May 6th through 10th is National Teacher Appreciation Week, and Tuesday, May 7th, is National Teacher Day! All year long, but especially this week, we would like to express our deepest gratitude to the amazing teachers who give their best every day to ensure students receive a high quality, engaging education that prepares them for their next steps in life.  

A few words or a note of thanks would go a long way toward letting your favorite teachers know what a positive impact they’ve had on your life. If you’d like to share some of these kind words or a story online, don’t forget to use the hashtag #ThankATeacher.

Thank you, Teachers! You ROCK and you make us Proud to be HSD!

Our featured event is the Moon Tree planting that took place on Friday, April 26th, at Tamarack Elementary School! Between November 16th and December 11th, 2022, more than 1,000 seeds from five different tree species traveled 270,000 miles from Earth on the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft and orbited the moon. After the flight, moon trees were grown in eight USDA Forest Service facilities. Tamarack’s seedling, a sweetgum, was grown at the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station during the 2023 growing season. The seedling was presented to the school by representatives from the Forest Service and UPS - official shippers of the Moon Trees, and partners in the effort to provide interactive engagements and educational booths about the importance of environmental conservation and tree planting at Moon Tree planting sites. Many thanks to 4th grade teacher Shannon Jones who successfully applied for the Moon Tree at Tamarack!

May 6th through 12th is also National Nurse Week, and Monday, May 6th, is National Nurse Day! We are so grateful to our dedicated team of District Nurses for providing expert voice for optimal, equitable student health. And we are so proud of our Lead District Nurse, Tracy Evers-Selleck, for being named Oregon’s School Nurse of the Year for 2024! Way to go, Tracy!

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