SPOTLIGHT
on New Milford Schools
- April 14th-18th - Spring Recess (SCHOOLS CLOSED)
- May 15th - Early Dismissal - Staff PD
- May 26th - Memorial Day (SCHOOLS CLOSED)
- June 10th: Early dismissal for all students; Last day of school for students at HPS, NES, SNIS, and NMHS
- June 10th: SMS Promotion, 6pm (rain date > June 11th)
- June 11th: Early dismissal for SMS students; Last day of school for SMS students; Last day of school for staff at HPS, NES, SNIS, and NMHS
- June 12th: Last day of school for SMS staff
- June 14th: NMHS Graduation ~ 10:00am @ NMHS Joe Wiser Stadium🎓
Got Milk ?
March was a busy month for our department and an exciting one. We celebrated National Breakfast Week and National Nutrition Month with several activities.
1. Fun Facts about Milk/Cows was presented to NES and HPS students. The presentation focused
on how milk can help build strong bones. The presentations were followed by a Milk Mustache
contest. The students voted on the best mustache and the winners were: Mrs. Gallagher (Principal of NES) and Mrs. Naidira Seelat-Safir (Friendly Food Service Cashier at HPS).
2. We highlighted National Nutrition Month by having an ethnic dish every day during the week of
March 24th . The theme was how “Food Connects Us”. Popular items were the Polish Pierogis,
Mexican Street Corn, Italian Meatball Grinder, Mediterranean Shaker Salad and the American Hot Dog Bar.
3. We celebrated Saint Patrick’s Day with Shamrock Nuggets and a Shamrock Smoothie. 🍀
4. Local Produce is continued to be served on the menus and this month the focus was rainbow
carrots and hydroponic lettuce.
5. Students continue to embrace the free Breakfast and Lunch Option. Within the district, the 5
kitchens serve an average of 859 breakfasts/day and 2,611 lunches/day. The total number of
lunches/day grows to an average of 2,733 when teachers, staff and second meals to students
are added.
Look Up, Look Out, Look After !
The Wingman movement continues to flourish at NMHS! The student-led program promoting empathy and inclusivity provides an opportunity for over 140 student leaders to work with their peers on activities and lessons that are grounded in the CASEL standards (Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Responsible Decision-Making, Relationship Skills, Social Awareness). We celebrate the great work of the student leaders and NMHS students and staff! LOOK UP, LOOK OUT, LOOK AFTER!
6th Graders Participated in READBowl
During the months of January and February, Schaghticoke 6th graders in Mrs. Correia’s, Mrs. Ewer’s and Mrs. Bernard’s classes participated in READBowl 2025. READBowl is the free global reading competition where preK-12th grade aged teams around the globe compete to read for the most minutes. Mrs. Bernard’s period 7 won the state championship in the middle school division and will be receiving a certificate and books for the classroom from Scholastic. We are so proud of all our readers. Way to show the world that you are leaders and readers!
Awesome Author Visits
Thank you once again to our generous PTO for helping to bring two great authors to our students! Our 4th grade students were able to travel through time to meet, hear, and learn about women that made a difference!
St. Patrick's Day Festivities
HPS’s Version of the Masked Reader
…and the Whole School Reward for playing the Masked Reader and Increasing Reading
All students were rewarded for their increased reading and guessing attempts at the “Masked Reader”. It was also a way to say goodbye to winter and hello to spring with a “snowball fight”!
Playful Engineers
PTO Sponsored program, Playful Engineers
We had the BeSt hands-on assembly today, "Playful Engineers" brought to us by our PTO where Jay from @playfulengineers prepared and boosted students' confidence to take risks, learning about RUBE GOLDBERG BUILDS, then students were sent to test out chain reactions, and other unique creations/prototypes.
Author Visits
Author, Nick Bruel, Doreen Cronin, and Sara Levine visited HPS 📚🐈🐮🌱🐛🦋
HPS students loved learning about National Nutrition Month and that drinking milk is one of the healthy habits that provides a good source of essential nutrients, including calcium, vitamin D, and protein!
Thanks to Ann Loranger, our nutrition support manager, for planning and leading this learning and fun activity during lunch waves.
As the weather warms up (sort of) we are beginning to feel the pull of spring. Students have enjoyed being outside more and the stuffiness of winter feels like it's making an exit, albeit slowly. Here at Northville School we have been super busy.
St. Patrick's Day was so much fun! Staff and students wore green to celebrate the day, and there were leprechaun traps set up to try to capture a few. They made a mess!
The Irish Dancers from Thorne Academy put on a performance for our students. We enjoyed the Irish Music and uplifting vibes of St. Patrick's Day!
Alamo and Ella Visit NES ! 🐾
On March 20th, The New Milford Police brought in their K-9 unit for demonstrations and an informative, fun assembly for our littlest learners, the Excel classes. The students enjoyed meeting the two police dogs, an English Black Labrador Retriever named Alamo and an American Bloodhound named Ella.
On March 26th and 27th, our second grade students were treated to a visit from Flanders Nature Center, who presented a program called "Worms for Lunch" to align with our science curriculum. Students learned about soil composting and composition as well as plant life cycles as they relate to soil erosion and plant sciences. This information is presented as both an introduction and continuance of our participation in the Plant Patch at Northville School.
Our recycling efforts are going well! Thanks to the continued support and bag pickup from LHTC, we will have our up-cycled bench before we know it!
Happy Spring!
