2ND TRIMESTER REPORT CARDS: While our district calendar states that 2nd-trimester report cards will be available to view on our Student/Parent Portal beginning on Monday, March 17th, I would like to inform our Hunking community that due to the number of students and amount of report cards to process, it is going to take us an additional day to make sure that all report cards are available and properly uploaded onto the portal.
Hunking’s report cards for grades K-8 will be available to view beginning on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 18th.
We greatly appreciate your patience and support. Thank you.
3rd ANNUAL MULTICULTURAL NIGHT: Thank you to all who made our 3rd annual event another success! Thank you to the families who graciously came and out and shared their cultures with our community. A special thanks to Ms. Law and Ms. Polanco for organizing and orchestrating this event! Finally thank you to all of the volunteers that helped set up and clean up and really made this event outstanding again!!
ATTENDANCE MATTERS CONTEST: This March we will be celebrating all of the reasons “Attendance Matters”.
Each week we will raffle off prizes to students who make it in to school each day that week This is a weekly contest, so if a student misses a day one week, don’t worry there is always the next week.
Literacy Night: The Hunking Literacy Team is happy to announce that we will be hosting a Literacy Night, here at Hunking, for grades K-5. This event will take place Thursday, April 10 5-6:30. More information will be coming soon!
THEME OF THE MONTH: We are embracing the theme of GRIT throughout the month of March. Grit is courage or resolve; strength of character. Grit is courage and determination despite difficulty. Grit is a personality trait characterized by perseverance and passion for achieving long term goals. Grit entails working strenuously to overcome challenges and maintaining effort and interest over time despite failures, adversities, and plateaus in progress. Staff will be on the lookout throughout this month for the students who best personify this theme.
(If you have trouble accessing the menus, please go to www.fdmealplanner.com and enter “Hunking” as the school location.)
COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS:
YMCA program:
K-Registration: 2025 -K Registration Flyer (1)
Community Action: Community Action Flyer
PTO NEWS:
- Our annual Spring Spiritwear Sale runs from March 10th to April 1st! There’s 20% savings across the
- entire site, as well as exciting new designs and product lines. Check it out at https://1stplace.sale/40727!
- Our next PTO Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 3rd at 5:30pm in the Hunking Conference Room! Please join us if you can!
NEWS FROM GUIDANCE
School Counselor: Terri Carney terri.carney@haverhill-ps.org
*CTE Interviews have been completed
HHS CTE decisions will be emailed on March 29th.
Whittier Interviews have been completed.
Whittier decisions will be emailed on April 1st.
Work Permits: Find all the information needed to obtain a work permit here:
https://www.haverhill-ps.org/work-permit-information
EDUCATIONAL HAPPENINGS:
8th Grade: Thank you to everyone who supported the Washington DC fundraiser. We have 91 very excited students attending.
This week, Mr. Molloy’s WIN block got the opportunity to meet the author of the texts they had studied, Anjali Sachdeva. Ms. Sachdeva, the author of All the Names They Used for God, met with the students for an hour and took their questions about the stories they had studied in class.
NEWS FROM OUR NURSES: Spring is just around the corner which brings milder weather but also allergies. The health office does not have allergy medication, so please have your child take allergy medication if needed before coming to school.
If your child has a physical, please send a copy to the health office. It is important for the health office to be updated on any changes to your child’s health. If your child will be absent for a health issue, please call the health office at 978-420-1913 or for any health related issues.
ATHLETIC NEWS:
Volleyball: Week of March 17th-21st. Game Monday at Nettle-Boys scheduled to play 1st. There was a schedule change to accommodate Sacred Hearts. We will now be playing them March 19th/Wednesday. Unsure of who is playing first. Check the Volleyball Google classroom for updates. For volleyball players that can make it we will have an open gym on Monday starting at 7:50am. Practice for Girls on Tuesday and Boys on Thursday 3-5pm. Friday may be a coed practice. Coaches are looking at it. It will be announced ASAP in the classroom.
Spring Track: Attention Bobcat parents! Early sign-ups for Spring Track tryouts are officially open! (Click here!) We will be holding tryouts and capping participation again this year, so please sign up as soon as possible! We are hoping to have 20 runners per grade for grades 5-8.
Once we are nearing capacity I will be sure to post an update in our Track Family Remind Class
If your student athlete is interested in participating please take time to review our expectation guide as we adhere to these guidelines without exception. This packet can be found posted in our Remind class.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, the best way to connect with Coach Law is via our Remind group! (link above)
Here’s to a season of positive vibes and negative splits!
Your Kiddos Biggest Fans,
Coaches Law & Gibbs
CLUB NEWS:
Academic Bowl: Junior & Senior Team practices will be Tuesdays from 2:45 – 3:30. Here is the schedule for practices & competitions. Our last meet is Wednesday March 15th @ Hunking – seniors will play first. Semi-finals will be Tuesday 3/25 starting @ 4:00 at the Hunking.
Guitar Ensemble: Looking forward to seeing you all on Friday afternoon in Mrs. Fairbrother’s room after school until 3:30!
Drama Club: Say it 3 times! Beetle Juice Jr. is coming. Apr 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM and Apr 12, 2025 11:00 AM and 2 PM. Tickets go on sale soon, please stay tuned. As a reminder rehearsal schedules are posted in Google Classroom. A donations list will also be posted in the next bulletin.
GRIT: A NEW round of GRIT will be starting soon!! All 7th and 8th graders who have never been in GRIT, but are interested in the opportunity, may apply. It is the last chance of the year to be in GRIT. Applications will be posted in all the Google classrooms for health. Ms Curry will also be sharing information with all 7th and 8th graders on a class by class basis during health. The new GRIT group will begin after school on Monday, March 24. All meetings run until 4:30.
Chorus: Please see the March chorus calendar here: March Chorus Calendar
Tri-M Music Honor Society: Great job to the Tri-M students for helping out at the Multicultural Night! Our next scheduled meeting is Wednesday March 19th from 2:45-3:30 in the music room.
Student Council: Meeting & Agenda Calendar can be found here.
NJHS: The NJHS calendar can be found here. Please continue to check this sign-up for PTO meetings, check Google Classroom, and your personal email weekly. Coming soon will be a permission slip for the Museum of Illusions. Wednesday was another successful Bobcat Buddies.
GSA: The calendar for the GSA can be found here.
LEGO Club: The LEGO Club calendar can be found here.
Yearbook: The yearbook is $20 ($18.82 + tax) and includes 2 free pages you can personalize with your own photos and memories. Click here for the informational flyer. The custom pages are optional, but if you decide to customize your pages they must be complete by May 9, 2025. Sign in and complete your custom 2 free pages!
ODDS & ENDS:
-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:
-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