HES Happenings
June 17, 2022
Field Day Shout Outs
Special thanks to Mr. De La Vega, Mrs. Hughes, Ms. Yurgelun, and Mrs. Jordan for their "behind the scenes" planning for this memorable experience for students, staff, and family volunteers. The games would not be possible without the dozens and dozens of volunteers on both days who facilitated the games while the classes rotated through the stations. We could not have done it without our families!
HES Assistant Principal Search Process
Dear HES Families and Caregivers,
Mrs. Hughes, HES Assistant Principal, has announced her retirement and our school has big shoes to fill! We thank her for her 4 years of service to our school community and her impactful work with social-emotional learning for our students. The position has been posted and interviews will be held on Friday, June 24, 2022.
Your voice as a parent and caregiver is an essential part of identifying the qualities that we will be considering in candidates.
Please click here to complete this survey by Wednesday, June 22, to provide your perspective on the qualities and characteristics that you feel are important in the Assistant Principal to best serve our students, families, and staff.
The priority areas identified by your responses to this survey will be shared with the interview committee. Email addresses and names are not being collected in the survey, so your input is anonymous.
Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for your support!
Most sincerely,
Mary Oldach, M.Ed.
Principal, Harwich Elementary School
HES Fourth Graders Arrive at Step Up Day at Monomoy Middle School on Tuesday!
Mrs Cloney's First Grade Class "Camps Out"
Summer Reading
can help students of all ages read more and improve comprehension for all ages and levels of readers!
Thank you to the Town of Harwich - Playground Progress !
Next School Year: Family Drop Off and Pick Up will only be at Door 3 - please carefully read the message below
Please Ride the Bus Next School Year!
Next school year, family drop-off and pick-up will only be at Door 3 on the Sisson Road side of the school from 7:35-7:45am. HES will be returning to the "pre-COVID" use of the Parallel Street (Door 6) side of the school for preschool and Special Education transportation.
We encourage all families to sign up their Kindergarten through Grade 4 students to ride the bus for convenience, to reduce traffic around the school, and plus bus riders are never tardy! If the bus is late to arrive at the school, students are not marked tardy.
In order to create appropriate bus routes and stops, families are asked to complete the online Aspen transportation form. Click here to log into your family Aspen account, and select 'Start a new Bus Verification.' Please note that you must complete the form for each student.
There are no distancing or masking requirements in place, and we encourage families to use the bus to transport their students for the 2022-2023 school year.
Early Morning Drop Off will continue every school day from 7:15 - 7:30 am at Door 2. Families can drop off their students who will be supervised in the cafeteria until the bell rings at 7:35 am.
100 Book Challenge - Reading 30 Minutes each Night is our only Homework!
The only MRSD elementary homework expectation for our Grade 1-4 students is reading for 30 minutes at home and filling out their reading log. Each student comes home every school night with this blue book bag full of books at their reading level. However, any reading at home counts! Kids can snuggle up and read a book together, listen to an audio book or read to themselves.
For every 100 "Steps" (15 minutes of reading), each student earns a collectible coin, and their name is announced on Morning Announcements. Kids love collecting the coins and we love that they are reading! For every 500 steps read, students receive a special reading medal on a blue a white ribbon.
Please click the video link below for more information on the 100 Book Challenge from our very own Mrs. Cleary, Grade 4 Teacher.
MRSD is Hiring!
Monomoy Special Education Parent Advisory Council
Peanut and Nut Free Lunches from Home
In order to ensure adequate social distancing, we have added more seating area to accommodate our grade level lunches. As a result, we do not have the flexibility with seating that we have had in the past to allow for students to bring peanut and nut items in their lunches. It is extremely important that students bring peanut and nut-free lunches to school. This effort will go a long way to protect all students and is greatly appreciated.
Snacks in the classroom do not need to be peanut and nut-free unless your classroom teacher has made you aware of an allergy accommodation in your student’s class.
Mrs. Mary Oldach, MEd.
Mrs.Sharon Hughes, MEd.
Harwich Elementary School
Website: https://www.monomoy.edu
Location: 263 South Street, Harwich, MA, USA
Phone: 508-430-7216
Twitter: @monomoyHES