February 2019 HHA Parent News Magazine

HAMPSTEAD HILL ACADEMY

PARENT NEWS MAGAZINE

FEBRUARY, 2019

STUDENTS PROUDLY SHOW
OFF THEIR NATIONAL HISTORY

DAY PROJECTS

Welcome to Hampstead Hill Academy!

Vision Statement

Hampstead Hill seeks to be a safe, nurturing, diverse, family-friendly neighborhood school with rigorous, effective academic
programs and exciting, engaging extracurricular activities. We believe all parents want the same thing for their children: more and
better opportunities for college and career. We believe in the importance of the arts, and we want our students to be great
communicators, listeners and writers. Our students will be forward thinkers, persistent, responsible, caring, dependable and healthy
members of the greater community.

Mission Statement

Hampstead Hill Academy is a neighborhood public charter school that exists to educate children living in both our attendance area
and throughout Baltimore City. Our talented staff uses research-based curriculum to develop and implement rigorous lesson plans
that continuously raise the academic bar for our students. Our whole school community is dedicated to working together to
challenge our students to succeed in a fair, consistent, just and joyful learning environment.

Hampstead Hill Academy Note from Principal Hornbeck…
500 South Linwood Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21224 It’s crunch time. There is a once in a generation
opportunity to give your children the teachers and
410.396.9146 tele. 410.396.3637 fax education they deserve. Do you like Hampstead Hill
www.hha47.org Academy? Ever wonder how can you help keep HHA
great? We need you (not someone else, you!) to
Matt Hornbeck, Principal [email protected] write, visit, and/or call elected officials in Annapolis
John Paz, Assistant Principal [email protected] and encourage them to fully fund the Kirwan
Commission recommendations that include adequate
Cassandra Bailey, Assistant Principal [email protected] pay for great teachers, PreK for every four year old
and low income three year old children and much
Hampstead Hill Academy more. Please check out the Strong Schools Maryland
is operated by the Baltimore Curriculum Project, a local nonprofit website for more information at
https://www.strongschoolsmaryland.org/. I meet
organization celebrating more than a decade monthly with HHA’s own Strong Schools Team. Please
email me at [email protected] to join our
of service and student learning in Baltimore. team. Finally, HHA needs 150 people to attend an
important rally for children in Annapolis Monday,
Laura Doherty, President March 11th. If there is one thing you do for HHA this
[email protected] year, let it be attending this event. We will join with
John McGill, Director of Academic Affairs thousands of Marylanders from around the state to
[email protected] push for the funding needed for schools to be
successful. Save the date – Monday, March 11th.
www.baltimorecp.org Buses will leave from and return to school. Dinner
and a free t-shirt will be provided. Show your kids
HHA Parent News Magazine is published monthly for the families and that showing up counts. I hope you join us!
community of Hampstead Hill Academy

Editor
Geraldine Swann
Director of Community Outreach

Publisher
Matt Hornbeck, Principal

Magazine contributions from:
HHA staff

Club coordinators
Community Organizations

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IMPORTANT DATES THIS MONTH

 2/5, Report Cards Sent Home

 2/5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28 Parent ESOL Classes What’s Inside…
 2/7, PTO Tutti Gusti Night 3-8 pm
 2/8, Deadline for Lottery Applications 3 pm Top News Stories page 3
 2/11, Padres Unidos/Strong Schools 8 am
 2/12, Lottery Drawing 3 pm  Current HHA information along with
 2/12, PTO Meeting 6 pm upcoming events
 2/14, Show Night 7 pm
 2/15, Show Night 7 pm News from the Teams page 7

 What your child is doing in class along
with resource, enrichment and ESOL
information

Club/Activities News page 12

 Updates and announcements for the
many clubs offered at HHA

 2/15, PTO Happy Hour 6 pm Family Information page 13
 2/16, Show Day 11 am
 Issues important to our parents on a
variety of subjects

 2/16, Show Night 7 pm PTO News page 16
 2/18, To be determined
 News from the Parent/Teacher
Organization at HHA

 2/19, Latino Support Group 8 am Let Us Know What You are
 2/20, School Family Council Meeting 3pm Thinking page 19
 2/20, SSM Meeting 4 pm
 Use this form for any question,
comment, concern or suggestion you
may have

 2/20, Decoding Dyslexia 7 pm

 2/21, Family Academic Night 5:30 pm

 2/22, PTO Movie Night 6 pm

 2/25, Padres Unidos/Strong Schools 8 am

 2/27, Chat With Matt 8:30 am

 2/28, Family Science Night 5:30 pm

A COMPLETE CALENDAR OF ALL ACTIVITIES FOR THE MONTH MAY BE FOUND
ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE NEWS MAGAZINE.

THE HHA LOTTERY IS HAPPENING THIS MONTH!

Spread the word to family and friends that applications for the lottery and pre- HHA
kindergarten are available at HHA. The lottery is held for students in grades Lottery
kindergarten – 8 who do not live in the zoned area for the school. If you do not
live in this area and would like for your child to attend HHA, you can pick up an
application at school or visit this link https://hha47.org/admissions. The lottery
will take place Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 3 pm. The last day to submit an
application for the lottery is Friday, February 8, 2019 at 3 pm.

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TOP NEWS STORIES

2ND ANNUAL NATIONAL HISTORY DAY PROJECT

The second Annual HHA National History Day (NHD) Project Fair was even better than last year. Every HHA middle school student takes honors
social studies, which requires participation in NHD, a nationally recognized program designed to foster in-depth research, public presentation
practice, and writing skills that our students will need in high school, college and on the job. More than 35 judges were invited to discuss and grade
the projects. Every judge, including a school board member, the president of a foundation, business leaders, former HHA students and staff came
away impressed with the student work. The NHD theme this year is “triumph and tragedy”. Students chose topics including Rosa Parks, The Great
Fire of London, The Triangle Tragedy, Adolf Hilter and more. Four of our top performing groups will go to the district-wide competition and
hopefully, to the Maryland State competition. Special thanks to middle school teachers Jason Farber, Kat Locke-Jones and Amy Kosmer for working
with more than 260 students to produce such great projects and to middle school Academic Coach Carey Fetting-Smith for supporting teachers and
being lead once again on the project fair! Congratulations to everyone!

Top NHD Honors Go To . . .

Group Project Finalists (Exhibit) - Ella Marsalis and Asiane’ Phillips (Loving vs. Virginia); Yemi Paz, Karla Alarcon Ramos and Leonor Aguilar-Villano
(Radium Girls); and Mairead Palmer, Courtney Scott and Heaven Fernandes (Atomic Bomb)
Group Project Finalists (Website) - Leah Perez, Lucie Purkey and Brooke Sizemore (All American Girls League); Thalia Harris and Aurelia Zelzman
(Rosie the Riveter); and Alex Taylor and Damonte Cruz (Apollo 13)
Individual Finalists (Exhibit) - Maureen Hall (Triangle Shirtwaist Fire), Carrie Snowden (Black Wall Street) and Chloe Furst (Great Baltimore Fire)

THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD BY PRINCIPAL MATTHEW HORNBECK

Why is being HHA’s principal so great after nearly 16 years? Talented teachers, engaged parents, and the best students in Maryland make HHA the
place to work. I take pride in seeing our volleyball team win the championship, middle school community circles, judging outstanding National
History Day projects, hearing the HHA Players practice for the spring musical, cheering on our basketball, soccer and debate teams, listening to the
sounds of musicians practicing as I walk the building, hosting record numbers of prospective families for our annual group tour, enjoying the smell
of good cooking from our Food for Life classroom, seeing students at recess on the playground and in the park, sitting in on 2nd grade class as
students present portfolios, reading aloud to kindergarten students, high fiving and fist-bumping a couple dozen kids on the greentop each
morning, and watching parents at “the wall” say “have a great day.” Can you imagine having a job like that? I can and I do!

Mr. Hornbeck and Mr. Paz oversee a roofing project being done at the school

JOIN US FOR THE SCHOOL FAMILY COUNCIL MEETING
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH AT 3 PM IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY
MR. HORNBECK WILL DISCUSS THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL BUDGET
PARENTS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND AND GIVE INPUT REGARDING SCHOOL ISSUES!

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2ND QUARTER REPORT CARDS LGP RECOGNITION CEREMONY

Second quarter report cards will be sent home with all students Congratulations to 188 or so middle school students who achieved a
Tuesday, February 5, 2019. Middle schools report cards will be leadership level in 2nd quarter and were recognized at a special
mailed to the home address. We are very proud of the academic ceremony. The Leaders Go Places program encourages students to
accomplishments of all of our girls and boys, especially those work hard, get good grades, have good behavior, come to school
achieving honor roll and the principal’s list in elementary grades and regularly and on-time, and complete service learning hours in our
LGP leadership levels in middle grades. Remember to celebrate your community. Student leaders receive incentives including pins and
child’s academic accomplishments. Spend time with him/her special t-shirts. In addition, they actually GO PLACES each quarter
reading, taking a walk, playing a game, seeing a movie, throwing a on special field trips that have included Hersheypark in the Dark,
ball, baking or shopping. Children need your attention, and they college tours and snow tubing. To learn more about the LGP
want to please you. Your time and attention is the most important program, join us every Friday at 8:15 am for our weekly LGP
thing you have to offer. assembly in the auditorium or speak with LGP Committee Chair and
Middle School Academic Coach Mike Lucas.

FEBRUARY IS THE 43RD ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL AFRICAN
AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH

Go check out the new National Museum of African American History and Culture. This museum is the only national museum devoted exclusively to
the documentation of African American life, history and culture. It was established by an Act of Congress in 2003, following decades of efforts to
promote and highlight the contributions of African Americans. To date, the Museum has collected more than 36,000 artifacts and nearly 100,000
individuals have become charter members. The Museum opened to the public on September 24, 2016, as the 19th and newest museum of the
Smithsonian Institution.

