Happy Friday everyone!

This week we welcomed our Kindergarten friends to our school community and now our family feels complete! It has been such a fun start to the year. As I visit classrooms, it fills my heart to see our students happy and engaged in their classroom activities. I have had the opportunity to go around and visit classrooms and read to our students. I hope to continue to be a part of their day as much as I can. I hope they have shared all of our positive interactions so far this year!

I am looking to get our School Council up and running this fall. The team consists of staff, families, and community members. The team works together to develop our School Improvement plan. We would meet five times throughout the school year. Our meeting would take place on Thursdays from 5-5:45pm typically before a scheduled PTO meeting. If you are looking to be a part of our School Council, please email me at sdalessio@attleboroschools.com

Our Book Fair will be starting soon. Details regarding the Scholastic Book Fair will be going home in student backpacks next week. Please check out the PRINCIPAL LETTER regarding the fair.

Our PTO is looking for feedback regarding the school yearbook. At this time the school yearbook is geared towards grade 4 students only. Your feedback about this current practice is greatly appreciated. Please take a moment to fill out the YEARBOOK SURVEY.

Suzy Dalessio, Principal

School event calendars and breakfast/lunch calendars will go home in student home/school connection folders at the start of every month. Please ensure that you check your student's backpack for flyers, forms and important school news regularly.

September Calendar

Breakfast/Lunch Calendars

We have created the A- Z Reference Guide which includes building protocols and procedures for families to note. Please read over this document as it includes pertinent information regarding our building expectations.

You may notice that the login screen for Aspen has a new updated look... but don't worry, you'll still use the same login and password to access the site as usual. This new login screen is the first part in a series of upgrades designed to make the site more secure for families, students, teachers, and staff. If you have any questions, please contact the office at your or your child's school.

Aspen is our student information system. It is important that all of the information in this system is accurate and up-to-date. Please ensure that you notify our secretary of any changes over the course of year including email addresses, phone numbers etc. This system is also used for communications and accessing student report cards.

We hope this tutorial, will help you navigate the Aspen platform.

If you plan to pick up and drop off your student each day or you plan to walk to school, please read these specific details in our Arrival Dismissal Document.

Most answers to questions about transportation including bus stops, the fee for service program, or routes can be found on the APS Transportation Home Page. Should you have a specific question that you cannot find the answer to, please contact the transportation office at 508-222-0012. A reminder that for the first 2 weeks of school, times may be off by 5-15 minutes as everyone adjusts to more traffic on the roads when school begins. Please be at your stop at least 10 minutes before the estimated time of pick up/drop off. Once two full weeks have gone by, you will have a more realistic, regular time that the bus or van arrives/drops off at the designated bus stop. Thank you for your patience at the beginning of the year.

Hello Hyman Fine Families,

I hope you all have had a wonderful and healthy start to the new school year. 

I have a few updates and requests:

• SPOT Vision Screenings for our Kindergarten students will be on October 3 in the Health Office. Please make sure your student has their glasses.

• Screenings for hearing, vision, and BMI for all students will begin in October and extend throughout the school year. Please make sure your child has their glasses with them every day. 

• Permission slips for the dentist will be in backpacks soon.         

• Please pack a change of clothes in your child's backpack for any unforeseen circumstances.        

• Please submit any updated physicals and inform me of any changes in health.

• Please remember all medications and supplies must be delivered to me by a parent/guardian. Students are not allowed to carry medication in school.   

Thank you & look forward to a wonderful school year!

Karen Mages, BSN, RN, NCSN

School Nurse- HFES

Phone: 508-223-1560 ext. 305

Fax: 508-226-0255

Email: kmages@attleboroschools.com 

We're looking to form committees to help us be as productive as possible throughout the school year. Once we have our committees formed, we will have Zoom meetings to brainstorm and talk about what needs to be done. Thank you as always for helping us make our events so memorable.

Please click the link to sign up: Committee Sign up

Our Spirit Wear Sale is open now through September 30. You can order your gear online now.

ORDER SPIRIT WEAR

Information on how to purchase new spirit wear will be accessible to families on our Back to School Night.

We will also have a few items from previous sales available for purchase at the event on a first come first serve basis.

During the month of September, please consider purchasing a "Give Back" reusable Community Bag from Stop & Shop on 469 Pleasant St. $1 from each bag purchased will go to Hyman Fine PTO. Your support is appreciated!

Help HFES earn money when you shop and scan receipts using the Box Tops for Education App.

For more information on how to support our school read Box Top Details Flyer.

Next Month's PTO meeting will be October 3rd. ZOOM LINK

Our Book Fair will be held from September 23-27th. PTO is looking for Parent Volunteers to work the fair. Please use signup to volunteer if your time permits.

2024-2025 PTO Board- Co-Presidents: Jennifer Rosa, Ashley Niland, Co-Vice Presidents: Christine Svendsen & Kelli Costa, Treasurer: Ben Chalot & Secretary: Lindsay Jacobs

Make sure to like and follow us on Facebook for information on events and fundraisers.

We can also be reached by email at Hymanfineelementarypto@gmail.com

September 20- Penguin Day Wear Black & White

September 23-27- Scholastic Bookfair

September 26- Welcome Back to School Night 5:30PM- 7:30PM

October 9- School Picture Day