NO SCHOOL: There will be NO SCHOOL on Monday, May 26th in observance of Memorial Day
Hunking Field Day 2025!
If you would like to volunteer to help make our day special, please be sure to have an updated CORI form on file in the Office, and be on the lookout for sign-up information to come. We would love to have you!
Upper School = Thursday 6/5, 8:30-11:30 AM
Lower School = Friday 6/6, 8:30-11:30 AM
Students, don’t forget your hat and sunglasses, a snack, and a water bottle!
Lunch will be in the Cafeteria. (Normal lunch times will be adjusted.)
If you would like your child to wear sunscreen, please apply it in the morning before school.
Literacy News: The Scholastic Book fair is coming to the Hunking Library June 2- June 6. A class schedule is posted below. For anyone interested in volunteering, please be sure to have an updated CORI form on file, and contact the literacy coaches with your requested time slot. Below is the link to our fair, including information to set up an E-wallet for cash free shopping!
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/calebdustinhunkingschool
Kristin Bisegna (K-4 Literacy Coach): kristin.bisegna@haverhill-ps.org
Ali LaCoste (5-8 Literacy Coach) : alacoste@haverhill-ps.org
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.
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.)
PTO NEWS:
- Our next PTO Meeting (and last one of the 2024-2025 school year!) is on Thursday, June 5th at 5:30pm in the Hunking library.
- Field Days are scheduled for Thursday, June 5th (Upper School) and Friday, June 6th (Lower School)! We’ll need parent volunteers to help run stations, and will send a sign-up out next week!
NEWS FROM GUIDANCE
School Counselor: Terri Carney terri.carney@haverhill-ps.org
New CTE Programs!!
There are two New CTE programs for the fall!!!!
Haverhill High School is proud to announce the launch of two new Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs for the 2025–2026 school year: the CTE Graphic Design and Visual Communications Program and the CTE Teacher Training Program. These exciting additions reflect the school’s ongoing commitment to providing students with meaningful, hands-on learning opportunities that lead to industry-recognized credentials, livable wage careers, and postsecondary success. We are accepting applications from students currently enrolled in grades 8-11. Apply today!!!
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.
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.
Kindergarten: The Kindergarten classes had an amazing time at the North Shore Children’s Museum on Monday. Everyone loved exploring all the rooms, learning about space, ocean life, farm life, and more! Students made Hunking proud by being on their best behavior.
7th Grade: Looking for rising 8th-grade guardians to volunteer at the 8th-grade promotion dance.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080C4FA4AE2CABFA7-57005725-7thgrade
8th Grade: Looking to donate? Here are a few places you can help out.
Send off our DC students with some treats (leftovers will be used at BSC). Sign up here.
Enhance the dance with some drinks and sweet treats. Sign up here
All end-of-the-year permission slips, forms, and payment are DUE May 30th.
ML News
Access News: Preliminary Access scores have arrived, and we are pleased to share that our students have all shown amazing growth! We look forward to sharing their final Access scores with you in the weeks to come. Keep a lookout in your mailbox.
It has been our pleasure working with each of your children this school year. We wish them all the best next year and always!
The ML Team at Hunking
Josi Clark, Courtney Dickson, Michelle Saab, Maria Synodinos
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 the number of pills they will need for the trip. The medication and documents must be delivered to the health office by May 29th, or your child may not be able to have his/her medications on the trip. The doctor may fax orders to 978-274-1944.
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 for any health-related issues or questions.
CLUB NEWS:
Guitar Ensemble: We have rehearsal Thursday, May 29th, our final rehearsal/party on Thursday, June 5th with Guitars and Goodies on Friday, June 6th at 3:30.
Chorus: Congratulations to everyone in chorus for a stellar year! Thank you to all the parents for all of your support this year!
Student Council: Meeting & Agenda Calendar can be found here.
NJHS: The NJHS calendar can be found here. Save the Date of May 29th for the induction ceremony. Doors open at 5:30. Our last meeting will take place Friday, June 6th, in room 300. All NEW members and current 7th graders are expected to attend. 8th grade graduates are not required.
GSA: The calendar for the GSA can be found here.
LEGO Club: The LEGO Club calendar can be found here.
ODDS & ENDS:
-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: 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