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HES Announcements
Dear HES
Families,
Welcome to the "Un-vacation Week"! Today we
started off with a few jokes being read by students over our public
address system. We also had our first student
trivia winner of the week who was able to tell us the name of the two
presidents who appear on both coin and paper currency. (Do you
know the answer?) We hope that the students enjoy this week and
thank everyone for making the best of an unusual situation. We
appreciate all of those who notified us of their vacation. It
really helped us to plan.
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Un-Vacation Week Stats
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80% of our students
were in attendance today
12% of HES staff will
be out this week due to vacation plans that could not be changed
100% of absent staff
with classroom or "special area"
responsibility are covered with a substitute teacher, with
classroom having the same substitute teacher for the week. Our
absent support teachers made sure to collaborate with classroom
teachers ahead of time to provide continued support for our
students throughout this week.
100%--The student and
staff attendance we hope to have on Monday, February 28th.
Have a great week everyone!
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Connecticut
Mastery Tests
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This
year's Connecticut Mastery Tests for all 3rd and 4th grade students
in the district will run from March 7th - March 18th as follows:
March 7th (or
before)--Practice CMT Test
March 8th--Direct
Assessment of Writing
March 9th--Degrees of
Reading Power
March 10th--Reading
Comprehension (Session 1)
March 15th--Math
(Session 2)
March 16th--Editing
& Revising
March 17th--Reading
Comprehension (Session 2)
March 18th--Math
(Session 1)
All of the tests are
scheduled to be no more than 45 minutes in length (excluding
directions) with the exception of the Math sessions and Editing &
Revision which are each 60 minutes long. All initial testing
will take place in the morning, however, students missing the group
administration of a CMT test will have to make it up based on
availability of test proctors. We know that our students and
teachers have been working hard and that their efforts will pay
off!
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Bucket Fillers--Writing from
the Heart
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Hopefully you
read in the February newsletter that we would like to take some time
to think about how we can apply the concept of bucket-filling
in the lives of our families, friends and neighbors. If
you and your child have a "heart-warming" bucket filler
story, think about writing it down so that we can share it with
others. We would like to create a bulletin board display and
choose a few to read during the month of March. Please have your stories in
no later than March 3rd.
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RSD17 Budget
Presentations/Timelines
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On March 1st,
Superintendent Mala will present his recommended budget to the
Board of Education. After which time, Interim
Superintendent, Dr. John Sullivan will be available to give
this presentation to the staff and community. We have
tentatively scheduled Dr. Sullivan to present to HES families on Tuesday, March 8th at 6:30pm
in conjunction with the PTO meeting. We are still awaiting
confirmation and will communicate again once we are sure about the
date and time. We hope you can join us.
Community Input
sessions for the budget will be held on Monday, March 28th at
the HKMS Student Commons @ 6:30pm and on Monday, April 4th at the
Central Office Board Room @ 6:30pm. The referendum will be held
on Tuesday, May 3rd.
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Update on Facilities Matters
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1) The
Facilities Department has communicated that the School Sign will be
installed as soon as possible in the spring. We are eager to
get this going and thank everyone for their patience.
2) Primary
Playground--I am in communication with our Facilities
Director about the gigantic snow mound on the primary
playground. We are trying to work on making the
playground useable by the spring. If you have any ideas to
help us achieve this, please do not hesitate to contact me
at jharris@rsd17.org.
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HES SOUP LUNCHEON
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Our HES
PTO and The Riverhouse at Goodspeed are cooking up
something delicious! Please join them for a soup &
bread luncheon on Tuesday, March 15th from 11-2pm at the Haddam
Fire Station. You can eat all you want for $5 if you
dine in, otherwise it is just $5 per pint for take out. What a
deal! See attached flyer for details.
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Mark Your Calendars
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March
2011--HES LOVES TO READ MONTH! (You will receive a letter home with
all the exciting activities associated with this month.)
3rd--Bucket-Filler
Stories due--send to HES Main Office
7th--18th--CMTs
(3rd & 4th grade)
8th--Superintendent
Budget Presentation @ 6:30pm, PTO meeting (Tentative)
15th--HES
PTO-Soup & Bread Luncheon 11-2pm (Haddam Fire Station)
31st--HES
Loves To Read "Scoop Up a Good Book & Ice Cream Social"
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"Alone
we can do so little; together we can do so much."
-Helen Keller
Janice Harris
Principal
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