Hawlemont News
October 14, 2022
From the principal
This poem made me think about what surrounds us and the sounds and feelings we might experience walking out of our door. Please enjoy Mary Oliver's "When I am Among the Trees".
especially the willows and the honey locust,
equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,
they give off such hints of gladness.
I would almost say that they save me, and daily.
I am so distant from the hope of myself,
in which I have goodness, and discernment,
and never hurry through the world but walk slowly, and bow often.
Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, “Stay awhile.”
The light flows from their branches.
And they call again, “It's simple,” they say,
“and you too have come
into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled
with light, and to shine.”
Important Dates
10/17 - Policy Subcommittee Meeting 6PM - meet.google.com/uxq-ktte-isa
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10/21 - PTO at the picnic tables and playground 3:30
10/26 - Corn Maze Field Trip
10/27 - Braided Bread/Cookie fundraiser products sent home
1:50 dismissals: 10/19, 10/26
November early release dates:
11/1 - No school, teacher professional development
11/3 and 11/4 - 12:30 Dismissal - Conference days
11/11 - No school, Veterans Day
11/16 - 1:50 dismissal
11/23 - 12:30, day before Thanksgiving
11/24 and 11/25 - No school, Thanksgiving break
4th Grade News
Fall conferences are almost here!
Please email or call Ms. Lovett at 339-8316 or slovett@mtrsd.org to set up a conference with your students teacher!
Hawlemont Students are READING Students!!
Mark Your Calendars and Save the Dates!!!
We have so many fun reading activities coming up in the next few months at Hawlemont!
Book A Month: To begin in November and run until June! Forms for this have already gone home, but if you need another, please contact Mrs. Gajda at mgajda@mtrsd.org ANYONE can sponsor a student ($20.00/student).
Read A Thon: Begins Thursday November 3rd and runs through Friday Nov. 18th. More details to come!! ***All proceeds from our Read a Thon and Book Fair will go toward buying new books for our school library!!
Read A Thon Kick Off Event: During parent-teacher conferences on Thursday and Friday Nov. 3 and 4th, your child may go to the library and read to an adult to “kick-off” their reading minutes!
Read A Thon Celebration: Come celebrate the END of our Read A Thon on Wednesday November 23 from 8:15-8:45 a.m. with hot cocoa, cider donuts AND READING PRIZES FOR ALL!!!
Scholastic Book Fair: Will be held in the gym during parent teacher conferences: Thursday November 3rd from 1:00-7:00p.m. and Friday November 4th from 1:00-3:30. Please stop by to purchase a new book for your child!!! What better way to get our Read A Thon underway!!!!
We need volunteers: please sign up here if you are able/interested in helping with any of these activities!!! We would love your help!!!
Title I Letter
October 2022
Dear Hawlemont Families,
As a Mohawk Trail / Hawlemont Regional School System Title I teacher, I am writing to inform you about the benefits offered to your child through the Title I program, part of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2011. Mohawk Trail / Hawlemont Regional School System’s Title I program offers all elementary students fair and equitable opportunities for a high quality, standards-based education.
How does our Title I program work? Here are the facts:
Based on area demographics and early intervention research, we are offering a hands-on preschool program that works to strengthen school-ready skills for students and builds strong relationships with families earlier.
Title I services are in the area of early childhood education .
Title I is designed as a regular education program for students who are not receiving special education services.
Families are a vital part of Title I programs. We encourage your input and appreciate your feedback. Please share your hopes and dreams for your child with their Title I classroom teacher.
Each Title I school will offer at least one, evening, family event each year. We hope you will participate with your child.
In schools with Title I programs, families and educators agree to share responsibility for a student’s academic growth. This shared responsibility, including strategies for supporting students, is outlined in a written compact. This compact will be distributed to all families and educators.
Your ideas and suggestions are welcome throughout the year. At the end of the school year, we will ask all families for their feedback through a school-wide parent survey.
I hope you’ve learned something new about Mohawk Trail / Hawlemont’s Title I program. If you have questions, please ask via my email, obaron@mtrsd.org or contact our district Title I Director, Amber Tulloch, at 413-339-8316.
Best wishes for a successful, happy school year for your child!
Sincerely,
Olivia Baron
Hawlemont Title I PK Teacher
Some 5th graders enjoying the meat turkeys we are raising this year
Red Gate Farm happenings!
4H Information
While Weaving and Animal Science Clubs are now full. there are still a few openings for students in grades 3 through 6 to join 4H Outdoor Adventure, Baking, and Knitting Clubs and for 1st and 2nd graders, Hand Sewing Club. Enrollment forms can be picked up at and returned to the school office. Contact Sheila Litchfield at 337-4957 with questions.
Pumpkin Smash is Saturday November 5th at Hagers Farm Market. This festival is a fundraising event for Franklin County 4H. Hawlemont 4H will be doing face painting! Bring your slightly squishy Halloween pumpkins to enter them in the pumpkin drop and a chance to win the 50/50 prize for the longest splat! Food, Hager's fried dough, vendors, huge raffle and more! Hope to see you there.
Bus Drivers needed!
Covid 19 and Flu vaccine information
Contact info:
Shannon Lovett - Administrative Assistant
Amber Tulloch - Principal
Please feel free to contact either of us with any questions.Email: slovett@mtrsd.org
Website: https://hawlemont.mohawktrailschools.org/
Location: 10 School Street, Charlemont, MA, USA
Phone: (413) 339-8316
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HawlemontElementary