~Grade 6 Environmental Trip~ Hamburg 6th graders were ready for their

environmental trip. On Thursday, September 29th, they came to school with sleeping bags and camping

gear in tow. The students accompanied by Mrs. Smalley and Mr. Blochinger spent two days and one

night at the Pocono Environmental Education in Dingmans Ferry, PA.

Check for more pictures in this issue of the Hamburg Newsletter.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

10/3 - Week of Respect 10/3 - National Children’s Health Day 10/10 - No School (Inservice Day) 10/11 - PRIDE Assembly 10/11 - *PTA Meeting @ 7:30 PM 10/12 - Education Fair / Optical Academy 10/14 - *PTA Clothing Drive 10/14 - *PTA Bingo 10/15 - *PTA Clothing Drive and Window Painting

10/17 - *PTA Gertrude Hawk Sale Begins 10/18 - BOE Meeting 10/20 - Coffee Chat 10/27 - One World Talko Assembly 10/28 - *PTA School Store 10/28 - *PTA Halloween Dance 10/31 - Halloween Parade

* indicates PTA

Grade 6 Environmental

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Upcoming Events

1Coffee Chat

Week of Respect

2Upcoming

PTA Events

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Hamburg School will host a coffee-chat at 7 p.m. on October 20th to discuss on-going initiatives at the school. The October 20th coffee-chat is intended to be one of four meetings held in the 2016-2017 school year where the BOE and Administration invites the greater public to discuss ways to s t rengthen school communicat ions between the school, teachers, parents, students, and the community. This meeting follows the inaugural coffee-chat held late in the 2015-2016 school year where parents, administrators, members of the Board of Education and teachers discussed results from a recent Hamburg School communications survey and ways to facilitate more open communications in Hamburg School.For further information, please contact H a m b u r g S c h o o l ’ s C h i e f S c h o o l Administrator, Roger Jinks at 973-827-7570 or rjinks@hamburgschool.com.

“A person’s a person no matter how small.”

~ Dr. Seuss

WEEK OF RESPECT

The week of October 3-7 Hamburg School will celebrate a Week of Respect. Students are encouraged to participate each day in the following way:

Monday: Blue Shirt Day…wear Blue Tuesday: Respect for Others…wear Yellow Wednesday: Own Our Zone Day - wear school colors to show Hamburg Pride Thursday: Go Green Day - wear green to show respect for our environment Friday: Respect for Community - bring canned or prepackaged food to donate to local families in need

For more information visit <www.stompoutbullying.org>

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HAMBURG SCHOOL PRIDE ASSEMBLY Due to the on-going construction project, our

gymnasium will not be available for our first Pride Assembly.

The assembly has been rescheduled for Tuesday, October 11 at 9:45 a.m.

Tuesday, October 11 @ 7:30 PM (Library)

Friday October 14 (3:00 - 4:00)  and Saturday October 15 (12:00 - 3:00)

Bingo Night October 14 @ 630 PM  Pizza, Hot dogs, Nachos, and snacks

to be sold. Prizes to be won!

Halloween Window Painting in the Courtyard

Saturday October 15th (1-3 PM)

Kid Stuff book sale has ended and we are still missing a few books.  Please turn them in ASAP. Thank you !

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Halloween Dance

(Costumes Optional)

Grades 5-8

October 28

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The Hamburg Board of Education would like to recognize students each month who have been nominated by their teachers for exemplary performance in one or more of the following areas:

‣ Academics ‣ Citizenship ‣ School/Community Service

One student will be selected in each of the following grade levels, PreK-2, 3-5 and 6-8. Students and their parents will be invited to attend that month’s Board meeting at which time a short description of the child’s accomplishment(s) will be shared and the students will be presented with certificates.

Student of the Month Optical Academy

Students, Staff, and Families!

October 12th (2:00 - 8:00 PM)

Eye Exams ~ Glasses ~ Sunglasses ~ Contacts ~ Accessories

To Register:

• Call 1-800-530-2730

• Online at www.optical-academy.com

Eye Exams: $30

Contact Lens Exams: $30

Frames & Lens: starting at $29

All Insurances Accepted

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Monthly Recap

Hamburg students and staff have been busy in their learning environments

Grade 6 PEEC Memories

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