PHT Paws-itively News

Dear Page Hilltop Families:

Tuesday, June 6th will be Spirit Day - Page Hilltop Pride Day! We encourage all of our students to come to show showing us something they are proud of by dressing in special attire:

• Show your pride as a Page Hilltop student by wearing something that has Page Hilltop or Ayer on it
• Show your pride as a Kind person by wearing a shirt with a kindness message on it
• Show your pride for your family's heritage by wearing clothing from a specific country or ethnic background
• Show your pride in something you are good at (sports uniform, artistic, musical, dance attire)
• Show your pride as a student leader by wearing your Panther Power leadership shirt
• Show your pride as a member of the Girls-on-the-Run club by wearing your special shirt
• Create your own t-shirt that shows anything else that you are proud about

SHOW US YOUR PERSONAL PRIDE on TUESDAY!!!

Thanks, as always, for sharing your children with us!

Fred Deppe, Principal

Matt Lutinski, Assistant Principal

Last Thursday our fifth grade students & teachers hosted Cool Career Day. You may read more about this further along in this newsletter.

One of our special guest presenters was WCVB - TV5 Meteorologist / Producer AJ Burnett. Before leaving Page Hilltop, AJ brought all of our fifth graders outside and recorded a "Wake Up" video. The students were thrilled as you will see on the video.

AJ has informed me that this wake-up video will air on Channel 5 this Thursday (June 8th).

The Wake Up Calls are usually shown around 5:10 and 6:10 during the morning news broadcasts.

He suggested you begin watching between 5:05 - 5:15 and 6:05 - 6:15 as they don't always show right on time.

Start your Thursday with the enthusiastic fifth graders from Page Hilltop!!

Monday, June 5th -- 90 Minute Early Release (K-5) -- No AM Preschool -- PM Preschool as scheduled

Tuesday, June 6th - Spirit Day / Pride Day / College Swag Day

Wednesday, June 7th - Grade 5 visit to ASRMS

Wednesday, June 7th- Community Truck Day

Wednesday, June 7th - Portfolio / Celebration Night (5:00-7:00 for PreK) (6:00-8:00 for K-5)

Wednesday, June 7th - Ice Cream Social (held in conjunction with our Celebration Night)

Thursday, June 8th - Panther Power student leaders planting activity & dinner

Friday, June 9th - Grade 2 cultural festival

Friday, June 9th - Bike Safety Rodeo

Saturday, June 10th - GOTR Celebratory 5K

Tuesday, June 13th - Grade 5 Moving Up Ceremony & Picnic

Friday, June 16th - Field Day

Tuesday, June 20th - Community Meeting

Tuesday, June 20th - Race of the 6-7-8s

Tuesday, June 20th - PTO Family Fun Night

Wednesday, June 21st - Traditional Last Day March Out at 12:15

JUNE LUNCH MENU -- CLICK HERE

BREAKFAST MENU -- CLICK HERE

Stomach Bug

A reminder that we have been seeing an increase in students with a stomach virus. If your student is ill over the weekend with either vomiting or diarrhea, the Nashoba Board of Health is requesting that the student stay home for 72 hours (three full days) after their last episode of illness. This advice should also be considered for students if they are involved in activities such as sports, sleep-overs and birthday parties.

Please follow these safe health guidelines exactly. If you have any questions, feel free to contact our health office at 978-772-8600 x 1406. You many also email School Nurse Tiffany Naughton at: tnaughton@asrsd.org

End of year medications

The end of the school year is quickly approaching! If you would like to pick up your child’s medication, you will need to do so during school hours prior to the end of the school year. If you prefer to leave your child’s medication in the nurse’s office over the summer, you do not need to do anything. Any medication left at school that expires over the summer will be disposed of as of June 22th 2023. For 5th grade students whose meds are not picked up by June 20th, the medications (except for controlled medications) will be moved to the Middle School on that day. If you have questions please reach out to Nurse Tiffany (tnaughton@asrsd.org).

All of our grade 5 students came together to celebrate their successful completion of the DARE program. Hosting the celebration was SRO Michael Nicolo and the APD & FD leadership. We are very proud of our students and hope they will always remember the important lessons they learned during these past 10 weeks. Thanks also to Page Hilltop health teacher Kathy Robbins who helped coordinate the DARE lessons with Ofc. Nicolo.

Our fifth grade classes recently hosted the "Cool Careers Day". We welcomed numerous community members who volunteered their time to share information regarding their professional occupations. Our guest speakers talked about why they chose their profession, what education they needed to reach their goal, what were the personal benefits they received from their career and how they felt they were helping to make the world better. We would like to thank the following individuals for spending time with our students: Chief Brian Gill (APD), Deputy Chief Jen Bigelow (APD), Chief Tim Johnston (AFD), Captain Dave Greenwood (AFD), John Gervais (Owner - Gervais Ford), Carolina Shea (Home Health Care Aide), MC Stewart (Realtor), Rene Paine (Nurse), Misty Fritz-Williams (Veterinarian), Brittany Canatta (Bank Manager) and AJ Burnett (WCVB-TV 5 Meteorologist).

