Weekly Update from The Main Office
Horace Porter School - December 9, 2022
Kara Levenduski - Principal
Karen Caputo - Assistant Principal
Natasha Hart - Administrative Assistant
Tammy Nye - Administrative Assistant
Email: nhart@hwporter.org
Website: hwporter.org
Location: 3 Schoolhouse Road
Phone: (860)228-9493
Important Upcoming Dates
December 9 - Connecticut Children's Hospital - PJ DAY - Fundraiser
You can donate on PJ Day or online at any time by using our school link
December 9 - Lil Shoppers - Porter Cafeteria - 6pm - 8pm
December 10 -Lego League Championship, Glastonbury HS- All Day
December 13 - Winter Band Concert 4pm in Café
Horace Porter Spirit Week - Dec 19 - Dec 23 - click on Link for full list of spirit days.
A Message from Nurse Tremblay
HVAC Volunteers Needed
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Share your expertise by volunteering for the H.W. Porter School HVAC Committee!
The Columbia Board of Education is in the process of applying for the State of Connecticut HVAC grant in order to install an HVAC/Air Quality system in the A Wing of Horace W. Porter School. Volunteers from the Columbia community are needed to participate in a building committee to oversee this project. The members should be residents of the Town of Columbia with experience and/or familiarity with HVAC or mechanical systems dealing with Air quality and climate control. If interested, please contact Mark Walter, Town Administrator at 860-228-0110 or at Townadministrator@columbiact.org by December 17, 2022.
CT RIVER CANDLES FUNDRAISER PICKUP!!
The Panther Players Present.......Matilda Jr.
Superintendent Awards
At the Monday, December 5, 2022, Columbia Board of Education meeting, two of our eighth-grade students were honored. Eugenio Pratts and Cailyn Smith each received the Superintendent’s Award given out by the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents. Eugenio and Cailyn were nominated by their teachers and recognized for their academic excellence as well as their community service and service to others. We were honored to recognize our 2022 recipients of the Superintendent’s Award from Porter. Each student received a certificate and was photographed with Michael Maziarz, Columbia’s Board of Education Chairperson, and Barbara Wilson, Acting Superintendent.
PBIS RAFFLE PRIZE WINNERS
Good luck to everyone entering the raffles!!!
Porters Stem Night
"On Tuesday, December 6th Horace W. Porter hosted its first annual Family STEM Night! For this event, over two hundred members of our community joined us for this out of this world experience! Community members and student volunteers facilitated hands-on, educational science, technology, engineering, and math activities for families to complete together. We cannot wait for our next Family STEM Night!"
THEY ARE PAWSOME!!!
Here are a few of our Certificate Winners from Last week!!!
Mark Your Calendars for Our Upcoming Events!!!!!
Important Food Services information
Please see the message below regarding Lunch starting December 1st - Thank you for your patience.
All students will be able to charge a meal and/or bring in cash or check to place on their lunch accounts. SchoolBucks is no longer in use - Eastconn will be implementing a new system. Any students who carried over a positive balance on their accounts back in 2020 on SchoolBucks will still have that money added to their new accounts.
If you have any other questions, please feel free to reach out to Heather Plourde at hplourde@eastconn.org
PTO MEETINGS AND EVENTS
M&J Looking for Bus Drivers!!
Reading For Education PTO Fundraiser
Here is how it works:
1) Go to www.rfe.net and sign up your kiddo
Enter your School ID: 0000150284
2) Send out emails with the link, post on social media
3) Those you send the link to have an option to purchase books or a gift card for a teacher!
4) Win prizes! Pre-k through 4th grade will receive a wife life hugger. 5th grade through 8th will receive a pair of ear buds with volume control! You can earn more prizes as you sell. (The prizes will go to the teachers on Fridays and most likely go to the kiddos on Mondays).
Last year we raised over $4k for the teachers!!
This year we would love to get the word out to as many people as we can to bring even more support to our teachers
8th Grade Information
Hello 8th Grade Parents,
Can you believe it? Your 8th grader is almost a high school student! Over the next few months, students will be exploring their high school choices. Please review this timeline by clicking on the link below for information directory with your students, as time does fly during this process.
Career Day
On Wednesday, May 24th, Horace Porter will be hosting a Career Day for our students.
We need parents and local professionals to present about 30 minutes about their career path to our students to make this event possible!
Please contact Corey Polakowski to get involved- cpolakowski@hwporter.org
Or please fill out this Google Form for more information about the event!
Horace Porter Yearbook
Don't wait until the end of the year to order your Porter Yearbooks.
Click on the link below to order.
Porter PTO Spirit Wear
Click on the link below to visit our PTO Spirit Store. Perfect gear for upcoming Porter Pride Days throughout the year.
PTO Store