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Principal’s message
Families Learning Together
Our three Family Learning Nights have been very successful. Despite chilly
weather, more than 100 students and their families have participated in our family
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H a m p s h i r e learning nights to date. In each case, students learned reading and writing skills,
parents were able to observe and participate in activities they can do with students at
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home, and students received high-quality books they can keep as their own and read
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at home.
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Kindergarten and second grade students received National Geographic
informational books about rabbits, dogs, safari animals, sharks, planets, Abraham
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P u b l i c a t i o n 5 Lincoln, or the life cycle of caterpillars and butterflies. Students in pre-kindergarten
and head start received copies in English and Spanish of Ezra Jack Keats’ The Snowy
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Day. This was entirely appropriate, since it was snowing outside by the time the
family learning night was completed!
Bob Geiger
Our first grade family learning night is coming up on February 25. All first
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grade students who attend will receive a copy of Swimmy by Leo Lionni. Please come
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and join us that night at 6 p.m. if you have a first grader. We will also be having two
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more Family Learning Nights for the whole school, a Reading Night on March 17 and
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a Math Night on April 28.
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Mark your calendar!!
Important dates
2/15 No school—President’s Day
2/16 - 2/19 No school for Head Start -
2/25 First Grade Family Learning Night @
6:00 PM
2/26 Early Release @ 12:55 PM
Home Visits
2/23 Principal’s Parent Coffee @ 9:00 AM
Lunch During the Snow
New Hampshire Estates was one of 12 schools in Montgomery County that served free, hot
lunches to students and their families during two of the days that schools were closed in
January due to the historic snowstorm. Over the course of the two days, our school’s
cafeteria served more than 250 lunches to students and family members.