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Author: Janet Rixon

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Dear Hardy families, I hope you had a safe and restful vacation!  Highlight from the week before vacation: *Our first graders created a PBL (Project Based Learning) project about communities. Here are a couple samples of their projects. Bravo to… Continue reading Hello Hardy

Janet Rixon January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 News Read more

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Dear Hardy families, Highlights from the past week: *On Wednesday, a group of Hardy students participated in community service as they sang to the residents of The Falls at Cordingly Dam in Newton. Our dedicated music teacher, Mr. Corcoran, reported… Continue reading Hello Hardy

Janet Rixon December 20, 2021December 20, 2021 News Read more

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Dear Hardy families, Highlights from the past week: *On Tuesday, as part of a special election, the town voted in favor of a debt exclusion to fund the construction of a new Hardy School. We are excited about this project… Continue reading Hello Hardy

Janet Rixon December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 News Read more

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Dear Hardy families, Highlight from the past week: *On Thursday, we had the Kindergarten book store, in which Kindergarten students shared their published books about topics including food, places and holidays.      Kindergarten students sharing their books with their 5th… Continue reading Hello Hardy

Janet Rixon December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 News Read more

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Dear Hardy families, I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday!  Highlights from the past two weeks: *We had our November School Spirit Day on Friday, November 19th as students showed their Hardy spirit!   Third graders showed off their… Continue reading Hello Hardy

Janet Rixon November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 News Read more

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Dear Hardy families, *Last Sunday, a student-led environmental club Open to Change met to clean the playground area. They did a fantastic job and are to be commended for their efforts! A special shout out to 5th grader, Noele Roalsen,… Continue reading Hello Hardy

Janet Rixon November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 News Read more

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Hello Hardy families, Highlight from the past week: In recognition of Veterans Day, Mrs. Sheehan, our librarian, read aloud picture books about Veterans Day to students in library classes.   Photo Retake Day Our school photo retake day will take… Continue reading Hello Hardy

Janet Rixon November 15, 2021November 15, 2021 News Read more

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Hello Hardy families, Highlights from the past week:  *We had our second week of parent-teacher conferences as parents and teachers came together to discuss students and ways to support student success.   *Our third graders completed Project Based Learning (PBL) projects… Continue reading Hello Hardy

Janet Rixon November 8, 2021November 8, 2021 News Read more

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Hello Hardy families, Highlights from the past week: *STEAM week – We had our second week of a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math) focus this past week during library classes. Students were given the chance to do a redo of… Continue reading Hello Hardy

Janet Rixon November 1, 2021November 1, 2021 News Read more

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Dear Hardy families, *Book Fair– After a one year hiatus, we had our annual in person Book Fair. It was great to see our students able to access so many fantastic books! A special thanks to parent organizer Jamie Foley… Continue reading Hello Hardy

Janet Rixon October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 News Read more
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