesame street ever!!!Elmo thinks he's all hip but he's nothing compared to cookie monster. ME WANT COOKIES!!! This masterpiece was created by Kendall!!

candy

2011-10-07T12:54:00.000-07:00

candy is yummy and sweet but cavities are no fun.

Taco Bell

2011-10-07T12:53:00.002-07:00

Hey its Heather and Kendall. Yesterday, taught an immature (Kendall) how to order the correct Taco Bell order. Yup! Heather taught me real good. This order shall be classified. However it is super goooooood!!!!! Personally I, Kendall, think we should share the Taco order but Heather's Taco order, Heather's rules. Don't Tell Heather! ;)

m&m's

2011-10-07T12:53:00.000-07:00

Yellow m&m's are the best. I wish there were purple m&m's. M&M's rock.

Lunch Box =Bad

2011-10-07T12:52:00.000-07:00

Hey this is Madi. I'm gonna tell you about the lunch box that skimmed my head at recess today at Hope Highlands.
Well i was talking to my friend when someone threw a lunchbox. This lunchbox just so happened to skim my head. If i had not ducked this lunchbox would have hit me directly in the head,instead it only skimmed it. I was so mad but you know it happens sometimes. Well that's all for today!!!! Keep on posting!!!

Lego Animation by Ian and Griffin

2011-04-29T21:08:00.000-07:00

Lego Animation from Don Cowart on Vimeo.

Top Notch New England Teams by: Nate

2011-02-18T12:31:00.000-08:00

New England Teams have been top notch this season. After a surprising loss to the confident and publicity magnet Jets, The New England Patriots have been upsetting to New England sports fans. Ready to pick up the slack, the Celtics and Red Sox have prepared to have another championship

this year. The losses of Adrian Beltre and Victor Martinez have left room in their salary cap to sign first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and center fielder Carl Crawford. Also, the upsetting seasons by Jonathan Paplebon , Josh Beckett, and Jon Lackey are expected to rebound this season.

The Celtics have acquired Shaquille O'Neal, Jermaine O'Neal, and resigned Marquis Daniels. Also, the energy boost Nate Robinson has been resigned. So far, the Celtics are 1st place in the Eastern Conference. Plus, Ray Allen has had one of the best seasons of his career and is the new 3pt king at 35 years old! The only Question is injuries down the stretch in the postseason.

Get ready for a thrilling season New England fans!

Go Celtics

2011-01-14T12:56:00.001-08:00

Go Celtics!

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Taylor Lautner

2011-01-14T12:45:00.000-08:00

Taylor Lautner

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Bling Bling

2010-10-22T13:17:00.001-07:00

Bling Bling

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Pie is Good

2010-10-22T12:24:00.000-07:00

Hi this is Jared Ledversis and this is my blog post about pie. Pie is one of the best foods in the world to me, but some people don't like pie :( . If you like pie then comment on this post and say pie is good or something like that. I hope you enjoy this photo of pie :) . You can buy pie at lots of bakery and other good foods like pie

Pie

2010-10-22T12:22:00.000-07:00

Hi this is Edmund Chau and this is my blog post about Pie. Pie is one of the best foods out there..... well to me and other people, but some people don't like pie :( .If you like pie comment on this blog post and type in pie is good :). i hope that you will like pie. :) . You can buy it anywhere like at Stop & Shop or Shaw's, and also at bakery's . There is Apple pie , blueberry pie, and a whole lot of other pies!!!!!! so go out and buy yourself a pie!!!!!!!! I hope you enjoy this picture of pie!!!!!!!

Sports in hope highlands

2010-10-15T12:39:00.000-07:00

Hope highlands is a school with no sports team to represent them in the state. I think we should make a baseball team, soccer team,and a football team.The school has numerous students with the skills to achieve a playoff spot in these sports. Are baseball team can be a full team with pitchers, DH`s, and coaches. Tryouts will be needed for players to make the team. For football the players can be made with full amounts of rosters. Soccer will also have all positions available too. Even though are field is small we could attempt to build a little league sized stadium for our baseball team.We could build a football stadium to home the football team and soccer team. In the comments for this post please leave a suggestion for the names of the teams. I think the team could be called the huskies for baseball. The building will take a huge chunk out of our school budget though. Are school could afford it though. I`ll probably will be in middle school during this but i will still come to games.

