Yearbook: Don’t miss your chance to order a Hunking 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 12, 2025. Sign in and complete your custom 2 free pages! Copy/paste the passcode: 101663874693208. Thank you!
Literacy News: The Scholastic Book fair is coming to the Hunking Library June 2- June 6. A class schedule and sign-up form for parents who would like to volunteer will be coming out shortly. If any parents or guardians are interested in volunteering, please be sure to have an updated CORI form on file. More information will be coming soon, including the link to register for the E-wallet.
MCAS SCHEDULE: MCAS season is upon us. Our grades 3-8 students are participating in the state’s annual MCAS testing. This is still a very important assessment for our students and measures our progress as a school in comparison to other schools in our district and throughout the state of Massachusetts. Students’ participation in this test is of utmost importance.
Please find the link to the MCAS schedule below, where you can find out exactly when
your student(s) are scheduled to test.
LOST AND FOUND: All lost and found is being donated Monday afternoon! Please have your child check for items before then. Water bottles and lunch boxes are in the cafe. All other items are in the locker room on the first floor.
THEME OF THE MONTH: With a new month beginning, we are going to be embracing a new theme, and the final theme for this school year. Throughout the month of May, we will be embracing the theme of EMPATHY. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Empathy is generally described as the ability to take on another person’s perspective, to understand, feel, and possibly share and respond to their experience. It is what it is like to walk in another person’s shoes. You can all demonstrate empathy by actively listening, validating others’ feelings, and using nonverbal cues like eye contact when having conversations with others. Staff will be on the lookout throughout this month for the students who best personify this theme.
MAY BREAKFAST & LUNCH MENUS
(If you have trouble accessing the menus, please go to www.fdmealplanner.com and enter “Hunking” as the school location.)
COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS:
NFI JUNE EVENT: NFI June event at Swasey
PTO NEWS:
Our next PTO Meeting (and last one of the 2024-2025 school year!) is on Thursday, June 5th at 5:30 pm in the Hunking library. We’ll be holding elections and planning the calendar for next year, and would love to see some new faces!
NEWS FROM GUIDANCE
School Counselor: Terri Carney terri.carney@haverhill-ps.org
8th Grade Parents and Loop Students: The last day for the Loop Program is Tuesday, June 3rd
Parents of 7th graders (rising 8th graders): Keep an eye out for Loop Information for next school year!! Information will be sent out by the high school soon.
What’s next for 8th grade? Students have applied to various schools and programs. Those going to HHS have selected their electives for next year. Now is just the time to keep working hard and finish strong!!
Work Permits: Find all the information needed to obtain a work permit here:
https://www.haverhill-ps.org/work-permit-information
EDUCATIONAL HAPPENINGS:
LOOP Program: The last day for this year’s Loop program is Tuesday, June 3rd. All families of students who have participated in the Loop program should be receiving notification.
7th Grade: 7th Grade will be taking Math MCAS Monday 5/12 & Wednesday 5/14. Please make sure students get a good night’s sleep, eat breakfast and have a charged Chromebook! We know they will do amazing!!
8th Grade: Let the festivities begin!
Dates to note:
May 15th: Civics Project Showcase
May 16th and 19th: Science MCAS
May 27th and 28th: Civics MCAS
Non DC students have a great week of activities ahead including STEM projects, Bowling, Ari’s ice cream, Field Day, etc.
June 6th: Bradford Swim Club
June 10th: Canobie Lake Park
June 11th: Awards Ceremony @ 9:00am (invitation only)
June 11th: Promotion and Dance @ 5:30pm outside (bring your own chairs)
Permission Slips are coming with all the specifics!
Lastly, join the 8th grade parent FB page if you want to help out with the end of the year events! 8th Grade FB Link
8th grade students Gabriella Di Cesare and Antonio Motta presented their Civics Project on bringing a therapeutic dog program to Hunking to the PTO on Tuesday night.
NEWS FROM OUR NURSES: Spring is here, 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. Please make sure to apply sunscreen, particularly when your child is going on a field trip. It is important to protect a child’s skin from getting sunburned. The health office does not have sunscreen. Also, please send your child in with a water bottle. There are refill stations throughout the school for water.
8th grade students who are attending the Washington DC trip: If your student will need medication during the trip, you will need to send in a doctor’s order and parental consent for the medications. An adult may drop off medications starting the week of 5/19/2025. Please only send in what they will need for the trip. Please return the annual health update and permission form sent home with your child (given only to those who were missing one in their record) as soon as possible so your child will have access to over the counter medications such as Tylenol and Ibuprofen.
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 due to a health issue, please call the health office at 978-420-1913 or for any health related issues or questions.
ATHLETIC NEWS:
Haverhill High School Football Informational Meeting (7th & 8th Grade): _Hunking poster
Spring Track: This week, our track team participated in event focused practices designed to build endurance, teamwork, and technique:
- Monday (Rainy Day Plan): Despite the weather, our 5th & 6th graders stayed active indoors and outdoors with dynamic warm-ups, sprint drills, baton hand-off practice, and core exercises.
- Thursday: Students completed a rotation of sprint intervals, and relay race drills. Focus was placed on pacing, form, and team coordination in conjunction with distance runs.
As always we’re so proud of their effort and energy! Below is what we have received regarding events and set up for our meets! *I have inquired as to the starting height for the high jump so I will get back to everyone on that!*
–High Jump
–There will not be a 4 x 400 for the 5th and 6th graders as well as 7th and 8th grade.
–Entry limitations must be “any three events” including relays.
5/6 Grade Events
Girls before Boys
Mile
100 Meters
400 Meters
200 Meters
800 Meters
4 x 100 Relay
Schools are encouraged to enter as many relays as possible
7/8 Grade Events
Girls before boys in the running events.
100 Meter Trials (Top 8 times will run in a Final)
Mile
100 Meter Final
400 Meters
200 Meters
800 Meters
4 x 100 Relay
Schools are encouraged to enter as many relays as possible\
Both meets will take place at Haverhill High School
Transportation will be provided for all schools.
$3.00 cost for adults at the gate, and students are free.
The date for the ⅞ grade district-wide meet will be held on Thursday, May 15th, starting as close to 3:30 as possible.
The date for our ⅚ grade district meet will be held on Tuesday, May 20th, starting as soon as all schools arrive.
Rain date for Thursday, May 22nd.
We encourage spectators to show your Hunking pride at these meets so your hard-working athletes know just how proud we are of them!
As always, I am here for any questions or concerns!
CLUB NEWS:
Guitar Ensemble: We will NOT meet Friday (5/16) or Friday (5/23). Our next meeting is THURSDAY (5/29).
Chorus: Join us for our Spring Concert on Wednesday, May 14th at 6:00 pm! It is free to the public, and should be short and sweet.
Chorus Reminders: We will have an after-school rehearsal on Tuesday, May 13t,h from 2:45-3:30 in the music room. Call time for the concert on 5/14 is 5:30 pm, dressed and ready to go!
Tri-M: Our next meeting will be Wednesday, May 21st.
Student Council: Meeting & Agenda Calendar can be found here.
NJHS: The NJHS calendar can be found here. Thank you to all the applicants, and congratulations to those moving on to the next round. We look forward to round 2, which includes interviews and teacher recommendations. Save the Date of May 29th for the induction ceremony.
GSA: The calendar for the GSA can be found here.
LEGO Club: The LEGO Club calendar can be found here. There has been a change to the LEGO Club calendar for helpers. The meeting on 5/22 is canceled and will be replaced by a meeting on 5/29.
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 ensure 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 sign 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