Miss Hall's School
Family Links - 5.30.2018
News, announcements, and updates for families of Miss Hall's students. Questions? Contact us at communications@misshalls.org .
CAMPUS NEWS
The end of another school year is upon us. Classes ended on Thursday, we had a Reading Day on Friday, and exams started on Saturday. The calendar also continues to include several popular end-of-year events.
Tiffany ’18 received a plethora of support for the May  Civitas award. Read some excerpts from her nomination!
The School will distribute a copy of the all-school "community reading" book, Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and The Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong, to all returning MHS students this week. Other reading requirements for the English department are listed on the Summer Assignments page. The remainder of summer assignments for all other classes will be posted there later in the summer.
Did you purchase your books at MBS Direct, the book company Miss Hall's now works with? If so, you can sell your books back to them once you are finished using them. Click here to sell back your books!
For Rising 10th, 11th and 12th Grade Families

Please log into your  My Backpack Account and view important letters, messages, and required forms for the 2018-2019 School Year. To view letters and messages, go to your Message Center header. To view forms, go to your Forms/Documents header. 
 
If you are having any issues logging into My Backpack, please send an email to  technology@misshalls.org  or call 413-395-7227 for assistance.
Please read all documents carefully as there are deadlines attached, and contact Beth O'Connor ( boconnor@misshalls.org ), Administrative Assistant to the Deans, with any questions.
Miss Hall's will broadcast Sunday's Commencement beginning at 11:00 a.m. EST on YouTube . MHS alumna Vanessa Stair '06, Corporate Relations Officer with Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières is this year's speaker. The link will also be available for viewing after the ceremony, in case the streaming connection gets interrupted.

Recordings of School Events

The School records certain events throughout the year, such as plays, music performances, poetry recitations, commencement, special events, and more. Your daughter will soon be notified that she may download these videos from Google Drive. In order to access the videos, she must check a box in which she agrees to the following: "By checking this box I agree that I will use the videos contained in the MHS Video Archive for my personal use only and will not share any portions of their contents on any other media." Please reinforce this agreement with your daughter. If you have any questions, please contact website@misshalls.org .
Advancement Office sign
News from the Advancement Office

After ten years at MHS, Diane Wortis, Director of Development and Alumnae Relations, has accepted a new position as Deputy Director of Philanthropic Engagement at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and will be leaving Miss Hall’s at the end of June. We thank Diane for her dedication, for the progress she has made on behalf of girls’-centered education, and for her friendship. 

Merritt Colaizzi , Director of Advancement, will continue to work with her outstanding team, with Head of School Julia Heaton, and with the Board of Trustees in support of future generations of bold and creative Miss Hall’s students. 
UPCOMING EVENTS
The class of 2018 will be celebrated during Commencement Weekend, June 2-3.
  • June 2 at 5:30 p.m. - Awards Banquet
  • June 3 at 11:00 a.m. - Commencement
Attendance is required for all students. More information here.
We are excited to partner again with the nationally recognized Girls Who Code organization to host a two-week summer program called Girls Who Code Campus from July 16 through July 27. Please help us spread the word ! The deadline to register is June 1, 2018.

REMINDERS AND UPDATES
For Families of Juniors:
A reminder for families of juniors that senior class ring orders may be placed directly through the jeweler and are due on June 30. More information here.
To assist families with advance planning, vacation and long weekend dates for next year are available here. The calendar has been recently revised, so please read carefully.
PHOTO GALLERIES

Photos of campus events are posted in the SmugMug photo site. With SmugMug, parents can download or purchase high-resolution images of campus events directly from the site. We hope this will make it easy for you to obtain the photos you want to track your daughter's time at Miss Hall's.