Hatherly Happenings

September 24, 2021

Book of the week

This week's book was all about a new school year! Throughout the story, the children were sharing their hopes and expectations about what they thought the school year would be like. The pictures in this book illustrate some pretty silly ideas! In the end the best part is when the teacher announces her hope is to build strong relationships with each of them.

Constitution Convention

Hatherly's Constitutional Convention took place on Thursday morning! Two representatives from each classroom attended the convention and participated in this important process. These representatives truly served as the voice of the people as they shared their classroom rules and worked together to create Hatherly's own school-wide rules.

Superintendent Burkhead heard about the important work being done by these students and asked to sit in on their Convention to see "for the people, by the people" in action. He was inspired by their work and assured our representatives that he would be following their rules each time he visits their "Home Away from Home."

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Dismissal

We continue to have a large number of car riders. In order to expedite the process, we have made several adjustments within the school. We ask that families please review the procedures below:

Bus Riders: Students are dismissed from their classrooms one bus at a time. Students may get off at another stop with a friend IF they ride the SAME bus and IF they have a note for the school to obtain a special bus slip. Students may NOT ride a DIFFERENT bus than their own. If students want to go to a friends’ house, who does not ride the same bus, they must bring a note and be dismissed as a walker or car rider.

Car Riders: The parents who are picking their children up, may drive up to the front of the lane in the center of the island located in front of the school and wait for their children. They must have their student's first and last name in the top right corner of their dash board (continued from the 20-21 school year). If the lane is full, cars may line up on the right hand side of the school driveway and wait to be directed to pull up to the bus line. Students will be called to the “car rider” lane after the buses have departed. Please have your children buckle in quickly to keep the line moving.

Walkers: @ 3:25 Students who walk to school are dismissed and supervised to the crosswalk by the side of the school by a staff member. The crossing guard crosses students by the lower parking lot and the driveway.
Please ALWAYS obey our crossing guard. No student pickup in the lower lot.

Changes in Dismissal: Please send a written note in with your child when there is a change in dismissal. Hatherly has an easy form (”Note to School”) on our website, and copies are always available in the lobby. Our PTO also sells preprinted “Note to School” pads at the school store. You may also email, phone calls to school are a less preferred option and need to be received at least 15 minutes before dismissal.

This Is Our House Celebration!

The Hatherly School welcomed Mr. Jamele Adams, Director of DEI, for an outdoor assembly accompanied by DJ Darryl on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Adams spread his message of Love, Inclusion, and Trust or L.I.T. to all students and staff! We had so much fun building community and celebrating our Home Away From Home!

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This Is Our House Celebration!

Grade 3

Third graders are learning all about how to use evidence from a character’s actions, feelings, and motives in order to determine character traits.

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4th Grade Chorus

Grade 5

In fifth grade, we are learning how to multiply and divide by powers of ten. Ms. Pescatore's class began by physically moving to new "place values" to learn how multiplying and dividing by 10, 100, or 1000 means shifting or sliding along the place value chart. Next week, we will continue to explore decimal place value.

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Kindergarten Art Work in Mrs. Berton's Room

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Hatherly Grade 4 & 5 Fall Concert - October 28th

This year we will do a fall concert on Thursday, October 28th at 9:30 a.m. for 4th and 5th grade students. Families are invited to this outside event and this will replace our traditional winter concert as we are concerned about the amount of performers that would be singing inside at one time. The concert will feature grade 4 and 5 chorus students first and then grade 5 band students. The concert will be outside and we ask that you bring a blanket or folding chair to enjoy the lovely sounds and fresh air!

Please note the rain date will be on Thursday, November 4th same time and location.

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Room Parents

Please be on the lookout for an email from your child's homeroom teacher in regards to how to become a room parent for this school year.

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Halloween @ Hatherly

We will be celebrating Halloween again this year at Hatherly! Our Halloween celebration will be on Friday, October 29th! Students and staff are encouraged to wear their Halloween costumes! Our amazing PTO has scheduled a Prismatic Magic Halloween Laser Show for all students as well! There will be 2 shows; grades 3-5 from 10:15 - 10:55 a.m. and grades K-2 from 2:15 - 2:55 p.m.

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Staff Spotlight !!

Meet First Grade Teacher: Ms. Jordan Levine

Favorite Color

Blue

Favorite Food

Anything Italian

Hobbies

Reading, exploring, hiking on trails, traveling

Favorite Coffee

Mary Lou's- banana nut with almond milk

Expectation Night Feedback

Thank you to all of the people who completed the survey. Some of the many takeaways from the survey include:

Many people loved the format of the evening
More advanced notice of events
Sharing details about the school year
Consider having the sessions be longer

As we go into planning for next year, we will look at all of the feedback.

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Masks

A friendly reminder to please put extra masks in your child's backpack each day in case their original mask gets wet or dirty throughout the school day. Thank you!