HES Happenings
Where our Monomoy students are 'fin'tastic!
April 13th, 2018
20th Fish Bowl filled this year in Mrs. Riley's 1st grade classroom...earned the class a "camping experience" celebration!...'Fins' UP!
Instrumental Band and strings begin to practice as a whole group in preparation for their end of year concert!
3rd grade completed their English Language Arts (ELA) MCAS sessions this week!
Reading Across the World at HES!
Mrs. Paixao reads a bilingual story to Mrs. Rusch's first grade class. She read the Portuguese text while her daughter Mariana read in English!
Mrs. Paixao shared with us that she had been a teacher in Brazil and enjoyed being with the class...it was another wonderful experience for all!
National Drop Everything and Read (D.E.A.R.) Day was Thursday , April 12th!..Mr. Brookhart played his banjo to kindergarten classes (Brady, Blois, and Shannon) after reading The Old Banjo by Dennis Haseley during DEAR time!
Reading with a friend in Gr.1!
Whole group read aloud in Gr.3!
Reading to yourself in Gr.2!
HES Garden revitalization planning begins!
HES students wore their hockey jerseys in a show of support for the Humboldt Broncos hockey team and their loss.
Morning Music Selection of the Week at HES! *****Week of April 23rd*****
Ralph Vaughan Williams came from the village of Down Ampney, where his father was a minister. His mother was the niece of Charles Darwin, the scientist who came up with the theory of evolution. When Ralph was a kid, he already knew he wanted to be a composer.
Vaughan Williams was dedicated to collecting and studying English folk music to preserve it for the future. Traditionally, folk songs are passed on orally -- that is, someone learns a song by listening to another person sing it. Vaughan Williams traveled around England, writing down folk songs. He collected over 800 of them! Those folk songs had such a big influence on him that many of them ended up in his compositions.
Because of his interest in old tunes, Vaughan Williams was asked to revise the official English Hymnal. One of the most famous orchestra pieces Vaughan Williams composed is based on a tune from that hymnal - a tune by 16th century Brittish composer Thomas Tallis.
Among the pieces Vaughan Williams wrote were nine symphonies, and a number of concertos, including some for instruments you wouldn't expect to be featured as soloists - the harmonica and bass tuba!
This week’s music is called "The Wasps Overture". See of you can tell why.
"HARWICH HIGH FIVES" for this week!
- To the 3rd grade team for completing their two ELA MCAS sessions this week!
- To the 2nd grade team for swapping schedules with 3rd grade so that the MCAS sessions could be administered in the morning as required
-To Technology Department and our community for their support in upgrading the technology infrastructure which allowed us to effectively administer the ELA MCAS in classrooms and with minimal interruptions!
- To the Monomoy Elementary Combined Chorus and Mr. Ressler for a 'fin'tastic Spring concert!
- To Sarah Idman (Library Media Specialist) for coordinating the National D.E.A.R. Day at HES!
-To all the families who volunteered to read to our students and to our ELL teachers (Beth Connors and Nancy Capen) for promoting, coordinating and extending our annual Read Across America Day to become Read Across the World!
2017-18 AFTER SCHOOL Programs!
'Click' on the following links to view the after-school program opportunities, registration deadlines etc. for the SPRING sessions of 2017-18
HOME & SCHOOL CONNECTION MONTHLY PUBLICATION
Cape Cod Family Resource Center
APRIL Snack Activities Calendar
The Harwich Cultural Center will host open art studio time during April Vacation on
Tuesday, April 17 from 10:00 – 1:00PM.
Families are welcome to come build a diorama of their favorite Harwich landmark!
We have some materials, but feel free to bring your own.
All projects will be displayed throughout ArtWeek, April 27-May6.
More information here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88ZT9qbhV2A
Share the information with your friends, it will be a fun time for all!