Due to COVID, our second graders missed their first-grade field trip to the zoo. All of our students study animals and their habitats and seeing animals live and in person is so memorable and reinforcing to their learning. especially the "exotics" like this elephant!

A Note from Ms. Cook --

3rd-grade classes visited the Canal Visitor's Center this week to learn about the Cape Cod Canal and Massachusetts History. The rangers at the Army Corps of Engineers explained how the canal works, the history of the canal, about marine traffic control, as well as provided a tour of a replica ship. We learned through hands-on activities, scavenger hunts, and a game of trivia!.

Mrs. Smith's KIndergarten earned a "Stuffie Sleepover" as their class fishbowl reward, a first for HES! Check out this video of the stuffies' antics overnight in their kindergarten classroom!

VIDEO LINK

A Note from Mrs. Crowley:

A group of 12 Fourth Grade students met after school weekly for 13 weeks, collaborating with each other to solve very challenging math problems in preparation for the annual New England Math League Contest. The students showed up each week ready to take on the trickiest of math puzzles. The students consistently demonstrated great command of math skills and strategies to help them accomplish their goals.

In April, the students then participated in the regional contest, working diligently to try to solve 30 mind-bending math questions.

Shown in the group photo at the top is the Math League team: Back row: Ms.Crowley, Lyla Miller, Grace Garganigo, Alli Coomber, Demetri Gooden-Trowell, Christopher Santos, Avante Tillman. Front row: Maggie Braz, Avery Griswold, Lily Gingras, Joshua Bassett, Mack Contonio, Owen Wilder.

Also pictured in the bottom picture are the 5 top-scoring students in the contest: First Place - Owen Wilder, Second Place - Lily Gingras, Third Place (tie) - Joshua Bassett and Christopher Santos, Fourth Place - Avante Tillman. Congratulations to ALL of our HES Math League students!

Field Day for Grades 3 and 4 will be Wednesday, June 15

Grades K, 1, and 2 will be on Thursday, June 16

Students in Mrs. Piknick and Mrs. Krystofolski’s classes competed in a tower building contest, using unusual materials (spaghetti and marshmallows).

Pictures here are the climbing shark and seaside wharf-inspired fort, all ready for installation!

The last day to submit names for awards is Friday, June 17th. This is so that classroom teachers have time to collect blue bags and organize the books for the summer. The June list of 100 Book Challenge Earners will be in the June 24 HES Happenings.

Next school year, family drop-off and pick-up will only be at Door 3 on the Sisson Road side of the school from 7:35-7:45am. HES will be returning to the "pre-COVID" use of the Parallel Street (Door 6) side of the school for preschool and Special Education transportation.

We encourage all families to sign up their Kindergarten through Grade 4 students to ride the bus for convenience, to reduce traffic around the school, and plus bus riders are never tardy! If the bus is late to arrive at the school, students are not marked tardy.

In order to create appropriate bus routes and stops, families are asked to complete the online Aspen transportation form. Click here to log into your family Aspen account, and select 'Start a new Bus Verification.' Please note that you must complete the form for each student.
There are no distancing or masking requirements in place, and we encourage families to use the bus to transport their students for the 2022-2023 school year.

Early Morning Drop Off will continue every school day from 7:15 - 7:30 am at Door 2. Families can drop off their students who will be supervised in the cafeteria until the bell rings at 7:35 am.

The only MRSD elementary homework expectation for our Grade 1-4 students is reading for 30 minutes at home and filling out their reading log. Each student comes home every school night with this blue book bag full of books at their reading level. However, any reading at home counts! Kids can snuggle up and read a book together, listen to an audio book or read to themselves.

For every 100 "Steps" (15 minutes of reading), each student earns a collectible coin, and their name is announced on Morning Announcements. Kids love collecting the coins and we love that they are reading! For every 500 steps read, students receive a special reading medal on a blue a white ribbon.

Please click the video link below for more information on the 100 Book Challenge from our very own Mrs. Cleary, Grade 4 Teacher.

Mnomoy is always looking for responsible adults who love kids to join our team. Please spread the word and see our MRSD Employment Opportunities Page for more information.

If you have a child(ren) receiving special education services or want information about special education, check out the Monomoy Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) website and Facebook page for meeting and event information. The SEPAC is currently looking to build capacity and membership to support special education in Monomoy Schools. If you would like to be on their mailing list, click here. Other inquiries can be directed to sepac@monomoy.edu.

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In order to ensure adequate social distancing, we have added more seating area to accommodate our grade level lunches. As a result, we do not have the flexibility with seating that we have had in the past to allow for students to bring peanut and nut items in their lunches. It is extremely important that students bring peanut and nut-free lunches to school. This effort will go a long way to protect all students and is greatly appreciated.

Snacks in the classroom do not need to be peanut and nut-free unless your classroom teacher has made you aware of an allergy accommodation in your student’s class.

Website: https://www.monomoy.edu
Location: 263 South Street, Harwich, MA, USA
Phone: 508-430-7216
Twitter: @monomoyHES