HHA CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY
MONTH

Members of the Diversity Club have been planning many activities to celebrate Black
History Month. On Fridays in February, there will be dress out of uniform days based on
historically black colleges. To earn funding for the Diversity Club, students will pay $1 to
wear this special attire. The dates and themes are listed below:

 2/1: Morgan State University (blue and/or orange) or a social justice themed
shirt

 2/8: Bowie State (black and/or yellow) or a social justice themed shirt
 2/15: Morehouse College (red and/or white) or a social justice themed shirt
 2/22: Howard University (red, white, and/or blue) or a social justice themed

shirt

The Diversity and Equity Committee will host February's Family Academic Night on The Diversity Club proudly presents Diversity
Thursday, February 21st. This night, titled Black Wall Street: Embracing the Richness of Awareness Fridays. Each Friday staff and students
Black Culture, will feature stations related to black culture. Some of the activities will
include: a reading station with books featuring leading characters of color or written by can show support of an HBCU college or wear a
black authors, the “I have a dream” station, art and poetry stations, a light dinner and social justice-themed shirt. $1. (Pictured:
much more. Please join us in celebrating black culture with our wonderful school Ms. Luthers, Asiane’ P. and Ms. Bailey)
community. In addition, there will be a door decorating contest featuring the life and
accomplishments of many famous African American men and women. Please ask to take
a tour of the school and learn about author James Baldwin, actor Viola Davis, musician
Miles Davis, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, barrier breaking baseball phenom
Jackie Robinson, and dozens of others African Americans who have led and enriched our
nation over the years. If you are unable to tour during school hours, please attend our
Family Academic Night on February 21st, where one of our stations will be a “Door Tour.”
During that time, you will get to vote for your favorite three doors.

EVERY HHA STUDENT HAS AN AGENDA FILLED WITH INFORMATION ON A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS.
PLEASE CHECK YOUR CHILD’S AGENDA DAILY.

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BUDGET OUTLOOK

Over the next few weeks, the 2019-2020 school budget will be developed. We will conduct a budget survey to consider parent input on potential
budget priorities, and Mr. Hornbeck will meet with members of the PTO. Currently, charter schools receive about $9,000 per K-8 pupil, with Prek
resources coming in the form of staff rather than per pupil dollars. We are projected to serve 810 students overall, with 764 K-8 students. This
represents flat enrollment from this year to next. However, we always admit all students who reside within our attendance area so the final
number will fluctuate. HHA’s budget for next year is more than $7M. Depending on what happens in Annapolis in terms of funding the Kirwan
Commission recommendations, flat funding and reduced enrollment in City Schools may result in a reduction in funding and programming at HHA.
There will be two presentations and planning meetings for the school community to discuss the budget: School Family Council Meeting,
Wednesday, February 20th at 3 pm and Chat With Matt, Wednesday, February 27th at 8:30 am. Parents, please plan to join us.

HOW TO FIND OUT IF SCHOOLS
ARE CLOSED DUE TO BAD
WEATHER

Well before daybreak, staff from City Schools' Operations Office,
check road conditions, neighborhood sidewalks, school parking lots
and school walkways. They also talk with staff from the Baltimore
City Department of Transportation, the Maryland Mass Transit
Administration, and local weather forecasters. City Schools' CEO or
designee reviews all the information and makes the decision
whether to open schools on time, delay opening schools for two
hours or close schools. The CEO/designee also decides whether
conditions are severe enough to close or delay opening the district
office at 200 East North Avenue. Schools and offices remain open if,
based on the conditions and weather forecasts, it is determined that
students and staff can travel safely to their school or office.

Special notes about delayed openings and early dismissals:
Schools may open two hours late when travel conditions at 5 am are
determined to be unsafe but are expected to improve.
When travel conditions are safe at 5 am but are forecast to
deteriorate, an initial announcement of a two-hour delayed opening
may be made. In this case, depending on how the weather develops,
there may be a subsequent decision to close schools. If a
reassessment of travel, school-building, or weather conditions
indicates that schools should remain closed for the day, an
announcement (following the initial delay announcement) will be
made by 7 am (or as soon as practicable) announcing City Schools is
now closed for the day. If you learn of a delayed opening, please
check the HHA school website or Facebook page or local media right
before beginning your trip to school, to make sure there has been no
further change in schedule. A delayed opening means that all
morning half-day early learning programs are canceled and school breakfast will not be served. When schools open as schedule and weather
subsequently deteriorates, schools may close early—usually 2.5 hours ahead of the regularly scheduled dismissal time. Announcements are made
via websites, Twitter and local media as soon as transportation can be arranged for students who travel on City Schools provided buses. When
schools close early, afternoon early learning programs, extended-day and after-school programs and all interscholastic athletic events are canceled,
but lunch is served in all schools. To know if there are any changes in the normal school day, you can sign up for updates via email, twitter, HHA
Facebook page and website or at https://www.baltimorecityschools.org/inclement-weather.

ATTENDANCE AT HHA

Ensuring that teachers and students are together for teaching and learning is all about attendance. We have 800 students and more than 100 staff
members. The good news is that our staff attendance is very high this year, and our student attendance is holding steady. The challenging news is
that too many of our students have missed more than 10 days of school, and we’re only about half-way through the school year. Take a look at
your child’s 2nd quarter report card. If she/he has missed more than 10 days of school, that is more than double the maximum amount of time the
State of Maryland anticipates a child may be absent from school. HHA has a progressive attendance policy. You will receive notice of your child’s
poor attendance through phone calls, report cards, correspondence and/or home visits. In addition, City Schools may ask you to appear at a
hearing to discuss why your child’s attendance is so low. Please remember to call school to let us know whenever your child is sick and will be late
or absent AND send a written excuse to your child’s homeroom teacher. Seek out Guidance Counselor Nicky Seymour or Director of Restorative
Practices Steve Plunk if you have questions about our attendance policy.

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THE HHA DRAMA CLUB AND THE HAMPSTEAD HILL PLAYERS WOULD
LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO THE PERFORMANCE OF SEUSSICAL JR. ON
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH AND
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH

"Oh, the thinks you can think" when Dr. Seuss' best-loved characters collide and
cavort in an unforgettable musical caper! Transporting audiences from the Jungle of
Nool to the Circus McGurkus, the Cat in the Hat narrates the story of Horton the
Elephant, who discovers a speck of dust containing tiny people called the Whos.
Horton must protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, and he must
also guard an abandoned egg that's been left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie
La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude
McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family
and community are challenged and emerge triumphant!

DRAMA CLUB Please see the attached flyer with detailed information regarding the dates and
performance times. Remember that all seats are reserved and assigned on a first
come, first serve basis. So be sure to reserve your seats early!! Please note that ONLY
CASH will be accepted for ticket payment. We hope to see you at the show!

Drama Club members are very excited about their upcoming
performance of Seussical Jr. The actors and set crew have
been working so hard and look forward to performing for the
school community. Everyone would like to give special
thanks to all of the parents of these young actors and set
crew for making sure their child(ren) attended every
scheduled rehearsal. Each member of the cast is vital to the
success of the show. There are 9 more rehearsals before it is
show time, so PLEASE continue to make rehearsals a priority.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Ms. Kaminaris in need of parent volunteers to help during
dress rehearsals as well as during each performance. If
anyone is interested in helping with hair, make-up and
costume changes, please see Mrs. Kaminaris or email her at
[email protected].

FROM CITY SCHOOLS NEWS Suessical Jr. Music Director Matt Cobb leading his
PRESIDENT’S DAY UPDATE actors during practice

Because all schools were closed on January 14th due to weather, City Schools must now make up one day during the school year. According to the
approved calendar for this school year, the currently designated make-up day is Presidents’ Day (Monday, February 18th). We are working to find
another option, so that students, staff, and families will not have to give up the long weekend. Although this cannot be confirmed until the next
Board of Commissioners meeting (February 12th) when the Board can vote on a calendar change, our plan is to recommend extending the school
year by one day in June instead of opening schools on Presidents’ Day. Governor Hogan’s executive order requiring school to begin after Labor Day
and end by June 15th results in very limited flexibility to make up snow days or adjust the calendar for other emergencies. If we do not have more
bad weather between now and spring break, we are optimistic that we can keep Presidents’ Day as a holiday and also avoid taking days out of
spring break. However, if we have more snow days in the coming weeks, that may not be possible. We will send out another communication the
evening of February 12th, to let you know the outcome of the Board vote regarding Presidents’ Day—and we will keep you updated about any other
calendar changes that might be needed if we experience more bad weather this winter.

Uniform Items - If your child borrowed a uniform item from school due to an accident or otherwise, please send it back as

soon as possible. We need those items to be available for other students that may need a change of clothes.
We also are accepting gently worn uniform pieces only. Please bring the items to the office.

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NEWS FROM THE TEAMS

PREK

Ms. Klenk and Ms. Kaminaris - In February, students will learn about polar animals
and the numbers 1-10. They will also celebrate Black History Month, Valentine's Day
and the 100th day of school on Wednesday, February 13th. The February monthly
project will be related to the 100th day of school. On Monday, February 4th, students
traveled to Goucher College to see the production of Pete the Cat. Please continue
to check your child’s folder daily for information about monthly projects, field trips
and his/her progress in the classroom. As a reminder, please continue to send your
child to school with a warm coat each day. If you are in need of a heavier winter
coat, please see your child's classroom teacher. Also, many students are in need of a
new set of "extra clothing" in case of accidents. Please check to make sure your child
always has an extra set of school-appropriate clothing labeled with his/her name.

KINDERGARTEN PreK students perform for their parents during a
drama class with Ms. Durkin
Ms. Douglas, Ms. Maciel and Ms. Wallis - Students are very excited about
celebrating the upcoming 100th day of school on Wednesday, February 13th! The
100th Day projects will be due on this day, but can be brought to school earlier.
Project information was sent home last week in your child's folder. Contact your
child’s teacher for more information about this assignment. In the classroom,
students are working on short stories, story maps and decorating the classroom
doors to celebrate Black History Month. As a reminder, please read with your child
every night and sign their homework chart.

GRADE 1 Ms. Douglas’ class performs Stone Soup for their
parents during drama class
Ms. Bierley, Ms. Clary and Ms. Smith – This month students will celebrate the 100th
day of school in math class by doing activities related to 100! In Audubon, students
learned about bird adaptations and how this helps them eat. They are now looking
forward to a field trip to the Science Center on Wednesday, February 27th to enjoy a
show at the planetarium along with exhibits. Report cards will be sent home on
Tuesday, February 5th. Please review your child’s report card. If you would like to
schedule a conference to discuss the report card or any other concerns or questions,
please contact your child’s teacher. With the weather being cold and the kids going
outside every day, make sure your child has a warm coat, hat and gloves.

