September 2nd - September 6th

August 30, 2024

September 2nd - September 6th

Football vs SJS August 29th

- JV ( 5th and 6th grades) lost to a much Bigger SJS squad but played hard and got better as the game showed great promise. SJS is a preseason favorite to win the Spal Champion!

- Varsity 7th and 8th wins! The varsity squad defeats SJS after giving up a score on the first play. Buckling down, HDS just overpowered SJS with some bulldozer runs by Gage Hart!

THANK YOU CHEER SQUADS! You all were amazing for practicing for only a week!

The next Game is at SCPS- JV starts at 5:30

***** Reminder that the first HDS home game has been moved to Wednesday, Sept 11th!

Volleyball starts on Tuesday, Sept 3rd! With all 6 teams in action, 4 home matches start at 5pm and 5th HDS 2 travels to BSS at @5 pm and 6th HDS 2 plays Memorial at St Peter's @ 6pm

**** Parents we need you to sign for Concessions or the gate to support HDS athletics - We are asking each parent to work 2 games

Cross Country will open on the 17th in a SPAL meet at BC starting at 4 pm

Tennis TBA

There’s always something new to discover in the library! While our PreK students helped Pete the Cat recover his missing groovy buttons, our Kindergarteners joined Stella Louella on her journey to find her runaway book. In 1st grade, we compared fiction and nonfiction books after reading Bored Bella Learns About Fiction and Nonfiction by Sandy Donovan. Students in 2nd grade had fun discovering all of the cool things our HDS library has to offer with a scavenger hunt. After 3rd graders reflected on a special teacher in their lives, we began reading our first chapter book aloud, Frindle, by Andrew Clements. In 4th grade, we continued reading Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald and introduced the Dewey Decimal System. Lastly, our 5th graders completed the second reading of Thank You Ma’am by Langston Hughes. Students worked in partnerships to take a deeper look at the text while annotating and then sharing their notes. As I walked around the library, I observed some wonderful and thought provoking discussions!

We are getting underway in Art by doing a quick review (an introduction for some) on the Elements of Art. What is Art? Where do we see it? And what makes it work? We then focused on one of those elements in detail for our projects… Line. We took a look at how line functions and how important it is to so many things, including shape making, motion implying, form building and a myriad of other characteristics. Pre-K thru 2nd Grade (Primary School) is taking the concept of line and applying it to create self-portraits to practice mark-making and expressing their uniqueness. We looked at some self-portraits done by some prominent figures in the art world including Van Gogh and Frida Kahlo. Since we talked about the importance of Primary Colors in our review, I wanted our Primary School students to use only those central colors in their outfits. In 3rd-5th Grade, we took a look at some examples of contour line drawings and used that same approach to blindly drawing one of our shoes. We started the outline by following the shape of our shoe and then filled in other important lines/details by trying to avoid looking at our paper too much. Afterward, we emphasized our drawing by boldening the lines with marker and then showing form through marks with crayon and colored pencil.

This is an exciting time of year when we fall back into existing routines or develop new ones. As your family navigates going back to school, remember that it’s just as important to build in downtime into your schedule. Allow you and your student to have the time to reflect and rejuvenate!

Helping Kids Back Into the School Routine

Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns you may have this year. amaher@hancockdayschool.org