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  • Students in the office

    Student Announcers

    HBT Students Help Spread Kindness Beginning in 2025, the HBT students in grades 4 & 5 from the winning House are selected to say the morning announcements. They have recently been including messages of kindness and encouragement. It’s great to see students spreading kindness to students! Check them out in action with Ms. Rourke!

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  • Country Trails Winter Olympics

    Country Trails recently marked its inaugural Winter Olympics as part of our Cougar Pride program! Each grade level selected representatives to compete in challenges, earning points for their respective house color teams. Enthusiastic students from all grades rallied behind their teams, showcasing exceptional sportsmanship and true Cougar Pride. Congratulations to the Green team for securing…

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  • Lemonadae

    HBT Book Club

    HBT Is Hosting A Book Club The HBT Book Club, reading the book The Lemonade War, kicked off on January 9th. Students who signed up and purchased the book had their book delivered to them at school and were invited to a Canvas Course. The first reading assignment is to read chapters 1 – 3…

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  • Character Assembly

    Prairie View Welcomes Chicago Steel for All School Assembly! Prairie View PTO brought the Chicago Steel to meet our Coyotes on Wednesday, January 8th. The Chicago Steel talked about kindness, respect, responsibility, cooperation, empathy, citizenship, perserverance and fairness all while helping students learn about the game of hockey!

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  • Entryway decorations (snowflakes)

    Thank you PTO

    The HBT PTO does it again! Thank you! Have you ever wondered who is responsible for decorating the front entrance of the building to go along with the season? The HBT PTO maintains the front entrance decorations and they do a great job! On one of the coldest days of winter break a PTO representative…

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  • Twister Times

    January 2025 Newsletter

    HBT’s First Newsletter of the Year The HBT January newsletter is available via ParentSquare and was sent out to all families on January 1st. If you missed it, you can view the newsletter by clicking HERE. Be sure to check out the important dates section and the section where we dive deep into the goals…

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  • Entry to the celebration

    Las Posadas

    HBT Hosts A Las Posadas Celebration On Wednesday, December 18th, HBT hosted a Las Posadas Celebration sponsored by the Padres Unidos district group. There was good food, games, crafts, and so much more that brought the community together for a fun family event! The event started out small 3 years ago and has grown to…

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  • Gingerbread house

    Gingerbread House Fun

    1st Grade Gets into the Holiday Spirit 1st graders at Prairie View had a blast getting into the holiday spirit by decorating their very own gingerbread houses! With frosting, candy canes, gumdrops, and sprinkles galore, the classroom transformed into a festive wonderland. The young architects showed off their creativity as they added details to their…

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  • Group of Kindergarten students listening to story

    Dr. Mongan Visits

    Dr. Mongan reads to HBT’s Kindergarteners On Wednesday, December 18th, Dr. Mongan visited the HBT Kindergarteners. The theme for the dress up day was Holiday Hat Day. It was only fitting that Dr. Mongan chose to read the story titled The Hat by Jan Brett. Students were engaged in the reading and enjoyed their extra…

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  • A Tasty Science Activity

    CT 1st Graders used Oreo cookies to create the moon phases.

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