2nd grade students learn about GRADE 2
pollination In Nature Exploration
Ms. Bonner, Ms. LaBella and Ms. Weber - This month students will celebrate the 100th day of school
in math class by doing activities related to 100! In Audubon, students learned about characteristics
of birds and did some ‘bird-watching’ in the classroom. Report cards will be sent home on Tuesday,
February 5th. Please review your child’s report card. If you would like to schedule a conference to
discuss the report card or any other concerns or questions, please contact your child’s teacher. The
re-scheduled field trip to the Franklin Institute will take place Wednesday, February 13th. The 2nd
grade team would like to thank the parents for their flexibility and patience. They would also like to
thank the HHA PTO for helping to sponsor the trip. With the weather being cold and the kids going
outside every day, make sure your child has a warm coat, hat and gloves.

GRADE 3

Reading – Ms. Kaplan: Students have been reading so many new stories. Some students are reading
about Angela and Al's adventures, while others are reading about Waldo's animal training
adventures. Please make sure your child is completing their reading homework every night. While
reading at home, consider reviewing story elements with your child. This includes plot, setting and
main characters. Reading coach class is held every Tuesday morning, from 7:30-8 am. Please reach
out to Ms. Kaplan at [email protected] with any questions or concerns.

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Language/Social Studies – Ms. Sparwasser: Students are further
developing their sentence fluency in order to write clearer paragraphs. In
social studies, students will begin to learn about life science and do
experiments.

Math - Ms. Knudsen: Students have learned and diligently practiced the
steps for long division. They have also mastered multiplying and dividing
by 6, 7, 8 and 9 facts. Student will move into the unit on measurement.

GRADE 4 An image of a food chain created by a 4th grade student

Reading – Ms. Schultz: Some students are reading a series of Greek myths
and other students are reading a biography of Jane Addams. All students
are answering comprehension questions and responding to text-based
prompts in writing every day. As always, if there is anything Ms. Schultz
can do to better support your child, please email her at
[email protected].

Language/Social Studies – Ms. Costello: Students are beginning to learn
the different parts of speech in writing class. In addition, they are learning how to give clear and specific directions, and in science, students have
started the environment unit. They are learning about different aquatic and terrestrial environments, and learning how to create food chains and
webs.

Math – Ms. Aldous: After completing the unit on measurements, students will take a mid-year test and then move into Geometry. They will learn
to measure angles with a protractor, classify triangles and quadrilaterals, and draw and identify symmetry.

GRADE 5

Reading – Ms. Steinhardt: Students will work on the 3rd quarter portfolio
pieces. These portfolio pieces will require students to write a multi-
paragraph explanatory essay that provides a literary analysis of a class text.
After completing this essay, students will have gained a deeper
understanding of the development of the characters and the theme(s) and
will have improved their ability to generate original thoughts and
evaluations. Each day, please check your child's agenda to ensure that you
are aware of all homework assignments, upcoming events and/or
assessments. Additionally, please check your child's grade report each
Friday to ensure that you are aware of your child's progress in reading.

Language/Science – Mr. Small: Students have been talking about

figurative language with a focus on similes, metaphors and personification.

Most recently, students have discussed idioms and the meaning of these

4th grade students collaborate during math class statements. They are also using “x boxes” in a new way. Previously, the
“x boxes” were used to help write a three-sentence paragraph expressing

disagreement with a statement. Now, students are using the “x boxes” to

write summative paragraphs discussing the inaccuracies of a passage. They are also working on taking notes and trying to reconstruct passages

based off these notes. In science, students will finish Earth and Space Science and then move onto Physical Science. They will finish the Earth and

Space unit by discussing how the Earth and materials of the Earth are heated. This discussion will lead into the study of the hydrosphere of the

Earth and learning where and what water is available for use. When students learn about water availability, they will begin Physical Science with

making and separating mixtures. In March, students will take the MISA (Maryland Integrated Science Assessment). Please help your student

prepare for weekly quizzes by reviewing the study guide with your child. The quizzes will help your child be successful on the MISA.

Math – Ms. O’Connor: Students are working through fractional operations. They have finished adding and subtracting unlike fractions, and will
move onto multiplying and dividing fractions. This will be the longest module of the school year. Students also have also been creating line plots
from a given set of data, and have been practicing their math fluency every day.

GRADE 6

Humanities – Mr. Farber: Students have finished their National History Day projects. Their projects came out amazingly well, and every student
should be very proud. If your child made a website and you haven’t seen it yet, please contact Mr. Farber, and he can send you the link. Students
will bring home exhibits this week. Students will return to the Springboard curriculum and will begin to write a five-paragraph essay on books
Walk Two Moons or Romeo and Juliet. In social studies, students will begin to focus on ancient civilizations and world cultures. They recently
completed posters of historically significant African Americans for Black History Month. The posters are currently hanging on Mr. Farber's door.

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Math – Ms. Herrera: Students in all classes will work on a stock market competition and learn about geometry. They will find the area of triangles,
parallelograms, trapezoids and composite shapes on the coordinate plane. They will also work on volume and 3-D shapes.

Science – Ms. Poole: Students are actively engaged in the Life Science unit and have explored food, energy and food webs. Each class created a
working food web, where each person represented a creature in the Great Lakes ecosystem. Ask your student who they represented, as well as to
whom they had direct and indirect relationships. They have been using their knowledge of healthy ecosystems to predict what has caused the
decrease in population of lake trout in the Great Lake. Soon, they will take an even closer look and you may say, a “hands-on” look at trout.

GRADE 7

Language Arts – Ms. Locke-Jones: Students are beginning to write
their second argumentative essay. They will cite textual evidence and
detailed analysis to support their individual claim. Congratulations to
all 7th grade students on an excellent NHD season!

Math – Mr. White: Students will complete the Proportional
Relationships unit. They will then begin the Geometry I unit. The
students will work on scale drawings, circumference and area of
circles, area, volume and surface area of two-and three-dimensional
objects.

Science – Ms. Thomas: Students will learn about the human body.
They will learn how the smallest unit of life (cells) join together to
form the tissue, organs and systems that allow our bodies to
function. They will also complete their second portfolio project of
the year. As part of the study of the human body, they will compose
and perform an original song/rap about the digestive system.

GRADE 8 7th grade students Lucie P. and Joseph C. lead the Pledge of

Language Arts – Ms. Kosmer: Students did an amazing job on their Allegiance with Ms. Kaminaris’ PreK students

National History Day projects! They presented their knowledge about a topic to their classmates in preparation for the actual judging. This gave

the students the practice needed to articulate their topic and relate it to the theme, Triumph and Tragedy. Next month, some students will write

an argumentative essay, and other students will start to read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

Algebra 1 – Ms. Luthers: Students are starting Unit 3: Extensions of Linear Concepts. In this unit, students will continue to explore slopes and
extend their understanding of linear relationships. In addition, students will learn some 8th grade content to fill in gaps and aid in their 9th grade
understanding.

Pre-Algebra – Ms. Luthers: Students are starting Module 4: Linear Equations. In this unit, students are developing foundational understanding of
algebra concepts to help them be successful in the 9th grade. Some of the skills the students will learn include finding the slope and equation of a
line, solving systems of equations and solving multi-step equations.

Science – Mr. Cobb: Students will finish the chemistry unit, “How does food provide my body with energy?” They will analyze their favorite family
recipe and create a nutrition label that shows the breakdown of major food molecules in that food. They will then create a “personal” nutrition
label based on information gathered from personality surveys. Finally, students will write a scientific explanation to answer the driving question.
The next unit students will begin to explore concepts in physics centered around the question, “How will it move?”

LEADERS GO PLACES Grade Leadership Scholarship Citizenship

The 2nd quarter Leaders Go Places was a huge success. To reach the LGP status, 6 91% positive 3.22 GPA 5.5 hours
students must have at least a 3.0 GPA, an 80% positive behavior score on Class 7 91% positive 3.35 GPA 4 hours
Dojo, and complete at least two hours of community service. This is a pretty 8 92% positive 3.37 GPA 4.8 hours
rigorous standard. Our students rose to the challenge. 72% of middle school
students accomplished these goals. 73% of students reached these standards 1st
quarter, and 68% of students reached these levels during the 2nd quarter of last
year. We are trending in the right direction. The class averages are shown in the
table. This is an incredibly high performing group of young people with
consistency of achievement in all three grades levels.

REPORT CARDS ISSUED
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH

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RESOURCES

DRAMA PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Ms. Durkin: PreK and kindergarten students finished the first Ms. Donovan: PreK and kindergarten students will continue to
semester of drama with awesome performances of Stone Soup! perfect their throwing and catching skills. Lower elementary
Thank you to all the families that came to the open drama class. students will focus on fleeing and dodging, and the older students
Ms. Durkin is looking forward to meeting her new classes for will participate in invasion games where they are able to apply both
3rd quarter. Students in grades 1-8 wrote plays to submit to the offensive and defensive skills.
Young Playwrights Festival at Center Stage. Third quarter studies will
emphasize acting with the use of imagination, focus, self-control, MUSIC
facial expressions, movement and voice. Grade 1-4 students will also
do a mock audition for a role in the class play, and students in grade Ms. Norris: Prek and kindergarten students are learning new games
5-8 will apply drama lessons to scene performances. and songs and finding ways to move. Grade 2 students are showing
great strides toward improvisational singing, and grade 4 students
Thank you to the school community for supporting the snack sale are working on learning "mi re do" and playing new games. Grade 6
fundraiser. The 8th grade Broadway Trip also has a DonorsChoose students are working on a Choose Your Artist project, and grade 8
project posted (donorschoose.org/msdurkin), and any gift helps get students are employing student lead learning and may have
an 8th grade student see Come From Away on Broadway. Feel free to something very exciting to share with the school soon.
share this project with family and friends.
ART
MUSIC LESSONS
Ms. Butcher: Students in PreK-6 grade have been working on a
Mr. Garner: All students continue to learn new techniques and Square 1 Art project for an upcoming HHA fundraiser. Students are
work on different selections of music. Advanced students have been completing a drawing that will be sent home with an order form for
working on scales, technique and sound while learning new music. you to purchase an item with your child's creative art work. Grade 7
Beginner students are continuing in their respective books. They are and 8 students are completing monochromatic winter landscape
learning new notes and rhythms while learning new music. paintings influenced by the landscape artist Henry Twatchman.

