Yearbooks orders are due TOMORROW, Monday 5/23 for students to receive their yearbooks on the last day of school (and save shipping costs).* This applies to K-4 Families ONLY. <All 5th graders receive a yearbook provided by the PRS PTO. Do not place an order for your 5th grade student.>

Order at: https://store.shopyearbook.com/prs-yearbook-21-22

*Later orders are accepted but will incur a shipping fee and will ship directly to your house.   

Please email Prsyearbookstaff@gmail.com with any questions.

The Town of Hingham has declared Monday, May 23rd Maddie’s Promise Day in honor of Maddie McCoy. Maddie was a beautiful little girl who attended PRS in grades 4 and 5. She lost her battle with a very rare form of cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma on May 23, 2019. She was 11 years old.  

To know Maddie was to love her! She was truly an angel on Earth. Always quick with a kind smile and an encouraging word to others, she truly was the essence of who you would want to be. Before Maddie’s death she made a promise to help others and she was living up to it — creating artwork and a plan to sell it to help those in need. Her parents, using Maddie’s bravery and kindness as inspiration, established the charity Maddie’s Promise which “strives to make Maddie’s next chapter one of positive change for young children battling enormous odds.”

Next week, in celebration of Maddie’s Promise Day, PRS will be completing acts of kindness each day to honor her kind and giving spirit. We invite you all to participate in remembering Maddie.

• Monday-Friday, May 23rd-27th-On her rides to and from Children’s Hospital, Maddie was impacted by seeing homeless men and women. She sold her artwork to raise money for the homeless. All week there will be boxes in the school lobby collecting non-perishable food items for the Hingham Food Pantry. 

• Monday, May 23rd-Wear Maddie’s favorite color-purple!

• Tuesday, May 24th- Show kindness to our school community by picking up trash on the playground.

• Wednesday, May 25th- Maddie always had a kind and encouraging word for others. To honor her today, make a card and write a note to someone you love.

• Thursday, May 26th-Funding research for children’s cancers need our help! For a $1 donation you can wear a hat to school.

Friday, May 27th-Last day to bring in non-perishable food items for the Hingham Food Pantry 

PRS PTO Committee Chairs and Members Needed for 2022/23 

Looking to get (more) involved in the PRS PTO? There are many PTO committees that need chairs/co-chairs and members for the 2022/23 school year. New this year: we’ve done our best to summarize the type of work, timing and workload so you can better understand commitments. If you want to be interacting with students, look for the type of work that is “hands on with students.” If you want to help out but can’t get to PRS, look for work that is “work from home/office.” Work that requires you to go to PRS, but not necessarily interact with students is “Presence in school.”

In particular we are looking for chairs of the following committees:

• Community Service
• Green Committee
• Math Olympics
• 4th Grade Science Olympics
• BOKS co-chair
• Spring Social
• Yearbook
• PTO Directory
• METCO liaison

Click here to read about all these opportunities and many more. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XF059TkzMdXZp2DTHsIMT1GqlXZ9N5sVLGDHB82lVtI/edit?usp=sharing, 

Then click here to sign up for a committee! https://signup.com/go/vVjLrza  

We are happy to discuss any positions/committees if you have questions or aren’t sure where you’d like to help out! We know it can be a bit confusing, especially if you are new to PRS. Please feel free to reach out to Leslie Wittmann or Kelly Jones with any questions. Thank you!

Art Contest open to all students

If you would like to submit your artwork, to be used as part of the promotion for the Hingham Public Library summer reading program, the deadline is May 31st. The 2022 theme is "Read Beyond the Beaten Path". 

See Mrs. Dunphy with any questions.

Early Bird Pricing for Spring Social tickets ends TOMORROW!

Friday, June 10 from 7-10PM at the Hingham Community Center.

Taco Truck & Cash Bar / DJ, Games & Auction!

Tickets: $85/person early bird pricing extended through tomorrow (5/23). After tomorrow tickets will increase to $100/person. To purchase tickets, simply venmo @PRSPTO (The Wizard) with “Spring Social”. 

**If you need financial assistance with Spring Social tickets, please reach out to PRS School Adjustment Counselor AC Decker at adecker@hinghamschools.org.

Helpers and Auction Items Needed for the Spring Social!

The Spring Social Committee needs ~5 people to help with setup (around 4PM on 6/10) and cleanup (from 10-11PM on 6/10). Can you help out? 

Auction items are also needed: think tickets for sports games, rounds of golf, restaurant/store gift certificates, services like lawn care/massages/cooking or anything else you’d treat yourself to! No item or service is too small and we appreciate whatever you have to offer! Reach out to Gable Clarke @ emailtheclarkes@gmail.com if you can help!

Events Recap and Ongoing PTO News

5th Grade Rec Night Out- PRS 5th graders had a super fun filled Friday night at Hingham rec!  From dodgeball games and intense bubble hockey games to pizza and yummy doughnuts, 5th graders had a blast hanging out with their classmates. A big thanks to Kristin Catalfano and Amy Morgan for organizing a fun night out for our 5th graders:) 

Maddie’s Promise Bake Sale and Lemonade Stand

The Community Service Committee is looking for third graders to help with our Maddie’s Promise Bake Sale and Lemonade Stand. We are asking each volunteer to contribute bake sale items as will as help with the sale after school on Thursday, May 26th. Please see the attached link to sign up. 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0C45ABA92DA7FE3-maddies

GSAA Programs-May & June

Kindergarten

June 13-15, 10:30-11:15am

Second Grade

May 26 – South Shore Art Center (SSAC) Zoom – “Art Grows Me” – 1-2:30pm, Thursday

Third Grade

May 31 - SSAC Zoom “Art Speaks for Marine Science,” 8:30-10am, Tuesday

Fourth Grade

May 26 and 27 – SSAC in person “Polynesian Art,” 9-11am, Thursday and Friday, two classes per day

June 1 morning – Asian Art

Fifth Grade

May 24 - SSAC in person “Japanese Art” Tuesday, 8:30-noon

Harrington: 8:30-9:30 artmaking w SSAC, 9:30-10am finishing touches in class

Kilban: 9:30-10:30am artmaking w SSAC, 10:30-11am finishing touches in class

Vella: 10:30-11:30am artmaking w SSAC, 11:30-12 finishing touches in class

June 10 – Photography Presentation, Friday, 11am-12pm

Around Town

Introducing the Hingham Arts Alliance—A group of community members have launched the Hingham Arts Alliance (HAA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to being a voice of advocacy, awareness, and support for the arts throughout Hingham Public Schools and the broader community. HAA will raise awareness for all the amazing art coming out of Hingham, such as fine arts, music, drama, and industrial arts, from our youngest students to our senior citizens. We plan to organize HAA events that showcase Hingham’s artists and highlight arts events happening around town. Our fundraising efforts will go towards improving opportunities for the arts within HPS and the community. Learn more at www.hinghamartsalliance.org or follow us @hinghamartsalliance. If you’d like to get involved, please email us at info@hinghamartsalliance.org.

News from Mr. Lamothe

Newsletter from May 20th, 2022

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