Hancock Elementary School -

Farm adventures and fall memories pt. 2!

🏙️ Philadelphia Spirit Wear Days! 🏙️

Show your Philly pride and rep your favorite hometown teams!

🏈 Eagles Day – Fly Eagles Fly!

Date: Monday, November 10
Wear your Eagles green, jerseys, or hats to show your team spirit!

🏀 Sixers Day – Here They Come!

Date: Monday, November 17
Dress in red, white, and blue or your favorite Sixers gear!

🏒 Flyers Day – Let’s Go Flyers!

Date: Thursday, November 20
Rock your orange and black to cheer on the Flyers!

💥 Show your Philly pride all month long! Staff and students are encouraged to participate — let’s see which team has the most fans!

We are so excited for our first Hancock Gets Healthy Night of the school year!

📅 Date: Wednesday, November 5th
🕠 Time: 5:30 – 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Hancock Elementary School GYM

At 6:00 PM, families can join a 20-minute family yoga session hosted by Yoga Home!

We’ll also have some amazing community partners joining us, including:
ENGAA
The Carver Center
NASD Dental Hygienist
Blood Pressure Screenings
And many more health and wellness resources!

🍎 Food: Healthy snacks and food will be available on a first come, first served basis.
🍬 Candy Donation: We will be collecting unopened Halloween candy to donate to CHOP cancer patients.

Please use this LINK to let us know you are coming! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSegItltaUbTDZ3L2Ib2YdIfWkJDX5eKWMkkVITN70BcD4Nuwg/viewform

It's the Fall Ball Y'all! The 3rd and 4th Grade Students at Hancock Elementary School had a lot of fun at this year's Fall Ball 2025. Students were able to take photos with their friends and classmates at the fall-themed photo area, enjoy drinks and snacks and dance the night away thanks to DJ Swizz. Thank you to all of our staff volunteers for all of your help and thank you to the students for your enthusiastic attendance.

🎃 “Farm adventures and fall memories!”

Hancock's Character Parade will be RAIN or SHINE! If it is raining, we will have families meet in the Gym to watch the Characters parade across the stage. If it is not raining, Characters will parade outside. Reminder: Families will only be able to take their children home early if they have registered on the form by tonight (Wednesday at 7:00 pm). No exceptions!
Looking forward to seeing everyone dressed as their favorite book character (no Halloween costumes)!

The link is https://forms.gle/LaXR9V16aHMPoFEN8

🎉 Hancock Gets Healthy Night! 🎉

Join us on Wednesday, November 5th from 5:30–7:00 PM for a fun and active evening for the whole family! 💪💚

✅ Family games & movement activities
✅ Community vendors & opportunities for prizes
✅ Healthy food provided!
🍬 Plus — we’ll be collecting unopened Halloween candy to donate to cancer patients at CHOP!

Don’t miss out — sign up using the link below!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSegItltaUbTDZ3L2Ib2YdIfWkJDX5eKWMkkVITN70BcD4Nuwg/viewform

📚 Book Character Parade! 🎉
Join us for our Book Character Parade on Thursday, October 30th at 1:45 PM!
Families are welcome to come enjoy the fun and see all the amazing costumes inspired by favorite book characters.
Please see the flyer for more details!

If you plan to take your child home after the parade, please use the link below to sign out:
👉https://forms.gle/88EGqwbSuewVyrQ5A

We can’t wait to see everyone’s creativity on display! 🌟

Our fourth grade students visited Riverbend Environmental Education Center last week. They explored the ecosystems of a forest, a stream and a pond. They also learned to identify living and non-living things within each system.

The Book Character Parade is on Thursday, Oct 30th at 1:45 pm. Please see the flyer for more details! Families must use the link below to take their child after the parade.

https://forms.gle/88EGqwbSuewVyrQ5A

Students today celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month in PE by learning about inspiring heroes from Bold, Brilliant, and Latine — and bringing their stories to life through movement! 💪✨ From balancing like Laurie Hernández to building like Ellen Ochoa, students showed their boldness, brilliance, and teamwork at each fitness and STEM station. ❤️🏃‍♀️⚽🚀

Drum roll please... 🥁 Congratulations to Julian and Vivianna, winners of LEGOLAND tickets from our Family, Science, and Fun Night! 🎉 Thanks to everyone who joined the fun!

Hancock Elementary PFC's fundraiser has started, and we need your help. Our goal is to raise $3,000.00 to pay for buses for school field trips.

It's as simple as 1, 2, 3!

Register at www.ShopFund.com
Make sure you use Group Code: CA74M
Share custom support links with family & friends via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Email, Text and more.
Student Goal: Minimum of 5 Online Supporters.

REGISTER-SHARE-WIN: Sharing gets you coins for chances to win over 1,000 prizes.

The Fall Ball for 3rd and 4th graders is this Friday! See the flyer for more details!

Hands-on literacy! Students practiced sight words and CVC words using shaving cream for a fun sensory twist.

On Tuesday, October 7th, we hosted our very first Family, Science, and Fun workshop at Hancock Elementary — and it was a blast! Students and their families explored hands-on, STEELS-centered activities designed to spark curiosity and creativity.

From 3D printing and Lego engineering to experimenting with magnets, electricity, and even building suspension bridges out of spaghetti and marshmallows — there was something for everyone! Families also learned more about the Norristown Public Library and enjoyed delicious apples, courtesy of Frecon Farms in Boyertown.

A big thank you to the Norristown Library for partnering with us to make this event such a success. 🎉 Students who completed a science-themed scavenger hunt were even entered to win tickets to Legoland!

We’re already looking forward to the next one!

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, our third graders had the special opportunity to welcome guest readers from the 10th grade! The high school students shared stories that highlight Hispanic culture, history, and traditions, helping our younger learners connect with the joy of reading while honoring this important month.

Hancock’s Student Advisory Council’s first meeting of the year with Mr. Dormer!

3rd grade is studying books about the ocean - last week we looked under the microscope to see a plankton egg! We studied the word "microscope" - We were able to see the tiny egg up close. We know the plankton eat the phytoplankton!

Don't forget ... tomorrow night from 5:30-6:30 we have our first family workshop - Science, Family, Fun! Don't miss out! We are even raffling off some tickets to LEGOLAND! Hope to see you there :)

RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/1wNxD6E9cRJUR7cH2Go9mx_0lhqJ9Z4ktU0JTg7lcft0/viewform?urp=gmail_link&edit_requested=true