LIBRARY

Ms. Kannam: Black History is celebrated every day in the HHA library. Come visit and/or encourage your student to check out the well-stocked
collection of books.

FOOD FOR LIFE

Ms. Demas: Students who had Food for Life during the 1st semester will now have Nature Exploration. PreK and kindergarten students are
learning proper hand washing, exploring taste buds, and beginning to taste and describe a rainbow of delicious, nutritious whole foods. Grade 2
students are learning how to classify foods into the 5 food groups on MyPlate and preparing foods from each group. Grade 4 students are learning
about seasoning with herbs and spices, and using measuring spoons to make spice mixtures from around the world. They are also inventing their
own spice mix recipes for the HHA Cookbook. Grade 6 and 8 students have been inventing tasty sandwiches and writing sandwich recipes for the
cookbook. They are making open faced and closed sandwiches. Try this recipe for a Sunny Side Sandwich at home.

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Sunny Side Sandwich

Created by: Maureen Wall, Alex Pruitt, Riley Tarnove, Vania Mendez and
Morgan Taylor (grade 6 students)

Ingredients (per sandwich)
1 slice of rye bread
1 egg
½ avocado
1 spoonful of goat cheese (optional)
½ clove of garlic, crushed
1 lettuce leaf
2 slices of tomato
2 rings of fresh red onion
Pinch of salt
Half a pinch of pepper

Directions

1. Toast one piece of rye bread.

2. Cut half of an avocado and put it in a bowl.

3. Mix the avocado with a spoonful of goat cheese and half a clove of Students show off their Sunny Side Sandwich
crushed garlic.

4. Spread the mixture on the toasted bread.

5. Cut up lettuce and put it on top of the sandwich.

6. Put a ring of onion around 1 sliced tomato. Make one more of these so you have two. Place them on the sandwich.

7. Make one sunny side up egg and put it on top of the sandwich. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

8. Enjoy!!

NATURE EXPLORATION

Ms. Riorda: With the start of the 3rd quarter, students that were in the Food for Life resource class will now be in the Nature Exploration class.
Some of the students in the lower grades will study animal adaptations through videos, games and interactive labs. Grade 2 students will study the
importance of pollination and will investigate different types of pollinators. They will also discuss all the delicious foods available because of the
work of the pollinators. Middle school students will dive into water investigations, and grade 6 students will learn about the water cycle and will
create models which explain the process of precipitation. Grade 7 students will look at properties of water with an emphasis on cohesion,
buoyancy, and water displacement as they build their own floatation devices. Be sure to always send your students to school dressed for the
weather because whenever possible, part or all of class will be spent outside.

7th grade students build and test their water floatation devices

PLEASE KEEP YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION (ADDRESS
AND TELEPHONE) UPDATED IN THE MAIN OFFICE.

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ENRICHMENT NEWS

Ms. Guitian and Ms. Burt: All GAL and Talent Development identified students will take the Mid-Year MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) in
math on February 5th and reading on February 6th. Please help ensure your child is well rested and starts the day with breakfast. The results of this
assessment will help us monitor the progress of our GAL students and identify current strengths and needs. The GAL team will make adjustments
to individual learning plans to maximize growth potential for each child. Parents will receive copies of mid-year results and ILP adjustments by the
end of February. Please contact Ms. Guitian with any questions about mid-year progress monitoring for GAL students.

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Ms. Shaffer: February is National Therapeutic Recreation Month. The National Therapeutic Recreation
Society (NTRS) sets aside this month every year to raise awareness of therapeutic recreation programs and
services for individuals with disabilities. Therapeutic Recreation can aid a wide range of clients in Geriatric,
Pediatric, Physical Therapy fields and more.

ESOL DEPARTMENT NEWS

Ms. Bailin, Ms. Gonzalez, Ms. Hicks and Mr. LaBarr: PreK and kindergarten ESOL students will complete the Wild, Wooly, Wonderful unit this
month. They will learn all about pets, wild animals, animal bodies and animal homes. Grade 1 students continue to work in Unit 2 Here Comes the
Animals! They are getting ready to read a non-fiction science fact article Feathers and More! This story will tell all about real animals and their
coverings. Grade 2 students will work in Unit 2 Seed to Sandwich. They are reading about a greedy giant and a clever little girl who tricks the giant.
Ask your child how Ana tricked the giant and saved the farm. Other ESOL students will complete testing this week and resume their normal class
schedule.

CLUB/ACTIVITIES NEWS

As a reminder, students will not be permitted to join clubs that meet on the same day.

The first Cub Scout meeting will take place on
Tuesday, February 6th at 6 pm in the HHA cafeteria.

This program is for boys and girls in grades PreK-5.

BUILDERS CLUB Girl Scout Brownies make posters to encourage
playground safety
The Builders Club was busy in January. The members walked to Future
Care and made New Year snowmen decorations. The residents and
members had a good time chatting and creating crafts. Later in the
month, the members met with Shannon Joslin, the director of the Child
Life Center at the University of Maryland Hospital. She spoke about
what the Child Life Center does and how they use the money raised by
the Builders Club. It was a very interesting presentation for the
members. The club also discussed plans for their next project and
decided to hold a character band-aid drive in March. The Builders Club
would like to thank the Hampstead Hill community for helping them
achieve their service goals!

GIRLS ON THE RUN

Congratulations to our spring 2019 Girls on the
Run team! The members of the team are:
Regina, Lucy, Aria, Harper, Mirabelle, Danae,
Olivia, Maria, Katherine, Quinn, Teaghan, Parker,
Annabel, Corbyn, Monserratt, Kenadi, Maddie
and Zoe! Our team will meet after school on
Mondays and Thursdays 2:40 – 4 pm starting on Monday, February 4th.
The season will end on Sunday, April 28th with an end-of-the-season 5k
race. Girls on the Run…So Much Fun!

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STEAM

Kindergarten STEAM Club students are making their own math board games. Grade 1 students are
bringing light and sound energy alive, and grade 2 students learned about shapes and practiced
teamwork and building skills by creating marshmallow towers.

HORNETS BASKETBALL

HHA’s basketball team, The Hornets, is finishing the season. The team would like to thank the staff
and students who come out to cheer for them. Many thanks to Coach Blake, and part-time coach
Mike Lucas, for their hard work shaping our players and for their emphasis on skills, commitment,
having fun and sportsmanship. We are particularly proud of our 8th grade players. Go Hornets!

2nd grade STEAM students work
together to build a marshmallow

tower

The Hornets in action!

FAMILY INFORMATION

THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES

 52% of the school year is done
 93 of our 180 student days are completed
 There are approximately 50 school days left until our 3rd – 8th grade

students take the PARCC test in reading and math beginning
Wednesday, April 24th.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

 Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career for grades 3 to 8 - April 24 – May 31, 2019
 Report Cards – 2/5 (2nd Quarter), 4/11 (3rd Quarter), Last Day of School (4th Quarter)

Please put these dates on your calendar and be sure NOT to plan activities outside of school on test days!
Remember, scores on the tests help decide whether students move on to the next grade.

What Does the PARCC Look Like for Your Child?

Spend some time learning what is expected of your child by the Maryland State
Department of Education at

http://marylandpublicschools.org/programs/pages/testing/parcc/index.aspx

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KNOW THE NO’S

 No gum at school. It is distracting and prevents students from reading aloud clearly.
 No smoking in or around school property. This is against the law on school property.
 No double parking at drop-off and pickup. This creates a dangerous situation and you could get a $252 ticket.
 No crossing in the middle of the street. Cross your child at the corner. Do not encourage your child to get to school by

crossing in the middle of the street! This can be extremely dangerous for your child.
 Please remind your child, especially older children, that ball playing is not allowed in front of the school or on the blacktop

during school arrival and dismissal times. Also, ask them to be mindful of smaller children to avoid accidentally bumping
into them.

UNITED STRONG SCHOOLS MARYLAND

Despite the new funding formula not being ready, the policy recommendations to make our schools world-class are. We are pushing to get the
policies underway this year. HHA is sending a Strong Schools team to Annapolis on Wednesday, February 13th to meet with lawmakers and make
our voices heard. Join us for our next meeting at school on Wednesday, February 20th at 4pm in the library.

UNITED PARENTS/PADRES UNIDOS

All parents are invited to the United Parents/Padres Unidos meetings on February 11th and February 25th at 8 am in the room above the gym. This
group started over a year ago through the community building activity Eat, Play, Say. This activity is designed to bring together parents from
different backgrounds through an interactive and upbeat experience. Since then, the core group of parents has made it clear that they are too
excited about this work to leave it that so they have continued meeting throughout the rest of last year. The group is focused on relationship
building and the celebration of diversity at HHA. This group is also a partner group with the Diversity and Equity Committee. On February 11th, the
group will make decorations for International Night and on February 25th, the group will some basic ice breaker activities (bilingual style) and will
also discuss volunteer opportunities for International Night.

INTERNATIONAL NIGHT IS COMING!
THURSDAY, MARCH 7TH AT 5:30 PM

Don´t miss the international fashion parade, international dance performances and delicious foods from around the globe! This is a very special
event at HHA bringing together our unique and wonderful diverse families. Also, don´t forget to start preparing your outfit. Students are invited to
dress out of uniform on this day in clothing or a t-shirt from another country. Families are also invited to dress up for event. Everyone is invited!

NEWS FROM THE WELLNESS COMMITTEE

February is American Heart Month! Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United
States. The good news is heart disease can be prevented and even reversed by making healthy
eating choices and exercising regularly. Reduce cholesterol-rich saturated fats from meat and
dairy and eat healthy unsaturated fats from oils, nuts, avocados and fish instead. Try making
small changes like substituting olive oil for butter on your popcorn and adding herbs and spices
to add flavor to your food so you can use less salt. Try making avocado toast instead of toast with
butter. Just 30 minutes of exercise a day can make a big difference in your health and well-being,
too. To learn more, visit www.heart.org or www.cdc.gov or www.nhlbi.nih.gov

DO YOU KNOW A STRUGGLING READER?

