Hardy Elementary Newsletter

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The following Hardy students have been selected to have their art, honoring Martin Luther King Jr., displayed at Town Hall.

• Bridget Crowley
• Cora Mitchell
• Leo Kaufmann
• Ariana Hasson

The following Hardy students have been selected to have their art, honoring Martin Luther King Jr., displayed at the Hardy School.

• Alexis Murphy
• Caroline Trzupek
• Aachal Sravish
• Odile Clarke-Lauer
• Vittoria Jansen
• Riley Parker
• Rebecca Pilo
• Rosie Wasney
• Naino Shatirishvili
• Swara Aggarwal
• Laila Ait Ali
• Ellie Wang

We hope you have the opportunity to check out their inspiring art work at Town Hall and/or the Hardy School!

Our chorus students will perform twice on February 4th. They will perform at All School Meeting during the school day for classmates and staff. They will perform at 6pm for families. We will have a school wide concert at a later time for all general music classes. We are so grateful to Ms. Deming for preparing Hardy students to perform.

Kindness Week will take place from February 10th-February 14th. Our enrichment and school spirit committee is working on the details. More details coming soon.

Louisa Popkin is the Special Education Coordinator for Hardy. She is based at Hardy on Tuesdays and Thursdays. She will host a series of coffees on special education topics. All Hardy families are welcome.

2/11, 8-9 a.m.

4/15, 8-9 a.m.

6/10, 8-9 a.m.

Hardy staff will continue to notice responsible behavior with blue tickets. Students may earn blue tickets for their classrooms by exhibiting the behaviors below.

Hardy 2nd Grade students will visit the Hardy Natural History Museum on Friday, January 24th. Thank you to the PTO for funding this educational experience for our students.

Check out the Hardy PTO Website for information on how you can join PTO, support the Hardy School, find out about upcoming fun events.

Principal: Gretchen Saunders - gsaunders@arlington.k12.ma.us

Assistant Principal: Peggy Tsatsoulis - ptsatsoulis@arlington.k12.ma.us

Administrative Assistant: Mary Bellerose -mbellerose@arlington.k12.ma.us

Main Office Number - 781-316-3783