HES Happenings
April 14, 2022
Mrs. Morris's Third Grade Class Shares Their Original Fairy Tales with Mrs. Silvester's Kindergarten Class
Mrs. Morris's third graders worked to create retellings of traditional tales as a cumulative project for our Traditional Tales and World Cultures unit. We were able to share them with Mrs. Silvester kindergarten friends on Friday morning.
Early Drop Off Friends!
And, yes, that is Mr. Dunford, Custodian, with bunny ears and nose in the center of the picture!
Harwich Community Playground
Look at the Progress! Thank You Town of Harwich!
Reminder: Optionsl Student Placement Survey Due by April 25th , more information is below.
Student Placement 2022 - 2023
Dear HES Families and Caregivers,
Each spring, our student placement process begins for the following school year. We take great pride in creating balanced, heterogeneous classes to best support student learning. The information that you are welcome to provide about your student through this optional survey will be helpful to me and our faculty as we determine next year's grade 1 - 4 classes at Harwich Elementary School. Incoming kindergarten families will receive a separate questionnaire upon completion of the new online student registration. Current fourth grade families are welcome to complete this optional survey, and your responses will be forwarded to Mr. O'Shea, Principal, Monomoy Middle School.
If you choose to complete this optional survey, your response is required by Monday, April 25, 2022. Requests for a specific teacher cannot be honored, and class assignments are final and will not be changed. If you would like to provide input regarding your student’s placement, now is the time to do so. Students will visit with their teacher and classmates for next school year on the last day of school, Tuesday, June 28th. The name of their new teacher will also be on their report card which they will bring home on the last day of school (online report cards will also be available on this day). Kindergarten families will be notified of class placements in early August.
Please contact me if you have questions or concerns at moldach@monomoy.edu or 508-430-7216. We are looking forward to the 2022-2023 school year with your child!
Most sincerely,
Mary Oldach, M.Ed
Principal, Harwich Elementary School
Help to Support Fritz, MRSD's own K-9 !
Fritz is the area's first vape detecting K9. He is a unique working dog that can detect marijuana and vaping products. Please help support Fritz in keeping his students in the Monomoy School District safe and healthy.
Thank you so much for your support!
*** We will be running our online store through May 1st , and will begin production the week of May 9th and will either ship or call once order is complete. Production will NOT start until the online store closes on the 1st so PLEASE allow 4-6 weeks for email / package to arrive ***
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.
HES 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