Improvements In Our School

2010-10-15T12:36:00.000-07:00

Our school has been changing. Hope Highlands has two new teachers. Mrs.Hart who is a very nice art teacher. Mrs. Tomassi, a generous music teacher who is ordering the whole school recorders. She is also good friends with Mrs. Green. The lunch menu has changed too. Mr. Cowart has also made a major upgrade in the computer lab. Most of the old computers are the new Macs. Our school has acquired a new awning out near the field. I think our school is the best elementary school!!!!!!

Another School Tour

2010-06-17T21:33:00.000-07:00

Another School Tour from Don Cowart on Vimeo.

Mari's Interview

2010-05-16T08:32:00.001-07:00

Mari Interviews Mrs. Aceto from Don Cowart on Vimeo.

Main Office Tour

2010-05-12T16:57:00.000-07:00

Main Office Tour from Don Cowart on Vimeo.

Hope Highlands School Song

2010-04-29T20:25:00.000-07:00

Adriana's Power Point

2010-04-29T20:11:00.000-07:00

Music room tour

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Eileen's Power Point

2010-04-29T20:09:00.001-07:00

Eileen our computer lab powerpoint

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Sarah's Power Point

2010-04-29T20:06:00.001-07:00

Sarah's power point

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Book Fair and Reading Challenge

2010-03-26T12:47:00.001-07:00

Hey guys the book fair is coming up on march 30th. The theme for the book fair is the diner this year. Last year Mr. Cowart was dressed up as a hot dog, its so funny I laughed. This years reading Challenge we have to read 40 or 60 minutes a week. Here are the prizes

1. A Homework pass

2. A free recess for the students and

3.Mr Cowart is going to dress up as Elvis Presley and sing.

I'm so exited about it.

From Mari.

Western Hills for Me

2010-03-12T12:41:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone I'm Mari and next year I am going to middle school, which I am nervous about. On the bright side I can make new friends. I hope they're nice to me. Waking up very early will be hard because the bus comes at 7:30. When I graduate I will be proud of myself. I'm going to miss Hope Highlands. My favorite part is the wax museum in 4th grade. One thing I love the most is recess. My favorite is the father daughter dance.

Pennies for Patients

2010-02-26T12:40:00.000-08:00

Pennies for Patients is a fundraiser for kids with Leukemia, and Lymphoma. Many people have been chosen to be counters. Each counter ,or counters, are assigned a classroom. The counters will return to their assigned room every Wednesday and Friday to collect money from the donation boxes. A donation box is placed in each classroom. This fundraiser is for a great cause so keep those donations coming!

Written by: Adriana

Jump Rope For Heart

2010-02-12T12:32:00.000-08:00

Our most recent school activity was Jump Rope For Heart. Jump Rope For Heart is a foundation that raises money to pay for surgeries for kids with sick hearts. If you raise a certain amount of money you will be sent prizes. For example, if you raise $50 you will be sent a tee-shirt and all the other prizes under that amount of money.

BY: Billy

The 100th Day of School

2010-02-05T13:05:00.000-08:00

The 100th day of school is coming up! The kindergartners are preparing to sing their 100 song. Get ready for some great voices! In three days, they will sing their song to the whole school over the intercom. Each of the kindergartners brought in 100 of something to show to the class. They have brought in various items from pencils to lollipops. The kindergartners have done various activities regarding this big event. Our kindergarten teacher, Mrs.DoVale, brought in lollipops so each child could lick it 100 times. They also had cupcakes with a 100 on them. Delicious! In the hallway there are 100 penguins lined up on the wall, one for each day of the school year. There is also a poster of 100 things the class loves. There was even a book called First 100 Words. This is going to be a great 100th day of school!

By Eileen

Sneek Peek by Madison and Danielle

2010-02-05T04:12:00.000-08:00

Hope Highlands Sneek Peek from Don Cowart on Vimeo.

