Tilden Hogge Elementary School

08/26/2026

🇺🇸📚 Today, our flag flies at half-staff in honor of a true American treasure — Dolly Parton

Dolly gave the world so much more than an incredible collection of songs. She gave joy, kindness, generosity, and opportunity—and perhaps nowhere is that legacy felt more beautifully than in the millions of books she placed into the hands of children through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. ❤️📖

For those of us who spend our days helping children learn to read, dream big, and discover who they can become, that legacy feels especially meaningful.

Today, as our Mustangs look up and see our flag lowered, we hope they understand that sometimes a life touches so many others that an entire nation pauses to say: Thank you. You mattered. You made this world better.

Rest easy, Dolly. 🦋✨
Your music will keep playing, your stories will keep being read, and generations of children will continue dreaming because of you. 🇺🇸💚💛

08/25/2026

💚💛🐴 MUSTANG LEADERSHIP NEWS — VOLUME 2! 🐴💛💚

Our second edition of Mustang Leadership News is here, and this week we’re focusing on something that helps shape EVERYTHING we do at Tilden Hogge:

⭐ OUR VALUES! ⭐

Our school is so much more than a building—it’s a community. And the kind of community we have is created every single day by the choices we make. 💚

This week, our Mustangs are talking about what matters most, creating and LIVING their class mission statements, beginning with the end in mind, and recognizing that every single one of us plays a part in creating our school culture.

We’re challenging our students to think about one important question:

💭 “Did my choices today match the kind of Mustang leader I want to be?”

Families, this is a GREAT conversation to continue at home! Ask your Mustang what values are important in their classroom—or even talk together about the values that are most important to your family. 🏡💛

📊 And don't forget—MAP testing for our K–3rd grade Mustangs begins this week! A good night’s sleep, breakfast, arriving on time, and a little encouragement to simply DO THEIR BEST can make a big difference!

Leadership isn't just something we learn about at Tilden Hogge.

It's something we LIVE. 🐴💚💛

Be kind. Work hard. Take care of each other.
BE A MUSTANG LEADER!

08/24/2026

🏌️‍♀️🏓🔵 CALLING ALL JUNK DRAWERS & GARAGE STASHES! 😂🔬

Tilden Hogge families, we need your help with some upcoming SCIENCE experiments! 🧪⚡️

We are looking for donations of:

⛳ Golf balls
🏓 Ping pong balls
🔵 Marbles

If you have any lying around that you won’t miss (because apparently science requires us to raid everyone’s junk drawers 😂), we would LOVE to take them off your hands!

Donations can be sent to school with your student or dropped off in the front office.

Thank you for always helping us make learning hands-on, exciting, and maybe just a little chaotic! 💚💛🐴

Because around here… SCIENCE IS MEANT TO BE PLAYED WITH! 🔬✨

08/21/2026

🌟🐴 LEADER IN ME IS ALREADY IN ACTION! 🐴🌟

We may only be 8 days into the school year, but our Mustangs are already learning what it means to lead themselves AND lead alongside others! 💚💛

Our Kindergarten students and Mrs. Clark’s 3rd & 4th graders have been busy building their Leader in Me foundation through activities focused on the 7 Habits, listening to understand others, and sharing about themselves. ❤️

Students even worked together to create anchor charts filled with tips and ideas about the Habits that they can share with their classmates—because one of the best ways to deepen our own learning is to help someone else learn, too! 🧠✨

These first days aren't just about learning classroom routines. They're about building relationships, finding our voices, learning to listen, and creating classrooms where EVERY student knows they have the ability to lead. 🙌

Eight days down, and we are already seeing our Mustang Leaders shine! 🐴💚💛

Be Kind. Work Hard. Take Care of Each Other. Be a Mustang Leader.

08/21/2026

📚🔍 READERS & THINKERS AT WORK IN 3RD GRADE! 🔍📚

Mrs. Clark’s 3rd grade Mustangs are already diving into their EL Education lessons and doing some BIG thinking! 💚💛

Students began with the beautiful story Rain School and worked on identifying the gist—what the text is mostly about—before digging deeper to determine the story’s central message, lesson, or moral. 📖💭

They’re learning that strong readers don’t just ask, “What happened?” They also ask, “What is this story trying to teach me?” 🧠✨

We love seeing our Mustangs reading closely, discussing their thinking, using evidence from the text, and learning that sometimes the most important part of a story is the message we carry with us after the last page. ❤️

Way to go, Mrs. Clark’s 3rd graders! Keep reading, thinking, and discovering! 🐴💚💛

08/21/2026

🔢🧸 LITTLE MATHEMATICIANS AT WORK! 🧸🔢

Our Kindergarten Mustangs have spent the week exploring, discovering, and getting their hands on MATH! 💚💛

As part of Illustrative Mathematics Unit 1, our youngest learners have been exploring the different math tools they'll use throughout the year—learning what they are, how they work, and how mathematicians use them to help make sense of problems! 🧮🔷🟡

Right now, it may look like they're building, sorting, counting, comparing, and playing... but they're also developing routines, learning how to use mathematical tools purposefully, talking about what they notice, and building the foundation for a whole year of mathematical thinking! 🧠✨

We LOVE seeing those little hands busy and those BIG brains at work! 🐴💚💛

Way to WORK HARD, Kindergarten! Your math journey is just getting started! 🌟

08/21/2026

📦📏 VOLUME IS TURNING UP IN 5TH GRADE! 📏📦

Our 5th grade Mustangs are already diving DEEP into the learning! 💚💛

Today, students were working together as mathematicians during Illustrative Mathematics Unit 1, collaborating, problem-solving, sharing strategies, and discovering what volume really means—not just memorizing a formula! 🧠✨

We LOVE seeing students talking about math, learning from one another, defending their thinking, and figuring things out together. That productive struggle is where some of the BEST learning happens! 🙌

Way to WORK HARD and lead your own learning, 5th grade! 🐴💚💛

08/21/2026

⚽️💥 SCIENCE IN MOTION! 💥⚽️

Our 4th graders were putting science into action this morning as they explored energy transfers through collisions! 🧪🔬

Their big question: Why does a soccer ball’s motion change? 🤔⚽️

Instead of just reading about it, our Mustangs were investigating, observing, testing, and using evidence to figure out what happens when objects collide and energy is transferred from one object to another.

Because sometimes the best way to learn about science is to kick it, crash it, test it, and figure out WHY it happened! 😂💥

We LOVE seeing curious minds at work! Keep questioning, investigating, and discovering, Mustangs! 💚💛🐴

08/20/2026

Way to show up and show out, Mustangs!

Congratulations to the following schools for having 95% attendance or better!

McBrayer Elementary School- 95.75%

Tilden Hogge Elementary School- 97.65%

👏 Way to go, students, families, teachers, and staff for making attendance a priority!

Keep showing up, Rowan County! Every day counts! 💚

08/19/2026

“Yeehaw!” 🤠