Ben-Hem Bobcats

• Dates to Remember:
• Wednesday, November 15: Early Release Day - Elementary Conferences
• Thursday, November 16: PTO Craft Night at Ben Hem for Natick Fire Fighters
• Wednesday, November 22: Early Release Day - Thanksgiving Break
• Thursday, November 23 & Friday, November 24: No School - Thanksgiving Break
• Monday, November 27: No School - Districtwide Professional Development Day
• Ben Hem's Mission, Vision and Core Values: Last year our School Council refined our Mission and Vision statements to better align with our cover values and the Natick Public Schools Profile of a Graduate. We want to keep these guiding documents relevant and descriptive of what we value as a school community.

  Mission:

  At Bennett Hemenway, we build positive relationships to learn, to take care of ourselves and others, and our community to make the world a better place.

  Vision:

  • Develop a joy of learning and master foundational academic skills that provide opportunities for learners to follow their interests in the future

  • Cherish all children and support their development as caring citizens
    

  • Create a welcoming community in order to:

  • Support and care for all students through an inclusive spirit.

  • Learn and be curious about others

  • Seek perspectives that are different from our own

  • Model and teach healthy relationship-building to support everyone’s social-emotional success

  Core Values: How? How must we behave to achieve our vision?

  • We take care of each other.

  • We take care of our community

  • We take care of ourselves.

• PTO Craft Night, November 16: Help decorate the Natick Fire Departments for Thanksgiving Dinner. Join us Thursday, November 16th from 6-7PM in the cafeteria. We will also be collecting non-perishable food items for A Place to Turn that evening.
• KINDNESS WEEK FUN: Each day this week hosted a spirit day and celebrated kindness. Students were kindness detectives and talked about what kindness looks like and sounds like at Ben Hem. We had first graders "chalk the walk" with kindness (only to be washed away with a rain shower. Kindness week is fun and is something that we do every week at Ben Hem.

Pictures from Kindness Week:

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• Title I: Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990
• Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990
• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
• MGL, Ch.76, Section 5: Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 76, Section 5