Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School

Our HBR staff love getting to visit our classes. Enjoy these pics of Mrs. Willey & Dr. McGuire in PE and Dr. McGuire reading and building with blocks in kinder!

Our students are so creative! Check out some of these festive headgears & Santa hats!

We are learning lots this week- and having fun! Enjoy some moments captured of our festive students and staff- yesterday was Candy Cane day and today is Santa's Workshop Day - dress like an elf or wrap yourself like a present! Tomorrow is a Santa hat or Tree topper Day! All students can wear a Santa hat or any festive headgear.

We are going to celebrate the days leading up to the holidays in style! Join us for Holiday Spirit Days! Monday, December 12th is Candy Cane Day- wear red & white!

Used Chromebooks for Sale! Please see the flier for all of the details. An email will be sent out on the 7th with even more details about everything (payment and pick-up) as well as the form you will need to fill out. It will be limited to one per student or staff member because there are only 140. A second email will be sent out to all those who will be able to actually purchase a Chromebook no later than the 12th. Questions? Email Sharron Isola, sisola@hbr429.org.

There are some fun events happening in Hinckley this weekend. See the fliers or your email for more info!

December Lunch Menu

Please check our lost & found items. This week all remaining items will be donated. There are many sweatshirts, some winter coats & lots of odds & ends. If you see something in the photos that belongs to your child, feel free to call us so we can grab it & send it home with him/her. Thank you!

Our 1st graders wrapped up a literacy unit on the body today. They were busy doctors doing some very serious operations! 🩺🩻🧠

This month we’ve been talking a lot about gratitude. Our 3rd graders, with Student Council’s help, made a gratitude wall that each person contributed to. It’s a colorful reminder of just how much we have to be grateful for! #HBRThankful

Did you see the winter weather advisory?! Please remember that students need snow boots to play outside in the snow. Coats, hats & gloves are important too! ❄️⛄️🥾🧤🧣(Please put your name on everything!! Our lost & found is overflowing!)

Our Veteran's Day breakfast is this Friday at 7:45am. RSVP here: https://forms.gle/We3o8EbRUgMjYK4t6 The assembly is at 8:45am. Families are all invited! It is an honor to celebrate all of our Veterans!

Good morning HBR families! Just a quick reminder that the last chance for Inboden's Pie Pick up is TODAY from 9:00-11:00 am. *Any Pies not picked up will be donated to the Hinckley Area Food Pantry! NO REFUNDS ON FORGOTTEN ORDERS!* Pick up will take place near CIRCLE DRIVE. Email Nikki Beane at ninibeane99@gmail.com with any questions or concerns. Thank you!

Tomorrow (Friday) is our Picture Day Make Ups for anyone absent on the original date. We can also do re-takes- please send original photos with your student to return. Thank you!

We are very excited to once again host our annual Veteran's Day breakfast & assembly on Friday, November 11th. Our breakfast on 11/11 at 7:45am is for all veterans and their guests. (RSVP is necessary.) The assembly will be at 8:45am on 11/11, for all students and families. The breakfast RSVP link is here: https://forms.gle/FPttV6NAGGgZe6j16 If you prefer, please call our main office to RSVP for the breakfast, letting us know veteran's name, their student guest(s) and how many will attend breakfast. Our main office number is 815- 286- 3400. You can also email jwiedmann@hbr429.org.

November's Lunch Menu

Good afternoon! It has been brought to our attention today that many families have not been receiving our email communication since approximately mid-October. In addition to emails, we do send short text reminders, which we believe are reaching everyone. Our IT department at the District Office has been made aware of the tech error and are in the process of rectifying it. We will re-send emails as soon as the group lists are re-built. Our apologies for the seeming lack of communication.

🎃We had fun Halloween parties and a fantastic costume parade today!👻 Thank you to our room parents for helping make it a great afternoon!

The Hinckley-Big Rock #429 Board of Education recognized the HBRES STEAM program as the recipient of October's Royal Shout Out! Eil, grade 3, and Claire, grade 4, demonstrated the low-tech and high-tech circuits they created in class. Thank you Mrs. Delisio for bringing STEAM to life at HBRES!

We had so much fun at the PTO STEAM Night! Thank you to everyone who came out! We can't wait till next year- we'll have even more supplies! Special thanks for Mrs. Willey and Mrs. Delisio for planning a fun event.