NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH IN RECOGNITION OF VETERAN’S DAY
2ND ANNUAL THANKSGIVING FEAST: We are just one week away from our 2nd Annual Thanksgiving Feast!!
We will be hosting this event on Thursday, November 16th from 4:30-7:00pm right here at Hunking.
What you need to know about the event:
-It is open to all families!
-It is a free meal (any donations will go toward the food costs)
-We will have a kid’s option (chicken fingers & french fries) as well as the regular thanksgiving style meal this year
-We will be serving food from 4:30-6:30pm so based on line sizes (and parking) we would recommend staggering your arrival times
–Families are able to park in both of our lower and upper school lots and enter through each end of the building (depending upon where you park). Parking in the front of the building and access to the front doors are for those who need handicap access only.
-We will have check in tables/stations at each entrance
-We are bringing back the raffle to pie a staff member in the face (we will run this event 4x throughout the night)
-We will have an art activity for families to enjoy
-There will be a “student showcase” of the lower school for parents to see their student’s work displayed
–We will have multiple raffle baskets available for families to purchase tickets for including but not limited to, a lottery ticket board, gift card wreath, s’mores basket, school supply basket, coffee basket, and game night basket.
In order for us to prepare for the event, we are asking all families to please register using the link below by Monday 11/13. When you register please make sure to include the amount of people in your family attending. There is also a section where you are able to purchase raffle tickets upon registering, and there is also an optional section to provide a “suggested” donation.
We are looking forward to another great event! Please make sure to register here: http://my.cheddarup.com/c/hunking-thanksgiving-feast-2023
ATTENDANCE MATTERS CAMPAIGN: Haverhill Public schools has partnered with an organization called Haverhill Promise and is running an Attendance Matters Campaign for the rest of this calendar year. What this means is that each week for the rest of 2023, if your student is in school every day on time, they will be entered into a raffle to win a prize. If they miss a day one week, that is okay, because they can be entered into the next week’s raffle. Hunking will have 4 winners school wide each week. The next week will be thru Thanksgiving break and then every week until Christmas break. The importance of this contest is that being in school daily is the first step to all students being successful in school.
HUNKING THEME OF THE MONTH: We are embracing the theme of GRATITUDE throughout the month of November! Gratitude is the quality of being thankful, readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. Staff will be on the lookout this month for the students who personify the theme of gratitude and show appreciation.
PICTURE MAKE-UP DAY: For any students who will need their pictures taken, or would like to do a retake, the date will be December 7th, 2023.
COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS:
Ski Bradford is Back! The Hunking Ski Club will start on Friday, January 5th for 3rd – 8th graders for 6-weeks on Friday nights from 5-9 p.m (weather permitting). Enrollments will be accepted until Thursday, November 23, 2023. Please visit our website at https://2024-ski-club.cheddarup.com to print an enrollment & waiver form, review pricing (lift ticket $220.00), or make a payment by check or credit card. A limited number of enrollment forms will be available at the school office and must be returned by November 27th Attention: Hunking Ski Club. Note: Lessons are for beginners, Level 1&2 and lessons will be in the Learning Area Only (no chairlift access). Transportation IS NOT provided.
Ski Club Coordinator Lisa Antolick Contact: lisa.antolick@crl.com or 781-640-4212.
Upper School Social this month! 3 weeks away! Get your tickets below to secure your spot and save $5!
UPPER SCHOOL BOWLING!!! Get some friends for glow bowling the day after Thanksgiving! A Friyay Fun at Academy Lanes on November 24th from 5-7pm for Upper School. $15 pre-registration, $20 the day of. Tickets available on Cheddar Up Link (click)
WASHINGTON, DC GRADE 8:
- Update: 62 students registered! Keep them coming so we can assign chaperones once we hit 8 more students and you can make the deposit deadline of Nov. 17th of $125.00
- Raffle Basket Donations!!! For 8th Grade DC trip…Already thinking about the holidays- please consider donating an item towards raffle baskets to be showcased a week before our next Restaurant Fundraiser at G’s in December. Click here to donate items. Items should be sent to the office between Nov. 20th-Dec. 15th.
