Hopewell Elementary School

October 2026 newsletter from Hopewell Elementary School (HES). Highlights include the Family School Climate Survey (anonymous, link provided), the Counselor's Corner focus shifting to Respect, and the Week of Respect (Oct 5-9) with daily spirit-day colors: Monday Red (Leadership), Tuesday Yellow (Empathy), Wednesday Green (Acceptance), Thursday Blue (Perseverance), and Friday HES spirit wear. This HES newsletter covers Peace Week (Oct 19-23) with peace apparel on Oct 23 for the Whole School Meeting, Picture Retake Day on Nov 10, a district need for substitute teachers and paraprofessionals, the Halloween Parade on Oct 30, a call for HES Parent Council volunteers, and the Free & Reduced Lunch application deadline of Oct 16. The Halloween Parade is also reported in the Parade Route image block, which is a map and not a separate event. The newsletter covers New Jersey's new statewide bell-to-bell device ban (starting 2026-2027), Parent-Teacher Conferences dates (Nov 2-4), and several PTO events including the K-1 Monster Mash Halloween party on Oct 30, the Freddy's Pretzel Club schedule, the annual appeal, and a new PTO live calendar subscription. The HES PTO newsletter covers upcoming PTO meetings (Nov 3 and Dec 1, held at HES with Zoom option), the Student Directory sign-up (which also gets families on the PTO email list), HES merch store opening, ecoPTO news (Painted Oak afterschool forest school, Garden Volunteer Days on Oct 25, Nov 1, Nov 8, and a Dance Nite on Oct 23), Science Saturdays at local libraries for grades 2-5 (Sept 19, Oct 31, Nov 14, Dec 5, 2026), and a message about the elementary code of conduct and HIB (anti-bullying) process. The October 2026 HES newsletter lists the month's calendar: Week of Respect and Fire Prevention Week (Oct 5-9), PEACE Week (Oct 19-23), Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day closure with staff development (Oct 12), Halloween events, and early dismissals plus parent-teacher conferences in early November. Several items already exist in the current list and are repeated here.