Special Olympics

This year the NHIAA has partnered with the Special Olympics to create a Unified Basketball league. This coed program joins individuals with special needs with partners in an NHIAA-sponsored basketball league.  Roughly 18 schools in the state, including Hopkinton,  are participating in this first ever year of the program, and it has been a great success for everyone involved.  Last night the Hawks played their final regular season game of the year against Hanover.  We won, and and finished the season with a perfect 4-0 record.  The Hawks now move on to the playoffs.  First up will be a home game this Monday night 2/6 vs Milford at Hopkinton High School at 6:30.  Admission for the event is free and it is a great opportunity to come cheer athletes and partners on from both schools.  Check out the picture of the team on the HMS website.

Looking for Fun Fair Volunteers

Click to find out more about volunteering for Fun Fair 2012: Volunteers needed for Fun Fair

Norovirus Fact Sheet

Click here for the Norovirus Fact Sheet from the DHHS: norovirus

Web Site Changes

I’ve made some subtle changes to the web site that I want you to be aware of. On the right hand side of the home page at: http://www.hopkintonschools.org/haroldmartinschool/ are “widgets,” small square blocks that contain information or are remote players of information from other sites. As always, I have the Harold Martin School Podcast widget which provides a simple way to play the latest (or older) podcasts. There’s also a new widget with a link to our Picasa photo site with pics of our new HMS Playground construction from a year ago. For me, it’s a reminder of great memories. Also in that column I have a new feature I’m calling the “Harold Martin Minute.” It’s a one minute, weekly podcast that I record on my iPhone and easily upload to the “AudioBoo” website for easy inclusion on our home page. At the moment, the content includes major events of the week but I’m open to suggestions for other content.  I wrote about this on my blog at: http://bit.ly/sJkThW. I also will be more faithful to our Harold Martin Twitter feed @HMartinSchool so I moved a widget for HMS Tweets up the home page a bit. Feel free to follow me personally: @wcarozza if you like to read about the education field.

As I write this, the flakes are falling slowly out my window on Thursday’s snow day. I hope the day was not too much of an inconvenience. All the best for a great family weekend. Go Pats.

Sincerely,

Bill Carozza, Principal

Annual Spaghetti Supper

Another HMS Spaghetti Supper is right around the corner. It has been such a great tradition to get all of the wonderful families together in support of our school.

The date for this year’s event is scheduled for Thursday, February 2. There will be two serving times at 5:45 and then at 6:45. Please fill out the reservation form that will be sent home and return it to your child’s classroom teacher. The form is just to give the staff a rough idea of how many people to expect. Any family that would like to attend will have a spot. Thank you for your continued support and we hope to see you there!

Hopkinton Woman’s Club

Join special guest speaker Sue Roberts, teacher at Hopkinton Middle School. Click here for more information: HWC_brunch_event_single-1

MLK Day Events

Here are links to MLK Celebrations in Concord, Manchester, and at Saint Anselm College:

MLK Day in Concord 2012.

MLK Manchester

MLK Days at St Anselm College

Project Graduation 2012

Dear Hopkinton Community Member,

We are sending you this letter because we are planning the next PROJECT GRADUATION event.  As you may know, this is an annual tradition for all graduating seniors. It is an opportunity for the graduates to celebrate their numerous accomplishments and their graduation in a safe, substance-free environment.

The graduates are transported by bus to a “secret” location. They are chaperoned by volunteer parents and teachers.  Once at the location, they enjoy numerous activities, food, and generally have a wonderful last bonding time together as a class.  They are then transported back to Hopkinton and returned safely to their homes by parents.

In order for PROJECT GRADUATION to be a continued success, we ask families of the graduates, parents of all Hopkinton students, and the community as a whole to make contributions to the event.

Each and every donation is tax-deductible and any individual or organization that contributes will be recognized in the graduation program on June 8, 2012.  We hope you will consider making a donation at this time.  You will receive a thank you letter documenting your contribution for tax purposes.

We, the parents of graduating seniors, want to thank you for all your previous support for this 25-year-long community tradition and hope we can continue to provide a safe, fun experience for our students this year and for many years to come.

Sincerely,

The Project Graduation Committee:

Fonda Beane, Peggy Baron, Sue Batchelder, Michelle Benson, Susan Buehler, Maggie Cook, Heidi Coen, Mandy Fraser, Scott Herman, Martha Madsen Greabe, Marcia McCaffrey, Amy Messer, Nancy Nee, LeeAnne Vance, Ann Wayland, Wendy Wetterer, Brenda White, Vickie Anderson-White, Dennie Yianakopolos.

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Donation for Project Graduation

Please make checks out to PROJECT GRADUATION and send to Project Graduation, PO Box 291, Hopkinton, NH 03229

___$50  ___ $75 ___  $100___ $150___  $200 ___$250___ $500 __ Other

WE APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY DONATION AND THANK YOU!

Latest PTA Newsletter

Click here for the latest PTA Newsletter: PTA Volume 5

PTA Newsletter for October 2011

Click here for the PTA Newsletter October 2011. Our next meeting is Wednesday, October 5, 6:30 PM in the Preschool Room at HMS. We hope to see you there!

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