It is hard to believe that we have completed three quarters of the 2007-08 school year at HPE.  Reflecting upon the school year I take great pride in being part of the HPE community of learners.  We have an awesome school community and our kids are smart, wonderful, and uplifting; and our teachers are simply fantastic to work with, and are truly focused in on the needs of our students.  We are proud of many things at HPE, and we would like to share these with our school community:  National Blue Ribbon School-2004; Exemplary Writing School-2006-09; Golden Apple Award Winners: Paula Clarke-2005-06 and Cassandra Gary-2006-07; Mrs. Melanie Hahn was one of two finalists for SC Media Specialist for the year 2006-07; Volunteer Pride Award Winner-School of the year for 2007; "Read-Well" Reading Program; School-wide Responsibility Program; Active Mentoring Program; Quarterly Awards Day; After-school Program/Merit Academy; Chorus-4th grade; 28 Wireless Computer Laptop Stations; and 17 Promethean Boards and Visual Presenters in classrooms.  Wonderful things are happening at HPE, and we take great pride in being a community of learners and a school that exemplifies excellence in education.