- Register your student for the Grade 8 DC trip Capital Tours. Once registered, you will be able to make payments online. Fundraising efforts will be deducted in the spring and if you have overpaid, you will be reimbursed by the company. Check the DC google classroom for updates!
- Online Insurance should be purchased if wanted, within 14 days after registration.
- District Permission Slip AND Student Participation Contract: ALL REGISTERED STUDENTS NEED TO COMPLETE THESE FORMS & RETURN to your student’s homeroom teacher (print only the language needed-English-Spanish-Portuguese). Hard copies have been provided to homerooms.
- Questions????- Megan.arivella@haverhill-ps.org
PTO NEWS:
- It’s that time of year again and the Hunking PTO is excited to bring this opportunity to our Hunking Bobcat Community for a third year! This program, formerly known as “Shop with a Cop” is a need-based program for middle school students. Selected students are given $100 spending money and are paired up with a Haverhill first responder to go shopping for their families at Target and then wrap the presents with Haverhill’s first responders! All funds donated through this collection will go to sponsor children for this great program! Let’s rally this holiday season around this cause: https://heroes-and-helpers-2023-holiday-season.cheddarup.com
- Thanks to all who came to last night’s PTO meeting. Mark your calendars! The next one is scheduled for December 7th at 6:30pm! If you’re interested in getting involved in fundraising, event planning and/or communication before then, please follow us on Facebook (C.D. Hunking School PTO) or reach out to HunkingPTO28@gmail.com. If you can’t give your time, please consider making a small donation: my.cheddarup.com/c/general-donation-to-the-hunking-pto.
NEWS FROM GUIDANCE:
Meet your school counselors!
Grades 5 and 6: Sarah Petrick sarah.petrick@haverhill-ps.org
Grades 7 and 8: Terri Carney terri.carney@haverhill-ps-org
Haverhill High School
HHS Parent Night for Hunking 7th and 8th graders
Wednesday, November 15th 6p.m.-7:30 (PLEASE NOTE THE DATE CHANGE!!!!)
HHS Programs:
Classical Academy: https://hhs.haverhill-ps.org/classical-academy-3/
Apply: CA One-Pager (updated fall 2020)
Career Technical Education (CTE): https://cte.haverhill-ps.org/
Apply: https://haverhill.go2cte.com/
Early College: https://hhs.haverhill-ps.org/early-college/
Students can begin taking Early College Classes in 10th grade!
Whittier Tech
Thursday, December 7th (TBD during school/transportation provided):
Whittier tour for Hunking 8th graders
Apply: https://whittiertech.go2cte.com/
Information on Private Schools
EDUCATIONAL HAPPENINGS:
8th Grade:
ELA: 8th Graders this week have been writing about the use of symbolism and allusions in WW Jacobs’s “The Monkey’s Paw” and are looking to begin the Unit 1 essay next week. If you’d like to read “The Monkey’s Paw”, you can find a copy here.
Math: Students this week continued their module on Rigid Motions, applying their new understanding of translations, reflections, etc. to a coordinate plane. Students have also been utilizing technology, integrating 21st century skills into their newly-acquired content takeaways.
Science: This week in Science, students have continued their unit of study on the weather. If you’re looking to extend your student’s learning on this topic, check out this collection of monthly maps provided by the National Weather Service.
Civics: Students are completing their DBQs this week. Just a reminder that DBQs, as a district assessment not unlike a math test, must be completed in school in a controlled environment and cannot be worked on at home. Once the DBQ is wrapped up, it’s time to break out your copy of The Federalist Papers to help your students wrap their heads around federalism.
7th Grade:
Math- The 7th grade welcomed back Mr. Ryan from his Paternity leave. We all missed him and are happy he is back. Thank you to Mr. Zuber for doing a fantastic job filling in for Mr. Ryan.
NEWS FROM OUR NURSES: The Health Office will be continuing Vision and hearing screenings next week for 3rd grade. If your child wears glasses, please make sure they bring their glasses to school.
The weather is turning cold so please make sure your child wears a jacket. The children do go outside for recess in the afternoon. Enjoy your three day weekend.