By Danielle

2010-02-04T10:54:00.000-08:00

A Day In The Life Of A Principal

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Stargirl Book Review

2010-01-29T12:43:00.000-08:00

This book is about a girl who is named Stargirl and is very unusual. She goes to MICA High School and meets a boy named Leo. Leo is just a ordinary boy who has a boring life. At Mica on the first day Stargirl sang happy birthday to a boy. After that everyone became very scared of Stargirl. Since Leo needed some excitement in his life he decided to become Stargirl 's boyfriend. At the end of this book their is a ball and Leo didn't ask Stargirl to the ball. The reason why he didn't ask Stargirl to the ball was because he felt embarrassed dating Stargirl. Overall this book is great. I recommend this book for teens and preteens. If you want to have more information about this book you'll have to read to find out!!!

By Sarah

Hope Highlands Technology Review

2009-11-20T13:33:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone!! Here's my review of all the Technology at Hope Highlands. I hope you like it!! Brendan

PTO Events

2009-11-20T12:49:00.000-08:00

Here's our presentation of some PTO Events. We hope you like it!!! Marissa & Sovanny

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Reviews

2009-11-20T12:39:00.000-08:00

I wanted to give you a little preview on my new slide show "Diary of a Wimpy Kid Previews". Hope you like it!!!! Kyle

Artwork in the School

2009-11-20T12:36:00.000-08:00

Our brilliant art teacher Miss Golini came up with an idea to put art work in the hallways. Every month or so she puts up a bunch of pictures made by art students such as Jacob,Caroline,and Erin. Our first art teacher Mrs. Vendito made these boxes that the pictures are stored in. When I first saw these I thought "What a great idea". Ever since 1st grade my art work has been in the hallways 7!!!! times, now that's a lot. If you ever visit Hope Highlands look for the art work.

Kyle

Hope Highland's Plant Life

2009-11-20T12:24:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone!! Here's our preview of the Hope Highlands Plant Life. We hope you like it!!!

Matt & Kyle

New Moon!!!!!!!!

2009-11-20T11:59:00.000-08:00

Hey it's Madison! Today New Moon came out and I was one of the first people to see it. Here is my review! New Moon is awesome and I know that all the Twilight fans are going to see this movie! Jacob Black is one of the main characters and Edward Cullen is gone for most of the movie! There is so much action and so much romance. Bella Swan is falling for Jacob and losing Edward! So sad! Well if you want to know more, go to the movies! Hope to see you there when i go again. Go werewolves and vampires!

Spooky School

2009-11-13T12:59:00.001-08:00

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Spooky School

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Incredible Egypt

2009-11-13T12:44:00.000-08:00

Hi people, its Spencer here and I think Ancient Egypt is pretty interesting. They had huge temples and there wasn't a crane in existence! The answer: huge dirt piles that go up with the building and as the dirt goes down the paint comes on. They had ways of preserving the dead that makes the body last for thousands of years. The Egyptians were thousands of years ahead of their time. The pyramids are still a wonder of the world today. The Hieroglyphs were incredible. They lasted for thousands of years and still exist today!

Hope Highland Food Drive

2009-11-13T12:40:00.000-08:00

It's food collecting time at Hope Highlands! The entire school is pitching in to collect food for the needy this Thanksgiving. Each classroom has a cardboard box to put the collected food into. The kindergarten has two boxes, one for morning, one for afternoon. Almost everyone has been giving a little..., or a lot! Some students have been bringing in as many as 40 cans! The officers and classroom representatives of the student council are in charge of counting the food. Each person is in charge of two classrooms, except for me. I do the kindergarten (am and pm) which is like doing two classrooms. Right now, Ms. Stravato's class (my class!) is in the lead with 114 pieces of food. Miss Califano's class is in second place with 59 pieces of food. After the food is counted, it is collected. A member of the school committee collects the food and determines the grand total. This morning (NOT counting the TONS of extra food we just collected) we had 357 pieces of food total. Here is a list of who is collecting from which classrooms.

Room 102/103-Brendan
Room 104/107-Joey
Room 109/111-Abby
Room 105/208 Kyle
Room 108/211-Gretchen
Room 110/209-Stephanie
Room 202 Marisa
Room 204-Ed
Room 201-Heather
Room 203-Danielle C.