Join us at Hampstead Hill Academy for informative and educational monthly meetings on the topic of Dyslexia. The Decoding Dyslexia Maryland –
Baltimore City Chapter is a grassroots movement driven by Maryland families concerned with the limited access to educational interventions for
Dyslexia and other language-based learning disabilities in Maryland Public Schools. The next meeting will take place on Wednesday, February 20th
at 7 pm. Check out the flyer at the end of the news magazine.

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THE SPECTACULAR EXPRESS IS ROLLING ALONG

The Spectacular Express program at HHA is used to recognize students in grades 1-5 for doing a
spectacular act. This may be a random act of kindness, outstanding academic behavior, being honest and
much more. Students who received a train car for the month of January are:

Anderson, Sasha Guzman-Rios, Hannette Rosa, April
Arellano, Eddy Hamilton, Theodore Rosas, Brandon
Armando, Jordi Harper, Heaven Roycroft, Ana
Beaudry, Andrew Harris, London Sanders, Colin
Beckham, Patrick Hernandez-Ramirez, Emily Shah, Bria
Bolanos-Buezo, Fernando Hines, Bentley Sierra-Levin, Henry
Brown, Sylvia Hines, Parker Tserkis, Nikolaos
Carranza-Garcia, Olivia Hunt, Liam Velasquez Ruiz, Keren
Colin Gonzalez, Melissa Kemmery, Tyler Vicuna-Villalba, Angel
Colin, Melissa Knorovsky, Kamryn Warren, Anala
Collier, Gracie Maya-Mojarro, Aixa Webster, Zane
Corro-Cruz, Edgar McCartney, Quinn Xolalpa, Arely
Cos, Logan McFadden, Harmony Yupa-Cuzco, Wesley
Dach, Hudson Miller, Asia Zelic, Azran
Davis, Elijah Miller, Joaquin Zhumi-Mendez, Javier
DeLeon, Alex Morrison, Tessa
DeLos Santos, Heidi Neponuceno-Moran, Kevin
DiFrancesco, Mateo Pappas, Eric
Dobbins, Gabriella Powell, Keller
Dziedzic, Ivy Prioleau, Paul
Dziedzic, Kipling Ramirez Urbina, Katherine
Ferguson, Caleb Ramirez-Cardosa, Daniella
Fraser, Clayton Ramirez-Cardosa, Larry
Fraser, Julianna Rivera-Orellano, Emmanuel
Garcia-Perez, Anthony Robinson, Payton
Gonzalez, Yaretzi Rodriguez, Pamela

STUDENT ATTENDANCE

HHA is serious about attendance. Our talented staff cannot teach unless students attend school. There is a district-wide focus on student
attendance. Again this year, there will be mandatory hearings at school headquarters for the parents of students with poor attendance. Each

month the newsletter will include this chart so students and parents can review attendance averages.

January Attendance% Year Attendance%
Grade 95.62% Grade 96.61%
HHA average 97.61% HHA average 97.65%
Grade 6 96.20% Grade 6 97.14%
Grade 2 95.97% Grade 1 97.11%
Grade 4 95.67% Grade 4
Grade 3 95.65% 96.96%
Grade 1 95.63% Grade 2 96.78%
Grade 7 Grade 3 96.76%
95.15% Grade 5 96.12%
Grade 5 95.11% PreK 95.86%
Kindergarten 94.68% Grade 7 95.78%
Grade 8 93.54% Kindergarten 95.73%
PreK Grade 8

Congratulations to the 6th Grade Team for having the highest attendance average for January.
The students in this grade level will have a PTO sponsored pizza party.

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SIGN UP FOR LIVING CLASSROOMS SUMMER CAMP

Living Classrooms Park House
200 S. Linwood Ave (Behind the Ice rink and across from the pool)
410-878-0563

 Summer Camp applications will be available for rising 6th, 7th and 8th grade students after spring break (Monday, April 22nd).
 On Wednesday, February 27th, students can visit the Living Classrooms Park House for help completing their Youth Works application

online.

HIRING FOR SUMMER CAMP! Living Classrooms hires 10 Youth Workers to serve as summer camp
counselors
Contact Maritza Dominguez: [email protected]
 14-21 years old and signed up through Youth Works
Park House Youth Works Supervisor  Dates: June 24- Aug 9, 9am-3pm
 Responsibilities: facilitate sports, team building and field
 Looking for an experienced individual passionate about
youth development trips with middle school students

 Interested in health and wellness through sports, nutrition
and nature

 Dates: June 10 - August 9, 9am - 3pm

BUSY BEES SUMMER CAMP INFORMATION AT THE END OF THE NEWS MAGAZINE

SPEECH-LANGUAGE CORNER

Benefits of Speaking More Than One Language

Most children can learn more than one language. The number of people in the United States who are bilingual keeps growing. Being bilingual has
advantages, including being better at:

 Learning new words
 Learning reading skills
 Being able to use information in new ways
 Putting words into categories, like "food" or "toys"
 Coming up with solutions to problems
 Listening to others
 Connecting with others
If a bilingual child has difficulty in aspects of speech or language development, the problems will show up in BOTH languages. However, learning
another language does not cause speech or language problems or make them worse. Talk with a speech-language pathologist, or SLP, if you worry
about your child's language skills. (www.asha.org)

PTO NEWS

Upcoming PTO Events Include:

Tutti Gusti Night - Thursday, 2/7 at 3-8 pm - Join HHA on the first Thursday of each month for a fun dinner out and help PTO raise money! Tutti
Gusti donates 10% of all eat-in and carry-out sales from 3 – 8 pm. The flyer at the end of the news magazine must be presented at the time of
purchase. Flyer attached.
PTO Meeting – 2/12 at 6pm - please come to help with the initial planning of our biggest adult fundraiser, B3, which will be held on April 6, 2019
Box Tops – Look for the Box Top form attached to the news magazine - participate in the February contest for your child and their classroom!
February Happy Hour - 2/15, 6pm - Mahaffey's Pub - (flyer attached) 2706 Dillon Street, 21224

Wishlist Update – The PTO was able to fulfill 80 wishes for classrooms all over the school totaling more than $4,100. Jill and Sean Morrison would
like to extend a big thank you to Tracy Hall for helping place and deliver items to the classrooms. Also, a special thank you to Nicole Smalley for
jumping in at the last minute to sort and deliver items for several hours!

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Staff Breakfast - Thank you to Shallah Graham, Beth Kemmery, Tricia Shellenbach, Maria Filippou, and Shelbi Brookshire for making the staff
appreciation breakfast on Wednesday, January 16th a huge success! HHA staff was very appreciative of the delicious breakfast bagel sandwiches,
home fries, scrambled eggs, bacon and sausage. A couple of HHA students also helped serve coffee and orange juice to the staff.

Thank you to our PTO and our HHA students for the delicious staff breakfast!

PTO TREASURER’S REPORT

Current Balance: $21,907 January Expenses: PTO Movie Night
January Revenue: Ralph Breaks the Internet
Storage Unit - $78
PTO Dues: $5 December Attendance Parties - Friday, February 22nd
Tutti Gusti November Dinner - $80 $91 Doors Open at 6 pm
Drag Bingo: $109 Stadium Seating for Musical - $500 Movie Starts at 6:30 pm
Happy Hour 50/50 Raffle: $120 Staff/Faculty Appreciation
Box Tops: $475 Breakfast - $586
Total January Revenue: $789 Spring Bus Allocation - $6,700
NOTE: $586 revenue submitted late Total January Expenses: $7,455
December past newsletter deadline
Pending Expenses:

Girls on the Run Donation: $400
B3 - $5,700

https://www.facebook.com/HampsteadHillAcademy

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Staff and students would like to say thank you to:

The HHA PTO: Bonnie Mattox, Adrienne Ekas-Mueting, Rachel Douglas, Shelbi Brookshire, Kerry
Lynaugh, Sally Kervin, Jill Morrison, Joanna Carlson, Beth Kemmery, Amanda Smith and Ashley
LeFever. Thank you to LaVerne Gilmore, Shannon Cos, Sheila Chapple, Angela Kozlowski, Julie
Gochar, Erin Reed, Steven Cuellar, Tricia Shellenbach, Sharon Tserkis and Cheryl Descipio for
volunteering at various activities at HHA! A special thanks to the McPherson family for their
donation of foam board for set designs.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SIGN IN EACH TIME YOU VOLUNTEER!

Thank you to our staff and judges who made the National History Day Event a success!

Thank you to Baltimore Fire Officers IAFF Local 964 (pictured left to right) Dave Cox, Tom Skinner, Steve Horchar, Carrie
Naylor, Tom Nosek and George Jones. This group provided approximately 60 of our students with brand new winter

coats. Our students were so excited to receive a new coat.

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FAMILY FUN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

 Southeast Anchor Library - located at 3601 Eastern Avenue; 410-396-1580, www.prattlibrary.org/locations/southeast/
 Friends of Patterson Park – located at 27 S. Patterson Park Avenue; 410-276-3676, pattersonpark.com/
 Creative Alliance at the Patterson – located at 3134 Eastern Avenue, 410-276-1651, creativealliance.org
 Patterson Park Audubon Center – located at 2901 E. Baltimore Street, 410-558-2473, pattersonpark.audubon.org/
 Please check the back of the news magazine for additional event information!

All lost and found items are held for one week only.

Items marked with the student’s name will be returned to the student.
Please come into school as soon as possible to check for any lost items.

Please make sure all of your child’s belongings
are marked with his/her name.

LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING!
Hampstead Hill Academy Feedback Form

School Year 2018-2019

Name and contact information if you want a response to your submission:_____________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________

I have a_____question_____comment_____concern_____suggestion.

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Please return this form to Ms. Swann.

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Hampstead Hill Players’
Present

Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 7:00 pm
Friday, February 15, 2019 at 7:00 pm

Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 11:00 am & 7:00 pm

Performances to held at:
Hampstead Hill Academy

500 S. Linwood Ave
Baltimore, MD 21224

(410) 396-9146

Ticket Prices:

Children 12 and under $5.00
Adults $8.00

Tickets go on sale February 4th & will be available
for purchase during school hours or at the door.

