Weekly School News
05/17/2008
Information sent home with students this week:
Grade 5&6 Barre Falls Dam trip permission slip
Grade 6 from QRMS about Step-Up Day & School Council Info meeting.
Grade 6 B/C/O students about QRMS music program
We understand there will be road construction on Brigham & New Westminster Road on Monday May 19- busses may be late or redirected.
MCAS testing GRADE 5 and make-ups next week (week of May 19th). Please send your child to school on time…well rested & fed (you can also send a snack for your child as well) and with warm wishes for success.
We have had a few cases of strep throat reported by parents recently. Please keep this in mind if your child has a “bad” sore throat - with or without a fever.
We have seen an increase in lunch and milk charges lately. Paying them the very next day and keeping charges to a very limited basis helps reduce time-consuming paperwork. The practice of charging should be considered appropriate for emergency use only. Students who require frequent use of charges may be required to purchase tickets on a regular basis or bring lunch from home. Thanks for your help!
A note to parents: Dismissal notes for the end of the day are sent to the classrooms by 1:30pm. VERY IMPORTANT Please be sure to specify your child’s teacher when sending any notes & remember to include your name. If you need to call the school to request an emergency CHANGE in dismissal plans, please make every effort to call before 1:15 pm. Thanks for your help!
A Message from the Hubbardston Chief of Police: Parking for all school events including evening activities is permitted in all school parking lots, town office parking lot and both sides of Main Street. No parking is allowed on either side of Elm Street.
Hood Sox Milk Caps are being collected again at HCS. Please send in your washed milk caps – Thanks for your help!!
Please remember to check our LOST & FOUND any time you are in the building. Items left will be donated.
Don’t forget to check the “Collections” section on the web news at www.qrsd.org for other ways to help HCS with other collections.
School Calendar
Grade 4 Nature’s Classroom payments: For families choosing the 3 payment option: $35 due on May 9, $35 due on May 23, $30 due on June 6. For families choosing the full payment: $100 due on May 23. Thanks for remembering to make checks payable to QRSD.
Homework Club has ended for this school year. The 5 week Enrichment classes will be held as scheduled – most ending the week of May 19th.
The Memorial Day Committee would like finalist students to recite at the Town Memorial Day activities. Mrs. Como will interview and make final selections (per grade) 9AM on Wed 5/21.
Wed May 21 & Thurs May 22 HCS gym closed to regularly scheduled after school/evening activities.
Thurs May 22 7 pm HCS Spring Band/Chorus/ Orchestra Spring Concert. Cookie Walk will also be held.
Fri May 23 Grades 2 & 3 Memorial Day program 1:30 PM in the gym. Families/friends welcome. Children should come to school dressed in red, white & blue, please. Grade 3 students should remember to bring their recorders. Each year our parent support group (F.O.H.E.) sponsors a “Cookie Walk” at our concert. The Cookie Walk is a fund raiser for the music department where people can fill a plate with a variety of homemade cookies for a fee. We ask each family of Grade 2 & 3 children to bring in 2 dozen HOMEMADE cookies for this event. Cookies may be brought to the school office during the school day or just before the concert to the back of the gym. If you have a child involved in the B/C/O concert on the previous night, please do not feel obligated to bake for both concerts.
A Message from the Hubbardston Chief of Police: Parking for all school events - including evening activities - is permitted in all school parking lots, town office parking lot and both sides of Main Street. No parking is allowed on either side of Elm Street.
Monday May 26 Memorial Day – No school - HCS building closed.
QRSD Preschool Screening Mon June 2, 2008 8:30AM-2PM at Oakham Center School in Oakham. Parents of 3 and 4 year old children who suspect that their child may have a special need in language/speech development, physical mobility, vision, hearing, or intellectual capacity should schedule an appointment with the QR Preschool Screening Team. Call the QRSD Special Education Office at (978) 355-2055 by Thurs May 29th. The purpose of this screening is to identify & provide early assistance to those children with a special need so that their elementary school experience will provide maximum growth and development.
Thurs May 29th 6:30PM HCS School Council in the HCS caf. Mrs. Musnicki and Ms. Williams from QRMS will be presenting an overview (for parents & gr 6 students) of QRSD. All are welcome to attend.
Friday May 30 FOHE sponsored Talent Show from 6-8pm. This family event (all ages) is open to the first 15 individual or group acts who register by phone or email. Contact Josephine A 978-928-5074 or josephineamato@charter.net Rehearsals are Thurs May 15 & 29 (date change) 3-4 pm at the HCS gym (prompt pickup time at 4PM if you are not staying with your child, please). Students being dismissed from school will need a note. Students in grades 2 & under must have a parent stay with them.
Wed June 4 HCS Grade 1 concert 1:30PM in the gym. Families and friends invited. (See note about parking.)
Thurs June 5 (rescheduled) 7 pm Jazz Band & Chamber Group concert-HCS library
Thurs June 5 last day for GFA banking at HCS for students. Students can continue to make deposits at any GFA branch during the summer.
Fri June 6 Step-Up day for grade 6 students. HCS grade 6 students will arrive at HCS to begin their day as usual. Students will be bussed to QRMS for orientation and return to HCS for regular dismissal.
Wed June 11 5:30-8 pm Mr. K-M’s Students’ Spring recitals in the HCS library.
QRSD Preschool Program Opportunities - The QRSD offers a preschool program that serves preschoolers within the towns of Barre, Hardwick, Hubbardston, New Braintree, & Oakham. The preschool is housed within the Oakham Center School & provides a rewarding experience integrating children with/without special needs in a comprehensive program. Typically developing children enter through a lottery system. If you have a preschool child age three or four and would like to place him or her in the lottery, or would like more information, please call Pat Skowyra at the Central Office 978 355 2055 or Mary Amidio at Oakham Center School 508 882 3392 by June 13th.
Animal Adventures programs sponsored by the HCS Extended Day program 3-4pm at HCS after school on Fridays June 13/Kids Favorites. No charge to students enrolled in the Extended Day Program. HCS students not enrolled in the Extended Day Program are welcome to attend. Individual programs ($3/child or $5/family of 2 or more students). Please send a note (with details) to the HCS office if your child will be dismissed to the program. If your child is enrolled in the extended day program, but does not stay on Fridays and is planning to stay, please send a note to the office for dismissal.
Fri June 13th (DATE CHANGE) Gr 6 Cookout during the day.
Tues June 17th 6:30PM Gr 6 Recognition Night at HCS gym & caf.
Tues June 17th HCS caf & gym closed for regularly scheduled after school/evening activities.
Wed June 18th (so far) is the last day of school for HCS students.
Scheduled no school days for the 2007/08 school year are available on the web page at www.qrsd.org
Scheduled no school days for the 2008/09 school have been set by the QRSD:
August 26 First Day for students
Aug 29 & Sept 1 Labor Day
Oct 13 Columbus Day
Nov 11 Veterans’ Day
Nov 26, 27, 28 Thanksgiving Day wknd
Dec 22-Jan 2 Christmas Vacation
Jan 19 Martin Luther King Day
Feb 16-20 February Vacation
April 20-24 April Vacation
May 25 Memorial Day
Info about planned early release days will be available soon.
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