Hopkins Principal’s Newsletter 9/25/2024

Dear Hopkins Students and Families,

A big thank you to Ms. Fern, Mr. Cheung, Mr. Smith, Ms. Trahan, Mr. Walker, Ms. Hilton, and Ms. Lee for expanding our intramural offerings this year. We’ve got more friendly competitions this year with basketball, badminton, flag football, and ping pong! Thank you for helping to infuse more fun and teamwork across Hopkins! 

School Site Council Parent/Guardian Representatives: Congratulations to Rupi Vermette, Arvind Gupta, and Mary Vattavayalil for being selected as this year’s parent representatives on our School Site Council. And to Pooja Sharma for being selected as the alternate parent rep. Thank you to all the parents/guardians who voted. School Site Council meetings are always open to the public; we welcome any Hopkins parents, students, and staff to attend. This year’s meeting dates: 10/3, 2/13, 4/10, and 5/15, 2:40-3:40 PM @ our C-Nest

School Site Council Student Rep Election: Another friendly reminder that students have until the end of Wednesday, 9/25 to cast their ballots. 

• Students must cast their votes online: https://tinyurl.com/hopkinsssc24 (You’ll need to sign in to your school email before voting. This is for students only.)

Diwali Celebrations:The PFA is excited to announce a new upcoming event! Please join us Wednesday, 10/30 in the MUR from 5-7:30 pm to help celebrate Diwali.  The evening will be filled with performances, music, rangoli and snacks to educate and embrace the holiday! To help us prepare for the event please RSVP our event via this google form.

• https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1I99eEesHejVTGhjzPGxbgsoSMyv6FwC5ljVnDFlzMpU/edit
• Generous donations are always welcome to show your support as well. https://www.hopkinspfa.org/donate
• If you have any questions, please reach out to Priyanka at president@hopkinspfa.org

Coffee w/ Counselor Slides: Thank you to our families who were able to join last Friday’s (9/20) Coffee w/ Counselor. Please see the slide deck here. 

Extracurricular Opportunities: 

• Free entry to Exploratorium for our Latino/Hispanic families: This Saturday, 9/28, San Francisco’s Exploratorium invites our Latino/Hispanic families to celebrate the Latinx Engineering Day in the museum for free. Families just need to bring a printout of the flyer (English o español) for free admission at the entrance. 
  
• English Buddies Program @ the Fremont Library: Our Fremont Main Library is offering a series of free English reading and speaking workshops for students in grades 4 and up. Students are paired up with trained high school and college students to practice reading and speaking. This would especially benefit our Multilingual Learner students. Parents/guardians need to complete this form and turn in @ the Fremont Main Library. Please see the attached flyer for more information. 
• District-wide Maker Faire: Are you in grades 6-12 and have an idea to solve a societal problem using Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing Technology)? Whether you are a visionary, a budding engineer, a business and marketing aficionado, or just have a really great idea – this is for you!
  • Fremont Unified is partnering with the MSJ Rotary and Ohlone College to pilot a district wide Maker Faire with a focus to solve a societal problem through 3D printing. Although 3D printing and prototype development is an essential part of the project, it is open to any and all students in grades 6-12 who wish to participate. 
  • MSJ rotary has set up an online submission entry portal where student teams can submit their idea(s) to improve the world through 3D printing.  The link is here – https://missionsanjoserotary.org/.  All proposal submissions are due by Friday, December 20, 2024, the day we leave for Winter Break.  Proposed submissions are in narrative form only.  All proposals will be reviewed and 30 finalists will be announced mid January 2025. The 30 finalists will be challenged to create a 3D printed prototype of their project and to present their project Saturday, April 5, 2025 at a district-wide Maker Faire hosted by Ohlone (Newark Campus). 
  • All submissions will be reviewed and feedback provided, whether you make the top 30 or not, you will receive input on your idea. We hope to make this an annual event and to add technology beyond 3D printing in the future. This is your chance to affect change for the better and to be part of the inaugural event. There will be an esteemed panel of judges for the event including district, city and industry representatives. 

  • If you have questions regarding this project please contact FUSD coordinator Dr. Lisa Burns lburns@fusdk12.net, 510.505.7300 Ext 67245. Rotary contacts Rudy Malanum customfittrainer@gmail.com and Jeff Severtson jeff.severtson@yahoo.com. 

Save the Dates: 

• Tuesday, 10/1, 3-5 PM: Volleyball @ Centerville
• Thursday, 10/3, 2:40-3:40 PM: School Site Council @ C-nest
• Thursday, 10/3, 3-5 PM: Volleyball vs. Horner @ MUR
• Tuesday, 10/8, 3-5 PM: Volleyball @ Walters
• Thursday, 10/10, 3-5 PM: Volleyball @ Thornton
• Friday, 10/11: No School; Staff Development Day
• Wednesday, 10/16, 7-8 PM: PFA Meeting on Zoom
• Thursday, 10/17, 6:30-7:30 PM: ELAC (English Learner Advisory Committee) Meeting on Zoom
• Friday, 10/25, 4-6 PM: Social — Hawk-o-ween!
• Wednesday, 10/30, 1:15-7:15 PM: Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences
• Wednesday, 10/30, 5-7:30 PM: PFA-sponsored Diwali Celebrations @ MUR
• Wednesday, 11/6, 1:15-7:15 PM: Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences

HAWK ON~
Nancy Kuei
Principal