Music by Stephen Flaherty Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens Book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
Co-Conceived by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty and Eric Idle Based on the works of Dr. Seuss

Music Supervised, Adapted and Produced by Bryan Louiselle

The Hampstead Hill Players’
Production of

Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 7:00 pm
Friday, February 15, 2019 at 7:00 pm

Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 11:00 am
Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 7:00 pm

Tickets are available for purchase during school hours or at the door.

Reserved seating only

Ticket Prices:
Hampstead Hill Students & Children 14 and under $5.00

Adults $8.00

To order tickets, fill out the form below and send with CASH ONLY
to the school office in an envelope marked Seussical Jr.

*Please note there will be NO dress rehearsal for the HHA students. The above performances will be
the only chance for Hampstead Hill students to see the show. Please reserve your seats now!

Purchaser’s Name______________________________________ Telephone #______________________

Performance # of tickets x $5.00 # of tickets x $8.00 Total
Thursday, February 14th @ 7pm _______________ _______________ ______________
Friday, February 15th @ 7pm _______________ _______________ ______________
Saturday, February 16th @ 11am _______________ _______________ ______________
Saturday, February 16th @ 7pm _______________ _______________ ______________

Total amount of $ Due ______________

The Open Doors Rainbow
Alliance Proudly Presents….

The Spirit of Kindness
Campaign

Thursday, February 14: Love Wins Out – We kick off the school-wide
Spirit of Kindness Campaign on Valentine’s Day! Wear red, white
and/or pink to show your spirit of kindness, and then start nominating
classmates and staff for any random acts of kindness you see. $1

Tuesday, February 19: Charity Day – Dress in colors
representative of a charity you support (see below for 6 options). We
will donate all proceeds raised on this day to a local non-profit
organization working for that cause. $1

Yellow – Support Our Troops Blue – Child Abuse Awareness

Pink – Breast Cancer Awareness Purple – Domestic Violence Awareness

Red – HIV/AIDS Green/Turquois – Mental Health/Suicide Prevention

Wednesday, February 20: Express Your True Colors Day – This day is
all about you! Dress in a way that reflects your unique style. This could
include your favorite (school-appropriate) outfit (no PJs, please),
favorite sports team gear, extracurricular club or activity uniform, or
any other clothing/costumes/props that reflect a personal hobby or
interest (no masks, please). $1

Thursday, February 21: Rainbow Day – Wear one, two or as many
colors of the rainbow as you possibly can to embrace the diversity that
the rainbow represents. Kindness Grams will be distributed at the end
of the day by members of the Open Doors Rainbow Alliance, sponsors
of the Spirit of Kindness Campaign. $1

Goal: The Spirit of Kindness Campaign is a week to promote RAKtivism
(Random Acts of Kindness) among students and staff and to raise money for
The Open Doors Club and other local charities.

Logistics: Students and teachers have a chance to nominate / acknowledge
the kindness of others starting on 2/14 and lasting through the end of the
day on 2/21 by filling out an acknowledgement form and placing it in the
grade level box of the student or staff member ‘caught in an act of
kindness.’ Kindness Grams will then be distributed to every student at HHA
on 2/22 by members of the Open Doors Rainbow Alliance, whose members
‘adopt’ a grade for the week. This part of the campaign is free, and
everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate in the Spirit of Kindness
Campaign. To participate in any of the Spirit of Kindness Dress-Out Days,
students just need to adhere to the style of dress highlighted on that day
and bring $1 to their homeroom teachers.

History: This marks the 4th year that the Open Doors Rainbow Alliance has
sponsored the school-wide Kindness Campaign. However, this event is part
of a larger international movement sponsored by the Random Acts of
Kindness Foundation.

Established in 1995, the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation is an
internationally recognized nonprofit based in Denver, CO. They provide FREE
online resources to encourage acts of kindness across the globe (schools,
communities, every-day experiences). Other than to make Earth the kindest
planet in the universe, RAK strives to make kindness the standard in every
aspect of life. Whether it’s helping a neighbor in need, instilling the
importance of kindness in students in a classroom, or a mutual
demonstration of appreciation of those closest to us, the end-goal is to
make kindness not an act at all, but a reflex.

Resources: For more information about the Open Doors Rainbow Alliance
or the Spirit of Kindness Campaign, please see Ms. Poole, Ms. Durkin, or Mr.
Plunk (co-advisors to the club). For more information and resources from
the RAK Foundation, please visit www.randomactsofkindness.org.

Hampstead Hill Academy

PLAY A CRITICAL PART
DONATE A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE

FOR THE SILENT AUCTION!
DONATIONS SUPPORT CLUBS,
FIELD TRIPS, CLASSROOM SUPPLIES
AND ENRICHMENT PROJECTS

SATURDAY
April 6th, 2019

6:00PM

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HAMPSTEADHILLPTO

Join Hampstead Hill Academy
and

for
Friends and Family Night Out!

Bring this flyer into Tutti Gusti on
Thursday, February 7th
from 3-8pm

10% of Food & Drink purchases
(eat-in or carry out) will be donated to

Hampstead Hill Academy PTO

Come enjoy great food as well as a night out!

Gluten-free options available

Tutti Gusti
3100 Fait Ave.Baltimore.21224

410.534.4040
www.tuttigusti.net

PLEASE JOIN US!!!!!!!!
Friday, February 15th at 6pm
Hampstead Hill Academy PTO Happy Hour

at

There will a 50/50 raffle so bring
cash! All proceeds will go towards
food for B3! Come before or after

the show!

This is for all parents to socialize and get to know each other.
*** This is an event for adults 21 and over. ***

Contact Rachel Douglas at [email protected]
Find us on Facebook: HHA PTO
Instagram: hampsteadhillpto

HHA PTO Box Tops Update

December Collection Update

February Box Tops  We did not have a class winner for
Contest December. Remember, a class
must have a minimum of 100 box
 Turn in a sheet of 25
box tops and win a tops to win a class party.
prize
 Congratulations to Heaven Fer-
 The class that col- nandes collecting the most box
lects the most box
tops gets the travel- tops for the month of December
ing trophy and a
class party (must  Congratulations to the following
collect 100 box tops students who collected 25 or
minimum)
more box tops and won a prize.
 Box Tops are due
March 1 Sumayah Moore Kip Dziedzic
Claire Ritter Ivy Dziedzic
Soledad Navas Migueloa Zehra Gursel
Bria Shah Douglas Mosier
Henry Baker

Where to find Box Tops More Ways to Earn

 Papermate Products Download the Bonus Box Tops app on your
 Reynolds Wrap phone so you can scan receipts and earn bo-
 Cheerios nus box tops for HHA.
 ZipLoc Products
 Lysol Wipes Check often for new sweepstakes at
 Hamburger Helper www.boxtops4education.com/earn/
 Yoplait Gogurt sweepstakes
 Hefty Products
 Annie’s Products

Thank you for helping! Clipped Box Tops are each worth 10¢ for your child’s school

should not be attached to this sheet – please submit them separately. To see more
your child’s school, go to BTFE.com. See more collection sheets at BTFE.com/collec

l. Bonus certificates ©General Mills

e ways to earn cash for
ctionsheets.

Busy Bees Summer Camp
Registration Available!

Contact Information
HHA Phone: 410-396-9146
Camp email: [email protected]
Ms. Hayden’s Email: [email protected]

Who: Rising K-5th Graders – Meaning your student is
in PreK-4th Grade currently.

When: June 24th – July 26th
No camp July 4th OR July 5th

Time: 8am – 12pm

Cost: $70 in cash. A $20 return will be given for
campers who meet all attendance requirements.

Other: Students will get to take enrichment based
classes such as music/dance, theater, art, physical
education and science! There will be various field trips

and fun planned events throughout the 5 weeks.

Happily yours,
The Busy Bees Summer Camp Staff

Ms. Hayden

Hampstead Hill Academy
Busy Bees

Summer Camp 2019
Registration Form

Busy Bees Summer Camp 2019 at Hampstead Hill Academy
410.396.9146

Monday, June 24, 2019 – Friday, July 26, 2019
Student Registration and Parent Approval Form

Registration Deadline: June 14, 2019

Student Information (Please Print)

Name: _______________________________________________________________________________

Current Homeroom Teacher: ________________________________________ Current Grade: ______

Student Gender: _____Male _____Female Student Date of Birth_____/_____/_____
(month/date/year)

Address: ________________________________________________________________________________________

Parent Name: ___________________________________________________________________________________

Daytime Phone: _____________________________________ Cell Phone: ________________________________

Evening Phone: ___________________________ E-Mail Address: _____________________________________

Does your child have any allergies? If yes, please list them below:
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Does your child take any medication? If yes, please list them below:
_________________________________________________________________________________________
How will this student get home? __________________________________________________________
Note: Transportation is the responsibility of each family.

Emergency Contact:

Name: _______________________________________

Relationship to Student: ______________________________________

Cell Phone: _________________________ Daytime Phone: ______________________

My child has permission to participate in the Busy Bees Summer Camp.

Parent/Guardian Signature: _______________________________________________

Date: _________________________

A one-time fee of $70.00 (this includes a $20.00 deposit) for this five week program is due with this registration form.
Cash only. I understand that if my child is absent more than four days of either absence or lateness, I forfeit my $20.00 deposit.

Please return this form and money to the Main Office. See Ms. Hayden for more information or email us at
[email protected].

Hampstead Hill Academy
Busy Bees

Campamento de Verano 2019
Hoja de Inscripción

Campamento de Busy Bees de 2019 en Hampstead Hill Academy
410.396.9146

Desde el lunes 24 de junio de 2018 hasta el viernes 26 de julio de 2019
Inscripción de los Estudiantes y Permiso de los Padres

Fecha Límite para Inscribirse: 11 de junio de 2019

Nombre: _______________________________________________________________________________

Maestro de Homeroom: ________________________________________ Grado: _____________

_____Niño _____Niño Fecha de Nacimiento_____/_____/_____
(mes/día/año)

Dirección: _____________________________________________________________________________

Nombre del Padre/Madre:________________________________________________________________

Teléfono (de día): ____________________________ Celular: __________________________

Teléfono (de tarde noche): _______________________ Correo electrónico:___________________________

¿Cómo llegará a casa el estudiante? ________________________________________________________
¿El estudiante tiene alguna alergia? En caso afirmativo, por favor explíquelo con más detalle a
continuación:_____________________________________________________________________________
¿El estudiante tiene alguna alergia?___________________________________________________________
¡Ojo! El Transporte es responsabilidad de cada familia.

Contacto de Emergencia:

Nombre:_________________________________________________________________________________

Relación al estudiante: ___________________________________________________________________

Celular: _________________________ Teléfono de casa: ______________________

Le doy permiso a mi hijo a participar en Busy Bees Camp.

Firma del Padre/Madre/Tutor: _______________________________________________________________

Fecha: _________________________

El coste de este programa es de $70.00 (esto incluye una señal de $20.00) para las cinco semanas y debe entregar el dinero
cuando se entregue la aplicación. En efectivo o giro postal sólamente. Entiendo que si mi hijo falta o llega tarde más de
cuatro días, no devolverán la señal de $20.00. Por favor, entregue esta hoja de inscripción en la oficina central. Para más
información, hable con la Sra. Hayden o envíe un correo a [email protected].

AUDUBON ADVENTURES IN Programas en Español con Audubon
FEBRUARY 2019
en Parque Patterson
With Patterson Park Audubon Center
¡Invitamos a su familia a programas sobre
AUDUBON’S TINY TOTS IN PATTERSON PARK naturaleza en español!
Friday, February 22nd, 10:30 - 11:30 AM
Winter Birds! VIAJEROS VERDES PARA NIÑOS DE 6 A 10 AÑOS CON MAMÁ O
PAPÁ
Meet at the picnic tables on the northeastern shore of the Boat Lake
Ages: 2-5 ∙ $5 suggested donation per child, with an adult Sábado, 16 Febrero, 10:00-11:00 AM
Aves de Invierno
Tiny Tots is an early childhood environmental education program
where kids make a craft, play a game, and read a story around a Comenzamos en la oficina de Audubon: 2901 East Baltimore St, 2º
nature theme. Please register in advance: [email protected] piso.

or 410.558.2473. ¡Bienvenidos! Audubon imparte este programa educativo y divertido
sobre naturaleza. Venga para explorar el parque y los cambios de las
AMIGOS PEQUEÑITOS PARA NIÑOS DE 2 A 5 AÑOS CON MAMÁ O estaciones y como les afectan a los animales y plantas. Se enseña en
PAPÁ
español.
Viernes, 15 Febrero, 9:00 - 10:00 AM
Aves de Invierno AUDUBON’S ALL-AGES BIRD WATCHING WALKS
Saturday, February 16th in Druid Hill Park, 8:00 – 9:30 AM
Comenzamos en la oficina de Audubon: 2901 East Baltimore St, 2º
piso. Meet at 3001 East Drive
Saturday, February 23rd in Patterson Park, 8:00 – 9:30 AM
Audubon imparte este programa infantil sobre naturaleza donde los Meet at the fountain, closest to E. Lombard St. and S. Patterson Park
niños exploran artes, juegos, e historias, todo alrededor de un tema
Ave.
central – ofrecido en español. All ages and abilities welcome! ∙ Free!
Registración: 410.558.2473 o [email protected]. Over 200 bird species have visited Patterson Park, an important
migratory stopover in Baltimore City! Audubon experts will lead us in
search of avian friends! Bring the whole family! No experience
necessary. If you would like to borrow binoculars, drop us an email –
we have plenty to share! There is no need to RSVP for this event, just
arrive ready to explore! To borrow binoculars:
[email protected] or 410.558.2473.

Canton Community Association Public Meeting
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
6:30 PM 8:00 PM
United Evangelical Church 3200 Dillon Street
Baltimore, MD, 21224 United States
Join us for the Quarterly CCA Public Meeting, held in the basement of the United
Evangelical Church.

Agenda topics include 2019 CCA Board Elections.





Children’s Programs at
the Canton Branch

Baby and Toddler Storytime
Fridays, February 1, 8, 15, 22, 10:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.

Playdate at the Library
Mondays, February 4, 11, 25, 11:00 a.m.

Swahili Storytime
Monday, February 4, 4:00 p.m.

Preschool Storytime
Tuesdays, February 5, 12, 19, 26, 4:00 p.m.

Zumbini with Miss Lisa
Thursdays, February 7, 14, 22, 28, 4:30 p.m.

African-American STEM Heroes
Monday, February 11, 3 p.m.
Ceramic Painting

Saturday, February 9, 2:00 p.m.
Contes en famille, français et anglais/French

Tuesday, February 19, 10:30 a.m.
Stuffies Sleepover

Friday, February 22, 12:00 p.m.
Craft Lab: Build a Bird Feeder
Wednesday, February 27, 4:00 p.m.

Canton Branch The free educational and cultural programs at
Pratt libraries are made possible by the generous
1030 south Ellwood Avenue support of donors to the Enoch Pratt Free Library.

prattlibrary.org your journey starts here free TO BMORE

#atthepratt

MORGAN STANLEY & LIVING CLASSROOMS
HEALTHY CITIES FOUNDATION

PRESENT

GAME
CHANGERS

DATES Open to

9:00AM-3:00PM Free Grades 1-8

JANUARY 25 health & wellness (Ages 6-14)
MARCH 15
programming for
APRIL 15, 16, 17, 18 & 19
JUNE 15 students on

12:00-3:00PM most weekdays when

MARCH 6 Baltimore City PRIMARY
APRIL 3 Schools are LOCATION
closed.
UA House at

Fayette

SUMMER 1100 E Fayette
CAMP-LIKE St. Baltimore,

FUN MD 21202
YEAR ROUND

QUESTIONS?

Call (410) 878-0563
or email

[email protected]

February 2019
Elementary & Middle Traditional

Monday Tuesday Wednesday

Students must select at least 3 food items.

One item must be a serving of fruit or vege

4 Oatmeal Breakfast Bun 5 Turkey Sausage Breakfast 6 Peach & Raspberry Yogurt 7
Assorted Cold Cereal Pizza Crunchy Granola Clusters
Graham Crackers Assorted Cold Cereal Assorted Cold Cereal
Ginger Gold Apple Graham Crackers Peach & Raspberry Yogurt
Black Plum Black Plum Graham Crackers
Pear Banana
Pear

11 Pancake 12 Turkey Sausage Breakfast 13 Cinnamon Raisin Bagel 14
Chicken Sausage Patty Pizza Plain Bagel
Assorted Cold Cereal Assorted Cold Cereal Assorted Cold Cereal
Graham Crackers Graham Crackers Graham Crackers
Black Plum Black Plum Banana
Ginger Gold Apple Pear

18 Presidents' Day 19 Turkey Sausage Breakfast 20 Peach & Raspberry Yogurt 21
Schools Closed Pizza Crunchy Granola Clusters
Assorted Cold Cereal Assorted Cold Cereal
Graham Crackers Graham Crackers
Black Plum Banana
Pear Pear

25 Pancake 26 Turkey Sausage Breakfast 27 Cinnamon Raisin Bagel 28
Chicken Sausage Patty Pizza Plain Bagel
Assorted Cold Cereal Assorted Cold Cereal Assorted Cold Cereal
Graham Crackers Graham Crackers Graham Crackers
Black Plum Black Plum Banana
Ginger Gold Apple Pear

This institution is an equal opportunity p

l Breakfast Menu

Thursday Friday

. 1 Plain Bagel
etable. Cinnamon Raisin Bagel
Assorted Cold Cereal
Graham Crackers
Assorted Fresh Fruit

Chicken Sausage & Egg 8 Cinnamon Glazed French Options Available
Breakfast Sandwich Toast Daily at Breakfast:
Assorted Cold Cereal Assorted Cold Cereal Cold Cereal Options-
Graham Crackers Graham Crackers
Banana Assorted Fresh Fruit Apple Cinnamon
Ginger Gold Apple Cheerios, Multi-Grain

Hard Boiled Egg 15 Strawberry Banana Yogurt Cheerios, Original
Buttered Toast Blueberry Muffin Cheerios, Cinnamon
Assorted Cold Cereal Assorted Cold Cereal Toast Crunch, Golden
Graham Crackers Graham Crackers Grahams, Honey Kix
Assorted Fresh Fruit
Banana 1% White Milk, Fat Free
Ginger Gold Apple White Milk

Chicken Sausage & Egg 22 Cinnamon Glazed French Menu subject to change
Breakfast Sandwich Toast
Assorted Cold Cereal Assorted Cold Cereal Milk
Graham Crackers Graham Crackers
Banana Assorted Fresh Fruit Breakfast Condiments
Ginger Gold Apple

Hard Boiled Egg Daily Available Breakfast Nutritionals
Buttered Toast
Assorted Cold Cereal
Graham Crackers

Banana
Ginger Gold Apple

provider.

February 2019

ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE LU

Monday Tuesday Wednesday

February is American Heart Month
Heart-healthy diet: 8 steps to prevent heart dis

4 Steak Burger 5 Savory Roasted 6 Chicken Burrito Bowl 7
Boom Boom Sauce Chicken Sour Cream 14
Veggie Burger on
Oven Fries Macaroni and Cheese Falafel on Flat Bread
Side Salad Tuna Salad Deli Sandwich Pinto

11 Beef Hot Dog on WG Saltine Crackers Beans
Bun Hummus Plate Side Salad
Steamed Carrots
Veggie Burger on 13 Chicken Broccoli
WG Hamburger Bun Side Salad Cavatappi

Vegetarian Beans 12 Tangerine Chicken Deli Sandwich
Side Salad Brown Rice Falafel on Flat Bread
Tuna Salad
Steamed Carrots
Saltine Crackers Side Salad
Hummus Plate

Broccoli
Side Salad

18 19 Chicken Cheese Steak 20 Swedish Meatballs 21

Hummus Plate Brown Rice

Oven Fries Falafel on Flat Bread

Side Salad Tuna Salad

Saltine Crackers

Green Beans

Side Salad

25 Breaded Chicken Patty 26 Teriyaki Chicken 27 Steak Sub 28
Sandwich Brown Rice Cheese Steak Sub
Deli Sandwich
Veggie Burger on Veggie Spring Roll Falafel on Flat Bread
WG Hamburger Bun Tuna Salad Saltine Vegetarian Beans
Crackers Hummus Side Salad
Corn
Plate Broccoli
Side Salad
Side Salad

This institution is an equal opportunity

UNCH MENU

Thursday Friday Daily Available Lunch
Options
sease 1 Cheese pizza Wedge
Turkey Pepperoni Milk Options:
Stuffed Crust Pizza 1% White Milk, Fat
Deli Sandwich Free White Milk, at
Carrot Sticks
Side Salad times Fat Free
Chocolate Milk, Fat
Sweet Chili Turkey 8 Cheese Personal Pan Free Strawberry Milk
Meatballs Pizza Seasonal Fresh Fruit
Brown Rice
Broccoli Turkey Pepperoni Apples, oranges,
Side Salad Personal Pan Pizza pears and bananas

Deli Sandwich All rolls, breads, and
Carrot Sticks tortillas are made with

Side Salad whole grain.

Sloppy Joe on 15 Cheese pizza Wedge Menu is subject
Hamburger Roll Buffalo Chicken Pizza change.
Deli Sandwich
Veggie Wrap Carrot Sticks
Corn Side Salad

Side Salad

Oven Fried Chicken 22 Cheese pizza Wedge
Veggie Wrap Glazed Pepperoni Pizza
Wedge
Sweet Potatoes Deli Sandwich
Seasoned Greens Carrot Sticks
Side Salad
Side Salad

Spiral Rotini w/Italian Condiments
Meat Sauce Milk
Veggie Wrap
Lunch Daily Available Nutritionals
Steamed Carrots
Side Salad

y provider.

February 2019 HHA Activities

Monday, February, 4, 2019 Prek Trip Saturday, February, 9, 2019 Musical Rehearsal
 9:30am - 12pm 503 Coach Class  9am - 3pm
 2:40pm - 3:30pm Dance Committee
 2:40pm - 3:30pm ESOL Homework Club Monday, February, 11, 2019 Padres Unidos/Strong
 2:40pm - 3:10pm Girls on the Run  8am - 9am 503 Coach Class
 2:40pm - 4pm Gym Musical Rehearsal  2:40pm - 3:30pm Dance Committee
 2:40pm - 6pm Chess  2:40pm - 3:30pm ESOL Homework Club
 2:45pm - 4:30pm Coach Class Poole  2:40pm - 3:10pm Girls on the Run
 2:50pm - 3:30pm Gr 2 Emerging Scholars  2:40pm - 4pm Dress Rehearsal
 2:50pm - 4:20pm  2:40pm - 6pm Chess
Coach Class Kaplan  2:45pm - 4:30pm Coach Class Poole
Tuesday, February, 5, 2019 Parent ESOL Class  2:50pm - 3:30pm Gr 2 Emerging Scholars
 Report Cards Sent Home  2:50pm - 4:20pm Brownies
 7:30am - 8am 501&502 Coach Class  4:45pm - 6pm
 8am - 11am Debate
 MAP Grs 1-4 Green Leaders Tuesday, February, 12, 2019 Coach Class Kaplan
 2:40pm - 3:30pm Basketball  7:30am - 8am Parent ESOL Class
 2:40pm - 3:45pm Shakespeare Club  8am - 11am 501&502 Coach Class
 2:40pm - 5pm Gr 3 Emerging Scholars  2:40pm - 3:30pm Debate
 2:40pm - 4:30pm Cub Scouts  2:40pm - 4:30pm Green Leaders
 2:40pm - 3:45pm  2:40pm - 5pm Dress Rehearsal
 2:50pm - 4:20pm Coach Class Costello  2:40pm - 6pm Shakespeare Club
 6pm - 7pm Coach Class Sparwasser  2:40pm - 3:45pm Gr 3 Emerging Scholars
Gr 4 Emerging Scholars  2:50pm - 4:20pm Lottery Drawing
Wednesday, February, 6, 2019 Gym Musical Rehearsal  3pm - 4pm Cub Scouts
 MAP Grs 1-4 Open Doors  6pm - 7pm PTO Meeting
 7:15am - 7:45am Coach Class Small  6pm - 7pm
 7:30am - 8am Diversity Club
 2:40pm - 4:20pm Wednesday, February, 13, 2019 Coach Class Costello
 2:40pm - 6pm Coach Class Schultz  7:15am - 7:45am Coach Class Sparwasser
 2:40pm - 4pm Parent ESOL Class  7:30am - 8am Gr 2 Trip
 2:45pm - 3:45pm Coach Class Farber  8:30am - 4pm Gr 4 Emerging Scholars
 2:45pm - 4pm Coach Class O'Connor  2:40pm - 4:20pm Dress Rehearsal
Girls on the Run  2:40pm - 6pm Coach Class Small
Thursday, February, 7, 2019 Musical Rehearsal  2:45pm - 3:45pm
 7:30am - 8am STEAM Club 2
 8am - 11am Culinary Arts Club Thursday, February, 14, 2019 Coach Class Schultz
 2:40pm - 3:30pm Spanish Club  7:30am - 8am Parent ESOL Class
 2:40pm - 3:30pm PTO Tutti Gusti Night  8am - 11am Coach Class Farber
 2:40pm - 4pm Cadettes  2:40pm - 3:30pm Coach Class O'Connor
 2:40pm - 6pm  2:40pm - 3:30pm Girls on the Run
 2:40pm - 4pm Coach Class Herrera  2:40pm - 4pm STEAM Club 2
 2:45pm - 4pm Dress Rehearsal  2:40pm - 4pm Culinary Arts Club
 2:50pm - 3:50pm LGP Student Comm.  2:45pm - 4pm Spanish Club
 3pm - 8pm Deadline Lottery Applica.  2:50pm - 3:50pm Show Night
 6:15pm - 7:15pm  7pm - 8pm

Friday, February, 8, 2019 Friday, February, 15, 2019
 Audubon Gr 3
 Bowie State Theme Day  Morehouse College Theme Day
 2:40pm - 4pm
 2:40pm - 6pm  1:55pm - 2:55pm Lockdown
 2:45pm - 3:30pm
 3pm - 3pm  2:40pm - 4pm Coach Class Herrera

 2:45pm - 3:30pm LGP Student Comm.

 7pm - 8pm Show Night

Saturday, February, 16, 2019 Show Day Monday, February, 25, 2019 Padres Unidos/Strong
 11am - 12pm Show Night  8am - 9am Schools
 7pm - 8pm Dance Committee
 2:40pm - 3:30pm ESOL Homework Club
Monday, February, 18, 2019  2:40pm - 3:10pm Girls on the Run
To be determined  2:40pm - 4pm Chess
 2:45pm - 4:30pm Coach Class Poole
Tuesday, February, 19, 2019  2:50pm - 3:30pm 503 Coach Class
 2:40pm - 3:30pm Gr 2 Emerging Scholars
 The Spirit of Kindness Week  2:50pm - 4:20pm Brownies
 4:45pm - 6pm
 Charity Day Coach Class Kaplan
Tuesday, February, 26, 2019 Parent ESOL Class
 7:30am - 8am Coach Class Kaplan  7:30am - 8am Builders Club
 8am - 11am Debate
 8am - 10am Latino Support Group  2:40pm - 4:15pm Green Leaders
 2:40pm - 4:30pm Gr 3 Emerging Scholars
 8am - 11am Parent ESOL Class  2:40pm - 5pm Cub Scouts
 2:50pm - 4:20pm
 2:40pm - 3:30pm 501&502 Coach Class  6pm - 7pm Coach Class Costello
Coach Class Sparwasser
 2:40pm - 4:30pm Debate Wednesday, February, 27, 2019 Gr 1 Trip
 7:15am - 7:45am Gr 4 Emerging Scholars
 2:40pm - 5pm Green Leaders  7:30am - 8am Volleyball
 9:45am - 2pm Coach Class Small
 2:40pm - 3:45pm Shakespeare Club  2:40pm - 4:20pm Chat With Matt
 2:40pm - 4pm
 2:50pm - 4:20pm Gr 3 Emerging Scholars  2:45pm - 3:45pm Coach Class Schultz
 8:30pm - 9:30pm Parent ESOL Class
 6pm - 7pm Cub Scouts Coach Class Farber
Thursday, February, 28, 2019 Coach Class O'Connor
Wednesday, February, 20, 2019  7:30am - 8am Girls on the Run
 8am - 11am STEAM Club 2
 Express Your True Colors Day  2:40pm - 3:30pm Culinary Arts Club
 2:40pm - 3:30pm Spanish Club
 7:15am - 7:45am Coach Class Costello  2:40pm - 4pm Family Science Night
 2:40pm - 4pm
 7:30am - 8am Coach Class Sparwasser  2:45pm - 4pm K Field Trip
 2:50pm - 3:50pm Gr 4 Trip
 9:30am - 3:30pm Citywide Student  5:30pm - 7:30pm Coach Class Herrera
LGP Student Comm.
Shakespeare Festival Friday, March 1, 2019
 9:30am - 11:30am
 10:30am - 2:30pm Gr 3 Field Trip  10am - 12:45pm
 2:40pm - 4pm
 2:40pm - 4:20pm Gr 4 Emerging Scholars  2:45pm - 3:30pm

 2:40pm - 4pm Volleyball

 2:40pm - 4pm Open Doors

 2:45pm - 3:45pm Coach Class Small

 2:45pm - 4pm Diversity Club

 3pm - 4pm School Family Council Mtg.

 4pm - 5pm SSM Meeting

 7pm - 8pm Decoding Dyslexia

Thursday, February, 21, 2019 Coach Class Schultz
 Rainbow Day Parent ESOL Class
 7:30am - 8am Coach Class Farber
 8am - 11am Girls on the Run
 2:40pm - 3:30pm Coach Class O'Connor
 2:40pm - 4pm STEAM Club 2
 2:40pm - 3:30pm Culinary Arts Club
 2:40pm - 4pm Spanish Club
 2:45pm - 4pm Family Academic Night
 2:50pm - 3:50pm
 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Friday, February, 22, 2019

 Howard University Theme Day

 9am - 2pm Grade 4 Field Trip

 2:40pm - 4pm Coach Class Herrera

 2:45pm - 3:30pm LGP Student Comm.

 6pm PTO Movie Night