Spring Book Fair: SATURDAY APRIL 9th: Don't miss our one-day Spring Book Fair on Saturday, April 9th in the PRS cafeteria from 9 am -1 pm! Readers of all ages will find something to enjoy - newly released titles, children’s classics, award-winning books, educational products, and specially priced items. We hope you’ll join us for this special opportunity to shop with your children! It’s a great opportunity to get kids excited about reading and to pick out a book for the upcoming school vacation week. The 5th-grade class will be holding a bake sale with breakfast goodies so come hungry!

***Volunteers are needed*** to make this event a success! Please consider signing up here for a time slot:

https://signup.com/go/cgMrCXF

Math Olympics: Thank you to all of the students who have been working hard on their Math Olympics contest. The final contest will be emailed out on Sunday, April 3 and all contests should be turned in by Thursday, April 14.  If you have completed half of the contests for the year, you will get a prize.  That means that Kindergarten students need to do at least 5 contests and all other students need to do at least 10 contests. 

Read Across America Month Wrap Up-  We concluded our month-long Read Across America event this past week and thank you to those students who submitted their reading logs. Congratulations to Samantha Agiorgitis and Braydon Tremblay for being our top 2 readers who read the most minutes!! You each will receive a $20 gift card to Barnes and Noble!! Nice Job!! All students who submitted reading logs will receive a participation prize for their efforts. Prizes will be dropped off at school and delivered to those students. Thank you to all the students who participated in the Read Across America activities and keep reading!!

Events Recap and Ongoing PTO News

Breakfast Book Club is Back!

May 4 (Wednesday): Mrs Dunphy's Breakfast Book Club -

Open to all 4th & 5th grade students: Discussion will be held on May 4th, 7:30am in the PRS LMC. The book that will be discussed is SAVE ME A SEAT by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan.

Copies of the book are available in the library. RSVP is required for the event mdunphy@hinghamschools.org.

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

5th Grade PRS Yearbook Cover Contest!

All 5th grade students are welcome to participate in the tradition of designing the cover of this year's PRS Yearbook. Please see the details below. All submissions are due by Tuesday, April 12th

Don’t miss out on your chance to DESIGN THE COVER of the PRS Yearbook! Instructions: On a plain white 8.5x11 (regular letter size) paper draw your cover for the yearbook using dark pencil, pen, or thin marker.

DO NOT color it in. (The winning cover is scanned into the computer and color is added through a graphic design program.)  

Drop it off at 3 Beacham Place (*box on the farmers porch) by Tuesday, April 12th. - Be as neat as possible,- Keep your paper clean, - Do not fold your paper, - Include your name on the back of your paper, - You can work individually or with a partner(s), - All submitted covers will be included on the back of the yearbook. Any questions, please email prsyearbookstaff@gmail.com. Thank you!

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

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:

Sunday, April 10 - Hingham Republican Town Committee Candidate Forum (non-partisan), 3-4:45pm in the Whiton Room of the Hingham Public Library. 

Wednesday, April 13 - League of Women Voters Candidates Night, in person at Hingham Town Hall and via livestream

Let's Talk Panel, Thursday, April 7 @ 7 PM

Hear from a panel comprised of members of the LGBQTIA+ community of different generations about their experiences living, working and studying here in Hingham. A moderated Q&A will follow. Brought to you by the Hingham Unity Council and Hingham Pride Project.

Register here: www.hinghamunity.org

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Newsletter from April 1st, 2022

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