It was a beautiful spring night as a large crowd of PH family members gathered outside to listen to some beautiful music from our school chorus. As she always does, chorus director Arielle Richter had put together a wonderful program of songs along with special readings with kindness messages. Thanks to PH art teacher Heidi Cowley for designing the program.

The tradition of having our high school graduating seniors march through & around our school continued this past Thursday. What a thrill it is for our teachers to see so many of their former students all grown up and ready to move on from high school. Our students enjoy cheering on older siblings and thinking ahead to when they will be the ones marching by!

This week it was our fourth grade student leaders' turn to walk over to the Nashoba Park Assisted Living Center to have a nice luncheon visit with the senior residents.

Our school store, the Panther Pride Shop, continues to open for business during lunchtimes on Fridays. There is a stock of new items available for sale!

On Friday, June 16th we will be holding our annual Field Day activities. There is always an awesome day for our students and staff. The Ayer Police Department B-B-Q team will be returning to help prepare the cookout lunches for the students.

• Students in grades K - 2 will be participating in their field day activities during the morning
• Students in grades 3 - 5 will be participating in their field day activities during the afternoon. We need

LOTS of volunteers to make this a safe and successful event for all of our students. We hope that many of you will be here to volunteer your services. Check your calendars and be prepared to sign up on the volunteer form coming home. You may sign up for a 1/2 day or the entire day! Volunteer Sign Up notices went home yesterday. If you did not receive one, please contact Gail at 978-772-8600 x1401.

We are happy to announce that we will be again working with members of the Ayer Police Department to host a Bike Safety Rodeo for all of our students. It will be held on Friday, June 9th from 3:15 - 4:15 on the Page Hilltop playground. APD personnel will be conducting bicycle safety checks & helmet fittings. They will also conduct some bicycle skills riding activities. All preschool - grade 5 students are welcome to attend. You may drop off bikes at school (front lawns) at anytime or bring them to school at 3:15. Please send a note with your child if they are staying after for the bike rodeo.

We hope you are planning to join us for our Portfolio / Celebration Night on Wednesday, June 7th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm! NOTE: Preschool families will hold their Celebration Night event from 5:00 - 7:00 pm.

It is going to be an exciting event for all of our students and families.

• You will get to visit your child's classroom and see all the wonderful learning experiences that have occurred this year.
• You will have an opportunity to greet all of the additional support personnel who have helped to guide your children on their educational journey.
• You will see lots of beautiful artwork and visual displays throughout the building.
• You can visit with our literacy staff as well as representatives from the Ayer Public Library. They will have lots of good ideas / info for summer reading.
• All students will have an opportunity to sign the "Stars of Character" wall (next to the library)
• Mr. Deppe & Mr. Lutinski would love to say "Hi" to all of you.
• There will be a "Favorite Memories" display board for all students to write down their thoughts. This will be located in the cafeteria and you will see Ms. Cubero & Mrs. Hebenton to help you.
• Don't forget to check out the grade 5 "Legacy Scroll" with inspiratinal messages from many of our fifth graders.
• And, of course, you will probably want to stop by for an ice cream sundae!

There is a local community group that is planning a weekend of "Pre-July 4th" events including a parade on Saturday, June 24th at 12:30. Page Hilltop is planning to have a float in the parade and all PH families are welcome to join us. We have some of our school community groups (Panther Power student leaders, Girls Scouts, etc.) who will be participating. We also welcome any and all students, from all grades, who would like to join in.

We have a donated trailer which we will be decorating for our float.

We will be decorating the float on Friday, June 23rd, beginning at 9:00am. The "decorating crew" is voluntary.

If students are unavailable for decorating, they may plan to join us for the parade on Saturday. We will meet at the St. Mary's parking lot between 11:30 - 12:00 on Saturday.

The parade route is approx. 1 mile. Students will be able to walk and / or ride during the parade.

We also invite students to decorate their own bikes and ride them alongside our float in the parade.

Parents are welcome to help with the decorating as well as marching in the parade.

The PTO is organizing one last fun-filled school community gathering. What better way to spend the evening before the last day of school than celebrating a great year with other Page Hilltop families in a relaxed, festive setting! The End of Year Celebration will be on Tuesday, June 20th from 5:30-8:00. Bring chairs/blankets for a community picnic dinner and stay after you eat for some fun and games. There will be a dunk tank, yard games, music, and more!

Families are welcome to pack a picnic meal from home or bring take-out from your favorite local restaurant/drive-thru. Three food trucks will also be on site for an easy meal option.

Food truck offerings:

• Grateful Dog (Hotdogs/Chili Dogs/Kraut Dog/Soda/Chips) $5.00 and under hotdogs / $10.00 special - 2 hotdogs, drink and chips.
• Tacos Y Burritos Panchita (Tacos/Burritos/Quesadillas/Nachos/Tamales/Flan/Pastel) - $4.00 tacos. There will be other high priced items on the truck if people choose.
• Marty’s Cafe (sandwiches/wraps/salads/muffins - GF and vegan sandwich/wrap options available)

If any parent is interested in joining the PTO Board, please contact the school and we will connect you with the right people.

PTO Website -- LINK

PTO Facebook Page -- Link

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