Hanover Street School Newsletter

Hello HSS Families,

Thanks to so many of you for attending the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. Many of our students got to help Ms. Allen cut the ribbon in front of the new high school entrance. After that, we all went on a tour of our newly renovated classrooms and cafeteria.

The construction crew worked to install our new art piece on the side of our entrance. An explanation of the piece by our art teacher, Megan Cardillo, follows: The nine panels are displayed in the order of the natural color spectrum. It begins with red, known to be the most eye catching color (hence fire trucks and stop signs) and carries the eye through the spectrum to the more calming colors like blue and green. Each student at HSS worked on at least two panels in this piece. First painting a background color that they mixed, then hand stamping another color on top of a different panel. Have your student walk with you and try and find their pieces.

We were lucky enough to work with Artist in Residence, Mark Ragonese of Bellows Falls. This is how his work is described on his website:

"His work in schools is fun and energetic and designed to give individual attention to every student while illustrating the power and importance of group effort and the handmade object".

I love the way the new art brightens up our entrance. If you have any questions, feel free to call the office or send us an email at hssoffice@sau88.net.

Leah Wheelan, Principal

We have planned for two spirit days a month. If your child would like to wear a soccer shirt or some other sport, that is all fine.

Please make a note that we have an early dismissal day on Tuesday, October 1st. The students will be dismissed at 12:30 and buses will leave accordingly. Your children will be at their afternoon bus stops 2.5 hours earlier than usual.

There is a non-profit group called Camerata New England that runs a strings program here in Lebanon. They offer violin and cello lessons to students starting in grade 3 at no cost to the families. They give them a rental instrument and a weekly group lesson held at Mt. Lebanon School. Its goal is to provide lessons and access to an instrument. They can only accept a few students at a time, so space is extremely limited.

Link to the letter about the Flu Shot

Link to information about the flu shot

Link to information about the NH Immunization Information System

Below is the Welcome Back to School letter that Mrs. Kerber gave to her 2nd grade class. This is the last of our new classroom teachers.

Our wild flower meadow project will be starting this weekend. A section of the far side of the playground will have sod removed, weeds killed naturally, paths covered in cardboard and then mulched, and wild flower seeds spread.

For more information or to help with the project, you can email hanoverstreetschoolpto@gmail.com or call Tanya on her cell at 910-308-5237.

Shout out to Jeremiah and the other cafeteria staff for making 3 large pans of roasted potatoes with potatoes from our school garden! Yum!

October 1st - Early Dismissal 12:30

October 8th - Open House 5:00 - 6:00

October 18th - Game Night 5:30

October 31st - Flu Clinic