Happy New Year, Hemlock! I hope everyone enjoyed a happy and healthy holiday season!
Highlights of December were the Winter Festivals! The children had been practicing for months, and their efforts paid off. Families loved attending the concert, looking at the artwork, and sharing in the holiday spirit with the children and teachers in their classrooms’ afterwards.
Many students logged on to Zoom to hear Mr. Hartigan (Stratford’s principal) read The Polar Express, an event organized by the PARP committee. Students were surprised and excited to see a special guest at the end of the story! Thank you to Alyssa Vitez, Hana Noble and the rest of the committee. PARP has more exciting events planned for our children in the new year. On January 6th, award winning poet and children’s book author, Darren Sardelli, is coming to visit the Kindergarten classes at Hemlock. On January 16th at 6:30pm, PARP will be hosting an event at the GC Library - keep your eye out this week for details on the event and how to sign up. And on February 11th at 7:00pm, they will be hosting a virtual visit from “How Grizzly Found Gratitude” author Dennis Matthew. This is the book each primary student received a copy of in October. The zoom registration link for this event will be coming out later this month.
Both the inside and outside of the school looked festive for the holiday season thanks to Tania Sofia, Amanda Ferrari, and the rest of the Beautification Committee’s outstanding efforts.
This month, parents of incoming Kindergarten students have been invited to register their children for the 2025-2026 academic year. If you have yet to do so, you can make an appointment using this link. Additionally, please bring the appropriate materials to your appointment. The list of required documents is found here. If you have any questions or concerns about the registration process you can contact registrar@gcufsd.net.
A number of our students participated in the Reflections competition. The entries were impressive; our children are so talented! A big thank you to our Hemlock PTA Reflections representative Lauren Peeples for her work. Congratulations to our Hemlock winners:
Literature:
Alessandra Ziniti - 1st Place (moving onto Nassau competition)
Photography:
Barrett Brink - 1st Place
Visual Arts:
Vivian Liu - 1st Place (moving onto Nassau competition)
Rosie Iannucci - 2nd Place
Sophia Surguladze - 3rd Place
Henry Peeples - Honorable Mention
I’m looking forward to a great start to 2024 at Hemlock!
Kristen Whitaker
Hemlock PTA Director
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