{"id":2767,"date":"2025-05-02T11:45:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T18:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/hunnewell\/?p=2767"},"modified":"2025-12-05T14:17:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:17:43","slug":"principals-message-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/hunnewell\/2025\/05\/02\/principals-message-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal&#8217;s Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,serif;\">Dear Hunnewell Parents,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,serif;\">Welcome back from Spring Break!<br \/> We hope your time away was restful and refreshing. We are fully in the final stretch of our school journey together this year, and the excitement is building.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,serif;\">This week, our 5th graders visited Wellesley Middle School and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Meanwhile, our 3rd graders took part in a lively Boston Tea Party experience \u2014 not the real one, of course, but a memorable and fun learning opportunity nonetheless!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,serif;\">As we look ahead, the last part of our journey begins in earnest next week with the Math MCAS assessments for our 4th and 5th graders. The pace of our activities will continue to pick up each week as we move closer to summer break.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,serif;\">A few important PTO reminders:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;\"><span style=\"color:#222222;\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,serif;\">Fun Fair T-Shirt Design Contest ends next&nbsp;<strong>Tuesday, May 6th.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;All students are welcome to enter! Details, including instructions and design tips, can be found&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/track.spe.schoolmessenger.com\/f\/a\/rDeY6rByf_AhzzcJRScUvg~~\/AAAAARA~\/c_badlSjth3otbtXo6eGdwENx_rkgoP6pYwa0xdaRzPqUbzRD2oT0z3lR0NomCYdYU189xBvbUOhoexTk4UeUGamv1NfkhDWc7MHumCRS7msY0GFg_-VhTASvriiiLgbxCh82j6p3oaxMy4Ui73DRZ25M0odboTbr1TIIs-KsM1GEcW4mHbznoYeT2oX-eEMvxU4hsHB2vNRQA-OHqx5UpBNG8LqIG-LBZs4krdHesI~\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0088CC;\">HERE<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;\"><span style=\"color:#222222;\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,serif;\">Staff Raffle ends next&nbsp;<strong>Wednesday, 5\/7<\/strong>.&nbsp;Tickets can be purchased&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/track.spe.schoolmessenger.com\/f\/a\/VE7IX7H_0UlLQ8NL7nMWrQ~~\/AAAAARA~\/wH3zJRk_I3TVT8yNQgfMI1mfPqB9DGqrHYqTnmtB4VMEjLB5S4TdnxRFh4V8t6ZtQw2nquMPaxyWf_TUUFvTbW0GH0UufCW7VGEX_Dc8KzrQvyAuBYcia3JsBe9x_36LnrMQ_1ViHgJyaWritMTEo1yqggVhqgtv2qjWbOd3aNvkd93IC9W8My07MiJk9p6O\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0088CC;\">online<\/span><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;or via the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/track.spe.schoolmessenger.com\/f\/a\/TMfd8VyfmDc0rcyUBPBegg~~\/AAAAARA~\/5Tc-59YB-2GcUFksrctSOzzN2sD1XUmAcv_mVDPbLyY6rk5IYOYFgXVd3NiMGXO0JzuSUzMOAZ5xmBk76uVr-JNA1cit7suy4VmDpIKQnWYM0oOcxAknRTZgLZRB-yFofRWdyYINOpW1Tr-7S_yTi5wgWQZi8JODHyxnT87wl9EIsB_dYOgHAEzhq1qAqVxNUltByjWQDQQjHmjHkSJOAjLIHx9laEzlwqUTY8s0BI_ID-8BAh5Fje9q3OzzrEM3\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0088CC;\">paper form<\/span><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;sent home in students&#8217; orange folders.&nbsp;Our amazing teachers and staff have generously donated fabulous experiences that families can buy tickets to enter to win. Buy a chance, for only $1 each, to win a unique experience for your child with a favorite teacher or staff member!&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;\"><span style=\"color:#222222;\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,serif;\">Hunnewell Helps,&nbsp;Beebe Meadow Cleanup,&nbsp;community service&nbsp;opportunity on&nbsp;<strong>Saturday, May 10<\/strong>. Details&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/track.spe.schoolmessenger.com\/f\/a\/elPCHIajhExfV-FF9413tg~~\/AAAAARA~\/B_gZPriY_IaP0BgjVB3FLCT7h82YKhpxRDTm7nxL5tyrUZ9F1j6KRjYg9d2HW3I2nQ3oyoJ-iOCflhTJ2e5qKqFBT2JtyxqN3WsVztrJzl9GUwdk5pAXeygcJEfaDk4maeefeqxGSs3hnQfGynZsAD6gj-ND1ctBqY3y9zrhQuNfs4QY_SU_laOFSU1s8fCw\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#1155CC;\">here<\/span><\/a>. All helping hands welcome!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,serif;\">Thank you, as always, for your partnership and support. Together, we are making these final weeks of school meaningful, memorable, and full of joy for our students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,serif;\">Important Dates to Remember<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"line-height:normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,serif;\">April 27 \u2013 May 7:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,serif;\"> Staff Raffle<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height:normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,serif;\">May 3:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,serif;\"> Red Sox Family Night<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height:normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,serif;\">May 5 \u2013 9:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,serif;\"> Staff Appreciation Week<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height:normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,serif;\">May 13:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,serif;\"> PTO Meeting at 6:30 PM<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,serif;\">Dare to Dream,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;\">Mr. Dees<\/span><\/span><br \/> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Hunnewell Parents, Welcome back from Spring Break! We hope your time away was restful and refreshing. We are fully in the final stretch of our school journey together this year, and the excitement is building. This week, our 5th&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/hunnewell\/2025\/05\/02\/principals-message-31\/\">Continue reading <span> Principal&#8217;s Message<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","","tg-column-two"],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-07-31 23:59:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[0],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/hunnewell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/hunnewell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/hunnewell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/hunnewell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/hunnewell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/hunnewell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3230,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/hunnewell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2767\/revisions\/3230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/hunnewell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/hunnewell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/hunnewell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}