Student council is sponsoring this week’s Spring Break Spirit Week!
Monday: Spaced out! Dress for the eclipse! Wear your space gear or black, white and yellow.
Tuesday: Students dress like a teacher; Teachers dress like students.
Wednesday: Pajama day
Thursday: Dress like your future career!
Friday: Bobcat Pride! Wear your Hunking gear! For grades 6-8 teacher vs student volleyball game!
RAISE MONEY TO HELP OUR SCHOOL: Cookie Sales close next Wednesday, April 10th, so get your orders in while you can! If you haven’t tried it, the dough comes frozen and makes the BEST cookies! Pick-up (at Hunking) is scheduled for April 23rd (details to follow).
The more your students sell, the bigger their prizes (this year prizes are gift cards)!
- Scan QR Code below and download RAISE365 App or go to www.raise-365.
- Click ‘Sign Up,’ enter details, click register. (If you already have an account, Log In, click ‘New UI,’ click ‘Menu’ in top left, click ‘+Join New Fundraiser.’
- Enter the Hunking Fundraising Code: 87034198.
- Select your grade, click ‘Join Fundraiser.’
- Share with local family and friends to try and sell more!
*Payments are 100% online! The cookies will be delivered to the Hunking School on April 23rd. We will send out delivery day details when the fundraiser ends. You pick up your cookie orders on this day and deliver them to your local supporters.
Happy baking!
Hunking Cookie Fundraiser Prizes 2024
MCAS: We are officially in MCAS season. Please click the link below to view the calendar with our MCAS schedule, to see and be prepared for when your student(s) will be taking MCAS. It is very important that students are getting a good night sleep and eating a healthy breakfast on testing day. It is also imperative that students are to school on time on testing days. We very much appreciate your support!
Literacy News!
The Literacy Coaches and interventionists are hosting a K-5 Family Literacy Night on Thursday May 2, from 5:00-6:30. Come enjoy a story with your child, and leave with some literacy tips to help at home. The highlight of the night will be playing BINGO for Books! This event will be “take a book, leave a book,” so if you have a book to donate feel free to bring it along!
If you would like to attend, please sign up here:
https://hunking-literacy-night.cheddarup.com
Multicultural Night in the NEWS! Our outstanding event has been featured in the Lawrence Eagle Tribune, Haverhill Gazette, and just released the FREE April edition of Haverhill Life.
If you missed the event you can watch the live performances and personal interviews on HC media channel 22, April 11th at 5:45 and 9:45. If you miss that, April 12th it will be available on https://www.youtube.com/c/hcmedia.
HUNKING THEME OF THE MONTH: We are embracing the theme of BRAVERY throughout the month of April. Bravery is the quality or state of having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty. I want to have all students this month look at bravery in regard to another quality or theme and that is ACCEPTANCE. Being kind and respectful is the number one rule at Hunking school…and while that is challenging at times…we are asking students to be brave and show acceptance for all. Acceptance is the ability to take people and things as they are, and not just to take things as they are, but be grateful for them. It is my hope that students will step up and show bravery around showing all peers their acceptance for being themselves, no matter who they are, what they look like, what they believe, or how they act. Staff will be on the lookout this month for those students who show the bravery to show the mental and moral strength to accept people for who they are regardless of the fear or difficulty.
APRIL Breakfast and Lunch Menus
(If the links don’t work, visit https://www.fdmealplanner.com/ and enter “Hunking” to get the current menus)
COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS:
Before & After School YMCA Program: HAV YMCA Newsletter 2024
WASHINGTON, DC GRADE 8:
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- Rooming: Lists for chaperone groups/rooms will be available for student viewing in the google classroom after vacation. Much time was spent on making sure students have a common friend and the list assignments are final.
- What to wear? Look here!
- Google classroom- a video and itinerary has been placed into the DC classroom. Please view for information.
- Next payment is due: April 12th!!!the balance of what is owed. Don’t forget if you participate in the Spring cookie PTO fundraiser, individual funds for what the student sells comes off the balance. Last chance to take money off your account by fundraising! Checks will be mailed home in a few weeks if your student has a credit to the account.
Dates/Info to remember:
- May 22, 2024: Parent/Guardian meeting @ 6pm, Hunking. Please attend specifically for those students who will have medication distributed on the trip. Nurses will be available. Medication and doctors orders (please use this form) are to be brought to this meeting.
Questions????- Megan.arivella@haverhill-ps.org
PTO NEWS:
- Cookie sales close on Wednesday, but there’s still time to get your orders in! The cookie dough comes frozen and will be available for pick-up at Hunking on April 23rd!
1. Go to: https://www.raise-365.com/ (an app is also available!)
2. Click ‘Sign Up’, enter details, check box, click ‘Register’ (if you already have an account: Log in, click ‘New Ul’, click menu in top left, click +Join New Fundraiser.)
3. Enter the Fundraiser Code: 87034198 - The next PTO meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 10th at 6:30pm in the Hunking conference room! If you can’t make it in person, Here’s the link to join remotely:
https://sentinelgroup.zoom.us/j/94095326757. We’re looking for more lower school parents to get involved, so grab a friend and bring your ideas!
