Mary Hogan Family Newsletter

Dear Mary Hogan Families,

It is hard to believe on this beautiful warm and sunny day that we started the week with a foot of snow on the ground! It many ways it makes the week seem extra long as it stretched from the depths of winter to the start of spring. In the middle of it all, there were students balancing and juggling. Trombones and flutes were playing. A weather lab visited Mary Hogan. Students and families were singing together. Students took state assessments and dug into Exhibition. There was just a lot packed into one week! Check out all the things we did this week below!

Be well,

Jen

Tuesday 4/2 - Last day to preorder a Hawk Water Bottle

Wednesday 4/3 - Walk and Roll to School Day

• Early Release Day - 11.30 for preschool, 12.35 for K-5th grades

Thursday 4/4 - 9am - All School Meeting led by 1st grade

Friday 4/5 - Space art contest entries due to Ms. Kravitz

Sunday 4/7 - 2pm - MESA Fundraiser - Cookies and Canvas (see below) and sign up HERE

Week of 4/8 - Week of the Young Child

Monday 4/8 - Early Release Due to Solar Eclipse - 11.30 for preschool, 12.35 for K-5th grades

• 1pm - Student Council Bake Sale to benefit the Mary Hogan playground

The Student Council and Water Health Club are working to reduce plastic waste.

You can pre-order an all-new reusable Hawk water bottle! These are a much better option than plastic water bottles, which can hurt the environment.

Water bottles are high-quality aluminum, silver at the top and fading into blue at the bottom. They are customized with a Mary Hogan hawk logo on it and will hold 25 oz. They will cost $12.50.

To get one, you must pre-order using this form, so fill it out before April 2nd.

A Mary Hogan student made a suggestion that we have some art contests. Student Council thought this was a great suggestion, so we are having a space-themed art contest in honor of the upcoming eclipse.

• Make a new alien.
• Design your own space ship.
• Create a map of a new planet!

Art is due to Ms. Kravitz by April 5th.

Hello Mary Hogan Hawks and families,

In Student Council, we have been working on a bake sale to help improve our school playground. The time and the day is April 8, 1-2:30. Click this link to sign up to help bring something. You would bring the food on 4/8.

Best to all,

Mary Hogan Student Council

Dear students and guardians,

If your hawk t-shirt does not fit, we would like to repurpose it into a bag!

Bring it to the front lobby and put it in the box saying t-shirt donations. We are going to sell the bags. The money will go to the student council to help with the projects we do there. We want to raise awareness of repurposing and recycling.

Let's go Hawks!

- Student Council

Every year, MESA determines a per pupil amount that each grade can use for field trips and other experiences for their students. This year, because of your generosity (and the generosity of our Middlebury business community), we were able to increase the per pupil amount from $15 to $30!! We are also going to pay out the following:

• NEW - Pre-K will receive the same $30 per pupil amount for their classes (instead of a flat $100 per class).

• Library, PE, Art, Spanish and Music will get $200 (increased from $100). We also included Library in this group this year. In the past, we have given them Scholastic Dollars (money raised in the book fair that can be used for books and classroom supplies).

• NEW - $50 each to the following teams: Guidance/ Behavior Interventionists, Special Ed, Reading Intervention, SLP, English Language Learners (ELL), Wellness & Learning Center

• The Autism Learning Community will receive $250 (approved by vote in a previous MESA meeting)

Here is a link to the Grants that have been approved so far:Grant Requests

Local artist, Gail Dorman, will provide step-by-step guidance to help you create your piece of art to take home. Don't worry if you have no previous painting experience, this event is for everyone! The theme "Lights out, Green Mountains", is a celebration of our community being in the path of totality for the solar eclipse occurring the next day! $35 per student or adult includes all the necessary painting supplies required to make an 11 x 14 canvas painting. Pre-registration and cash or check payment is required before March 31st to confirm your spot. Complementary cookies will be provided. Adults can attend with or without children, but children must be accompanied by an adult.

Click here to sign up:Cookies and Canvas Sign up Genius

Lake Monsters Game - Saturday, May 25th 6:05pm (First Pitch) - The Lake Monsters are hosting a Mary Hogan School night. Tickets are $8 and $4 from each ticket goes back to Mary Hogan.Click on the link for tickets: Lake Monsters

Funky Chicken Hats - we have some hats and a few patches left for sale. Please email mesa@acsdvt.org if you would like to purchase one!

MESA Executive Committee Openings - MESA is looking for new board members. We specifically need a Read A Thon co-chair. If you have interest in getting more involved, please reach out! The executive committee typically meets one additional time per month. Board members will be voted on in the May meeting.

Field Day - Save the date! Thursday, May 30th (rain date Monday, June 3rd). Last year we had an awesome volunteer turnout and the kids had a blast. Let me know if you would like to help this year or have ideas for stations. (email mesa@acsdvt.org)

Teacher Luncheon - MESA hosts a teacher luncheon every year in May (this year is 5/17) for all of the staff and teachers at Mary Hogan. If you would like to buy a teacher or staff person lunch, you can send us payment via venmo/paypal or cash/check . If you include a message in your donation, we will share that message with the teacher or staff person. Typically, lunch is $15 per person. There are over 100 teachers and staff members at Mary Hogan.

Venmo: https://www.paypal.com/qrcodes/venmocs/533ad668-3f21-4644-adec-ad1562395437?created=1709142115

Paypal: https://paypal.me/mesavt?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US

The next MESA Meeting is Thursday, April 18th at 6:30pm in the school library. We will also provide a link to join virtually. Our last meeting of the school year is Thursday, May 16th at 6:30pm.

Thank you for your support!

Casey McDonough

MESA Treasurer

Want to know more about the Volunteer Process? Check out more information HERE.

For more awesome photos, check out the Instagram account, below!