Mary Hogan Family Newsletter

Dear Mary Hogan Families,

We want to thank MESA and all of you for making our Monday morning extra special. MESA put together a delicious and beautiful breakfast for all Mary Hogan staff. It is amazing to feel the love from all of you who donated and made the breakfast happen. It gave us a time to fuel up for the week as well as to find each other and connect first thing in the week, both of which are total gifts. Thank you for all you do to support the teachers and staff at this amazing school. We are so lucky!

Be well,

Jen

In the newsletter this week:

• Upcoming Events
• News from Mary Hogan - Lots of great things happened this week!
• Family Resources

Wednesday 10/25 - 9am - 5th grade led All School Meeting - 5th grade families are invited to join us in the North Gym.

• Unity Day - We invite all students to wear orange to unite around kindness, inclusion, courage and bullying prevention. This is sponsored by the 5th grade.

Tuesday 10/31 - Fall Fun Run for students

Wednesday 11/1 - Walk and Roll Day

Friday 11/3 - Parent Teacher Conference Day

Our Family Handbook explains that we do not celebrate holidays (including upcoming ones like Halloween) at school. We acknowledge various holidays and classes may think about general principles behind some holidays - gratitude, caring, community - or we try to tell a more complete story about the holiday (ex. Thanksgiving). We do not celebrate individual holidays at school. We believe that informing students around the celebration of holidays can be the work of schools; however we do not celebrate, decorate, or otherwise condone holidays in classes or as a school. Education is different from celebration.

Please do not send your child in in a costume on Halloween. There will be other celebrations in the year - like Character Dress Up Day - when they will have a chance to dress up in a costume.

We have been busy in P.E. building routines and connections. Students in grades 3-5 have been working on collaboration and teamwork with games that challenge them to find ways to solve problems as a group. Students in grades K-2 have been learning to move safely in large groups, use equipment properly and practice important locomotor skills. We are moving into soccer and kicking skills as well as rolling, tossing/throwing and catching games.

Mrs. Schondube's Kindergarten class got out in the woods this week - and other classes are as well - to enjoy and celebrate the changing of weather and leaves. They had a great time exploring and building together.

The 4th graders had a chance to hear from reenactors from Ft. Ticonderoga this week. The visitors shared what a soldier's life back in the Revolutionary War era and what tools they used during this time. The visit connected with the inquiry the students have been doing into the different types of government as well as the Declaration of Independence. The visit gave the students more context of the time.

We have students from the Construction Technology class helping to build a shady area at the preschool playground. We also have 7 students from the Human Services classes who are interning 2 times a week for 4-5 hours a week working in preschool through 1st grades. It is so great to have high school students around and helping at Mary Hogan. We are learning from them and they are rock stars to the students.

WHAT: Free for Mary Hogan students and their families and caregivers. Free skate rentals on a first come first serve basis (for the whole family). Sizes: youth 8-13, junior 1-5 and adult 6-13

DETAILS: Helmets are strongly suggested but not required or provided

• This event is open to Mary Hogan School families only
• Students must attend with an adult, no drop offs please
• This event is sponsored by MESA

Want to know more about the Volunteer Process? Check out more information HERE.