NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY, JUNE 19TH TO RECOGNIZE JUNETEENTH
Also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery. Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021.
FRIDAY, JUNE 23RD IS THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL AND IS AN EARLY RELEASE DAY. STUDENTS WILL BE DISMISSED AT 11:05AM
FIELD DAY: IT’S BACK!!
Field Day will take place on Wednesday June 21st!
The event will include a bounce house obstacle course, dunk tank, tug-o-war and so much more!
Upper School students will participate in the morning from 9:00-11:30 and Lower School will participate from 11:45-2:15
Set your student up for success with sunblock, sneakers, a hat and water.
Parents who would like to volunteer must have a current CORI on file.
8TH GRADE PROMOTION CEREMONY & DANCE INFO:
The promotion ceremony will be held at 6pm on Thursday, June 22nd outside on the Upper school side. Students should arrive and report to their homerooms at 5:30pm to prepare.
This year the ceremony will be held on the basketball courts. We will have all 8th grade classes set up with chairs in a roped off area. In case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in the gymnasium.
We are asking families to bring their own lawn chairs and/or blankets. Families will be able to set up anywhere behind or beside the area where our 8th graders will be seated.
Families will not be allowed to set up prior to 5:00pm. We appreciate your attention and support with this.
Parking for this event will be very limited, so we are asking families to carpool and walk if able.
For those that are driving, we ask that you park in the lower school lot and the gravel parking lot adjacent to that.
The promotion ceremony should last for approximately 30-45 minutes maximum.
Immediately following the promotion ceremony, our 8th grade students will be invited into our cafeteria & gym for their promotion dance, where food, music, and activities will be awaiting them.
The dance will end at 8:30pm. At this time, it will be expected that all 8th grade students have rides waiting for them.
Please remember that all school rules still apply for the promotion and promotion dance. Please review the following guidelines below:
- Students cannot bring bags of any kind. Small purses will be allowed, but are subject to search.
- No outside food or drink will be allowed
- Students must have a ticket to attend the event
- Non Hunking students are not allowed to attend the event
- If a student leaves the event they are not allowed to return
Thank you for your attention to this and we look forward to sharing in an exciting/special event.
HUNKING THEME OF THE MONTH: Hunking will be embracing a theme of the month which will be focused on in and around our School building throughout each month. Hunking staff will promote and nominate students each month who they feel have personified the monthly theme on a consistent basis. Based on those nominations, one boy and one girl in each grade will be recognized as a “Hunking Hero” and receive a t-shirt.
Throughout the month of June, we are embracing the theme of Pride. Pride is the state or feeling of being proud. A becoming or dignified sense of what is due to oneself or one’s position or character. It is self-respect and/or self-esteem Pride is also the quality of being especially proud of a particular quality, skill, or possession. Staff will be on the lookout this month for the students who personify pride.
COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS:
Haverhill Public Library Summer Kickoff!
The library is a great place to keep up your student’s summer reading momentum. The Summer Kickoff Party will be held on Saturday, June 17th. Check out the link below.
https://haverhillpl.org/summer-reading-kick-off-party-v-2/#scheduled-events
If you don’t have a library card, fill out this on-line form and the library will mail the card to you. https://haverhillpl.org/library-card-application/
The library is a great place for audio and electronic books too!
Plus, there are passes to museums, zoos and parks around New England. https://www.eventkeeper.com/mars/tkflex.cfm?curOrg=HAVERHILL&curApp=passes&CFID=4385235&CFTOKEN=9c6b2ca1eb4b7a93-B1A1ACDF-D4AE-528A-5350D26C4B687BF1
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION NEWS:
NEWS FROM GUIDANCE:
Your School Counselors:
Sarah Petrick k-4 School Counselor sarah.petrick@haverhill-ps.org
Terri Carney 5-8 School Counselor terri.carney@haverhill-ps.org
Any Grade 8 student looking to complete courses over the summer before joining HHS, are welcome to sign up for Credit Advancement. Available to all 8th going into 9th grade students, not just CTE/Classical Academy students.
