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This Week @ Hale
May 15-21
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Hale & Field Family Picnic
Thursday, May 18, 5-7:30 p.m.
Hale School Playground
Please join us this Thursday evening, May 18, for our annual Hale & Field Family Picnic Night! Bring your own dinner and a blanket or chairs, and join your friends from Hale & Field for an evening of music, play, community, and fun.
There will be a custom playlist, two inflatable obstacle courses, FREE shaved ice for kids and a FREE spirit wear raffle for each school. We'll have yard signs and spirit wear for purchase featuring the NEW Hale & Field logo, too. Cash and cards accepted, see below). There might even be an appearance from some just-hatched kindergarten ducklings!
We could still use some help with set up and take down on Thursday. Click here to volunteer.
Does your student have a favorite song? We’d love to add it to our playlist. Click here to send us your request.
Questions? E-mail [email protected].
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Plant sale pickup
Saturday, May 20, 9-11 a.m.
It's time to pick up your plants! Volunteers will be distributing at Hale this Saturday from 9-11 a.m. If you're unable to make it, please e-mail us ([email protected]) by Thursday, May 18. All unclaimed orders will be donated.
Don't forget: We'll have a crew outside the building for the annual spring landscape cleanup, working from 9 a.m. to noon. Bring your gardening tools (gloves, rakes, shovels, clippers, shears, spare yard waste bags) and your kids. Coffee and donuts will be provided. Please RSVP so we know how many to expect!
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Hale Spring Concerts and Art Shows
Come see what Hale students have been working on in their music and art classes this year. The art show and all music performances will be in the multi-purpose room on the first floor, across from the cafeteria. Doors will open 10 minutes before each performance.
Wednesday, May 17
9:30 a.m. - Chlosta and Nicholson
10:30 a.m. - Bliss and Rybarcyzk
11:30 a.m. - Lo and Collier
Friday, May 19
9:30 a.m. - Peterson and Gambucci
10:30 a.m. - Dahlheimer and Wettstaedt
Tuesday, May 23
10:30 a.m. - Wisniewski, Smith, and Croonquist
E-mail [email protected] with questions.
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Cheers to a great year ...
Final Dine Out Night: Venn Brewing
Wednesday, June 7, 6-10 p.m.
Mark your calendar for the last Hale Dine Out Night of the 2022-23 school year. This one will double as a social event, on Wednesday, June 7, at Venn Brewing Co. (3550 E. 46th St., Suite 140). From 6-10 p.m., Venn will donate $1 from every pour to the Hale PTA.
Venn has a wide range of gluten-reduced beer, locally produced sodas and kombucha, juice and non-alcoholic beer available as well. A food truck should be available on site as well (details to come).
Bring the whole family or get a sitter and come celebrate a successful school year and the start of the summer with other Hale parents. We hope to see you there!
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Catch a ride on the Hale Bike Bus
Thursdays, 8:25-8:55 a.m.
There are five more weeks to join the Hale Bike Bus! Join us anywhere along the route, which we have expanded to include more of the Hale community zone. Check out the new route here, and join the new Bike Bus WhatsApp group for updates on our rides each week.
Caretakers should plan on joining the rides with their biker. Each student rider needs a bike, helmet, and a bike lock. Questions? Text Kyle Shelton at 269-547-8993.
Special Bike Bus: Friday, June 9
We will host one more special Bike Bus ride on Friday, June 9, to celebrate the end of the school year. Riders are invited to meet at the Minnehaha Bunny (near Minnehaha Pkwy. & Portland Ave.). We will have donuts to share and then bike together to Hale.
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You are appreciated ...
Thank you to all who contributed to Staff Appreciation Week at Hale, especially Jacki Cook for all the planning and coordination of meals and snacks on behalf of the PTA each day last week!
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Taiko Arts Midwest at Hale
Last week, Hale students were treated to an all-school assembly featuring Taiko drummers from Taiko Arts Midwest.
The performance was arranged by the Hale Staff Equity Team with funds from the PTA.
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Welcoming Equity Committee
The Hale-Field Welcoming Equity Committee's last meeting of the school year is Wednesday, May 24 from 6-8 p.m. at Hale Elementary in the Media Center. All are welcome to attend, and new members are welcome to join anytime.
If you are interested in education advocacy opportunities, please contact Hale/Field Welcoming Equity Committee co-chair Alison Moore ([email protected]). Find out about action alerts and stay engaged to ensure that community input is centered in educational decision-making at all levels.
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On the menu for May ...
Check out the May breakfast and lunch menus from MPS Culinary & Wellness Services. To add funds to your student’s Titan account, click here.
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Text notifications
If you’d prefer to receive the Hale PTA newsletter and other reminders as a text message notification from Remind, text @halepta22 to the number 81010 or click here to sign up.
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May 18 Hale-Field Family Picnic, 5-7:30 p.m.
May 20 Hale-Field Plant Sale pickup, 9-11 a.m.
May 20 Hale spring landscape cleanup, 9 a.m.-noon
May 24 WE Committee monthly meeting, 6-8 p.m. (Hale Media Center)
May 29 No school (Memorial Day)
May 30 Playground meetup - 1st grade families (Triangle Park, 5:30-7 p.m.)
May 31 Playground meetup - kindergarten families (Triangle Park, 5:30-7 p.m.)
June 1 Playground meetup - 2nd grade families (Triangle Park, 5:30-7 p.m.)
June 7 Hale Dine Out Night - Venn Brewing, 6-10 p.m.
Future PTA meeting dates
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