We enjoyed the Giving Games again this year. The kids did an outstanding job!
Mrs. Rubin’s flex period made dough and baked ugly sweater cookies for the 6th grade to design and eat. So much fun was had!
Grade 5 had a blast in Spanish class before vacation!
HCS celebrated a festive Spirit Week this past week culminating in a fun-filled Jingle Jangle assembly featuring musical, dance, and singing performances by each grade as well as a surprise dance performance from some great 4th grade dancers Natalie B., Tess M., Nora B., Shea S., Penelope W., and Micaela S.
At HCS, Kindergarten through fourth grade students participated in a circus unit in Physical Education. Students learned and practiced many different motor skills and worked on balancing, eye -hand coordination, and teamwork. The circus unit culminated in a class circus of skill performances. Bravo HCS students!
This week, some of our Kindergarten students participated in Gingerbread man STEM projects including building bridges, boats, and hideouts. Our Kindergarten engineers did a nice job with their designs and creativity. Well done!
This past week our 3rd graders culminated their study of the Native Americans of the Northeast, Southwest, Southeast, Northwest, and the Plains. In doing so they constructed villages showcasing what they learned about Native American architecture, culture, lifestyle, food, beliefs, and community structure representative of each geographic region. Nice work third graders!
To celebrate Coding Month in December, our 3rd and 4th graders had an assembly with local software engineer and entrepreneur, Nick Maiello. Nick spoke with our students about software and coding and showed our students some of his past projects, and his current company/app, Chargely. Our students were able to connect what they have been learning in technology class using our robotics program, CoderZ, to what Nick does in a real-world way. All students were engaged and loved being able to ask Nick questions and answer his in return! It was a great afternoon learning all about coding and software! Thank you Mrs. McLaughlin for bringing Nick in to talk with our students!
Boys B played an amazing game. They beat Milford 44-33. Ryan was shooting lights out and had 13 points. AJ also had a great game with 12 points. The boys B are now 4-3 going into the break. Let’s go Hawks!!!!
Girls B basketball lost 23-22 yesterday vs Milford. Emma W had a great defensive game. The girls fought hard throughout the game.
Boys B basketball won 33-18 against Hood. They played a great game and won with their defense. Lucian played amazing with 10 boards and 8 points. AJ also had a great game with 12 points. The boys will have a home game against Milford today at 3:30. Go Hawks!!
In Grade 5 Social Studies today, the kids used a program from Wordclouds.com to review their Mesopotamia content. Kids chose their shapes, fonts, colors and words to appear in their image. This is one festive example.
HMS 5th grader, Corrine, rocking spirit day with the sparkly lights and working hard in Social Studies..."writing a letter to her nomad friend trying to get him to come live in the city state because it is a much better place to live".
The HMS Elf on the Shelf is baaacccckkkkkk.......
HMS Spirit Week continues: 12/18 - MISMATCH DAY, 12/19 - TWINKLE TUES - WEAR YOUR SPARKLE, 12/20 - UGLY SWEATER DAY - WEAR TACKY SWEATERS, 12/21 - YOU’RE A GIFT - WRAP YOURSELF LIKE A PRESENT, 12/22 - FESTIVE FRIDAY - WEAR ALL OF YOUR FESTIVE GEAR TODAY!
Recently, our preschoolers conducted some investigatory "Pumpkin Science" work on the pumpkins that they learned about this past fall. They set up a pumpkin research area in the corner of the playground to monitor what happens to pumpkins as they break down. Many different sizes, varieties, and shapes of pumpkins were used for this experiment. Way to go Preschool Pumpkin scientists!
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In second grade we celebrated the Hour of Code in December by learning about binary code. Students discovered that individual letters were represented by an 8 digit combination of zeroes and ones. They created a bead candy cane with the binary code of their name with red and white beads. One color represented the zeroes, and the other represented the ones!
The fourth grade chorus held their annual Holiday Concert. It was an evening of festive songs and good cheer, delighting a full house of family members and friends. The concert backdrop featured student artwork and a beautiful gallery of self portraits. Bravo! to the fourth graders and to Mrs. Starck and Mr. Terrille for a great holiday performance!
This past week our third graders took a swimming field trip to the Workout Club in Londonderry. A fun time was had by all! Thank you to the Workout Club for hosting us and to Mrs. Ingraham and Mrs. Arroyo for organizing this aquatic event!