Brochure: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j2qvoV-9_VFLFnlZd8WTxsiNNYImO6GvK6z7pyq3b4g/edit?usp=sharing
Form: https://forms.gle/Pt4wRKnQ7jPsz9SM8
Work Permits
Students are applying for their first jobs! Work permit information can be found here:
https://www.haverhill-ps.org/work-permit-information/
Guidance Information
We are introducing a new avenue for you to access all information regarding applications and the transition to high school. We recommend you utilize this resource as often as possible, as we will consistently update this site throughout the week. We at Hunking believe that working together to support student success is paramount.
https://sites.google.com/haverhill-ps.org/roadmaptohighschool/hunking-home-hnk
EDUCATIONAL HAPPENINGS:
8th Grade News:
Sign up for Hacking for Design 2023
Hacking for Design, tailored to Haverhill high school students, aims to provide hands-on activities focused on the STEM field to help students build new skills over an engaging 3 week long summer workshop. Through this program, students will learn about the principles of 3D printing technologies and the diverse applications of this technology in fields such as design and engineering. Program will be held at the UMass Lowell Innovation Hub Haverhill, 2 Merrimack Street, 3rd Floor, Haverhill.
Click here to get on our Registration list
Dates for 2023:
July 10 through July 28
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
10 am – 1 pm
Program is Free to Haverhill students.
SPACE IS LIMITED TO 15 STUDENTS. Students must be incoming 9th through 12th graders who live in or go to school in Haverhill.
For questions or more info, Contact Stephanie Guyotte at 978-934-5560 or stephanie_guyotte@uml.edu
The GR8 Debate: 8th grade ELA students held their 2nd Annual GR8 Debate Thursday June 15th. (images coming soon)
SUMMER READING: Here are the Suggested Summer Reading Lists for Pre K-12.
NEWS FROM OUR NURSES: Please continue to have your children bring in water bottles for the hot weather and apply sunscreen and/or bug spray for any outdoor activities or field trips prior to school especially for field day on Wednesday, June 21st..
As the school year is winding down, the health office will be sending out letters for medication for next year. Your children’s medications including Epipens and Inhalers should be picked up by June 22, 2023 if they have any in the health office.
LOST AND FOUND: Our lost and found for any clothing items is located in the locker room area in the main hallway of the school. Any lost lunch boxes or water bottles can be found on the shelves in our cafeteria. We encourage you to have your students check frequently, as all unclaimed clothing at the end of each month is then donated by the school.
ATHLETIC NEWS
Cheerleading -Elite
Jr Hillies Youth Football Organization is working with Elite Cheer to help develop a Jr Hillies Youth Football option for Youth Cheer once again this season. The goal is for the organization to offer it as part of their program next season!
Haverhill middle school coaches are encouraged to work with this program to help develop their teams before the winter season. If you are interested in coaching with us, please contact one of the coaches or directors below. We are more than happy to have help!
Let’s continue to work together to build amazing opportunities for the kids in our community! They deserve it!
The link to give to parents to sign up is: https://form.jotform.com/231367894041156?fbclid=IwAR0SgqQj321baaJAefrMKr3c6t2gZLzAQxf9q1YUhKYiNlv7cGZaNQjNvmw
CLUB NEWS:
LEGO Club: Tuesday, June 20th is the last Club meeting for the year (4th grade). Previously scheduled meetings on the 21st and 22nd have been canceled. Thank you for all the support throughout the year.
NJHS: Congratulations to all of the NJHS members and good luck to the 8th graders in their high school career. I hope that you will continue your journey with the NHS chapter at your choice high school. Have a great summer.
~Mrs. Sciuto
DRAMA CLUB: Mrs. Fairbrother and I would like to thank the cast and crew for a wonderful performance of Xanadu Jr. There will be a cast party for cast and crew in the music room on Tuesday, Jun 20, 2023 from 2:45 to 3:45.
Model UN Summer Conference:
YEARBOOK: The deadline for ordering yearbooks to be shipped to the school has arrived! You can still order a yearbook through the company, Geskus. However, you will now have to pay for shipping to be sent to your homes. We have ordered a few extras that may be purchased here at the school for $20.00. Students will be selling them during field day on June 21st.
ODDS & ENDS:
-All students in grades 5-8 have been issued school IDs. It is required that they bring and wear their ID badges each day.
-Please make sure that your student(s) are coming to school daily with a fully charged chromebook.
-Please make sure that you are sending your student(s) with a water bottle. We have a limited supply of cups and we do not have access to water fountains, only water bottle filling stations.
SCHOOL POLICIES:
MORNING DROP OFF: To all families that drop their students off in the morning, please remember to drop your students off at the proper end of the building. All K-4 students should be dropped on the lower school side of the building. All 5-8 students should be dropped off on the upper school side of the building. Please be aware that there should be NO DROP OFFS AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING BETWEEN 8:00AM-8:30AM. This is for safety reasons. We appreciate everyone’s support and cooperation with this procedure. Thank you!
