Have a Great Vacation!

HBB Rally!

Today we ended the day with a whole school rally to reinforce the fact that with hard work, confidence and perseverance our kids can do great things!  We got them pumped up and ready for PARCC by reminding them all that they are ready and with hard work they will do a great job.

To assist us in delivering the message we had a couple special guests.  The first was one of our own teachers Ms. Beird.  Ms. Beird is a 5th grade teacher who has been working hard and training to be a contestant on American Ninja Warrior.  She shared how hard she has worked and she spoke about how the first time she stepped on the course she could not do any of the challenges but with hard work, perseverance and confidence she was eventually able to do it!

Our second guest was Drew Drechsel himself.  Drew is one of the most popular and successful contestants from American Ninja Warrior and he too spoke to the kids about the importance of hard work and what can be accomplished when you put your mind to something....check out this video of  Drew in action!

The rally was, and always is, a great event for the school.  We are confident our kids are ready for PARCC and we would like to remind everyone that PARCC starts when we get back from vacation.  Please, please, please do your part and make sure your child is ready on testing day.  Look closely at the calendar to see what days your child is testing and read the flyer below for some good tips on helping your child be ready on test day!

PMC Ride

Thank you to Bill Goldsmith for not only organizing an amazing event to raise money for Pediatric  Brain Cancer Research but also for coming to visit all the kids during lunches to promote this wonderful event.  Please take a moment to read the flyer below and consider joining the second annual Cranberry Country PMC Kids Ride!

Good Egg Challenge

One of our favorite challenges every year is the Good Egg Challenge. We have kids doing so many good things for the school and the community and we have a couple worth mentioning.  First, we had three 5th grade students who organized both CCF and Wear Your Red Sox Gear day here at HBB which we had both this week.  Together both events raised $235.75 which will be donated to the Jimmy Fund for Pediatric Brain Tumor Research.....not bad!  

The other has been 4th grade students who have been working hard to clean up the grounds around the school.  Great job guys!

Staff Basketball Game

Thank you to everyone who came out last week for our annual staff basketball game!  This was a great way to get everyone from both Elementary Schools together and we all had a really great time!

Habitat Happenings

We are very proud of all our 1st grade students who hosted their Habitat Happenings events this week.  Students have been hard at work reading, researching and writing.  They completed their projects and parents were invited in to celebrate all their hard work.