Week of 3/16

Thank you those who have been in touch about enrolling your children for next year. The due date was March 2. We had a robust Open House last Saturday. We always prioritize current families and try and keep space for them. That said, we also want to be able to offer contracts to prospective families promptly which we can only do confidently if we know about our current families. 

Please check your email and our website for class notes. You can learn about all the classrooms at Hayground and what they are up to. 

Also, we have updated the photos on our website and replaced some of our older photos with current students and projects. On the home page if you scroll down you will see a wonderful video about Hayground School made by Vanessa Roth ( Phoebe and Augie’s mom). It was filmed by Hayground Alumni Julian Alvarez ’10. It captures Hayground quite wonderfully.

If you haven’t done so please consider donating to our Annual Appeal and/or the New Building fund. You can do all of that here —  www.hayground.org  We will be sending out updates bi-weekly on the progress of the building.  

Highlights for this week - Monday the building inspector will be here to inspect the foundation walls. After the inspection we will backfill against the foundation. The plumber and electrician should be here later in the week to do their rough-ins.

To date we have raised $2,400.000 of the $4,100,000 budget for the new building and the renovation to the existing classroom building. If you find any aspect of the project appealing ( geothermal heat, solar panels, library, science, art, landscaping, amphitheater)  and want to talk more about donations please get in touch. No donation is too small — or too large!

As part of our supervision and mentoring protocols Stephanie Krusa ( one of our mentors) and Marcelle and Arjun will videotape each of the classrooms and specials this week. The teachers will submit plan for the video session beforehand including goals. After the video the teachers and Stephanie, Marcelle and Arjun watch the videos together and debrief. It is a very rich experience.

Drop off and Pick up reminders:
Please Slow Down!
Please keep an eye on your children once you have picked them up. 
Children are not allowed to go into the parking lot by themselves for obvious reasons.

The social media committee is looking for parent testimonials. We would love to hear your stories! Please fill out this attached questionnaire.

Upcoming dates:
4/3-4/10 - Spring vacation - School closed
4/17 - Parent Trivia Night/Potluck
4/30 - Julie’s class show
5/13-5/15 - Senior Leaner Trip to Boston
5/20 - Spring Festival 
5/22 - Parent teacher Conferences - School closed
5/25- Memorial day - School closed
5/28 - School Dance and Sleepover
5/29 - last day of after school
6/6 - 30th anniversary party
6/8 - Beach day 
6/12 - Graduation!