ATHLETIC NEWS:
Basketball: Beginning next week (The week of 11/13) we will be holding basketball try-outs for the boys and girls teams after school. These tryouts are for any interested boy or girl in grades 6-8 who signed up. All girls should be ready and plan to tryout on Monday and Tuesday after school until approximately 4:30pm. All boys trying out will be on Wednesday and Friday after school next week also until approximately 4:30pm. All students trying out will need to make sure to have a completed medical form in order to participate.
CLUB NEWS:
GSA (Gender-Sexuality Alliance): The next meeting of the GSA will be Friday, November 17th. The GSA is open to students in grades 6 through 8. The calendar for upcoming meetings can be found here.
LEGO Club:
- Grades 4 & 5: Registration is now open for students interested in joining LEGO Club. Meetings will be held about once-monthly on Thursdays (calendar forthcoming). Interested students can speak to their homeroom teacher and permission slips will be distributed late next week.
- Grades 6-8: LEGO Club is seeking student volunteers in grades 6-8 to help facilitate with the younger grades. Students interested in grades 6-8 can see Mr. Molloy in room 300. 6-8th grade student helpers will also have a once-monthly meeting to hang out and build. Mr. Molloy would just ask that interested students commit to at least one date a month to attend as a helper.
- Students in grades 6-8 who have returned permission slips or have expressed interest will have a brief (10-minute) meeting after school next Thursday, November 16th. This meeting will not last past 3:10.
- The tentative calendar for LEGO Club (4th-8th grade) can be found here.
NJHS: Current National Junior Honor Society members have their first meeting this year on Friday, December 1st after school in Room 300 until 3:35.
Student Council: The next scheduled meeting will be in Room 301 on Tuesday, November 14 from 2:45-3:45. Please, start saving canned and dried goods for our food drive starting Monday November 13th! The class that brings in the largest number of items will receive a surprise grab bag for every member of the class! Let’s give back to those in our community who are in need during this holiday season!
CHORUS: Attention all Chorus hopefuls! Our first rehearsals will be next week, Tuesday Nov 14th and Friday Nov 17th in the Band room. We will meet at 7:45am. This is for all students, even those who auditioned for Advanced. If you are still interested in joining, please fill out this Hunking Chorus Form when you have a chance! Students: please pick up a permission slip outside Ms. Avalos’s Room 128 and bring it to our first rehearsal. Have a great long weekend!
Drama Club: Drama Club’s next meeting will be November 14th from 2:45 to 3:45, this is a meeting for all Drama Club members. There will be a rehearsal on November 16th from 2:45 to 4:45 for some cast members. Please look at the Google Classroom for the cast members required to come to the rehearsal on the 16th.
Guitar Ensemble: We will be back Thursday morning at 8! Concert date is December 12th at 6:30. Our call time will be 6. More details coming.
ODDS & ENDS:
-All students have been issued school IDs. It is required that they bring and wear their ID badges each day. These badges are also used for breakfast and lunches as well as to “swipe” on & off the bus.
-Please make sure that your student(s) are coming to school daily with a fully charged chromebook.
HPS has chosen School Device Coverage (SDC) to insure the Chromebooks that students have been issued. The cost of coverage for the year is $20 and includes accidental damage, loss, fire, and theft. As of right now, families have the option to sign up during the month of September (we will let you know if it extends). After sign up closes, only new students will be given a special code to sign up at registration. Our website explains SDC and has instructions on how to signing up online:
https://www.haverhill-ps.org/technology/device-insurance/
Qustodio: a FREE student safety, digital wellbeing platform that helps parents/guardians control their child’s access to the internet on their school issued devices. Qustodio is FREE for HPS Students/Families. More information and how to sign up for Qustodio can be found on our website at:
https://www.haverhill-ps.org/technology/athome/student-safety-and-digital-wellbeing-platform/
-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: Please click on the link below to review Hunking policies including cell phone, dress code, and pick up & drop off procedures:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OOOIPyskLX9WyYSuAWqfyQCB0ZJZ8JFsTTgB_sNW8d4/edit?usp=sharing