We will be collecting food until November 20. So keep it coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Danielle

Twilight!!!!

2009-11-13T12:35:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! It is me, Madison!!!I am here to tell you about the book Twilight if you have not heard about it! This book is about a girl named Bella who moves from Pheonix to Forks to live with her dad. While living there, she discovers a family of vampires! The Cullens!!! All through this story, Bella discovers that not all vampires are dangerous but still be cautious! This is a romance and action! I would read it if I were you! There are 3 other books in this series other than Twilight! They are New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. To all the Twilight fans, New Moon the movie is coming out November 20th. Team Jacob unless you are on team Edward! Twilight forever!

Madison

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs: A Movie Review

2009-11-06T12:41:00.000-08:00

Hey Huskies,
I just went to see Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.Let me tell you what I thought about it It's about a man named Flint Lockwood who makes a food making machine and accidentally sends it into space! It was kind of weird, for many reasons. First, his lab is a treehouse he had ever since he was little. But that's not the weird part, the weird part is he gets in and out of his lab stepping into a portable potty and going either up or down. I thought it was an okay movie. I'm more a Twilight kind of girl. I like action and romance. Not weird and funny, I give this movie three stars.

Go Huskies!
~ Sovanny

About Hope Highlands School

2009-11-06T12:26:00.001-08:00

Hi,I am Marissa and I attend Hope Highlands Elementary School. I am in 6th grade. One interesting fact about Hope Highlands is this school was built in September 1992. Another interesting fact is that every year before either the 5th graders or 6th graders leave the school to go to the Middle school, they paint a wall. In the past some of the walls painted were an Egyptian theme. The class of 2007 made the wall for the Egyptian. If you ever came to this school you should check out stairwell 2. The next wall is the ''World'', Class of 2009 made this wall. Once again if you come to the school you will see this wall when you walk into the school. The last wall is "Under the Sea''. The class of 2005 made this wall. Now after you see the ''World'' you will take a right to stairwell 1. If you like my blog than you should come check out the school.

Marissa

Hope Highlands Student Council Elections

2009-10-30T12:24:00.000-07:00

The student council elections at Hope Highlands were great. It first started with mayor Fung speaking with us. He talked about how much of an opportunity to be voting in elementary school because when he was a kid he couldn't vote for student council until 7th and 8th grade. Another thing he talked about was listening to all the speeches and then vote for the people who are going to the best job. I thought he did a good job talking and hope that everyone doesn't just vote for their friends. I thought everybody had good speeches. One speech I thought was unique was Danielle. She, unlike everybody else, told a story in her speech about a girl running for vice president at her school. Once all the speeches were done I went up to my room to fill out the ballots. I knew who I was voting for. I hope the people I voted for will win. I would find out on Monday. I couldn't wait.

student council: a candidate's point of view

2009-10-23T12:33:00.001-07:00

Dear viewer the elections for the student council are getting closer. I can't wait to see who wins. I am running against Gretchen and Teddy. They are good competition. Running for president is hard. You have to make posters, stickers\pins, speeches, but the hardest part is to get the voters to vote. Wow is that hard! You get a voters vote and then you loose there vote to someone else. It is even harder when all you can do to get the voters vote is by giving the stickers/pins and telling them to vote for you. You can not give money, t-shirts, pens, hats, or anything else. The positions you can run for goes by grade so like 4th grade runs treasurer, 5th runs for secretary, and 6th runs for vice president and president. the speeches and elections are on October 30th. I can not wait!

Brendan

Student Council: Voter's View

2009-10-23T12:33:00.000-07:00

Student council is merging closer and closer. Many candidates are putting up funny and persuasive posters and stickers with cool catch phrases. Students will vote on October 30, 2009. On that day is when our candidates will give speeches. The ranks of the student council go by grade. 4th graders can run for treasurer. 5th graders can run for secretary. And 6th graders can run for either vice president or president. As time for the election comes closer and closer, the candidates are getting competitive and voters are considering their choice. Some candidates are making reusable pins. In my opinion, this helps the environment and this may lead that candidate to get more votes. Posters are everywhere: the lunch room, hallway, you name it! Lots of people are running for office and it's going to be a close race.

