Hansen Weekly Update

Hello Hansen Families,

After plenty of cold winter weather, we've finally had our first snow day as well, breaking up our week a little. This week we also began exploring Black History Month - see pictures below - and students learned about famous African-Americans who made their mark in history.

On Friday, we also celebrated our 100th day of the school year, with a Kindergarten Parade, students and staff dressing up, lessons using the number 100, and interactive exercise breaks throughout the day, that equaled '100' repetitions by the end!

Parents, as a reminder, STAR family reports were sent home Friday in students’ backpacks. Please be sure to review the information you received in those envelopes, thank you. Also, the updated 2024-25 school year calendar is on the CPS website (in the blue banner) and on the Hansen webpage -under the calendar tab at the top of the page. The update to the current 2024-25 school calendar reflects the one-day shift of the last day of school for all grades PreK-11 due to yesterday's snow day. Also, the 2025-26 school year calendar is now available on the CPS webpage.

Other reminders are that we have an early release day on Wednesday, Feb. 12th, and February vacation starts after we leave school this Friday, and ends when we return to school again on Monday, Feb. 24th at 8:20 a.m.

Thank you,

Paul McKnight

Principal

Hansen Elementary School

Last week a Black History Month mural created by Mrs. Cole and her students was put on display in Hansen’s main level hallway, featuring many past and present African-Americans, detailing their accomplishments and contributions to society.

This Black History Month mural was created by staff and students in Miss Keohane’s classroom for Hansen's main hallway in our upstairs area. It highlights some of the groundbreaking traits demonstrated by famous African-Americans.

• • • Feb. 12th: Early Release, staff Professional Development, dismissal at 11:50 a.m.

    • Feb. 17-21: No School - President’s Day, February Vacation

Ms. Krokidas' fourth grade art students created paintings of The Canton Bulldogs inspired by the work of artist Dean Russo.

During their math workshop, Ms. Motta's 4th grade students created posters on the partial quotient strategy in any way they wanted. The students loved the opportunity to express their learning in different ways!

Mrs. Mahan's 4th grade class worked together on collisions and energy transfer during a STEM activity. They were experimenting with making Rube Goldberg-type machines.

Please RSVP using this Google Form by Friday, February 14, 2025

Hansen students and staff celebrated the 100th day of school on Friday - check out the pictures below, to see how we 'Rocked the 100th Day!'

The 100th Day of School was an amazing milestone on Friday! We would like to continue to celebrate this momentous day and recognize this milestone all month long. Please see below for details on how to help us continue celebrating this month!

All month:

-Grade levels are assigned an item to collect to donate to the food pantry, the goal is to reach 100 items per grade level!

Kindergarten: Pasta & Macaroni and Cheese

1st Grade: Cereal & oatmeal (regular size boxes)

2nd Grade: Snacks full sized bags of chips, cookies & crackers

3rd Grade: Soup and/or ramen

4th Grade: Canned fruits all kinds especially pineapple

5th Grade: Tomatoes sauce & rice mixes (near east)

Come to this educational and entertaining event celebrating Black History Month! Performances by CHS Jazz Ensemble and GMS Step Team in addition to others. We hope to see you there!

Around Town Events!

Canton Public Schools has a Community Resources and Information Page on its website titled Around Town. This page lists resources and events taking place in our community. To access the information on this webpage, use this link: About/Around Town.

At a Glance - New Event(s)

• SEPAC Event: Demystifying Dyslexia - 2/27/25 SEPAC Event: Demystifying Dyslexia - 2/27/25
• SEPAC Event: Coffee with Admin - 2/11/25
• CDEI Black History Month Event (See flier above)

• Learn Italian Classes (see flier below!)

This webpage will be updated periodically.

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  Upcoming dates:
  

  February 11: CAPT meeting 7 p.m.

  March 3 - 12: Boosterthon/Hansen Fun Run

  March 7: Special Someone Dance at CHS, theme: Hollywood! Tickets are coming soon.

  March 11 - CAPT Meeting

  March 17 - 21: Scholastic Book Fair. Students shop during Library time at school. The fair will also be open to families during conferences. Volunteer opportunities are coming soon.

  
  

  Stay warm with Hansen CAPT Spiritwear! SHOP ONLINE

  NEW to the shop this winter: Fleece blankets!

  RESTOCKED: Winter hats!

  
  

  
  

  Hansen Fun Run KickOff

  
  

  
  

  We're excited to kick-off CAPT's annual fundraiser, the Hansen Fun Run. Our goal is to raise $35,000 for field trips and in-school enrichment to benefit ALL students at Lt. Peter M. Hansen.

  
  

  Over the coming weeks, we will work together by asking friends and family to consider making a donation to support our school by visiting MyBooster.com. The best part is, you can support our school just by SHARING about the fundraiser!

  
  

  Students will also experience an amazing character enrichment program called “Castle Quest”, teaching students about how to be brave and live with character.

  Key Dates to Remember:

  
  

  Sign up online at MyBooster.com – 02/10/2025

  Fundraiser Kickoff in school – 03/03/2025

  FUN RUN Event Day – 03/12/2025

  More details to come! Follow our social media pages for updates on our fundraiser.

  
  

  
  

UPCOMING EVENT

*Change in Date* The Special Someone Dance will now take place March 7, 2025. Tickets will be available for sale in February. Volunteers are needed. Sign up here:

https://forms.gle/wERMj6HV7Lxqn4JF6

This is our second year using our new SEL curriculum, Wayfinder. For access to a visual outlining Wayfinder's 'Core Skills + Competencies' which the instructional curriculum is based upon, click here. Thank you!

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