Hello PRS Wizards!

Happy New Year and welcome back!

I hope each and everyone of you had a restful and meaningful time on your break whether it was shared with family, friends, some alone time with your children or a mixture of any and all of those options. As we return to school this Tuesday, I cant wait to see everyone's smiling faces and refreshed and ready to learn.

This week we will begin taking our middle of year assessment using our program called i-Ready which we use to progress monitor students in reading (3-5) and math (K-5). This is a computer based program and students need headphones to take the assessment. As a friendly reminder if your child has a school headphone set please remind them to bring them in because they will needed.

Food Services will be phasing out the sale of single use water bottles. Once the current inventory is gone we will no longer sell 8oz waters. There is a filtered water hydration station available right in the cafeteria for any student that would need water.

Dear Families: Please be advised that we are seeing an uptick in cases of Flu, strep throat, stomach viruses and other communicable illnesses. One of the most important things to do, along with frequent handwashing and covering coughs and sneezes, is to please keep your child home when they are sick. Please be aware that students must be fever-free (without fever reducing medications) and/or no vomiting or diarrhea for at least 24 hours before returning to school. A fever is defined as a temperature of 100.4F or higher.

When reporting an absence due to illness, please inform us about the nature of the illness or if your child has been diagnosed with a communicable illness such as the flu, strep or COVID 19.

Thank you for your help and cooperation in keeping our students and our school healthy!

Kristin Godfrey, RN

Plymouth River School Nurse

In collaboration with the Department of Public Health and the Massachusetts chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, DESE is providing the attached letter which was developed for parents and guardians. This letter was finalized yesterday and we wanted to share it with you as soon as possible.

We have added two new pages to the Hingham Public schools website please check them out as they have valuable information for families for Social Emotional Wellness and School Counseling contact information.

• January 3rd - Students return back to school

• January 4th - Early Release

• January 11th - 6:30 - 7:30 - Kindergarten Forum @ 220 Central

• January 13th - 9:00 - 9:30 AM - Bus evacuation #2

• January 18th - PTO meeting in the cafeteria with guest speaker Dr. Adams
  

By clicking on above "PRS PTO News" will bring you to the PTO website.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES - You can order online through Yubbler or purchase on your own. Choose your incoming grade level supply list here

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

HPS 2022-2023 CALENDAR

1000 BOOK CLUB - This is a great program for preschool and kindergarten students to check out book bags and read with families!

LOOKING FOR AFTERSCHOOL CARE?

Kids in Action (KIA) Before and After-School Programs are for Hingham students in grades K-5. Our curriculum focuses on social and emotional development with support in academic skills through play and guidance.https://hinghamschools.org/academic-programs/kids-in-action9/

FREE LUNCH FOR ALL - This year, due to Federal Assistance, lunch will be served free of charge. This year, there will also be a breakfast program ( also peanut/tree nut free) for students who wish to partake in that. There will be one “grab and go breakfast” offering daily. Bottles of water are not free and cost $1.00.

VOLUNTEERS - We are happy to have parent volunteers in our school again! As we enter a new school year, all volunteers in the schools (classroom volunteers, field trip chaperones, etc.) will require a new CORI check. Forms can be found in the main office or here

BUS ROUTES

PRS FAST FACTS

Office

Administrative Assistants- Suzanne Price, Alisa Zimmerman

School Resource Officer - Officer McGillicuddy /Officer Carr

Nurse - Kristin Godfrey

Classroom Teachers

K - Amy Maescher, Kim O'Brien, Julianne Riley

1st - Nancy Bucey, Katie Burritt, Janette Harrington

2nd - Cyndi Bonani, Krystal Bilodeau, Michelle Shapiro

3rd - Laura Falvey, Meagan Ottatti, Shawna Reames

4th - Kara Kremer, Maura Talbot, Susan Willison

5th - Julie Harrington, Joan Kilban, Meryl Vella, Shannon Wragg

Specialists

Art - Alice Caldwell

Computer Science - Rebekah Stahl-Bryant

Library - Mary Dunphy

Music - Dorothy Turner

Phys.Ed.- Mikayla Pagnini

Spanish - Kendelle Ingram

Special Education

Teachers - Colin Butler, Meaghan Gaven, Elizabeth Rubertone, Cassie Pacella, Lauren Smith

School Psychologist- Dr. Brett Bolger

Administrative Assistant - Susan Carey

Support Personnel

Adjustment Counselor - A.C. Decker

School Guidance Counselor - Carolyn St. Laurence

Literacy Specialists - Kati Osterman (K-2nd) and Jennifer Madden (3rd-5th)

Literacy Interventionists - Wendy Kirk and Nicole O'Brien

Math Specialist - Jessica Kitchen

Math Interventionists- Christine Lotano, Letitia Reil