Hastings Elementary School
Hastings has HEART!
What's Happening at Hastings?
1. Students in Action!
2. Updates from the Hastings Library!
3. Coffee and Conversation with HPG - This Saturday!
4. Hastings Spirit Wear Sale!
5. Hastings Student Directory
6. Teacher Amazon Wish Lists
7. Railers Night for Schools!
8. Westborough Public Library - Town Meeting Information
9 Upcoming Events & Important Dates
Students in Action!
Caught Being Kind!
Letter Writing Practice!
Literacy Center Work!
Updates from the Hastings Library
Starting this week and continuing until December break, your child will be programming during library time. We do this each year in December to coincide with Hour of Code (even though we do MONTH of code!). Students progress to more challenging programming activities each year... take a look at the snapshot of coding for your grade:
Grade K - Kindergarteners start using our primary coding app, Scratch Jr, with me. We begin with structured, guided activities where they build a simple program, eventually learning most if not all of the Scratch Jr. coding blocks.
Grade 1 - First graders continue on their Scratch Jr. journey, with a variety of activities and challenges created by the team at Scratch Jr. There are ten challenges that they have the opportunity to build and run, giving them more coding language fluency in Scratch Jr.
Grade 2 - Second graders have almost mastered Scratch Jr by now... so their challenge is to create and code a VIDEO GAME. There are several types of games they can make in Scratch Jr and I model them all before they begin their design.
Grade 3 - Third graders don't use Scratch Jr. Rather, they use the suite of activities from Code.org. We complete "Course D", which introduces them to more challenging code such as events, loops and conditionals. They have individual logins (through Clever), and I can see their progress in my teacher dashboard.
Scratch Jr. is a FREE app and Code.org is also free to use on the Web! Feel free to allow your child use these wonderful free tools and let them code at home! As always, thank you for helping to encourage computer programming, and all of the positive benefits that come with it (creativity, collaboration, teamwork, problem solving, etc) for your child!
Coffee and Conversation with HPG - This Saturday!
Hastings Spirit Wear Sale
Holiday Gifts For The Whole Family! Save 20% on every single item in the store and get free shipping on orders over $75 during the Hastings Elementary School holiday sale!
Our new Family Designs line features 10 new graphics that can be customized for Mom, Dad, Parent, Grandma, Grandpa, Grandparent, Sister, Brother, Aunt, Uncle, Teacher, Coach and Alumni!
All orders placed in November are GUARANTEED delivery before the holidays or it's FREE. Current production times are less than 1 week! Shop Family Designs or Shop All Spirit Wear!
Hastings Student Directory
Teacher Amazon Wish Lists!
Railers Night for Westborough Schools
Westborough Public Library - Town Meeting Information
There is a Special Town Meeting on Saturday, December 10 at 9 am at Westborough High School. Articles 1 and 2 are to vote on the Westborough Public Library Renovation Project.
For information on the library project: https://www.westboroughlibrary.org/about/building-project/faqs-library-renovation-expansion/
For more information on these articles, click here for the full Town Meeting warrant. Please consider participating in Town Meeting so that your voice is heard and your vote counted.
Upcoming Events & Important Dates
Saturday, December 3rd - Coffee and Conversation with HPG
Friday, December 9th - Early Release Day for Students, 11:55 Dismissal
Tuesday, December 13th - HPG Meeting, Zoom, 7:00-8:00
Wednesday, December 14th - School Committee Meeting
Sunday, December 18th - Westborough Family Railers Game
Monday, December 19th - Report Cards Issued (Term 1)
Friday, December 23rd - Early Release Day for Staff and Students, 11:55 Dismissal
Monday, December 26th - Monday, January 2nd - No School - Winter Break
Tuesday, January 3rd - School Resumes
Contact Information
Email: dagataj@westboroughk12.org
Website: http://hes.westboroughk12.org/
Location: 111 East Main Street, Westborough, MA, USA
Phone: 508-836-7750