Another Great PTO Friday!

Special presentation by Mr. patel

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Jan. 10th for a thoughtful conversation led by Mr. Patel on kids' use of smart devices, social media exposure, and what we can do at school and beyond.

More than 30 parents attended in person and on Zoom during our first hybrid PTO meeting. For those of you who weren't able to make it, we will circulate Mr. Patel's presentation soon.

Visit the "Kids and Smart Devices" for more resources and upcoming events.

We are now officially tracking participation in the Wait Until 8th pledge - if you want to see how your grade is doing, check out the wall across the main office at school:

Special thanks to Gwen Garban, Michael Trinh, and Yen-Lin Chen as 4th grade room parent reps for providing delicious snacks and coffee for the meeting - check out Gwen Garban's (1st, 4th & 6th) homemade brownie cake (long since devoured):

science fair prep is off to the races!

Last Saturday, the Science Fair Committee hosted the first of four prep workshops - this one was at the school library. Kudos to to the 20+ students who braved the snow to come and learn about choosing a project and setting up their initial research.

Next workshops will be on:

• Monday, Jan. 13th @ 8 pm especially for middle schoolers with guests from the Massachusetts Science and Engineering Fair (Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88201495243?pwd=b9zmmGwhBYZWWt2dTavPC15BMHyPCe.1, pass code 924516)
• Saturday Feb. 1st at 9:30 am (Zoom link to come)
• Saturday and Feb. 15th at 9:30 am (Zoom link to come)

Don't wait until a workshop to have your questions answered! Reach out to any of the Committee volunteers for support and inspiration:

Daryl Donatelli, Jon Bass, Lisa Kang, Lisa Yuen Rhoads, Saeed Amal, Theodora Konetsovska, Yen-Lin Chen, and Mr. Patel

SY24-25 Hopes and dreams wall

We revived an old PTO tradition - the wall of hopes and dreams for the new school year! For four months, students, parents and staff wrote inspiring, funny, heartwarming messages. It was great to see the wall grow -  THANK YOU to the 90+ contributors for their inspiration and heartfelt wishes!

Enjoy them all here: https://www.hayespto.org/hopedream 

Hayes staff spotlight

Thank you for all the love you've shown for our new series introducing you to the awesome people who make our school tick!

Our 8th (!!!) participant is the amazing and incomparable first grade teacher: Ms. Redburn!!

Hayes PTO Community Meetings

We look forward to sharing updates and meeting with community members on select Friday mornings. In addition to information from Dr. Sevelius and the PTO teams, we will also host special speakers and offer opportunities for discussion.

Meetings will be in-person, at the school cafeteria, starting at 8:05 am. Many thanks to our room parents for providing coffee and morning treats!

Remaining meetings for SY24-25 are Mar 14 and May 16.

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