Dear Hill-Roberts Families,

You may not know that I have a love for the game of soccer. I coach, my wife coaches, my son and daughter play for the town we live in and on a club. If that weren't enough, I'm the President of my town's youth soccer association. Because of this role, I was offered a chance to bring my family to tour the New England Revolution's state-of-the-art training facility. It's buried behind Gilette Stadium in Foxboro. Aside from the fact that is beautiful, my takeaway from the tour was the quote displayed on all of the television screens in the facility. "I never lose. I either win or learn." This is a quote belonging to Nelson Mandela. This quote was the topic of conversation on the way home with my family that day.

I'm sure I don't have to disect the quote for you, but I thought about how it relates to our CREST values at HRES. Care, Respect, Excellence, Safety, and Trust! Everybody makes mistakes or experiences bad things that happen now and then. How do you react to the challenging things that happen to you? Very often we do have a choice. We can either let it pull us down, or we can think that this is something we can learn from. Next time something challenging happens, you’ll be even stronger. I challenge us all to model this mindset for our student, your children!

Enjoy this well-deserved vacation!

Be well,

Evan

Morgan Taylor's (a third grader in Mrs. DeGrace's class) art piece from her fall art class at the Attleboro Museum was featured in the Sun Chronical. Mrs. DeBor and your teachers and classmates are very proud of this accompliment!

Yearbook

Make sure to send in your Spirit Week pictures to hrybpics@gmail.com!

The yearbook won’t be available until the last few weeks of school, but you can order yours NOW at the link below.

**4th Grade Families! Please don’t buy a book for your student(s). Each 4th Grader will receive a yearbook from the PTO as a “Congratulations

https://link.entourageyearbooks.com/view_account.asp?l=7314BF20-C391-4EF7-AB4E-112835B74F38

Spring Book Fair

The spring book fair is fast approaching! We invite you to help spread peace, love, and books to our Hill-Roberts Huskies by volunteering during book fair class visits or events.

Sign up is open at www.tiny.cc/HRESS23vol or by emailing HillRobertsBookFair@gmail.com. You can also sign up there to volunteer for Bingo for Books!

EWallets are the easiest way to fund your student’s purchase and can be created at www.tiny.cc/HRESBookFair. All profits from this fair will go directly toward purchasing books for the HRES library.

Someone Special Dance

The Someone Special Dance will be May 6! We’ll announce the theme chosen by the students next week! Their 3 options were – Surf’s Up!, VIP & Me, or Dancing Through the Decades.

More information to come, so keep an eye out and ask your student which theme they voted for!

Let's talk Box Tops!

An easy way for yourself, your family, and your friends to help raise money for the PTO! Just download the app and scan your grocery receipts. If you've purchased any participating products you'll earn credit. It's that easy! And right now is a great time to start because there are some great bonus offers available.

https://www.boxtops4education.com/s/get-the-app

https://www.boxtops4education.com/s/box-tops-products

3/2: Kindergarten Info Night 6-7:30pm

3/3: Bingo for Books Family Night! 6-8pm

3/3-3/10: Spring Book Fair

3/14: March PTO Meeting 6:30-7:30pm

3/30: United Skates of America Hill-Roberts Night 5:30-8pm

5/6: Someone Special Dance, time tbd

CONTACT US

www.facebook.com/groups/hillrobertspto OR hillrobertspto@gmail.com

Early Release - February 17

February Vacation - February 20-24

Kindergarten Registration - March 3 - May 1