Beautiful Music at the Spring Concert!
On June 1, all our students grades kindergarten through fourth and Haggerty Chorus performed a varied repertoire for a packed audience. Kindergarten sang Ay Zanboore Talaayi, learned from Nika’s parents, Little Swallow, Y A Une Pie, learned from Taylor, and Little Black Bull. First grade sang Come, Let Us Gather in a three-part round, the haunting Sweet William, and ended with the joyous Country Life. Second grade sang the three-part round I Love the Mountains, the beautiful Sylvie, and ended with I Let Her Go-Go. Third grade sang beautifully the spiritual Follow the Drinking Gourd, Obwisana (Goin’ to Ghana), which included folk songs Tue Tue and Obwisana, and Canoe Song, all in harmony. Fourth grade played recorder - the first five songs from Recorder Karate: Hot Cross Buns, Gently Sleep, Merrily We Roll Along, It’s Raining, and Old MacDonald. The concert ended with Haggerty Chorus processing in, singing Now I Walk in Beauty, a Navajo prayer. Next was an Emily Dickinson poem set to music, Bee, I’m Expecting You, then If You Dance, a traditional Hungarian round sung in four parts. Sarah and Maggie played recorder while chorus sang Korean folk song Ahrirang, and the concert ended with Oscar Peterson’s uplifting Hymn to Freedom.

In our audience, we are so glad to have welcomed Carolyn Turk, Deputy Superintendent of Teaching and Learning, MaryAnn MacDonald, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education, Andrea Zuñiga, Visual and Performing Arts Director, Susan Holm and Brian Gellerstein, Teachers-in-Charge for VPA, and Laurance Kimbrough, School Committee member.

Big thanks to music teachers Shelley Irvin-Kent and Kilian Mooney, and accompanist Armine Donato, for bringing everyone together for a beautiful concert.

Music Corner 
By: Shelley Irvin-Kent, Music Teacher
Kindergarten has just learned the concept rhythm. Students are listening for and clapping long and short-short sounds. They can even read patterns like this and match the sounds to songs they know (Bee, bee, bumblebee and Queen, Queen Caroline):


First grade has been working on how to sing, read, and write the mi-la jump. Students know that so and mi are copycats, but la isn’t. They also know that la is just one step above so. Ask your child to find the M-L jump in this example. I bet they can figure out the name of the song!


Second graders have learned so many pitches that they now know the whole pentatonic scale. Penta means five, so this is a five-note scale with a skip between mi and so. Students can read do-re-mi-so-la in any place on the staff, and lots of songs that have these pitches.


See if your child can figure out this song:

Library Corner 
By: Sarah Novogrodsky, Library Media Specialist

Return those Books!
Please help your child (children) to return all Haggerty Library books. They have a barcode on the back that reads “Haggerty Library” or “Library Media Center.”

Next week Ms. Margaret Macri, librarian at the Collins Branch, will meet with all Haggerty students to promote summer reading programs at CPL.

Some classes have been comparing and contrasting folktales from around the world. Read The Hatseller and the Monkeys and The Magic Gourd, both by Baba Wagué Diakité. Then read Caps for Sale and The Magic Porridge Pot by European authors Esphyr Slobodkina and Paul Galdone. Stories are universal!

I have enjoyed sharing the joy of books and stories with your children this year. Thank you for your support of the Haggerty Library.

Sarah Novogrodsky, Librarian



Friends of Haggerty
FOH funds made it possible for the fifth graders to visit the Royall House in Medford. This trip was an extension of our social studies curriculum.

In addition, FOH has funded some fantastic recent and upcoming events, including STEAM night and the 4th grade field trip to Chinatown. 



JK/K Art Show!
Tuesday, June 12th | 6 - 7PM
West Cambridge Youth Center (680 Huron Ave.)



Staff Appreciation Luncheon –
Thank You!
On Wednesday, June 6, the Haggerty staff were treated to a many course luncheon by the Haggerty families to show their appreciation for their hard work across the school year. The food was so delicious and plentiful that they are enjoying another lunch today!

Thanks to all the parents and caregivers who were able to send in food - and those who were able to volunteer! It was a real team effort and so deeply appreciated by the staff. It was a wonderful treat at this busy time of year!



Chicks!
The chicks are hatching in our JK/K classrooms!






Got feedback? 
We can't wait to hear from you! CPS is conducting our first annual Family Survey, and we hope to hear from you by June 14th! 

If you haven't already received an email or text message, or it's gotten lost in your inbox, check out our Family Survey page and click on your family's school(s). You can also find questions & answers about the survey, view our outreach plan, and even make comments on ways to improve our outreach strategy.

For those who don't have a good way to take it from home, watch for survey-taking stations at events at school. We value your feedback and hope to learn and improve based on what we hear from you. The survey is part of our continuous improvement efforts, a key component of our CPS District Plan.    

CPS Website User Family Survey
CPS is starting a rebranding project this summer and needs your help! The CPS district and school websites will be redesigned and we need your feedback. 

We want to make sure the websites meet your expectations and more. By filling out the following short survey, we will be able to understand the experience families have when visiting CPS websites and how it can be improved. We also will examine communication efforts collectively at CPS. Thank you in advance for your participation. Take the Survey >>

In Our Community

Cantare – Chorus for Grades 6-9
Accepting New Singers for 2018-19 School Year
Joshua DeWitte, Director 
To schedule a time to meet us, please contact [email protected] or 617.869.8848. No previous experience requited. Sliding-scale tuition and financial assistance avail. 

2018 DSHP Summer Program Guide
Get started on planning a summer of fun! 
Learn more via Find It Cambridge >>

Hoops 'n' Health
June 16 | Hoyt Field (Gilmore St. & Western Ave.)
Basketball Tournament: 10AM-6PM
Family Health Fair: 12PM-4PM
25 Years of Making Men's Health & Wellness a Priority
Join us for free games and activities for the whole family!
Questions? [email protected] or 617.665.3769
Rain date: June 23

Beyond the 4th Wall presents Into the Woods
June 14-16 | 7PM 
June 17 | 3PM
CRLS Auditorium
Details >>

Immigration Legal Screening Clinics 
City of Cambridge/CLSACC
FREE consultations with an immigrant attorney 
When: 5:15-7:15PM, third Wednesday of each month
Where: Community Legal Services & Counseling Center (CLSACC), 90 Third St., Cambridge (corner of Otis and Third)
Who: Available to MA immigrants and families
More Info: 617.349.4396, [email protected], 
www.cambridgema.gov/circ

More programs and events in our community >>

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