UPPER SCHOOL DROP OFF: Parents and Guardians, please be aware that the safety and security of our students is the number one priority. We kindly ask that all parents/guardians who drop students off in the morning on the upper school side of the building, please follow the proper traffic pattern to ensure everyone’s safety. Please do not cut across the parking lot. We ask that you drive slow while on school grounds, and we appreciate your patience as we are aware that many people have places to be after dropping off. Again, we appreciate you prioritizing the safety of our students. Thank you!
CAR PICK UP & DROP OFF: Safety and Security of our students, staff, and families is our number one priority, so we would like to ask that those families who utilize car pick up and drop off be cognizant of our security guards directing traffic. Security would like to emphasize the use of turn signals when picking-up or dropping-off your student. If you are not turning, please flash your headlights so that they are aware that you are continuing straight. We want to make sure everyone remains safe. We greatly appreciate your attention and support with this matter.
Lower school pick up: If you are walking to pick up your K student please wait near the kindergarten doors and if you are walking to pick up your grade 1-4 student please wait at the lower school walker pick up door. DO NOT come to the lower school playground to pick up your child. The students in the playground area are waiting for car pick up only.
Student Dress Code: With the warmer weather here, the student dress code has become a “hot button” topic recently at Hunking. We recognize that this is a sensitive topic and one that includes a lot of “gray area”, so I have once again attached the dress code policy that can be found on page 23 of the HPS student handbook for all families to review:
“The responsibility for the dress and appearance of the students will rest with individual students and parents.
They have the right to determine how the student will dress providing that attire is not destructive to school property, complies with requirements for health and safety, and does not cause disorder or disruption. The administration is authorized to take action in instances where individual dress does not meet the stated requirements.
This does not mean that student, faculty, or parent groups may not recommend appropriate dress for school or special occasions. It means that students will not be prevented from attending school or a school function, or otherwise be discriminated against, so long as their dress and appearance meet the requirements set forth above.
Students are not permitted to dress in any manner that is distracting to teaching or learning, to other students or disrupting the educational process or environment of the school. Clothing that is considered to be distracting includes but may not be limited to the following:
- Extremely short skirts or shorts rising more than 7″ above the knee.
- Shirts or blouses bearing midriffs.
- See-through clothing.
- Halters or tank tops with less than 1″ straps, tube-tops, or blouses with excessively low cut tops.
- Low rider pants and pants that do not cover underwear.
- Clothing or jewelry that advertises or promotes products or activities that are illegal.
- Clothing containing inappropriate or suggestive language or pictures.
- Clothing that identifies students as members of a gang or an imitation of gang paraphernalia will not be permitted. This includes but is not limited to bandanas, pins, insignias, colors, jewelry, emblems, wave caps, etc.
- Studded accessories such as belt buckles, bracelets, chains, etc. are not permitted.
- Any other dress that distracts, disrupts, intimidates or provokes can be deemed inappropriate by the Principal or Assistant Principal.
The Principal and Assistant Principal have the final decision in making the determination that there has been a violation of the dress code policy. In the event that the Principal is unavailable, the Assistant Principal has the full authority to make the final determination on whether a student’s clothing is in violation of the dress code policy.”
CELL PHONE POLICY:
-Cell phones are not allowed to be used throughout the school day. The expectation is that the phone is turned off and put away.
-If students are found to be using their cell phone for any purpose the following policy will be followed:
-1st offense: Cell phone will be confiscated and submitted to the main office where the student can get the phone back at the end of the day with a warning.
-2nd offense: Cell phones will be confiscated and submitted to the main office where a parent/guardian will need to pick up the phone.
-3rd offense: Cell phone will be confiscated and submitted to the main office where a parent/guardian will need to pick up the phone and the student will be issued an office detention.
-4th offense: Cell phone will be confiscated and submitted to the main office where a parent/guardian will need to pick up the phone and a meeting will need to take place in order to establish a contract where phone can either be dropped off at arrival time and picked up at dismissal, or the phone is not allowed in school.
-Students will not be allowed to have cell phones in the bathroom. Students will need to leave their phones face down on their desk when leaving for the bathroom.
-We recognize the importance for students to have cell phones, but we respectfully ask for your support in reinforcing the cell phone rules. If there is ever a reason for a student to call home, I am happy to allow them to utilize my office phone. Also, if you have to get in touch with your student, we would ask that you please contact the main office during school hours.