180 Zone Basketball Camp

The 180 Zone is sponsoring an awesome basketball camp featuring former Iowa Hawkeye and current professional basketball player Mike Gesell.  The camp will run August 2nd & 3rd at Beyond the Baseline (1540 W. 12th St.) with 2nd-6th grade students in the morning, and 7th-12th grade students in the afternoon.  As an added bonus, The 180 Zone is offering to pay the $60 camp fee for any student who attends Hayes, Jefferson, Monroe, or Smart Intermediate!  If you have any questions, call the 180 Zone at (563) 424-4589.  Below is an attachment to the camp flyer.

Mike Gesell’s Faith

KinderJump is a Go!

We have exciting news for families with incoming Kindergarten students.  Hayes is partnering with Stepping Stones to offer a KinderJump program from July 17th through the 27th.  KinderJump will help your new Kindergartener get a head start for the school year, and each student participating will receive a backpack full of supplies for the upcoming school year.  The program will run Monday through Thursday for those two weeks from 7:30-11:30 a.m.  Students will get breakfast at the beginning of the day, and lunch at the end provided by our Summer Meal Site here at Hayes.  The Amazing Ms. Kathy

Well Suited Field Trip

The Hayes Elementary Well Suited Leadership group took a field trip to KLJB-TV in Rock Island and Central High School yesterday.  Our handsome, well dressed boys got a tour of the TV studio and listened to messages from several guest speakers.  Then they went to Central High School and met with members of the Legacy Leaders over lunch.  Special thanks go to Tracy White and Christina Pizano for getting the Well Suited group off and running!

Hayes Artists on Display at The Figge

Congratulations to the 2017 Figge Art Museum artists from Hayes Elementary.  Hayes students chosen for this year’s exhibit are:  Aiden Davis, 4^th grade; Abbigail Peters, 3^rd grade; Austin Lester, 3^rd grade; and Adrianne LaFrancois, 2^nd Grade.  The Figge Art Exhibit for elementary schools is on display April 15^th – April 23^rd.  Their artwork depicts self-portraits, observational drawing, and community pathways.

Stepping Stones Registration for 2017-2018

Stepping Stones has set their registration date for July 10.  Spots are on first come first serve basis and it fills up fast so make sure to save the date and get registered for our after school program for the 2017-2018 school year.  Stepping Stones Registration.pdf 

March Optimist Awards

Congratulations to our March nominees for the Optimist Awards!  Our teachers nominate students based on their outstanding demonstration of our Boys Town social skills.  This months nominees are: Jordan Crowe (PS); Jackson Oertel, Brendan Schmitt, Elliana Beckman (K); Sophia Bakich, Isabella Quigley, Analeha Lopez, Ronnie Beamer (1st); Kavianna Thomas, LillyAnn Ladd Slater, Kinnick Smeltzer (2nd); Lily Young, Mason Paavo, Lailah Gomez (3rd); Adam Phelps, Sofia Hernandez, Lunden Kolund (4th); Travis Fleetwood, Luca Riepe, Ricky McCall, Kylie Daily (5th).  

We would also like to congratulate our March recipients of the Golden Hayes High 5 Award, Brady Hansen and Toni Reimers.  Mrs. Gott and Mr. Price nominate the Golden Hayes High 5 Award based on outstanding leadership living up to

Fundraisers

Thank you to all who helped our Hayes Space Camp students and the PTO with fundraisers last week!  PTO raised almost $300 dollars from Chuck E Cheese night on Friday.  Chuck E Cheese donated 15% of all of the sales of food and tokens from our families who attended.

The Spaghetti Supper at the VFW raised over $1000 to cover the rest of the transportation expenses for the trip to Alabama.  The VFW also donated scholarships for two students to attend Space Camp in addition to the money raised from the supper.  We have such an outstanding community around Hayes!

DCSD Summer Literacy Program

The DCSD Summer Literacy Program will be at Hayes again this year.  It will be a six week program starting June 19th and ending July 27th.  The program will be in session Monday through Thursday each week from 7:45 until 11:40 a.m.  We will not meet with students on July 3rd or 4th.  All students are eligible for free breakfast at 7:20 a.m. and free lunch at 11:45 a.m.   

Parent letters for eligible students will go home when we return from Spring Break, and registration will be accepted through April 28th.  We look forward to a great Summer Program!

Davenport Police School Outreach

In an effort to connect positively with students in our neighborhood, Davenport Police officers will be making morning stops at Hayes and other schools.  The officers will be greeting our students, stopping into classrooms, and being a friendly face in the morning.  These visits will start after Spring Break, so if you see one of our neighborhood officers at Hayes in the morning be sure to say hello and thank them for all they do in our area!

Student Artwork on Display

Congratulations to Nick Tenney, 4^th Grade, for having his artwork selected to be displayed at Davenport City Hall.  His work will be displayed on the 3^rd floor for the as part of the year long “Art at City Hall” exhibit.  Our DCSD art curriculum ties to this exhibit through our community landmarks unit which focuses on cultural identity and personal meaning.