During the first 3 weeks of summer, our very own Highland Park teachers will lead carefully selected, one-week enrichment courses designed to integrate different curriculum areas and to be a non-traditional, multi-aged experience for students. The price of the one-week course includes all tuition and fees. Core Camp hours are 9:00 am – 3:00 pm and start June 4 until June 22, 2012. Campers can take advantage of our flat-rate child care which is available from 7:30am – 9:00am and 3:00pm – 6:00pm. The camps are available to Austin area children. Campers are challenged to push the limits of their learning while working in small, cooperative, multi-age groups.

There are still some spaces left! Check out the current Session I (6/4-6/8), Session II (6/11-6/15), and Session III (6/18-6/22) openings!!!

Hello Scottie Parents,

As part of my participation in National Board Certification for Principals, I am requesting that you complete a summative survey of your level of engagement in our school. I will use the engagement survey results to improve the school.

Your responses will be anonymous. The system will ask for some personal information (i.e., name, e-mail address, phone) for the purposes of auditing and quality of data. However, this information will not be used to identify you and you may submit your responses free of this concern.

Your link is personal to your feedback group and must not be shared or forwarded. Please access the survey from the following address: http://login.chpd.com/login/PAcg2ar/56139

Please complete this survey by May 30, 2012. For technical support with the survey, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Thank you for your participation in this survey.

Tammie Workman

Have you ever wanted a true insight to our school and everything that is going on? Have you ever thought a Principal’s blog is a great idea. Well, Ms. Workman thinks so, too! Please visit http://hpprincipalblog.blogspot.com/ and see what Ms. Workman has to say about what is happening this week at Highland Park!

For the latest news from Highland Park Administration, read April's and May's Scottie Scoop!

Note: You will need to download the pdf file in order to scroll through all of the articles - Google docs will not allow you to do so! Just go to file, choose download, then you can open the Scoop in your favorite pdf viewer (or save to your hard drive).

Each grade and specials area maintains a webpage to communicate information and the latest news about their areas. Links to each Team Wiki Front Page, plus links to any important events can be found on the NEW K-5 & Specials Tab on the HPPTA Website!

New information this week:

Hey all you Facebook Fans, stand up and clap your hands! It is true. Highland Park Elementary has its own Facebook Page now. Click on the following link and become a member today. Highland Park Elementary - Austin TX.

Please click on the link for a list of the Slate of the members of the Highland Park Elementary PTA Executive Board for the school year 2012/2013.

Did you win something at the Fling???

OMG! If you think you may have won an auction item at the Fling, invoices with your item number and winning amount will be coming home this week (March 5). Any gift certificates won will also be included. You can pay for the item at www.hppta.org in the Parent Portal.