Paw Sox and Character Word of the Week Winners

Before we get to the the character word of the week winners I want to make to remind everyone about the PAW SOX Game scheduled for this Friday.

Students who won the Character Word of the Week award and received a free ticket are being called down to the field prior to the start of the game, this Friday May 3rd. Friday's game starts earlier than the original game that was rained out and they are asking that everyone be there by 5 pm if you are participating in the ceremony.  They will be calling us down as a group and the game will start at 6:15.  We hope to see you all there!!!!!

Character Word of the Week Winners
The word of the week was self-reliant.  Here are the students who demonstrate the ability to rely on their own abilities, efforts and judgments in order to solve problems.  Congratulations!!!!

First week back from vacation

We hope everyone had a great, relaxing April vacation!  This has been a good week back and we are getting ready to head down the home stretch of the year.  It is hard to believe how fast this year is going by.





PAW SOX!  Please remember that the PAW SOX Game for all the winners of the Character Word of the Week has been rescheduled for this Friday May 3rd.  We hope to see you all there and please give us a call if you have any questions!





Cutting his hair off???

We are very proud of Colin in Mrs. Martin's class who is planning on shaving off all his hair to raise money for children and their families who are fighting pediatric cancer.  Please visit the attached link for more information or if you are interested in helping this great cause.  Great job Colin!!!!!

http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=1830729&langPref=en-CA


MCAS

We would like to again remind everyone that we have our second round of MCAS coming up.  We have MCAS Math for grades 3-5 and Science for grade 5.  Our attendance was exceptional for MCAS last month and we are hopeful that you all please help us again in ensuring that all students are present on the day of testing.

We also ask that you please make sure your child get a good nights rest and that they eat a healthy breakfast on testing day.

Here are the upcoming dates for MCAS

Grade 3  (Math)     May 6 and  May 7

Grade 4  (Math)     May 13 and May 14

Grade 5 (Math)      May 8 and   May 9

              (Science)  May 15 and May 16

5th Grade Husky Howler

We are very excited about is the first edition of the 5th Grade Husky Howler.  Thank you to the parents who helped make this happen and thank you to the students for all their hard work.  I think you will agree, the first edition is great!  Just click on the link to open in Microsoft Publisher.

Earth Day Activities

Paw Sox Game Cancelled and a bunch of other stuff

PAW SOX GAME CANCELLED......for now

The Paw Sox Game scheduled for tonight is cancelled.  Everyone who was planning on attending should be receiving an email with a list of make up dates.  We plan on attending Friday May 3rd.  I hope you are all able to attend on that day but if not there is a list of other dates for you to choose from.

Earth Day 

Please read this letter regarding our upcoming Earth Day Event planned for the outdoor garden.

Anti Bullying

This Wed. Mr. Gobeil and I had the opportunity to join the classes of Mrs. McPherson, Mrs. Procknik and Mrs. Brandenburg as their students were participating in the Paper Plate Project.  The Paper Plate Project  is something that all three teachers designed to teach Tolerance and to help HBB become a better place.  They had students from grades 3-5 in mixed groups, reading books about tolerance, creating friendship posters and they had students design plates where they had to place what good friends do inside the heart, and what they don't outside of the heart.  The message students received is that it's what's on the inside that counts!  We had a great time and so did the kids.

Check out these pics from our visit!

Read Your Heart Out Day!

Today Dr. Weiss and I had the chance to go to Ms. Lee's first grade class as they were celebrating Read Your Heart Out Day!  Students came to school today in comfy pj's and spent the day reading a wide variety of books.  I had the chance to read one of my favorites Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs!

Here is a pic of the students listening to Dr. Weiss as she read them a story.

Thank you Exon Mobil!

What a busy day today!  Mrs. Duton from Exon Mobil came today to present Dr. Weiss and I with a check for $500.  Thank you.....we will be sure to put the money to good use!

That is it for now.  Please have a safe and relaxing April Vacation.  We will see you all when you get back!

Paw Sox, Red Sox and the Character Word of the Week

PAW SOX

This is just a reminder that on Friday April 12th students who won the Character Word of the Week Award prior to  March 8th, and have completed their award form, will be attending the Paw Sox Game with Mr. Gobeil and myself.

If you have filled out the form you should have received an email confirmation and all tickets will be available at the Will Call window.  All students will be recognized on the field prior to the game.  The on field ceremony will begin at 6:15 and it is recommended that you arrive by 5:45.

For driving directions go to
 http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20080904&content_id=41224652&sid=t533&vkey=team1

We are extremely excited for this event and we are very thankful that the Paw Sox have been so generous in helping us recognize our Character Word of the Week Winners.  Please also remember that we will be having a special celebration at the end of the year for the students who won the award after March 8th!

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us!

Front Page News

Check out this pic of our students which made the front page of the Enterprise.  We had Red Sox Day in celebration of the Fenway Park Home Opener and the folks from the newspaper were here to snap some photos.

Character Word of the Week Winners

The word of the week last week was Civic Virtue.  Here are the students who are being recognized for making HBB a better place!

That is it for now.....have a great vacation!

Wear you Red Sox Gear!

Just a reminder that Monday is Opening Day at Fenway Park and in celebration we are all wearing our favorite Red Sox Gear.  So don't forget to wear your hat or shirt or whatever you have........and yes, other teams are allowed.  See you Monday!

MCAS and a few other items

We have ELA MCAS for 2013 behind us!  I would like to thank the entire HBB Community for your support during MCAS.

First, our attendance was exceptional, so thank you for that!  Second, thank you to all the staff and students who had to deal with changing schedules and everything else.  Third, thank you to all the wonderful parent volunteers who helped deliver snacks and monitor the halls.  And lastly, thank you to all the parents and guardians who helped their child by encouraging them to work their hardest, get to bed on time, eat a healthy breakfast and for everything else you do everyday.  No one is more important in the lives of our children than you and you really help us set the tone for each day!

3rd Grade Class
I have meant to share this for about a week, sorry for the delay!  I had the great pleasure of joining Mrs. Deluca's class during a really cool project she had students participating in where she had students working with iPads to research, as a team, to answer the question "What is the harshest environment on Earth that animals can survive and what types of adaptations allow them to live there"

Students were broken up into groups and were charged with the task of working together to find a harsh environment, choose an animal, find the important words related to that animal and its adaptations and they were then going to write an informative essay explaining their animal and its adaptations.

I was very impressed with this very high level assignment, yet I was even more impressed with the students.  They were working hard and coming up with some incredible information.  Great job guys....here are a couple of pics from my visit!

Go Team
Here are a couple of Pics from Mrs. Doak's Go Team expanded learning group.  She has students participating in a variety of challenging activities designed help build team work, collaboration and thinking skills.

Character Word of the Week Winners
Congratulations to the following Character Word of the Week Winners!