Mary Hogan Family Newsletter

Dear Mary Hogan Families,

I had to step aside from my role today as 5th grader Annie Livesay was the Principal for the Day. This was a prize she won from the Readathon for being a Hawk Reader. Her name was drawn and she had a full day - from recess duty to gathering student feedback, announcements to a curriculum meeting, Annie rocked it. Here is her update!

💙, Jen

Hi there,

Being Principal for the Day was very fun. I loved being able to do different things around the school I don't usually get to do. I liked going to classrooms and helping out with 1rst grade recess duty. It was fun to see the different sorts of things a principal does.

From, Annie

April Break - 4/19-4/27

Thursday May 1 - 9-10.30 - 5th grade Exhibition in the North Gym - all are welcome!

Saturday May 3 - 9-12 - Green Up and Garden Celebration - see more info below!

Week of May 5 - 5th graders go to KEEC

Tuesday May 6 - 1st grade goes to Kayhart Farm, Kindergarteners do some yoga

Mary Hogan will be hosting a Mary Hogan & Middlebury Community Garden and Celebration Day at the Mary Hogan School Garden to kick off spring, celebrate the arrival of our new timber frame garden shed, and get the garden started. We hope you will save the date! More info to come.

Principal Livesay is also a 5th grade student working on Exhibition. Here is what she is working on:

For the exhibition I am learning about hunger locally. So the first thing I have to do is do the research and then I put them into different paragraphs. Then I’m coming up with an action which might be having a food drive or just handing out pamphlets to help people think of ways they can help. After that I put all my information on a big trifold and then I present it at exhibition. So ya. Byyyyeeee

First Graders ran our All School Meeting this past week and knocked it out of the park! They taught us about the cycles they are studying and also about a growth mindset. Check out their slides HERE to see more of what they taught us. They were awesome!

After the 1st graders were done with their presentation, a 4th grader, Milly, got up to share an experience she had at recess a few weeks ago. She reminded us that while we may think the teams are unfair, they may not really be. We should be open minded and also keep trying because that is how we learn and grow.

Milly didn't know the theme of the 1st graders for the meeting was a growth mindset but her ideas were perfectly connected and really challenged us to have fun and work hard at recess!

Our All School Meeting also was a chance to celebrate our AMAZING support staff. HERE is the slide show of all these fabulous supporters who help everything run smoothly every day at Mary Hogan. Without them, we would be lost! Thank you to all of the support staff!

Thank you to the folks who wrote in and came on Wednesday to talk about how we might improve our traffic flow, particularly in the morning. If you have more ideas, please email me - jkravitz@acsdvt.org. I will be looking at ideas over break and getting out a communication to you all with what new ideas we are trying!

MESA has a website! https://www.mesamaryhoganschool.org/

2025 Read-A-Thon - please read this letter from our Read-A-Thon Chairs: Closing Letter

Upcoming Events:

Vermont Lake Monsters Game - Saturday, May 31st. First pitch at 3:05pm. Ticket Link

Mary Hogan Field Day - Thursday, May 29th w/ a June 2nd rain date - We will need a lot of volunteers to help run this event. If you would like to help, please email us! You must be registered as an official volunteer with ACSD. Please let us know if you have questions about that process.

Dance Party - Friday, June 13th - come celebrate the end of the school year with your friends and family. This free event will take place at the Town Rec gym. Concessions will be available for purchase. More details to follow.

Substitute teachers are crucial for our students, staff, staff, and schools! We are increasing our daily substitute teaching rate to $160/day for unlicensed subs and $200/day for licensed subs. This change begins on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 when students return from winter break. This flat rate replaces our sliding rate of pay for subs depending on the number of days worked.

To apply, you can email your interest to HR@acsdvt.org with "Substitute Position" in the subject line. You can also visit this listing on school spring.

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