Eagle Families,

The holiday season is quickly approaching, and there are many opportunities to give back and connect with our community with some of our most magical and treasured HES traditions.

The crisp fall leaves and upcoming Thanksgiving holiday have me reflecting on how grateful I am for this Heritage Elementary community! Our parents, grandparents, and extended family volunteers continually step up to ensure HES students and staff know they are loved and cared for. Our teachers encourage, motivate and uplift our students in big and small ways every day. And our students: their enthusiasm and love of life are contagious, and their incredible potential is always inspiring! I am so humbled and thankful to be among a group of such dedicated families and educators.

You all stepped up BIG with your PTA Membership this year!  We are so honored to receive the One Voice for Every Child Award!  You all did this!  This is your award! This is your commitment to our children on display!  Thank you!

We hope you’ll find a way to participate or contribute in the spirit of the holiday season through some of the upcoming activities outlined here. You can continue to follow updates and information about these events on our website and Facebook page.  

With great care and gratitude,

Adrienne McLain

HES PTA President

#HESConnectsUs

The HES PTA has earned Texas PTA’s most prestigious membership award, the One Voice for Every Child Plantium Award, with a membership number equal to our campus enrollment!  

With 610 PTA memberships this year, we exceeded our goal of 537 memberships! Thank you for this incredible support from our parents, teachers, students, grandparents, and community!

The HES PTA is excited to celebrate the incredible One Voice for Every Child Award with a HUGE announcement from some of our HES Friends! 

The HES PTA is CELEBRATING our One Voice For Every Child Award with a FREE Family Outdoor Movie Night.

Bring your lawn chairs and blankets to the HES backfield on Friday, November 11th, at 6pm, and join our HES community in watching Minions: The Rise of Gru!

The movie is FREE and our way of to say thank you for supporting our school, teachers, students, and parents.

5th grade will be onsite to sell concessions (including hot chocolate!) as they raise money for their fifth grade fun day!

If weather prompts the event to be postponed, that will be communicated via email and on our PTA Social Media page no later than 3pm that day.

The HES community is collecting non-perishable and non-glass food items to donate to the GRACE Grapevine Food Pantry. 

Items may be dropped off in the collection box located outside your student's classroom door. 

As a fun and friendly incentive, the homeroom classroom to collect the most donations receives a donut party! 

Questions? Contact Kassie Black at communityservice@heseagles.org.

For the most up-to- date list of GRACE's current needs, visit: https://www.gracegrapevine.org/current-needs/

The HES PTA is continuing the Thanksgiving tradition of letting our teachers know that we are nothing 'bundt' thankful for them!  

Sponsor a Bundt Cake Towerfor $15.50 for our HES Staff. Deadline to donate is Wednesday, November 16th. Treats will be delivered on Friday, November 18th.

The Dads' Club will host High Five Friday in the morning carline on November 11th and December 9th.  

Interested in joining the Dads' Club or joining their email list? Message John Paul Grafa at dadsclub@heseagles.org

Under the direction of our Environmental Chair, Karrie Fox, members of our HES Garden Club presented to the board of Keep Grapevine Beautiful as a finalist for a garden grant.  They did an AMAZING job presenting our needs for our garden refresh, and were awarded a grant of $1,500! 

The Grant will be presented on November 14, 2022 at Five Star Subaru Grapevine at 6:30pm.  Thank you, Keep Grapevine Beautiful!

Reflections has been a staple arts program in many schools for over 50 years. Students can submit artistic entries in the areas of: dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography, and visual arts.  This year's theme is: Show Your Voice!

Local submissions are due by Tuesday, November 29th.  Physical entires of photography and visual arts can be turned into the student's teacher to be placed in the PTA Mailbox.  Electronic submissions should be sent to artsined@heseagles.org.  Each entry should include the linked entry form.

Entries will be judged and winners will be submitted to the GCISD Council of PTAs.

Why not use the extra days over Thanksgiving break to get creative!  Show Your Voice, Eagles!

Complete information about each category, as well as examples of past winners are available at the link below.

Classroom Winter Parties will be held the Tuesday and Wednesday before the Holiday break.  Visitors and volunteers should complete their GCISD background check now in order to be processed by party time.  

Winter Party Schedule:

Tuesday, December 20th

K:  8:30am - 9:15am

1st :  2pm - 2:45pm

2nd:  12:45pm - 1:30pm

4th:  2pm - 2:45pm

5th:  2pm - 2:45pm

Wednesday, December 21st

Pre-K:  11am - 11:45am

3rd: 11am - 11:45am

HES PTA Grade Level Coordinators and Homeroom Parents host 3 in-class parties: Winter Holiday, Valentine's Day and End of Year Celebration.

Class parties are 100% funded by parent contributions. A $15 contribution for each student is needed to fund snacks, decorations, and activity supplies for the three (3) parties!

Still need to contribute for 2022-23?  Visit www.heseagles.org > My Account > My Forms

Can't remember if you contributed?  Visit www.heseagles.org > My Account > Previous Orders

Contact admin@heseagles.org with any questions.

For the 4th year in a row, the HES Dads' Club is entering a float in the Grapevine Parade of Lights on Thursday, December 1st, 2022 at 7:00pm on Main Street. 

Interested in helping create the float? Contact Dad's Club Chair, John Paul Grafa, for details on the Parade Float Work Days scheduled for November 9th and November 29th.  

HES students have the opportunity to shop for gifts for their parents, siblings, other family members, friends, teachers, and even pets during the December. Gifts range from $1 to $5. 

Details will be sent home after the Thanksgiving Break.

Save the date for this family favorite!  Families have an opportunity to enjoy breakfast together, listen to holiday music from the HMS Choir, participate in crafts & games, and of course, visit with Santa Claus!

Tickets are $5 each with a $20 max per household.  Ticket sales will open online in early December.  

The HES PTA has asked our HES teachers and staff to share their favorite things with us!  Staff Favorites are listed on our website for quick reference as you start your holiday shopping!

The HES PTA hosts grade level Facebook Groups.  If you are a HES parent and have not joined your grade level, please join through the links below. Membership questions must be answered in order to be admitted. These groups are for parents and legal guardians only. 

Little Eagles 

(Open to future Heritage Elementary Parents with children ages birth to 5 years old.) 

Pre-Kindergarten (Class of 2036) 

Kindergarten (Class of 2035) 

First Grade (Class of 2034) 

Second Grade (Class of 2033) 

Third Grade (Class of 2032) 

Fourth Grade (Class of 2031) 

Fifth Grade (Class of 2030)