NEWS FROM GUIDANCE:
Grades 5 and 6: Sarah Petrick sarah.petrick@haverhill-ps.org
Grades 7 and 8: Terri Carney terri.carney@haverhill-ps.org
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Whittier: Any questions about Whittier, their admissions process, or decisions should be directed to the Whittier Admissions office. 978-373-4101
EDUCATIONAL HAPPENINGS:
ST March Mathness! We are down to the championship round! It’s Mrs. Augusta vs Mrs. Thibault. Good luck to both homerooms!
Kindergarten: We have begun our life cycle unit in science. We will spend the next few weeks exploring life cycles of various living things. We will culminate our unit by watching the butterfly life cycle happen right in our own classrooms! Thanks to PTO, our baby caterpillars will arrive after April vacation.
7th Grade Social Studies: Students started the week analyzing modern-day companies that reference Greek mythology in either their name, logo, or slogan. For example, Nike was the goddess of victory. Students were then paired up and created their own fictional company with a unique name, logo, and slogan that references Ancient Greece.
7th Grade: The 7th-grade homeroom teachers decided to make Monday dress like a student day in honor of April Fools. Which teacher do you think looks most like a 7th grader?
Grade 8:
Civics: Students are working hard on their action civics project and are in need of your help. Below are two links for you to look at and take part in if you can. Both of these links are not for just 8th grade and are open to anyone who can help.
NEWS FROM OUR NURSES: There continues to be an uptick in conjunctivitis at the school in the past couple of weeks. Bacterial conjunctivitis is highly contagious, so please remind your child to wash their hands well and often with warm water and soap. They also should not share eye drops, tissues, eye makeup, washcloths, towels, or pillowcases. If they are diagnosed with conjunctivitis (pink eye), he/she must be treated for 24 hours before returning to school. Please call the health office at 978-420-1913 if your child will be absent.
Mandatory Postural/Scoliosis screenings will be wrapping up during the week of April 8th. The Purpose of the screening is to detect possible curvature of the spine in children. If the condition is detected early and appropriately treated, progressive spinal deformity may be prevented.
If your child was given a vision or hearing referral, please make sure it is sent back to the health office after seeing an eye or hearing specialist.
ATHLETIC NEWS:
Volleyball: Sadly this will be the last week of Volleyball. Our last regular season game scheduled for Monday has been canceled due to other teams needing a play-in game prior to playoffs. We will have practice Monday 4/8/24 3-5pm for boys. We will also hold morning practice for the players that can make it on Tuesday 4/9/24 morning at 7:30am so we can get ready for playoffs.
Semi Finals will be on Tuesday 4/9/24 at Haverhill High School gymnasium with start time at 5pm (both gyms at the high school will be used for semi finals-girls first).
If we make it to the Finals they will be held on Thursday 4/10/24 at Haverhill High School gymnasium with start time at 5pm. Girls first. Cost for parents is $3 dollars and students are free.
EARLY SPRING TRACK SIGN UP
My fellow coaches and I are excited for our upcoming 2024 track season! I am hoping to get a good idea as to how many kiddos are interested in joining us this year, so I wanted to create this form to make sign-ups easier. SPRING TRACK SIGN UP
(*This sign up link has also been added to our school website*)
Prior to the beginning of the season I will follow up with students/parents that have filled this form out to confirm if they are still interested. We will still have a “sign up” available in-person as we have in the past; however this form can expedite that process.
Last, but certainly not least, if your athlete took part in a school sport during this year (2023-2024) you do not need to fill out another health participation packet.Only the first and last page is needed. If not, the entire packet needs to be filled, current physical submitted, signed and returned before participation is permitted.
Our main office retains hard copies for students to take home, but I have also included the link below if you’d prefer to print out and return ahead of time.
HPS (Middle School) Sport Permission Packet
When our season officially commences I will provide practice dates, schedules, meet information and all things track via our Remind class link (see below).
As always thank you for your continued support and please reach out should you have any questions!
-Coach Law
CLUB NEWS:
GSA (Gender-Sexuality Alliance): The GSA calendar can be found here.
LEGO Club: The LEGO club calendar can be found here.
NJHS: Members are making their way into all grade 6 and 7 Library Specials to discuss the role of a NJHS member. Students who are interested in applying should keep an eye out here and listening ear in the morning announcements for next steps. The NJHS calendar can be found here.
Student Council: Student council is sponsoring this week’s Spring Break Spirit Week!
Guitar Ensemble: We are continuing to meet on Thursday mornings and are getting ready to strut our stuff at the May concert!
Drama Club: The dates for Mean Girls Jr. are April 26 @ 7 pm / April 27 @ 12 pm / April 28 @ 1 pm. Tickets are available online and will also be available at the door.
We also have Broadway Bobcat gear available for sale here
Rehearsal times have changed and a new schedule has been posted in google classroom.
Chorus: Rehearsals are still going strong every Tuesday and Friday morning at 7:45am! We are now working on music for our upcoming performance in May and the Fisher Cats game! Any questions, please see Ms. Avalos.
YEARBOOK: ATTENTION ALL ARTISTS! The Yearbook Cover Contest is now open! Submissions will be accepted until April 12th. If you would like to submit a cover, please bring a letter-sized, colored drawing to Room 213 or email a detailed picture to Mr. Thornton (matthew.thornton@haverhill-ps.org)
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