// Weeks of May 27 (Field Day!) and Jun 3 //
// Curriculum Update, Mid-May //
Week of May 6th
This week it was teachers appreciation week. On Monday we had Aarav’s birthday. We also had the whole school photo and in Spanish class we ate chips and salsa for cinco de Mayo. Cinco de Mayo is a festival that Mexican people celebrate their independence.
// week of May 20 //
// week of May 13 //
Parent Association Meeting Notes
May 10, 2019
Ø HUGE, HUGE, HUGE THANK YOU FOR THE THOUGHTFUL AND CREATIVE TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK CELEBRATION~ STARTING THE DAY WITH CURBSIDE HELP AND THE ENDLESS TREATS HAVE BEEN APPRECIATED!!!!
Ø HUGE THANK YOU TO HOLLY (JETT’S MOM) AND JENNIFER (LUCAS AND ARI’S MOM) FOR ORGANIZING THE WEEK AND BEING INCREDIBLE PA COORDINATORS FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. HUGE THANK YOU TO JULIA (HARRISON’S MOM) AND YASSMIN (AIDAN AND NOAH’S MOM) FOR AGREEING TO THE BE THE PA COORDINATORS FOR THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR
Ø THANK YOU for supporting the Book Fair ($6,500 was raised) and donating boots!
Ø CONGRATULATIONS to the HPMS Basketball Team for playing an incredible game verses Village Montessori~ we finally won (46 to 18). The UE team won against Stevens (18-16).
Ø Please enjoy the video on the HPMS balloon launch (yes, that’s really the curve on the Earth from the balloon launched by HPMS students). This project has been happening for four years:
· Year 1 ~ focus was on altitude
· Year 2~ focus was on creating an environment for an insect to go into space (balloon had a hole and ended up in a lake)
· Year 3~ focus was on creating an environment for a small mammal to go into space~ students had ethical concerns if it didn’t work so they changed it to using the air supply to launch a rocket (but no trash was to left in space)
· Year 4~ focus is on communication~ there will be a live stream on the 6th floor for K students and up to watch on May 21
Ø Upcoming Events (it’s that time of year!!!) ~ EOY Celebrations begin at 9:15 on the 6th floor unless otherwise noted:
· May 21~ Blue/Red Room EOY Celebration
· May 22~ Indigo/Yellow Room EOY Celebration
· May 23~ Orange/Silver Room EOY Celebration
· May 24-27~ School Closed for Memorial Day Weekend
· May 28~ Homework Discussion ~ 6 pm
· May 31~ Field Day (PLEASE KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE SUG!!!!)
· June 4 ~ Earth Room EOY Celebration at 9:30
· June 5~ Sky Room EOY Celebration at 9:30
· June 6 ~ Ocean Room EOY Celebration at 9:30
· June 11 ~ UE/MS EOY Celebration & 8th Grade Graduation at 6 pm on the 6th Floor
· June 12 ~ Last day of School
o PA Meeting ~ 9 am
o WEE & Bridge EOY Celebration at 11:15 am for Wee and Square, 11:00 for Circle and Triangle
o End of the Year Picnic~ “BYOB”~ Bring Your Own Basket & Blanket at 5 pm in Hamilton Park
o HPMS will provide plates, utensils, water and treats.
o Please bring food for your family (or buy dinner at the Farmer’s Market!)
· June 19 ~ Silverman Golf Tournament supporting HPMS
Ø Year Book is now available for purchase~ please keep an eye out for the SUG
Ø Discussion for next year…thoughts about fruit as the go to birthday snack (child shares their favorite fruit with the class) and changing the snack sign up (parents bring in one item once a week instead of enough snack for the class for an entire week).
// Week of May 6: Curriculum Update //
This week it was teachers appreciation week. On Monday we had Aarav’s birthday. We also had the whole school photo and in Spanish class we ate chips and salsa for cinco de Mayo. Cinco de Mayo is a festival that Mexican people celebrate their independence.
-Sky Room Reporter, Avi Dhadwal
// Teacher Appreciation Week //
// week of April 29 //
// we are back from spring break! //
// It's April! //
This week in Sky Room we celebrated Alexander’s Birthday! We also made a food web that connected different kinds of producers, consumers and decomposers! We also did a science experiment using water droplets and coins. We had to put as many drops of water as possible on different types of coins before the water spilled over! We had so much fun counting the number of drops! We are also so excited to start working in our groups for the end of the year play!
-Smera Bhatt
// Week of April 1 //
// Week of March 25: Curriculum Update //
On Monday we celebrated Sanvi’s birthday. Mr. Brendan showed a video about Tigers and we did a worksheet on “Parts of a Tiger”. On Tuesday we started “readers theater” with Ms. Hannah. Readers theater is when people act out a story. We are doing this to get ready for the end of the year play. On Friday we had an authors visit, Jessie Sima, she wrote and illustrated 3 books! She read to us one of her books, “Not Quite Narwhal.” We really enjoyed listening to her and learning about her books!
-Atharv Sharma (Sky Room Historian)
// Week of March 25 //
HPMS is celebrating World Down Syndrome Day on March 20! Wear your jeans and/or silly socks, too.
// This week ... //
// Week of March 11 //
Thank you to all who joined us for the HPMS Winter Gala! It was a BLAST!
// What we have been up to these days... //
Week of February 25th
This week our very own 2nd level, Oscar Cunningham, competed in the Hudson County Spelling Bee! Mr. Brendan talked us about the different parts of the bird, and Ms. Hannah talked about how to write and support “main ideas” using facts, and organizing our thoughts using a web graphic organizer. The most exciting part of this week is the project we worked on with the help of Sia’s mom, Rachna. We worked together to create a beautiful art piece to put up for auction at the Winter Gala!
-Sky Room
Week of March 4th
This week we worked on our Geography Projects. We are learning about Europe so each group worked on different countries in Europe, we created posters and working on how we will present them. Ms. Hannah gave a lesson on “Cause and Effect” for example, how lot of snow can cause a snow day, the cause is a lot of snow and the effect is a snow day! We also had K’s visit Sky Room and we had so much fun conducting sound energy science experiments with the help of Mr. Brendan!
-Vihaan Kava (Sky Room Historian)
// Weeks of Feb 25 & March 4 //
