This Week @ Hale: February 6-12

This Week @ Hale

February 6-12

Hale Book Café opens this week!

The Hale Library will be even cozier than usual this week, when students will enjoy cookies and hot chocolate during their classroom library time. Bring a mug or cup from home on your student's library day. Wrap it in a dish towel, and place it in a bag for extra protection.

Here's the schedule in case you need a reminder:

Monday, Feb. 6: Ms. Lia, Ms. Megan (Kindergarten), Croonquist
Tuesday, Feb. 7: Ms. Megan (1st grade), Dahlheimer, Collier
Wednesday, Feb. 8: Chlosta, Wisniewski, Smith
Thursday, Feb. 9: Nicholson, Rybarczyk
Friday, Feb. 10: Lo, Bliss

Contact Hale Librarian Sheilagh Johnson (sheilagh.johnson@mpls.k12.mn.us) with questions.

Family fun: Frost Fest

Friday, February 10, 6-9 p.m.

Frost Fest, the annual winter party at Pearl Park, is this Friday, February 10! It's a fun opportunity to cure cabin fever and for the Hale and Field communities to connect with the rest of our neighbors.

The Hale-Page-Diamond Lake Community Association needs volunteers, particularly for supervision of the sledding hill and snow art areas. If you're interested, contact HPDL executive director Charity Benedict at 612-325-9003.

Hale and Field students will again be making the luminaries to light up the pathways around the perimeter of the park.

Save the date: winter pARTy

Saturday, Feb. 25, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Hale School Playground

Hale students and families are invited to bundle up for some Saturday morning fun in the snow! We'll add a pop of color to the playground with art stations, music and more. Hot chocolate, coffee and donuts will be provided by the Hale PTA.

Stay tuned for more details and volunteer opportunities.

Grocery Shopping Reminder

The Box Tops For Education fundraiser is still going strong after more than 25 years, and you can help support Hale by simply remembering to scan your grocery receipts.

Target has a couple of bonus offers running (see adjacent image). See the BTFE website for more information:

https://www.boxtops4education.com/s/

Hale School Tours

MPS school requests are due Tuesday, Feb. 7. Anyone with an incoming kindergartener needs to submit a school request by then.

If you or someone you know is considering Hale for an incoming kindergartener or a new 1st or 2nd grader, click this link to sign up for an upcoming tour.

Here's the link to the district enrollment page: https://exploremps.org/Schools/Survey?url=https://enroll.exploremps.org

Upcoming tour dates:

Monday, Feb. 6, 2 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 23, 2 p.m.

Hale Dine Out Night - Pumphouse Creamery

Tuesday February 7, 12-8 p.m.

Who says you can't go out for ice cream in the winter? Pumphouse Creamery will donate 25% of all purchases made from 12-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7 to the Hale PTA. No code needed!

Yearbook photo roundup

Every Hale and Field student receives a yearbook at the end of the school year, as organized and funded by the PTA. We're looking for photos to help fill up the pages of your students in action. Photos can be e-mailed to yearbookhalefield@gmail.com.

Next PTA monthly meeting

Monday, February 13 7-8:30 p.m.

The next monthly meeting of the Hale Parent Teacher Association will be on Monday, Feb. 13, at the McRae Community Center from 7-8:30 p.m. E-mail us at haleptacochair@gmail.com for more information. We're always eager to see new faces. It's a great way to find out what's going on and help build community.

Breakfast and Lunch Menus

February menus are up on the MPS Culinary & Wellness Services webpage. Hale is now in the onsite category for lunch! To add funds to your student’s Titan account, click here.

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Upcoming Calendar @ Hale

Feb. 6-10 Hale Book Café

Feb. 7 MPS school request deadline

Feb. 7 Hale Dine Out Night (Pumphouse Creamery, 12-8 p.m.

Feb. 10 Frost Fest (Pearl Park, 6-9 pm)

Feb. 13 PTA monthly meeting (McRae Community Center, 7-8:30 p.m.)

Feb. 20-21 No school (President's Day)

Feb. 25 winter pARTy (Hale Playground, 9:30-11:30 a.m.)

Future PTA meeting dates

February 13
March 13
April 10
May 8
June 12

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