Hyman Fine Elementary School News

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• completed registration packet

Welcome Information
Please click on the links below for Back to School Information:

Welcome Letter

Drop-off & Pick-up Procedures

Lunch Menu
Whitson Food Service offers six lunch options daily.  On the left side of the menu are four choices that will be available every day:  Cheese sandwich, yogurt, bagel and cream cheese, and garden salad.  In addition there will be two hot entrees listed on the calendar portion.  It’s important to go through the menu with your child to help them make well balanced choices for the month.

Second Step Program - Sun Chronicle Article

The award-winning Second Step program integrates academics with social and emotional learning.   The students learn and practice vital social skills such as empathy, emotional management, problem-solving and cooperation.   These essential life skills help students in the classroom, on the playground, and at home. Our ‘buzzwords’ at Hyman Fine are RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, and HONESTY.   Our mascot is the Golden Goose who reminds us to “live by the Golden Rule.”  To help facilitate this program, a committee has been formed that will host weekly assemblies with the students. 

Paper Retriever Information

Hyman Fine Recycles…

And raises money for the school!!

We are extremely excited about our new arrival…a PaperRetriever recycling bin from Abititi Bowater, world’s largest manufacturer of recycled content newsprint for use in making newspapers.  The paper you recycle today may be the newspaper you read in just a few weeks….and again in two months...and again.  That process is called full-circle recycling. 

What is the Paper Retriever Program?

The program is a simple and free service for communities to use for paper recycling.   The community is encouraged to bring their paper and put it into the bin.  The school is not charged for the bins or the pick-up of paper.  We will be paid for the paper collected in each bin.

What can be put in the bin?

The company accepts catalogs, magazines, newspapers, junk mail, office paper, fax paper, school paper, envelopes, notebooks, and folders.  It does NOT accept phone books, cardboard, plastic, glass, metals or trash.  

How much money should we expect to raise?

The more we recycle, the more we raise!  Please spread the word to your family, friends, and neighbors.  The green and yellow bin is located near the gym door on the left side of the school.  Paper can be sent in with your child or you may drop it directly into the bin.  Parents are encouraged to have a designated spot to save papers for recycling at home.

The Paper Retriever program is an easy, rewarding way to make a positive impact on our school and the community that surrounds it.  Funds may be utilized for playground refurbishing, library enhancements,  field trips, and many other worthwhile projects.  Currently, the Paper Retriever program is in place at over 15,000 organizations through 22 metropolitan areas in 14 states.  Last year these organizations earned $4.5 million dollars. By participating in this program, we can help reduce landfill use, save water, energy and jobs - leaving the world a better place for our children.

Start sending in paper as soon as you can! 

Brain Pop

Students at Hyman Fine Elementary School have the wonderful opportunity to view Brain Pop and Brain Pop Jr. Educational Movies in the Technology Lab.  At the beginning of class, students watch a short film that is related to curriculum which is being taught in their classrooms.  Please click below to watch a sample of a BrainPop movie: