Hello Silver Hill Families,

Last week was an extremely busy week at Silver Hill.  Our “HEAVENLY HATS” Event sponsored by Student Council raised almost $500, which will be donated to the Heavenly Hats Foundation for children battling cancer!  The school also raised $540 for PINK OUT DAY which will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation! Two great examples of how kind and compassionate our students, families and staff are here at Silver Hill!  Go Jaguars!

With the change of bus routes last week came more challenges with arrival and dismissal.  We are truly working every day to find the best practices for these procedures. After speaking with a few parents, I will try to send out a robo-call regarding any buses that have a particular issue with time.   There are over 600 students to dismiss and I appreciate the feedback and support to make this work better for all. We appreciate your patience, understanding, and commitment to work together.

Important Reminders:

1. School Picture Retakes will be on Monday Oct 28th.

2. Drop-off starts at 8:30AM and Pick-up starts at 3:15PM. For safety reasons, please DO NOT drop off or allow students to arrive at school before 8:30AM .  Staff is not on duty until 8:30 and it is impossible to attend to the students’ safety otherwise.

3. Attendance Matters:  “Research shows that missing 10 percent of the school, or about 18 days in most school districts, negatively affects a student’s academic performance. That’s just two days a month and that’sknown as chronic absence.” (from Attendanceworks.org).  Please stress the importance of attending school!

4. No school (students) NOVEMBER 5th (Tuesday) – Election Day

5. NO school (staff and students) NOVEMBER 11th (monday) – Veteran’s  Day

Week at a Glance:

Monday 10/28 – Retake picture day

Tuesday 10/29 – Chorus at 8:15 – 8:55am with Mrs Kallas. Please email Mrs. Kallas at barbara.kallas@haverhill-ps.org if your child has signed up but is unable to attend.

Tuesday 10/29 – PTO sponsored Restaurant night at UNO’s – 20% of check is donated to Silver Hill PTO

Wednesday 10/30 – Polished Dental visits

Wednesday 10/30 – PTO sponsored Restaurant night at UNO’s – 20% of check is donated to Silver Hill PTO

Thursday 10/31 – Chess Club  8:00-8:45am in room 311 with Mr. Corriveau.

Please email Mr Corriveau at pcorriveau@haverhill-ps.org if your child has signed up but is unable to attend.

Thursday 10/31 – Jewish Coalition Literacy Tutor Training (rescheduled from last week) 9:30-11:30AM  at 15 Shelby Circle Haverhill, MA. Please contact our Reading Coach, Jessica Todd, at jessica.todd@haverhill-ps.org if you are interested in becoming a volunteer or have any other questions.

Friday 11/1 – PTO school store open at all lunches!  Please help support our students and school when you can!

Saturday 11/2 – Bowling for Books at Academy Lanes 725 S. Broadway St Bradford, MA

Upcoming PTO events:

1)Restaurant Nights: Uno Tuesday & Wednesday (Oct 29th & Oct 30th)

2) PTO Meeting – Monday November 18th at 6pm school library

Community News:

Team Haverhill – sponsors Bowling for Books at Academy Lanes 725 S. Broadway Street Bradford, MA on Saturday Nov 2, 2019.  This is a kick-off event for the READ and Thrive Book Drive which will run from Nov 3 – Dec 3 to raise money to distribute books to Haverhill children in grades PK-3!  Contact Kevin Burke, President of Team Haverhill for more information atinfo@teamhaverhill.org

Fine Arts Academy and HHS Drama Club – presents “The Man Who Came To Dinner”  on Friday November 8th at 7PM and Saturday November 9th at 2PM and 7PM.  Tickets are $5 for students and $10 General Admission.

Have a great day and let’s go Patriots!
Mrs. Lucas
Principal – Silver Hill Elementary
675 Washington Street
Haverhill, MA
978-374-3448