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Yelle Newsletter for November 6th!

Hello from the Yelle.

Happy November! I know the weather doesn't feel like it, but we will most certainly take it.

In the big picture above, which I use each week as a way to highlight and show what we were able to accomplish during the week, there is a picture of the students, who have already finished their ST Math grade level journey in just the first couple of months of school. ST Math helps our students practice their critical thinking, problem-solving, and reasoning skills. It is a program that also helps to display our students' grit, determination and resilience as they try to solve these mathematical problems. There are a couple of pictures of students from Wellness class outside on the turf with a parachute and teamwork activity; who would have thought in the first week of November we would see students in T-shirts and shorts (and the weather is actually correct for it)! We have some 5th graders in Band, and some JiJi Ambassadors helping their peers with ST Math. There are also students checking each other's work and writing out their thinking on some new black doodle boards for math. And, finally, there is a picture from this week's first meeting of our Afterschool Chess Club. Chess is a game that I believe supports so many creative and intellectual ventures. What a great week!

These and the other pictures below that I have snapped throughout the week in and around the classrooms really do relay a story of the phenomenal accomplishments our students and teachers achieved this week. Please check them out below and all over our Instagram feed to help to tell the tremendous story we are writing this year.

Please check out the rest of the Newsletter for some important information including ...

HAY PTO Textile Drive Right Now

This Tuesday's HAY PTO Xtreme Night

Mr. Bielawa & Mr. Geoghegan at the First Hour of Xtreme Night for Dodgeball

Fall Picture Retakes This Thursday

Food Drive for Stuffing

Art To Remember Orders Due 11/16

Upcoming Calendar Events to Mark Your Own Calendar

Other PTO News

Norton Public Library Activities

Community Events

And much, much more ...

Please check it out.

Thanks; have a wonderful weekend; stay safe and well,

Marty

Martin R. Geoghegan

Principal

Henri A. Yelle Elementary School

📆Yelle Upcoming Events📆

Friday, November 6 through Sunday, November 8 – HAY PTO Textile Drive Weekend

Tuesday, November 10 – HAY PTO Night at Xtreme Craze (see below)

Wednesday, November 11 – Veterans Day -- No School

Thursday, November 12 – Fall Inter-State Picture Retake Day

Thursday, November 19 – HAY PTO Meeting (3rd Thursday of the month) at 6:30 PM in Library

Wednesday, November 25 – HAY PTO Anything But A Backpack Day

Wednesday, November 25 – ½ Day for Thanksgiving 11:40 AM Dismissal

Thursday and Friday, November 26 & 27 – No School - Thanksgiving Break

Monday, December 7 – Term 1 Report Cards Go Home

No School Wednesday, November 11th, Veterans Day

To all our Veterans:

We sincerely thank you for your dedicated service and sacrifice for our country, for which we are grateful to honor you with a day off school this Wednesday. Your contributions allow us this time to reflect on your immense role in safeguarding our freedoms.

From everyone in #HAYNation

Fall Picture Retake Day, Thursday, November 12th

Fall Retake Picture Day is coming up on:

Thursday, Nov 12

If you're satisfied with your child's picture, no further action is required.

If you purchased and were unhappy with your Picture Package, please send your Picture Package to school with your student on Retake Day. Your Retake Picture Package will be produced and shipped to the school four weeks after Retake Day. Please note, if your child is photographed on the original and Retake Picture Days, the Retake picture will replace the original picture in certain products, like the yearbook.

Students who were absent for Picture Day should come to school prepared to have their picture taken. If you have not preordered, please use the Retake Order Code 0760GBF to place your order at https://inter-state.com/Order. To see your Order History, check your Inter-State Account.

Find answers to Retake Day questions here.

Any questions, please contact the Main Office.

We Need Stuffing!

We have some lonely boxes of stuffing for the Personal Best Thanksgiving Food Drive.

Please bring in a box, of any brand, if you can for those in need during

the Thanksgiving season by next Thursday, November 12.

Huge THANKS! #haynation

Art To Remember Orders Due Monday, November 16th

News from the HAY PTO in Multiple Parts ...

This Weekend -- HAY PTO Textile Drive Friday, November 6 through Sunday the 8th

Textile Drive!

When: Fri-Sun November 6th - 8th

Where: Front Circle of the Yelle School

Fall is a great time to clean out all your old clothes and other textiles.

Please visit Baystate Textiles to find out what can be donated.

All Items must be bagged before they are put in the trailer.

Upcoming Community Event! Tuesday, November 10th! HAY Night at Xtreme Craze!

There's no school Wednesday, so what a great way to burn off that left over Halloween candy and support our school!

All are welcome, just mention HAY at check-in and start jumping and playing laser tag with your friends. Up to 30% of all ticket sales will go back to HAY PTO!! The more HAY kids that join, the more money goes to our school!

Come join us Tuesday, November 10th! Get there in the first 45 mins and jump and play dodgeball with Mr. Geoghegan and Mr. Bielawa!!!!

No school Wednesday, so a good way to burn some energy and sleep in the next day.

Start Getting Ready ...

Anything But A Backpack Day Is Coming!

It will be on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving; mark your calendar.

Time to get inventive! With a food pantry donation you will have the opportunity to come to school with "ANYTHING but a backpack." Want to carry all your stuff in a pizza box? go for it. You think all your pencils will fit in a cooking pot, great! A roller suitcase is more your jam.. sounds good to us!

More details to follow... start getting creative!

Stay Connected With Our HAY PTO!

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We will use this site as a way of providing helpful links for current initiatives and programs that benefit our kids all year long.

Thank You!

Just an Instagram Taste ...

Please see more great Pictures and what is happening in #HAYNation like these by going to Instagram at @HAYSchoolNorton -- Make sure you Follow Us and Tag Us in any Posts you want us to see!