HMS 6th, 7th, and 8th grade band students were ready to hear some great music at the UNH Band Extravaganza on Friday, Nov 17th. Our very own Mr. Robins played at the first one way back in 19XX!
Thanksgiving may be over, but the HMS Turkey Crew is still grateful!
This past week our Wee Deliver program was opened for business. This in-school postal service offers students the opportunity to write letters to friends and staff through out the school. Wee deliver was opened this year with an all-school assembly featuring a special visit from the postmaster from the East Hampstead Post Office, an explanation on how to use Wee Deliver, a presentation by some of our fourth graders on how to practice kindness and gratitude in writing letters, and the swearing in of the entire fourth grade as official HCS Wee Deliver postal carriers. We are excited to bring back this popular, fun program. Thank you to Mrs. Freilich, our Wee Deliver Coordinator and thank you to the East Hampstead Post Office for visiting us!
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our families in the Hampstead School District. We are thankful for all of our students!
Yesterday HCS celebrated Thanksgiving with a "Balloons Over Broadway" Parade and Kindergarten Turkey Trot. First grade students worked this week designing and decorating their balloons and then proudly paraded them through the hallways like the Macy's parade in New York. All the students and teachers came out to enjoy the parade. Later in the afternoon, our Kindergarteners took to the hallways with their "Turkey Trot." They showcased the turkeys they made for the whole school to see. It was a fun, festive day yesterday at HCS! Happy Thanksgiving to all!!
First graders did a fun Mayflower STEM project this week. Students used their engineering design skills to add counting bears (Pilgrims) to aluminum foil boats (The Mayflower.) The students were able to try multiple times to improve their designs. The boat with the most Pilgrims ended up carrying 200 pilgrim bears! Well done!
For the last several weeks, the third grade students have partnered with GLOBE (Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment) to document the changing colors of the deciduous leaves on our Hampstead Central School campus. Each third grade class chose a different type of deciduous tree to observe and recorded the changing leaf color progression using a color guide tool. This data was collected until the leaves dropped from the trees. In the scientific community, this phenology process is called “Green Down” In addition to this important data collection, third grade students at HCS had the opportunity to share their green-down research with GLOBE students in Ireland. Globe hosted a Zoom meeting for us to share and collaborate with second and third grade students from the Timoleague National School in Timoleague, Co. Cork, Ireland. Students from both schools shared about the trees they were observing and there was time to share some cultural information as well. Although the “green down” for the season has ended, third grade students at HCS are excited to continue this dialogue with their new Irish friends from the Timoleague National School. Thank you to the third grade team and Mrs. Wisecarver for orchestrating this international project!
Boys A bball team competed in the PA Tourney this past weekend. The team won their bracket with wins over St. Joes, Parkside & Cawley. They advanced to the championship & lost to a strong Pelham. Leading the team over the weekend were Cam S, Trevor M, Quinn B, Nevin R and LJ G.
First Graders had the opportunity to combine technology with the Thanksgiving tradition of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Students designed their own paper balloons to be carried on a route through the city using programmable Bee Bots. As part of technology class, students learned how to program the Bee Bots to complete the parade route. This was a fun opportunity for students to use technology and creativity with a festive Thanksgiving theme.
Grade 5 students created their own cave art in a simulation activity. Students created their own cave art scene and then wrote on an index card what their scene showed. Students depicted scenes from early humans and their daily life.
HMS...Don't forget - tomorrow we are coloring our world with Kindness! Wear Grade Color: 5- red/orange, 6- yellow/green, 7- blue/purple, 8- pink/red!
Kindness week was a blast! Check out the photo of pajama day...Mr. Boles, Ms. Coviello and their advisory students dream of being kind!
Mrs. Griffin's 7th grade students are learning how to do formal nature observations. Day one was sketching day.
Mrs. Griffin's 7th grade students finish their Cell Organelle Analogy Projects.
Mrs. Rubin has her students create a welcome poster for the Chaos and Kindness assembly for Monday. Nice job!
Boys beat Cawley and Parkside today at the Astros middle school tournament. Way to go boys!
Girls were 1-1 at the Astros middle school tournament today.
On October 19th our 5th graders took a walking field trip to the Hampstead Historic Society and a local cemetery. They learned SO MUCH!
HCS Ski Club Info night is next Thursday Nov. 16 from 6:30-7:00. HCS Ski Club is open to 3rd and 4th graders. Representatives from McIntyre Ski Area in Manchester will be in attendance both to answer questions about their program and to size skiers/riders who wish to rent equipment from McIntyre. "Ski" you there for answers to all your HCS Ski Club questions!
MIchael Terrile - Coordinator
Sophia Poulin - Coordinator
Ann Le - Coordinator
Erin O'Neill - Gear Transport Extraordinaire
Getting ready for the fall sports awards night!
