Dear Hardy Families,
Highlights from the past week
5th Graders Showing Their Hardy Spirit
Placement Process
It is time for us to begin the 2021-2022 placement process for students currently in grades K-4 (along with placing our incoming Kindergarten students). A great deal of time and consideration is given to achieving our goal, which is to make the best possible placement for every child at Hardy as we work to create balanced and heterogeneous classes.
Your child’s teacher will work with the other member(s) of their grade level team, including special educators, specialists and me to create effective instructional groups. We will receive input from RLS teachers. The following factors will be considered: class size, gender, social relationships that work well in the classroom environment and individual learning characteristics.
If you feel you have a significant concern about an emotional, social or academic issue that you think that we are not yet aware of, you are welcome to complete a Serious Concerns Form. As our goal is to form well-balanced classrooms, we cannot consider:
1. Requests for specific teachers or teaching/personality styles
2. Requests to be with specific friends
While this form is optional, if you wish to share any serious concerns, please complete the following form by Friday, May 14th. Parent input submitted after this date will not be considered.
https://forms.gle/
MCAS Dates
As a reminder, please see below for MCAS dates. There was one change for the date of the 4th grade ELA (bold below).
- May 10th: Grade 4 ELA
- May 11th: Grade 5 ELA
- May 14th: Grade 3 ELA
- May 25th: Grade 5 Math
- May 27th: Grade 4 Math
- May 28th: Grade 3 Math
- June 1st: Grade 5 Science
Assembly Video
This past week, we shared the pre-recorded assembly video for the month of April with our students. This was put together by the first graders and was focused on showing R.I.S.E. at recess. See link to watch this video:
Staff News from PAWS
A beloved staff member of the PAWS program, School Psychologist Terry Weksel is retiring. If former PAWS families wish to honor Terry, please see the following link:
https://docs.google.com/
Respectfully yours,
Grant Smith