Cross Country continues on Tuesday morning at 8:00 am. It’s imperative that all runners wear sneakers and bring a water bottle to keep hydrated. Please do not drop your child off until you see one of the coaches outside. Thank you for all your support!

**Also, please do not drop off your child early if they are not part of the Cross Country team.

From Nurse Kelli – K-5 Vision and Hearing testing begins this week.

Smencils are on sale in the office for $1. Money goes to our student activities to help pay for fun and enriching activities for the students!

September is Attendance Awareness Month – As you know, attendance is crucial for a child’s success in school. All children achieve higher when they are in school, on time, on a daily basis. Haverhill Public Schools will be recognizing the importance of attendance this month by sponsoring a breakfast for the classroom with the highest attendance percentage for the month of September. The breakfast will take place on Friday, October 7th. I will announce the classroom winner of the breakfast on Monday.

Silver Hill will be K-4 next year – Dr. Marotta confirmed with me this week that Silver Hill will not have any Grade 5 classrooms next year. After the new year, we will work with both Grades 4 and 5 to help them prepare for the transition to the middle school.

SAVE THE DATE! – Trunk or Treat – Wednesday, October 19th – On 10/19, from 5:00-6:30 pm, we are excited to welcome all Silver Hill students and families for a fall-themed event with games, crafts, and treats! More details to come in the upcoming weeks.

Reminders / Updates

• **Please DO NOT drop your children off at the school earlier than 8:45 am. It is getting much colder outside and there is no supervision before 8:45 am

• We have breakfast in the cafeteria now from 8:45-9:00 am. If they arrive after 9:00 am, they can take breakfast up to the classroom, but they may not bring milk out of the cafeteria.

• **Tardies: If you do bring your child after 9:00 am, please come into the school with them to sign them in.

• As a reminder, ALL guests to the building need to be buzzed in by the Main Office. You may not walk in as someone else is leaving. Please help us keep all of our children safe!

• For Car Drop off in the Mornings – PLEASE DO NOT let your child(ren) out of the car until 8:45 when adults come out to greet them. Before 8:45 am, there is no adult presence and it is unsafe to have the students out on the playscape unsupervised.

• As you leave the Silver Hill /Consentino parking lot onto Washington Street, please follow the traffic rules and only turn right. This will help ease the traffic within the parking lot.

Take care and be well.

Sincerely,

Donna Martin, Principal