Hansen Elementary is a community of lifelong learners where students, staff, parents, and community
Hansen Elementary is a community of lifelong learners where students, staff, parents, and community are joined in a partnership towards a collective vision of students and staff who are innovative, collaborative, and critical thinkers. We provide a differentiated curriculum that engages all students in rigorous and relevant learning. We ensure a safe, nurturing environment where all students are successful, well rounded individuals who embrace diversity.
Operating as usual
05/13/2022
We can’t wait for the Hansen Family Fun Night TOMORROW!
This Friday Only!! Join us for a magic show by the amazing Eric Michaels Magic & Illusion!! Show starts at 6:00 pm! Just $5 gets your child into not only a magic show, but all the fun & games, bounce houses, face painter, balloon artist, laser tag and so much more! Join us for the fun Friday night 5:00-7:30 pm!
05/05/2022
THANK YOU to our incredible Hansen staff for all you pour into our kids! We appreciate you! Thank you to Sidecar Coffeefor treating us to coffee and Hansen Elementary PTA for celebrating us all week long!
05/05/2022
Our bigs reading to our littlest and sharing the joy of a story!
04/18/2022
The Hansen Talent Show will be LIVE this year! Please use this link to sign-up and share your talent with our Hansen family! https://forms.gle/n4CxjJjdNhouMayT7
04/01/2022
A huge THANK YOU to our Cedar Falls High School students who have visited our 3rd and 5th grade students this week to speak about taking risks, making mistakes, and building your character through kindness!
04/01/2022
Fifth grade students worked with our Tech Coach, Mr. Wagner, on the deign and build of roller coasters using ozobots! Each piece of their track had a specific price and they were required to stay within budget!
04/01/2022
Our 2nd graders have been building pizzas using Osmos and practicing their addition and subtraction of money!
03/22/2022
It’s great to be back together after spring break!
There will be a 90 minute late start on Monday, March 7th. Doors will open at 10:00 and school begins at 10:15. Breakfast will not be served. Don’t forget your snow gear!
02/25/2022
Congratulations to Ms. Schnackenberg and Mr. Hartz for being Principal for a day this week! They were our top readers and money raisers with our Read-a-Thon!
02/25/2022
WELL DONE to everyone who participated in our Read-a-Thon and supported meeting our building-wide goal of raising $15,000! Those who logged minutes got to help tape Mrs. Swestka to the wall this afternoon!
02/24/2022
Our Read-a-Thon top money raisers from each grade got to eat lunch with Mrs. Swestka today!
02/23/2022
Happy TWOSday, 2-22-22, with tutus, ties, and tennis shoes!
02/15/2022
Happy Valentine’s Day! Our staff were incredibly grateful for the positive words of gratitude and encouragement they received from parents today! Thank you for taking a moment to appreciate them! ❤️❤️
02/13/2022
Join in the fun of celebrating TWOSday on 2-22-22! Students are welcome to wear tutus, ties, and tennis shoes!
02/13/2022
Our kids did the hard work of logging the minutes they read and raising enough funds to tape Mrs. Swestka to the wall! Thank you to our Art Ambassadors for helping us countdown to the occasion which is scheduled for Friday, February 25th beginning at 1:00 pm!
02/09/2022
Congratulations to Hansen's Grace Nagle, Abby Arnold, and Mihir Barman-Roy for placing in the recent Knights of Columbus Spelling Bee! Way to go!
02/05/2022
These are just a few of our gold medalist from today’s third grade Olympics! Teams have earned medals for completing academic or athletic tasks and demonstrating character traits of an Olympian!
02/05/2022
Our kindergarten students had a reading celebration today, sharing their love of reading with one another!
02/01/2022
Happy 100th day of school! We are 100 days smarter!
There will be a 90 minute late start on Tuesday, January 25th. Doors will open at 10:00 and school begins at 10:15. Breakfast will not be served. Stay warm!
01/25/2022
Kids had “snow” much fun at recess before colder weather returns!
01/23/2022
If you or someone you know has an incoming kindergarten student for the 2022-2023 school year, we would love to have you complete the form below so we can contact you with kindergarten registration information this spring!
https://forms.gle/rZmdc2Q7PBwYevYN7
2022-2023 Incoming Kindergarten Students If you have an incoming kindergarten student for the 2022 - 2023 school year, we would appreciate you filling out the following information to help us plan accordingly and contact you with kindergarten registration processes this spring. We look forward to meeting you!
There will be a 90 minute late start on Friday, January 21st. Doors will open at 10:00 and school begins at 10:15. Breakfast will not be served. Stay warm!
01/19/2022
Cedar Falls Preschool Registration for the 2022-2023 school year will go live at noon on Friday, January 28th using the link below!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ePBuN2_CfbcEOpIdGnwe9WG2umJG-eLuerkM9fWq4e8/closedform
Preschool Registration The Cedar Falls Schools Preschool Program is in its tenth year. This program is funded by the Statewide-Voluntary Preschool Grant and Head Start dollars. Children that live within the Cedar Falls School's boundaries, and that will be age 4 by September 15 of that school year, are eligible to partici...
01/19/2022
Students have until midnight TOMORROW to log their minutes read at home!
NOTE: We are EXTENDING the Read-A-Thon END DATE to WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19th due to the snow day and holiday timing. All minutes read through Wednesday at midnight will count.
We are moving on up towards our goals!! Be sure to update your minutes for your weekend reading times and reach out to friends or family to get their support for all the hard work you are putting in!
There will be NO SCHOOL on Friday, January 14th due to inclement weather. There is also NO SCHOOL on Monday, January 17th in observance of MLK Day. We look forward to seeing our kids again on Tuesday, January 18th!
01/14/2022
Our second graders are learning how open and closed syllables change the vowel sounds in words!
01/13/2022
Mrs. Swestka is anxiously awaiting the Read-a-Thon results and is SO proud of our Hansen students for their minutes spent reading! Keep up the great work!
Our kiddos have been rocking this Read-A-Thon fundraiser with over 60,000 minutes logged to date!! We have also made awesome strides to reaching our monetary goals! Let's keep things going this final week!! Want to support our kiddos hard work? https://www.read-a-thon.com/school/_44772
There will be a 90 minute late start on Friday, January 7th. Doors will open at 10:00 and school begins at 10:15. Breakfast will not be served. Stay warm!
01/04/2022
It’s gymnastics season in PE! 🤸♀️hansenpride
01/04/2022
Happy New Year and welcome back to school! We look forward to the second half of the year!
12/21/2021
Our kids are learning how to code in every grade!
12/11/2021
Our Hansen staff are incredibly dedicated to our kids, and for that we are very grateful! Today they each walked away with a take and bake pizza, a small gift of time to go home with dinner in hand! Thank you to our Partner in Education, Amy Wienands Real Estate , for supporting this token of gratitude to the people who make Hansen a special place to learn and grow!
12/11/2021
Kindergarten students brought a fuzzy friend from home for word school today! They wrote lesson plans and taught their furry friend how to read words!
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