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Haggerty Holler: May 6, 2016
Published on May 6, 2016 13:13
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Curiosity Challenge Award Winners!
Our very own fourth graders, Angie and Marika, were winners at the 2016 Cambridge Science Curiosity Challenge Award! There were over 2,500 entries this year! They received their awards on Sunday, April 24th at MIT. Well done Angie and Marika!
Friend of Haggerty Received the PALS (Parents as Library Supporters) Award!
This award recognizes outstanding collaboration between a parent/teacher organization and the school library! Read Ms. Novogrodsky's acceptance speech >>
Library Corner
By Sarah Novogrodsky
First Grade
First grade is reading about kites around the world:
Henry and the Kite Dragon by Bruce Edward Hall (NYC); King for a Day by Rukhsana Khan (Pakistan); The Kite by Luis Garay (Nicaragua); A Kite for Kimiko by Virginia L. Kroll (Japan); Kite Flying by Grace Lin (International).
Happy Birthday!
At our last All School Assembly, we wished Beverly Cleary a Happy Birthday!
Music Corner
By Shelley Irvin-Kent
Fourth Grade
The Fourth grade traveled to the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) on April 27th! They loved attending the BSO Youth concert. The “Sound Decisions - a Musical Look at Choice, Chance, and Application” concert was presented by Thomas Wilkins, Germeshausen Youth and Family Concerts conductor.
Listen to these pieces from the program with your family!
–SMETANA Dance of the Comedians, from The Bartered Bride
–PONCHIELLI Dance of the Hours, from La Gioconda
–BEETHOVEN Second movement (Allegretto scherzando) from Symphony No. 8
–PROKOFIEV Waltz & Midnight, from Cinderella Suite No. 1
–McTEE Circuits GROFÉ On the Trail, from Grand Canyon Suite
–SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture
Thanks to Friends of Haggerty for the tickets and Arbella Insurance for the school bus!
April’s Secret Song is revealed!
Title: Viennese Musical Clock from Háry János opera
Composer: Zoltán Kodály (ko-DIE)
Country: Hungary
Date: 1926
Musical Concept: Rondo form
Watch the ballet and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra here >>
The 5th graders perform their first concert on instruments on Tuesday, June 7! Save the date!
You're invited to the
5th Grade Beginner Strings and Band Concert!
June 7 at the Fitzgerald Theatre at CRLS
Student Rehearsal: 6-6:30PM
Performance Begins: 6:30PM
Schools Participating: Morse, Haggerty, Graham and Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Concert Dress Required: Black or white on top, black on bottom
Note: Please plan to have students arrive 10-15 minutes early for rehearsal so that they have time to set up!
Thank You!
Thanks to parent Jenny Talbot for making the front of our school so beautiful! Jenny has been planting bulbs every Fall for the last several years! Nice to see at least the tulips like the rain!
NEW! Summer Math & STEAM
Rising 6th - 8th Graders are invited to apply to a new and improved summer math and STEAM experience made possible through a partnership between CPS and DHSP Cambridge Youth Programs. Learn more >>
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Incoming JK/K
Open House
Tuesday, May 10
8:30 - 9:30AM
S.T.E.A.M. Night
Tuesday, May 24
6 - 7:30PM
Used Book Sale
Drop off begins Friday, May 20
Sale days May 25 - 27
Spring Concert
Friday, June 3 | 8:15AM
End of the Year Events are now posted on the Haggerty School Calendar. Check it out >>
RACE MATTERS AT HAGGERTY
Please note the date change!!!! June 9, 6-8PM
Race Matters: Courageous Conversations at Haggerty
Childcare provided.
Melissa Bartholomew is a trained facilitator who speaks with people of all backgrounds and faiths to discuss race, social justice and equity. Melissa facilitates workshops regarding racial justice and healing rooted in the ethic of love. This workshop will assist our community by providing the necessary skills and tools to talk with one another and to our children. Resources and children's books focused on teaching about Race will be on display.
FAMILY STEAM NIGHT
Save the date for a brand new community event here at Haggerty: Our first ever Family STEAM Night on May 24, from 6 - 7:30PM.
STEAM is the acronym that stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Math. It will be an evening of fun, hands-on activities for all ages! Teachers, parents and some outside groups are organizing this event.
Activities include: Build your own scribbling ArtBot! Turn a banana into a piano or drum with Makey Makeys in the Computer Lab! Dig into MIT's Augmented Reality Sandbox!
And much more!
DISTRICT & COMMUNITY EVENTS
All School Councils Meeting
Monday, May 9 | 6 - 8PM
CRLS Main Cafeteria
Learn more >>
A Community Screening of Paper Tigers
Monday, May 16
6:30 - 8:30PM
CRLS Fitzgerald Theatre
Event Details >>
Advanced Learning Parent Advisory Group
May 18 | 6:30 - 8PM
CRLS, Room 1401
Learn more >>
CPS MOBILE APP
Have you downloaded it yet? Don't wait! Download
it today to stay informed.
Learn more >>
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Haggerty School
110 Cushing St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617.349.6555
Fax: 617.349.6034
Haggerty Website
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