Staff appreciation week starts this Monday, May 2nd!

Huge thank you to everyone who has contributed. If you have not and would like to contribute, please Venmo @Mallory-Wuori. 

Here is what we have planned.

Monday: Sign and decorate the staff lounge.

Tuesday: Professional shoulder and hand massages are offered in the staff lounge.

Wednesday: Thank you notes given to teachers from students. 

Thursday: Coffee, tea, and breakfast treat delivered to each classroom.

Friday: Large lawn sign and fresh flowers given to teachers from their students.

Breakfast Book Club is this Wednesday! 

Mrs Dunphy's Breakfast Book Club discussion, for 4th and 5th graders who are signed up, will take place Wednesday May 4th @ 7:30am in the PRS LMC. 

Please RSVP for this event if you have not done so already: mdunphy@hinghamschools.org.

**Donations of breakfast food items are greatly appreciated**. Thank you

5th Grade Committee- PRS Clean Up Day- 5/4!!

Calling all 5th graders!! Join us on May 4 from 11:30-12:30 to help clean up the PRS grounds. We are also looking for parent volunteers to help with this project. 

Sign up here: https://signup.com/go/ZzVUQAx

Thank you!!

PTO Meeting Wednesday, 5/11 @ 8:30 am - PRS cafeteria

Please join us for our monthly PTO meeting on Wednesday, May 11th at 8:30 am and hear from our guest speaker, A.C. Decker, PRS School Adjustment Counselor. Mr. Decker will be speaking on “executive functioning” and will answer questions on the topic. 

PRS Spring Social: We’re back!

After a hiatus, we are thrilled to share the PRS Spring Social will be on June 10, 2022 at the Hingham Community Center from 7-10 PM. More details are coming soon. If you are interested in volunteering or have an auction item to donate, please contact Danielle Criscuolo at TheCriscuoloFamily@gmail.com or Gable Clark at emailtheclarkes@gmail.com.

Cultural Enrichment: 

The Cultural Enrichment Committee has been busy booking a lot of interesting and fun events for the rest of the year: 

May 11th: 2nd Grade Habitat program Buttonwood Park Zoomobile

May 16th: 5th Grade Energy and Living Things Program - Buttonwood Park Zoomobile

May 23rd: Ammaya African Drummers - All School 

**SAVE THE DATE**June 1st: EARLY DISMISSAL - 1st Annual Family Cultural Enrichment Event presents - Mashpee Singers & Dancers -12:00pm front lawn of PRS. Siblings welcome! More details to follow.

June 6th: Armstrong Brothers Band - All School

On April 25, the PRS PTO hosted the Boston Public Library's Leventhal Map & Education Center who presented to the 4th-grade classes a program entitled "People Shape the Earth/The Earth Shapes People.” After an introductory lesson on maps and mapping, students worked together to consider the ways we shape the environment and the ways it shapes us by examining regional maps of the United States. Students were tasked with comparing simple images of the planet and smaller geographic areas with both simple and complex maps. This interactive programming was scheduled and made possible by funding from the PRS PTO.

Events Recap and Ongoing PTO News

PRS Spirit Wear: It's a great time to stock up on PRS Spirit Wear! We've added new items like tees, tanks, shorts, and raincoats for Spring, and we still have the classic hoodies and other great items. The PRS PTO also receives a percentage of all sales. https://teamlocker.squadlocker.com/#/lockers/plymouth-river-elementary-school-prs-315398

Around Town

Show some gratitude with a Hingham Hi5!!!!

The Hingham Education Foundation has launched Hingham Hi5s, an easy and impactful way to thank our incredible HPS faculty and staff. 

From teachers to bus drivers, food service workers to nurses…..Who has had a positive impact on your child? 

Honor an HPS faculty, staff or administrator today by clicking the link below, submitting a quick and easy Hi5 nomination and $20 donation. HEF board members will then personally deliver a Hi5 candy bar with a note of gratitude to the honoree. There is no limit on the number of Hi5s you can give!  

Click here to give someone special a Hi5: https://hinghameducation.org/hingham-hi52/

Hingham Town Election has been set for Saturday, May 14. While all races are important, we wanted to call attention to the School Committee race where there are four candidates running for three seats. There are many ways to get to know the candidates and where they stand on issues, but one great way is through candidate forums. Various organizations throughout town will host forums and we will post dates as they become available:

Tuesday, May 3, 7PM: Hingham Democratic Town Committee Candidate's Town Election Forum via Zoom

Wednesday, May 4, 7 PM: League of Women Voters Candidates Night at Town Hall or via livestream

News from Mr. Lamothe

Newsletter from April 29th, 2022

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