Save the date, PARCC and some other stuff!

Please Save the Date!!!!!

We are very excited about two upcoming events and would like you to save the date and plan on attending.  The first will be Friday March 14th as we have our 2nd annual Staff Basketball Game.  This year we have Nate Solder from the NE Patriots coming.  We also have tons of fun things planned.

The second date is March 21st.......our annual Spaghetti Supper.  We have illusionist Matt Roberts coming back this year.  The Spaghetti Supper is a great night out and if you would like more information on this fun filled event please click on these two news articles recently written about the Spaghetti Supper.  

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140224/PUB04/402200339/1001

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140213/PUB04/402130379/1040

PARCC

By now many of you have probably heard about the new state assessment called PARCC.  The state of Massachusetts is in the process of piloting this test in schools across the Commonwealth and HBB is one of those schools.  Starting in April we will be testing 2 classes in grade 3 and 2 classes in grade 5. We sent notification home to any student being tested in this weeks Tuesday Folder.  If you are interested in learning more about PARCC please visit our PARCC Testing section on the website or click here.....   http://www.middleboro.k12.ma.us/Page/2779

Read Across America

In honor of the great Dr. Seuss next week is Read Across America Week.  To celebrate this great event we have a few things planned including a theme for each day.  As you know we are always encouraging students to read, read read.  Here is a list of what to expect for next week.

Monday - Read Across America Day (Wear red, white and black)

Tuesday - Crazy Sock Day

Wednesday - Wacky Wed. (Wear your mismatched combinations)

Thursday - Lorax Day - (Wear orange and a mustache)

Friday - Burkland's Best Day (everyone wear their B. Best Gear)

BOXTOPS Winners

Congratulations to the following classes as they have collected the most BOXTOPS at each grade!  They will all be treated to a magic show.....the date of which will be announced soon.  Great job guys and thank you to all parents for your support!

Grade 1 - Mastropietro
Grade 2 - Schobel
Grade 3 - DeLuca
Grade 4 - Sullivan
Grade 5 - Lazarovich

CONGRATULATIONS!

Whole School Rally

As we wrap up the week next week we will be hosting a whole school rally on Friday.  We will be doing a lot during this rally.  To start, we will be working with students to set goals as part of our Read Across America week.  We will be getting pumped up about MCAS, talking about this year's lipdub and checking out the lipdub from last year.  Most importantly, we will be unveiling our new Burkland's Best Charms.  

The Burkland's Best Charms are another way by which we hope to promote the positive behavioral expectations that we have for our school community.  All student will be given a necklace and will be given the chance to earn a variety of charms for demonstrating the Burkland's Best and for meeting a variety of "challenges" we will set forth throughout the year.  All students at HBB will be awarded one bead to start.  That bead will be a yellow ribbon in honor of Jesse.  We are very excited about this event and we are looking forward to getting all the kids together!

That is about it for this week......have a great weekend and stay warm!

Please enjoy your vacation!

We hope everyone has a great February Vacation.  As you head into the break we want to remind you to pack your Burkland's Best Shirt and take your picture wherever you do to share on our new Burkland's Best Everywhere board.  If you have a picture to share just email it to us.

Read Across America
We are looking for volunteer readers for Monday March 3rd to read to classes for Read Across America Day.  If are interested in being a volunteer reader please contact Mrs. Maddigan or Mrs. Lazarovich  maddigan@middleboro.k12.ma.us or klazarovich@middleboro.k12.ma.us and they will help you arrange a day, time and class.

Save the Date!!!!
We are VERY VERY excited to announce that we will have a special guest for the 2nd annual Staff Basketball Game!  This year we will have a surprise guest from the New England Patriots joining us!  The game is scheduled for March 14th at the High School Gym.  Please save the date as we have lots of fun stuff planned........and you are just going to have to wait to see who it is!

A friendly reminder from the HBB PTA:

The "You Choose" Winter Fundraiser closes this Wednesday, February 12th.

Option 1:

Raise some dough for field trips with Little Caesar Pizza Kits!
Pizza Kit orders are due Wednesday, 2/12. Please make checks payable to HBB PTA.
Pizza order pick-up is Family Night at the book fair, Wednesday, February 26th from 4-8 pm
Who doesn't love Pizza, pizza?!?

Option 2:

Put a lid on field trip costs with Tupperware!
The Tupperware option is an on-line fundraiser, but brochures are available in the HBB office.
go on-line at http://order.tupperware.com/pls/htprod_www/home

OR:

Contact Jen Anderson directly at janderson.tupperware@yahoo.com and your shipping fee will be only $1!!!
All orders due by 2/12

All proceeds support the HBB field trip fund! Thank you for your support!

Ella's Lemonade Stand
Don't forget to purchase your lemonade kits! Kits are for sale in the office here at HBB and all proceed will be going to Jesse's Family. Today after school the student council leaders from HBB and MKG stayed to assemble kits. Check the pictures!

Olympics

To celebrate the start of the Winter Olympics Ms. Schobel's class put together some props and marched the halls here at HBB to end the day last Friday.  The kids had a good time and everyone enjoyed the show.

 Character Word of the Week Winners

Congratulations to the winners this week....Great Job!

Pack your Burkland’s Best Shirts!
With Vacation right around the corner we just want to remind everyone to pack your B-Best Shirts for vacation. Take a picture of yourselves doing something fun and send it in for our new “Burkland’s Best Everywhere” board.

Ella’s Lemonade Stand
We are selling awesome lemonade kits for $3 in the office to support Jesse’s family. We sent home order forms in the Tuesday folder but you do not need the order form if you just stop by the office. All proceeds from the sale of the lemonade kits will go to Jesse’s family. 

Wellness
In an effort to improve the health of all students and to ensure that students with food related allergies are kept safe the School Committee has adopted a new food policy effective March 1st.

As of March 1st the only food allowed into the class are students’ individual snack. Additionally, students are not allowed to share their snack. We will no longer be allowing celebrations in class to involve food. This is not a major change from our previous policy but we would like to ask for your assistance and ask that you not send in food other than lunch and snack as it will not be allowed in the class.

Again, we have this policy because we must ensure a safe learning environment for all students and we have students with life threatening food allergies. We appreciate your understanding and should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

BOXTOPS

Don't forget to send in your BOXTOPS.  They will be collected all next week right up to Thursday!

Brian Lies

Brian Lies is an author of children's books and has been here all week for grade 2.  He hosted an assembly for both HBB and MKG and he has been visiting classes all week.  The kids seem to really enjoy his visits.  Here are a couple of photos from the assembly.

Scott Cannon

Ms. McLaughlin shared these pictures with me of Ms. Holmgren's class working with Scott Cannon.

Physical Education Dept.

The PE Dept at HBB has a goal of increasing student exercise and activity outside of school, particularly for grade 5 students.  To support their efforts they have been putting together a periodic newsletter, which we have shared through this blog and they have taken numerous steps to encourage and inform parents as to the things which can be done outside of school to increase activity.  To support those efforts they would like to share the attached exercise log for grade 5 students ( anyone can feel free to use it ) and the attached survey for grade 5 parents to complete.  Completed surveys can be sent back in with students.  

  

Character Word of the Week Winners

Congratulations to the winners for this week.  The character word for the week was acceptance!