Hansen Weekly Update

Hello Hansen Families,

I hope you've all had excellent summer vacations and are excited to start the 2024-25 School Year!

We've had an exciting first week of school welcoming back our 1st through 5th graders, and when we return to school on Tuesday, will enjoy welcoming our Kindergarten students!

This week we've enjoyed some beautiful weather that's given us plenty of opportunity to utilize our rear playground, and Little League Field, as we eagerly await the completion of our new Front Playground (pictures below)! Students did an excellent job meeting their teachers and new classmates, settling into routines and beginning their school year. When our Kindergarten friends join us on their first day of school on Tuesday, we can't wait to welcome them!

We wish everyone a wonderful Labor Day Weekend, as we have no school tomorrow, Friday Aug. 30th, and no school Monday, Sept. 2nd. We return to school with doors opening at 8:20 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 3rd, which is also our first day of school for Kindergarten students. Have a great long weekend!

With Hansen Pride,

Paul McKnight

Principal

Hansen Elementary School

**Attention parents - our Hansen Elementary School's start / end times are now 8:40 a.m. and 2:55 p.m. If they are at their bus stop on time every day, and/or dropped off at 8:20 a.m., when doors open, they won't face the stress of being late, and learn the value of being on time.

Attached is this year's school calendar for you, below:

Our bus company, First Student has introduced an app for you to use to track the bus your child is on each day called FirstView. Click here for more information on this new opportunity for bus parents to have real time information on bus arrivals.

Parents, please click on the following link for the CPS Elementary Student / Family Handbook

It has a lot of important information that we'd like to share with you, so please make sure to review it. Thank you!

This year we've introduced a new SEL curriculum to our classrooms - Wayfinder. For access to a visual outlining Wayfinder's 'Core Skills + Competencies' which the instructional curriculum is based, click here . Thank you!

Need Family Assistance?

Family Resources

Canton Helpline

Canton Food Pantry

Canton Farmers Market

The Canton Farmers Market also accepts SNAP and HIP

Canton Holiday Helpers

Quincy Family Resource Center

My Brother's Keeper

How to Get Help | The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Boston

More support:

Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Chat online or call 800-273-8255

The Trevor Project Lifeline

Support For LGBTQ+ Youth

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Text NAMI to 741741