Barbara Hawkins Elementary School

Barbara Hawkins Elementary School News

**Winner of the Governor's Fitness Challenge**
News from: Dr. Jayne Greenberg, Executive Director Physical Education and Health Literacy Miami-Dade County Public Schools Friday, August 21, 2009, the Florida Department of Education and the Governor's Office announced the winners of the 2008-2009 Governor's Fitness Challenge. Of the 16 State recipients, 4 came from M-DCPS. As a result, Barbara Hawkins Elementary School will be receiving a check from the Volunteer Florida Foundation in the amount of $2,500 to be used for equipment for your physical education program. $5,000 Recipient - Parkway Elementary School $2,500 Recipients - Barbara Hawkins Elementary, Nautilus Middle, and Andover Middle A big kudos to our physical education teacher for making this happen.


	First Graders Participate in One Picture Book, One Community On Friday, September 26, 2008 first grade students went to South Broward High School in Ft. Lauderdale to participate in the One Picture Book, One Community Program. The Miami Herald and Bank America sponsored this wonderful event and partner with WLRN & Miami-Dade Community College to put a book in every first grade student's hands through out Miami-Dade and Broward Counties. That is over 25,000 books!
This event was televised by WLRN and was watched by our whole school. Lisa Bethune, WLRN Ready to Learn Coordinator was the MC, other speakers included Alina Interian, Executive Director at Miami-Dade College's Florida Center for the Literary Arts, Susan Smith, Language Arts Curriculum Specialist from Broward County Schools and Jim F. Notter, Superintendent of Broward County Public Schools.
	Our very own Barbara Hawkins Cheerleaders performed three cheers about Reading: "Read Everyday!" "Reading is Dynomite! Reading is Out of Sight!", "Let's Read, Read, Read!" Students from Plantation Middle School performed a play based on the One Picture Book, One Community Offical 2008 Selection, Max's Words by Kate Banks, pictures by Boris Kulikov