May Day Play 2009

Here are some photos from our 2009 May Day Play:

Get your costume on!

And now, get into character!

The band played music and sound effects:

May Day 2009

Here are some photos from this year's traditional Maypole Dance!

For the full slideshow, visit the Early Elementary class page:

http://hisearlyelementary.blogspot.com/2009/05/may-pole-dance.html

Holiday Tea

Holiday Tea -- December 12, 2008

Come celebrate the holidays with our K-7 students at our annual Holiday Tea, to be held on Friday, December 12. The evening's performance will begin at 6:00 pm at St. Andrew's Parish Hall, located in the center of Hopkinton, and will be followed by a reception with refreshments.

Please note that this year Holiday Tea will not be an extended day, so all students will be dismissed or go to after-school care at 1:30, as on a regular Friday. If you are in need of after-school care just for that day, please speak to Lisa in the office.

Fall Open House: Saturday, November 1, 2008

We welcome all prospective parents and families to our school community for this Open House event. Please pass this announcement on to a friend or two!

Hopkinton Independent School

Fall Open House

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Join us to meet our teachers, tour our facilities and grounds, and learn about our exciting programs.

SCHEDULE:

• 10:00-10:30 = Introduction and Slideshow with director Heather Harwood
• 10:30-12:00 = Tours of classrooms

You can learn more about our school on our website before your visit. See you Saturday!

HarvestFest 2008: Picture Slideshow

Here are some photos from our HarvestFest 2008 celebration!

We extend our thanks to all our staff, students, and especially our family volunteers who helped make this HarvestFest so exciting and educational!

Also, here are more photos of our Kindergarten HarvestFest music party.

HarvestFest 2008

Remember, this Friday we celebrate HarvestFest!

Hopkinton Independent School
HarvestFest 2008
FRIDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2008
Festivities begin at 4:30

Barn Dance with Two Fiddles (Dudley and Jacqueline Laufman) & the HIS HarvestFest Band
Potluck Dinner
Harvest Raffle

Families and parents are welcome to join us at any time of the day after 1:30 pm.

• We have assigned the families of each class a type of food for the potluck supper; you can sign up on the lobby bulletin board:
• Abenakis = salad or side dish
• Amoskeags = main dish
• Ossippees & Monadnocks = dessert
• Volunteer on the lobby bulletin board if you can help during the day, or for clean-up afterward. We appreciate any degree of family involvement.
• Drop off your donation for the HarvestFest raffle basket in the front hall. Put your raffle tickets in the box in the front hall and give payment to Lisa in the office – check out the list of raffle prizes now posted in the hall!

Back to School Night

We enjoyed hosting all our class parents at Back to School Night 2008.

2008-2009 Back to School Night

We invite all current HIS parents and families to join us for our:

Hopkinton Independent School
2008-2009 Back to School Night
Thursday, September 25, 2008
4:00-5:00 Preschool
5:00-6:00 Grade K-Grade 8

Come visit our classrooms, talk with our teachers, and learn about our dynamic programs for this Norumbega (local history) year!
View all posts about Back to School Night (including last year)...

A Kestrel is Coming!

On Thursday, September 11, 2008 we received a visit from the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center. A wildlife expert presented to us about American Kestrels, and then we installed a kestrel home in our forest, so that our school can host this amazing bird of prey. [View Photos]

According to Squam Lakes:

The Squam Lakes Natural Science Center developed the Kestrel Project that will use specially-designed nesting boxes installed at schools throughout the state to try and create suitable nesting sites for American Kestrels. This is a Conservation and Educational project that will allow students to take part by doing observations of these boxes. American kestrels have been in decline recently so we are taking action by creating artificial nesting boxes made from metal mailboxes to increase durability. These nesting sites serve as much-needed places for kestrels as well as getting the children outdoors to enjoy and be connected to nature.

For more information, visit the Squam Lakes Kestrel Project page.

First Day of School

It's been a big day of introductions and new experiences!

We circled up after lunch for a quick song...
Then, at the end of the day the upper school (K-8) met with our new director, Heather.


Watch the other class blogs for news about our first day!

Awards Night 2008

Students, parents, teachers, and friends of all grade levels gathered Thursday night to celebrate the completion of another school year.

Awards Night recognizes each child's unique contributions to the school, and celebrates the graduating eighth grade class.






If you have any other favorite photos from Awards Night, please email them to Marek.

Camp Tuckernuck Week

Our annual Environmental Week at Camp Tuckernuck brought us many changes in weather, and lots of opportunities to explore the woods and waters of Deering Lake!

The rainy weather meant it was safe to have a campfire.

We had some very helpful parents on site, as well....



Thanks to all our parent volunteers and teachers for such a memorable, fun, and educational week!

(For more photos and class notes, visit the Ossippees' Camp Tuckernuck post, and the Upper Grades' notes on exploring and surveying.)

20th Year Celebration: Photos

David Elliott's Presentation on Imagination

Author David Elliott presented his views on imagination during our Symposium for Parents and Teachers on Thursday evening.

In case you missed the event, Marek Bennett has posted his notes from the discussion on his personal blog. You can also view the film we screened: "Why Do These Kids Love School?"

More Enrichment Cluster Photos

Some students are learning to weave on bead looms this week:

Here's what our handiwork looks like up close:

This is the work site for the "Bookshelf Building" Enrichment Cluster:

(It is a beautiful site to work, but if you look really closely you'll see that some of our sawyers are wearing mittens!)

At the end of this second day, we had all our parts cut out and ready to assemble. Currently, our projects look like this:

On Thursday, we'll sand and stain the wood, and on Friday we'll assemble our shelves.