-Michael

Another School Video

2009-06-23T17:51:00.000-07:00

Hope Highlands Video from Don Cowart on Vimeo.

School Safari

2009-06-23T16:35:00.000-07:00

School Safari from Don Cowart on Vimeo.

Hope to see you.

2009-04-09T13:05:00.000-07:00

Hey Jake again. Today all kids from Hope Highlands had a great last day. Extra recess,pizza for the sixth grade the Red Sox game etc,etc,etc, but now the blog will be closed for a week and a half do to Spring break."Hope" to see you all soon by now.

6th Grade Party

2009-04-09T12:23:00.000-07:00

Today is Thursday and it is the day before vacation. The sixth graders had a pizza party and as a very special treat we got to watch the Red Sox game!! Mrs.Stravoto's class got the pizza party because the were the winners for the pennies for patents, they raised the most money. They also got ice cream just for being good. Mr.Colantonio's class was the runner up for the pennies for patents, and Mr.Colantonio thought they did a great job so he awarded them. Ms.Califano gave her class a pizza party because she gave a test, and she said if the average of the class was 95 and higher she would give a pizza party. We also had a donut cake because it was someone's birthday. This was done by Danae from Hope Highlands school blog.

Our First Powerpoint

2009-04-02T14:06:00.000-07:00

Our Typical School Day

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Hope Highlands in a Hot Dog!

2009-04-02T12:38:00.000-07:00

Hope Highlands is having its annual Reading Week. Seems a little drab but you don't know the prizes for the kids.At fifty thousand minutes all kids will win a homework pass. At seventy five thousand minutes we get a FREE RECESS!!! WOOOO HOOOO! For the final prize at one hundred thousand, I repeat ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND minutes, Mr.Cowart will dress in a student's hot dog outfit and walk around school in the hot dog outfit, and hold an assembly to make sure every student sees him in his outfit. Speaking of food, I'm gonna get some food in the lunchroom. This was Jake with the Hope Highlands school blog. P.S. look forward to seeing the Principal's Hot Dog video!

The Book Fair

2009-03-26T12:53:00.000-07:00

From March 27, to April 3 2009, Hope Highlands will be having the annual book fair in our school auditorium. The books are in order on each shelf by category, Pre-School, Picture Books, Chapter Books, Comedy, Sports, Cooking, Adult and by book Series. The book fair also provides posters.

Baseball

2009-03-26T12:22:00.000-07:00

Hey people it is Nick and Matt we were finishing up the last touches on the Power Point when we decided we should talk to all our fans about baseball. We are both in the majors but on different teams Matt is on NU LUX and Nick is on Marchetti's. Don't tell Matt but Marchetti's is going to win the championship for the fourth time in a row. Hey guys its Matt don't tell Nick but his team is gonna be terrible so we will just have to wait and see who wins and who loses. We will tell you guys the winner of our game.DON'T FORGET TO RECYCLE, AND REMEMBER STAY IN SCHOOL.

Upcoming Events

2009-03-19T12:31:00.001-07:00

Hey, it's Ryan and today I'm going to tell all of you about the cool stuff we'll be adding on the blog for you to view. My friends Nick and Matt are working on a Power Point presentation where they took pictures and wrote about a typical school day. Megan and Jacob are making a Virtual Safari throughout the school. Chris is working on a virtual slideshow of classrooms, our recess area, the cafeteria and more! Rachael is getting the hang of the Power Point too!

Talk to ya next week,

Ryan

Welcome To Our Blog!

2009-03-12T12:34:00.000-07:00

Hola! This is Rachael from Hope Highlands Elementary School. We are a group of eight kids in an after-school enrichment program, and we are getting to know the basics in computer technology. We are working on a Power point, video shooting, pictures, and lastly, this blog. I am one of the kids in this group and am working on the blog today. We will be posting some of our pictures and videos from this class on the blog so you can explore the insides of our school. We'll be giving you weekly updates on what's going on.

See you next week!

Rachael