Husky Howl #28

5/15 2nd grade field trip (more info to follow from your child's teacher)

5/19 Yard Goats Game (See PTO News below for more information)

5/20 1st grade field trip (more info to follow from your child's teacher)

5/22 Math Night and Book Fair

5/22 Early Release PD

5/23 PTO Meeting

5/30 Field Day

6/3 Field Day Rain Date

6/4 2nd grade visit to Eli Whitney

6/5 Kindergarten End of Year Assembly (more info to follow from your child's teacher)

6/10 2nd Grade End of Year Assembly at 9:30 (more info to follow from your child's teacher)

Hazardville Memorial initiated a secure school protocol on Monday, May 13th, at 10:20am, lasting for approximately 15 minutes. At no time were students or staff in any danger. We thank all of our staff and students for their cooperation.

On behalf of the entire HMS staff, I want to thank our PTO and all of the wonderful families who contributed to making Teacher Appreciation Week so special. We appreciate your kindness and generosity!

Field Day is Thursday, 5/30. Please make sure that students have on sneakers and clothes that they can run around in and get dirty. Students will not be given field day shirts this year. However, to promote school spirit, we encourage students to wear the grade level color listed below.

Kindergarten- Red

Grade 1- Green

Grade 2- Blue

In the next few weeks, we will be doing our end of year assessments, many of which require the iPad. To make sure all students are ready for testing, you may not see your child's iPad come home everyday so that they are charged and in the classroom for testing.

During PAWS Time on Thursday, May 9th, HMS students listened to the book “The Bear and the Piano” written by David Litchfield and read by Mrs. Sengupta. Classes discussed examples of friendship in the story, then each student created a piano card to share with a friend.

Every Friday, our teachers nominate students and staff who have gone the extra mile to display our PAWS expectations. Last week, we recognized Reagan (12), Brantley (12), Liam (K2), Grant (K5), Norah (16), Ava (K2), Avian (13), Sebastian (8), Anna-Marie (8), Mrs. Wilcox, Room 15, Austin (K1), Noah (15), Callie (19), Tanner (10), Neymar (15), Skylar W. (20), Logan (12), Melanie (8), Liam (18), Amaya (K3), Andrew (20), Maddox (11), Faith (11), and Jamison (11) for their hard work! Keep up the great work everyone!

Dear caregivers,

Many caregivers contact me regarding preferences for their child’s classroom assignment for the upcoming school year. Much professional thought and effort is put into placing your child into next year’s classes. A variety of factors are considered (social, emotional, behavioral and academic) as your child is placed. If you have any additional information regarding your child’s needs in these areas, please share it with me in writing. This important task contributes significantly to the creation of a positive class environment that enables students to reach their potential. I will keep your request on file, and the academic team will certainly consider it, but cannot give any guarantees to a specific teacher or classroom. Unfortunately, we cannot accept requests for particular classroom/teacher placements. Luckily, our students have shown remarkable growth this year, which is evidence that we have an outstanding teaching staff here at Hazardville Memorial School.

You will receive a letter over summer break with information about your child’s teacher and room number.

Thank you in advance for your understanding of our professional processes.

Respectfully,

Miss Fitzsimons

Congratulations to Rooms 11, 20, 8, K2, K6, K1, and 15 who filled their classroom buckets this week!

Keep up the great work! We have many classrooms who are close to filling their buckets and know that all of our HMS students will keep working hard showing our PAWS expectations every day! When classrooms fill their buckets, they earn a class reward. Some examples of rewards we have seen so far this year: PJ day, Stuffed Animal Day, Fort Day, and extra recess.

PAWS: Practice Kindness, Always Be Safe, Make Wise Choices, and Show Respect

Please remember that at drop-off and pick-up parking in spots and walking to drop your child off or pick them up is prohibited. All drop-offs and pick-ups must use the car line. Please note, the North Maple St. driveways are not to be utilized to enter the parking lot during drop-off and pick-up hours. Everyone entering campus must use the North St. entrance. Thank you for your cooperation in making sure our students are safe at arrival and dismissal.

Some families have inquired about ways to block YouTube on their child's iPad. If you would like YouTube blocked on your child's iPad, please fill out the survey below. It may take approximately one week for the settings to go into effect after the survey is completed. Please note, if you choose to disable YouTube on your child's device, they will not be able to access any teacher assigned videos that may be used in their classroom.

Optional Survey - Disable Student Access to YouTube

Enfield Family Resource Center offers playgroups for children from birth to five years old.

See below for information on the Grandparents raising Grandchildren Support Group offered through the Enfield FRC.

If you have not yet filled out your returning student's information, please see the image below to update!

Enfield Public Schools Calendar

Enfield Public Schools Technology Handbook

Enfield Public Schools Technology Loss/Damage Insurance

My School Bucks (Lunch Payment Website)