Dear Parents:
Here's News to Celebrate!
1. PROJECT LEAD THE WAY!
This past week, The Easton Learning Foundation received:
- $5,000 from Cooper Surgical to "support ELF's vision to expose children to more science." Cooper Surgical is also interested in fostering on-going collaborating with HKMS. This firm wants our students visit their site in Trumbull and explore first hand the world of engineering and manufacturing. Building business partnerships to enrich STEM education is one of ELF's goalsl and aligns naturallly with the the values of companies such as Cooper Surgical.
- ELF received $3,450 from parents this week!!
We have only $16,000 left to raise. Astonishing! Thank you for your support. No amount is too big or small.
2. PARENTS OF INCOMING SIXTH GRADERS:
It is my great pleasure to invite you and your child to HKMS. Parents, please come to an Orientation Coffee scheduled for May 19th from 9:15 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. in the Media Center. Students will be coming to HKMS on May 20th. They will spend a half-day with the current sixth grade class and learn all about changing classes and class locations.
3. PARENT COFFEE; Relational Agression: May 17th: Media Center: 9:15 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Feeling helpless as you watch your daughter struggle with her friendships? Come to the parent coffee on May 17th hosted by the HKMS mental health team. Learn about relational aggression and the impact of social networking media on girls' self-esteem and relationships. You will hear concrerte strategies for improving communication with your daughters, helping them negotiate difficult situations, and shoring up their resilience and self-esteem.
4. CONNECTICUT STOCK MARKET GAME: Congratulations to Henry Pronovost and Michael Licamele who finished in first place out of 258 teams in the middle school division of the Connecticut Stock Market Game. They finished in 11th place overall, out of 739 high school, middle school and adult teams that participated the the Connecticut Stock Market Game.
Congratulations also to Robert Goldburg and Peter Gaffney. They finished in 9th place of the 258 middle school teams and 43rd place out of the 739 participating teams.
Thank you to Mr. Marusa for providing this experience to our students!!
Best regards,
Joan Parker
Principal
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