PARCC and Yearbooks!

Thank you to everyone who took the time to fill out our School Improvement Survey. Your feedback is very much appreciated and will be used in developing our School Improvement Plan.

We had over 258 entries this year (up from 110 last year) and with each entry a raffle ticket was entered for the class for extra recess. All the surveys were collected and the winner of the raffle is Ms. Bartlett’s class! Congratulations and thank you again for doing your part in helping us move HBB forward!

PARCC
We are so proud of how hard our students have been working over this past week with PARCC testing. Throughout the building kids are persevering and taking the test with confidence. As always, we are working to remind our kids to work hard, but not stress out. Their grades are not impacted by their results and at this point PARCC is used more to see how we are doing overall as a school. We use the results to see what is working and what we need to adjust in regards to our curriculum and instruction. It is not meant to judge individual students and we don’t use it that way.

Please keep in mind that we are still in the middle of PARCC and MCAS Science for Grade 5. We would like all parents to keep a close eye on the calendar and make sure your child is present on testing day, make sure they eat a healthy breakfast and get a good night sleep!

Yearbook Orders!
The 2015-2016 HBB Yearbook is now on SALE. The yearbook includes the whole HBB community, grades 1-5. Don't miss your chance to order. All orders must be submitted by Friday, May 6th at the latest, ABSOLUTELY NO ORDERS will be accepted after May 6th. Order forms will be coming home in Tuesday Folders, but online ordering is available as well. The HBB PTA is offering all 5th graders a discount on their yearbook, so please choose the appropriate link.

Yearbook orders for Grades 1-4: (school code 21075)
https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/index.cfm/job/21075

Yearbook Order for 5th Graders ONLY: (if order is placed for a non 5th grader, it will be cancelled).
http://hbbpta.weebly.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html

Any questions, please contact Sandra Tullish stullish@gmail.com

Brian Lies

In addition to PARCC testing this week we had one of our favorite Author/Illustrators here this week for grade 2....Brian Lies.  Thank you Brian for coming again this year.  The kids had a great time and thank you again to the PTA for supporting this excellent enrichment opportunity!