Happy Sunday!! I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend. Today has been a nice weather day, hard to believe we are in April already! March went by quick for such an usually long month. April is a short month for us, with alot going on, between Spring Vacation and MCAS, the month is going to fly by and it starts this week with our PD day on Tuesday and no school on Good Friday. Reminder for PD day, we dismiss at 11:45, please remember that. Thank you everyone who supported our Book Fair this past week and our Pizzas and Paperback last Wednesday. As always, our HPTO does amazing work for our community.

Important reminder regarding drop off in the morning... Please remain in your cars when you drop off your students. As I have mentioned before, when you get out of the car to let your student out it slows the process of arrival. We have many families that required the drop off system to be as quick as possible so that they can get to work on time. Please respect the process and remain in your car at all times during arrival and dismissal. Thank you for your understanding.

DISMISSAL REMINDER:

Please remember that if you are changing the way in which your student will be dismissed on a particular day please send in a note with your student, or call the main office. Teachers will follow the consistent plans of that day unless there is notification from a parent/guardian to them directly. Students can be confused on dismissal plans which causes extensive confusion and a delay in the dismissal process. Again, please send in a note or call the office if you change the way your student will be getting home on any particular day.

Thank you for your continued support of Harrington. We are an inclusive community, a special community, a community that will continue to support each other.

Please ensure that you are receiving all communications from the school and that your contact information is up to date. If at any time you have changed your contact information, please let the school know so we can update our systems.

As always, thank you for your continued support of our Harrington community. Please reach out to me or Karen with any questions or concerns as always.

Once again, remember to…"Push through your day, Smile, Be Happy, Stay Positive!"

Be safe! Stay well!

Rob & Karen

MCAS - ELA: April 10-13

• Grade 3: April 10-11
• Grade 4: April 12-13
• Make-ups the week of April 24

MCAS - Math: May 15-18

• Grade 4: May 15-16
• Grade 3: May 17-18
• Make-ups the week of May 22

Please plan accordingly any vacations or planned absences around these dates.

Hello Harrington Families! HPTO is excited to announce our 2023 Harrington STEAM Fair on April 25th. Students are invited to create a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, or Mathematics (STEAM) project and display it at the Fair! This is a fun event intended to nurture students' interest in STEAM. There is no judging, but STEAM fair mentors will visit every project and talk to each participant about their topic. All participants present at the STEAM Fair will be automatically entered into a raffle for gift certificates and other prizes supported by a donation from the University of Massachusetts Lowell Department of Chemical Engineering!

Please review the attached document and sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/harringtonsteamfair2023.

Please contact harringtonsteamfair@gmail.com or HPTO with any questions.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Looking forward to this year's event!