Harrington Happenings

I hope everyone has had a nice weekend! The weather has been beautiful out, last grasp at Summer; so I hope you have taken advantage of the weather and did things outside this weekend.

The students have been working diligently with their benchmark assessments, these will be wrapping up next Friday. We are about two full weeks into the school year and all systems are a go. The transition from Summer to school has gone smoothly, by the looks on their smiling faces when they arrive in the morning they are happy too be back!

As always, thank you for your continued support of our Harrington community. Please reach out to me or Karen with any questions or concerns as always.

Once again, remember to…"Stay Respectful, Stay Responsible, Stay Ready... Embrace the challenges, learn from mistakes, and have fun"

Be safe! Stay well!

Rob & Karen

Dear Parents and Families --

To better estimate the demand for lunches on half days, CPS Nutrition utilizes online lunch ordering for HALF DAYS ONLY.

For the upcoming half day Wednesday 9/18/24 orders must be received by Friday 9/13/24.

2024-2025 CPS Upcoming Half Day/Early Release dates

● 9/18/24

● 10/24/24

● 11/20/24 (Elem & MS Only)

● 11/27/24

● 12/12/24

● 1/14/25

● 2/6/25

● 3/12/25

● 4/1/25

If you would like your child to have lunch on future half days, the online ordering is open for you to go ahead and select those dates.

Set Up Your Account Now

Directions to set up your account and order:

1. URL Link: family.onlineordering.linq.com
2. Sign up now: Email, create password.
3. School District: Chelmsford Public Schools
4. Student ID: This can be found on x2- Child’s student ID number
5. Last Name: (You can also search and add siblings/family members at this time). Once this is completed, the student's name should appear on the page.

How to order meals

1. School Menu-select online lunch ordering (all schools)
2. Scroll to week of half day/early release date (top right of page)
3. Find date, select meal option
4. Add item to cart/Select Add to order
5. Click on shopping cart icon at top right of page
6. Click Check out
7. Select pick up location: Elementary pick-up location classroom. Middle/high school pick up location cafeteria.
8. Place order

In the effort of trying to facilitate parents that have students in multiple grades, I am going to make some changes in the schedule in the hopes more people can come and to give each of you an opportunity to meet your student's teachers. I will also be sending out a letter this week with more information regarding the evening, as well as the schedule change.

Please remember this is a parent/guardian evening, please do not being your students with you for Curriculum Night. I appreciate your support.

Hello Harrington families! Thank you to everyone who came out to our first HPTO meeting of the school year. It was so nice to see so many of you in person and virtually. Please see below for some reminders and updates for upcoming events and fundraisers!

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News from our board:

Introducing the HPTO’s brand new LinkTree! Looking for important dates? Misplaced that event flier that came home with a million other papers? Access everything that comes home and more on our new mini website. Keep up-to-date with events, sign-ups, registrations, fundraisers, school lunch menus and more!

Definitely save this to your favorites: Link Tree

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Dine to Donate Wednesday, September 18

HPTO is holding a fundraiser with Papa Gino’s at 29 Chelmsford Street, Chelmsford, MA. The fundraiser is on Wednesday, September 18 from 11 am to 8 pm, which also happens to be a half day! Come down to Papa Gino’s after your half day lets out or grab some dinner and support your HPTO!

Make your order count! Either mention HPTO when you place your order in store or use code 19 online, and HPTO will earn 20% of all qualifying sales. Thanks for your support and please share this post to spread the word!

Curriculum Night Thursday, September 19

Come find us in the cafeteria and say hello! Want to learn more about the HPTO? Have questions? Ask us!

Calling ALL Fourth Grade Parents! Be on the lookout in your child’s classroom for the Fourth Grade Parent Committee sign-up QR Code!

What is the Fourth Grade Parent Committee? It’s YOU! The fourth grade end-of-year celebration consists of a yearbook, class photos, class t-shirts, class gift, and of course the big party! The committee relies on parent volunteers to make this all happen.

Can’t make it to curriculum night, but still want to sign up? No sweat. We will post the sign up to our Facebook page and send via ConnectEd for anyone who missed it.

Pride Wear Sales starts Friday, September 20

Pride Wear sales begin Friday, September 20. Be on the lookout for a flier with more information as the date approaches! 10% of every order will support your HPTO. Happy shopping!

Back 2 School Skate Night Sunday, September 22*

Our Back 2 School Skate Night at Roller Kingdom is Sunday, September 22 from 6 pm to 8 pm!

Pre-registration is now open! Tickets are $10/skater. The pre-sale will close on Wednesday, September 18. Please make sure to send in your payment, along with the pre-sale form in an envelope addressed to HPTO. FYI: we are capped at 400 total guests for this event (skaters and non-skaters) so don’t miss out!

We can’t wait to roll into the new school year with you!

*Financial concerns should never stand in the way of families participating in school events. If you are interested in this event, please contact Lindsay Rhames, our school counselor: albertl@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

National Custodial Workers Day due Monday, September 30

Have your student send in a homemade thank you card to Nico for National Custodial Workers Day! Please send in completed cards ATTN: HPTO so we can gift them on Wednesday, October 2.

Help Us Win $1,000! Vote Every Day starting October 1*

HPTO was nominated for the Milltown Plumbing Helping Hands program for the month of September. What can you do? Vote for us every day!

Cast your vote here: https://milltownplumbing.com/about-us/helping-hands/

Don’t forget to share with your family and friends so they can vote daily, too!

*We got bumped again. Bummer. Earlier printed material referenced voting for the entire month of September, but due to a last minute change with Milltown, the voting window now runs tentatively October 1 through October 31.

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SAVE THE DATE - UPCOMING HPTO MEETINGS:

Zoom links will be sent through ConnectEd the morning of the scheduled meeting

Wednesday, October 9 from 6:30-7:30 (HYBRID)

Wednesday, November 6 from 6:30-7:30 (HYBRID)

Wednesday, December 4 from 6:30-7:30 (HYBRID)

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Thank you for your support,

Harrington PTO

Contact Us: HarringtonPTO@gmail.com

Like Us: HPTO Facebook

Find Us: Harrington PTO Website OR Link Tree

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Earn Box Tops for Harrington

Email: asselinr@chelmsford.k12.ma.us
Website: https://harrington.chelmsfordschools.org/
Location: 120 Richardson Road, North Chelmsford, MA, USA
Phone: 978-251-5166
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harringtonelementarychelmsford/