HTS UPCOMING EVENTS!

11/18 BOE Mtg., 7PM, LMC

11/22, 25, 26, 27

Early Dismissal,

12:45PM

11/22, 25, 26

PTO Book Fair

11/22, 25, 26

Parent/Teacher

Conferences

11/28, 29 School Closed –

Thanksgiving Recess

12/3-6 Holiday basketball

Tournament

12/6-7 PTO Holiday Kids

Shoppe

12/7 PTO Pancake Breakfast

12/9 BOE Mtg., 7PM, LMC

12/9 7th gr. Field Trip – MET

12/10 K-2 Holiday Concert

12/13 2nd gr. Field Trip –

Papermill Playhouse

12/13 Operation Holiday

Wrap

12/18 5-8 Holiday Concert

12/20 Early Dismissal,

12:45pm

12/23-1/ Winter Break

Anything in italic above is a

new addition to the calendar

PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY HARDING TOWNSHIP SCHOOL

November 15, 2019

HARDING

HUSKY

HAPPENINGS

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

We are excited to acknowledge our Field Hockey team’s victory at

our Board of Education meeting Monday night. If you are able to

join us, our meeting is at 7pm in the Library.

Next week we begin parent teacher conferences. Our teachers are

looking forward to meeting with you to discuss your child’s

progress. As conferences run on a tight schedule, please be

prompt for your assigned time.

We are also looking forward to our annual Book Fair. The Book Fair

is open to the public on Saturday, November 23rd and classes will

have scheduled times to visit and shop on Monday, November 25th

and Tuesday, November 26th.

We are entering our busy time of year and these weeks go by very

quickly. I look forward to seeing you in the weeks ahead!

Mrs. Donohue

Congratulations to 8th

grader, Kaitlin Brown on being

selected as one of MPAC’s Music Students of the Month

for October. Kaitlin was nominated by our music teacher,

Ms. Rachael Gareau and was selected along with eleven

other students from various middle and high schools in

Morris County. The honoree’s attended an award

ceremony and performance by Sara Evans last week at the

Mayo Performing Arts Center.

The Music Student of the Month program was created to

give the middle and high school music teachers of Morris

County the opportunity to recognize music students who

demonstrate a strong commitment to and excellence in the

performing arts.

PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES

Parent/Teacher conferences will be held on

Friday, November 22, 1:15 – 3:15pm

Monday, November 25, 1:15 – 4:15pm

Tuesday, November 26, 1:15 – 4:15pm

There will be a 12:45PM dismissal on these three days. Scheduled conferences begin at 1:15 pm with the last conference scheduled at 2:55pm on Friday and at 4:00pm on Monday and Tuesday. Grades PreK – 5 Teachers will begin sending home scheduled conference times the week prior to the conference days. All PK-5 conferences will be held in the classrooms. If you have any questions kindly contact your child’s teacher.

Middle School Grades 6-8

We are utilizing Sign-Up Genius for Middle School Conferences ONLY. The links below will take you to the site

to secure your times. Each spot is for 10 minutes and is reserved for one student (two students cannot be

discussed in one time slot).

Middle School Core Subjects

Middle School Special Subjects

STEM Activities

Grade 6: Hatchet Project Students are working on a STEM project based on the novel Hatchet. Each group was given a different scenario in which they have to build a shelter and hunting or gathering tool in order to survive. Scenarios include being stranded in the Rocky Mountains, Alaskan wilderness, Sonoran Desert, Caribbean island, and a rainforest. The students worked together to research resources found in their environment and created dioramas of their scenario featuring their shelter and hunting tool.

Grade 7/8: Paper Car Crash The 7th and 8th graders are working on a project revolving around the physics of car crashes. Students have to build a car out of 2 pieces of paper and 10 straws that will keep an egg safe during a collision.

8th

grade Fundraiser

POPCORN, CANDY, CHOCOLATE and MORE!!! The HTS Class of 2020 needs your help to make our fundraiser a success. The money we raise from this effort will go toward our class trip to Washington D.C.

Go to http://supportmyfundraiser.org/ and enter the Seller ID in the Shop Online

section to start shopping. Sales using this Seller ID will be shared across all students.

Group #: 9988992

Seller ID: 80285

Student: HTS 8TH GRADE

School: HARDING TOWNSHIP SCHOOL

There is only a short time left and HTS 8TH GRADE will receive credit for each sale made. Thank you so much for participating in our program and helping us reach our fundraising goals.

7th GRADE

Group # 990044935

We're partnering with Yankee Candle® Fundraising to help achieve our fundraising goal this year. They are the world's #1 candle brand and they offer a wide range of premium candles, fragrances, and décor items at a very wide range of prices. But the most important thing to know is that a percentage of every sale goes to us! To help support us, click on the link below and order items online. Your purchases ship directly to your home and our group receives profit on each and every sale.

This promotion is good through Wednesday, January 8, 2020.

READY TO START SHOPPING? Click on the link below and you are on your way to helping our organization reach its fundraising goals:

HARDING TOWNSHIP 7th GRADE Yankee Candle Shopping Site

School

Calendar

START SHOPPING NOW

HTS 2019-2010 Yearbook

Now on Sale!

Discounted Pre Sale Price $30

(until Nov. 30th)

Order Here!

Josten Yearbooks

NEW THIS YEAR!

HTS Class of 2020 will be selling

Holiday Wreaths

and

Poinsettias

Order forms coming soon!

VOLUNTEER

OPPORTUNITIES

HARDING TOWNSHIP SCHOOL PTO

PANCAKE BREAKFAST SIGN UP

PTO MEETING SCHEDULE

All Meetings in the Cafeteria at 9am

November 14 January 9th March 12th May 14th

PTO OFFICERS

President Melissa Krikos

Co-Vice Presidents Ellice Grande

Vanessa Larsen

Treasurer Richard Heap

Co-Secretary Carla Lankenau

Catherine Anastasiou

Kemmerer Library Happenings

For program registration and information, please go to www.hardinglibrary.org, or call

973-267-2665.

Story Hour for Toddlers, every Tuesday, 10:15 am

Drop in for stories, songs, crafts and snacks with Miss Kryssi and Miss Casey.

Bookworms Meeting, Sunday, November 17, 3-4:00 pm

Join boys and girls age 10-12 who love to read and chat about books. This month’s pick is

‘Wonder’ by R.J. Palacio.

Junior Garden Club, ‘Holiday Kissing Balls’ Thursday, November 21, 3:45 pm

Learn about holiday traditions of decorating with fresh everg reen branches and

then create a Kissing Ball to hang for the holidays. Open to children of all ages!

Sponsored by the New Vernon Garden Club, “Enhancing the beauty of our town

with Nature.” Registration requested, please.

‘Celebrate Harding’ Photo Contest 2019

Drop in any time (until December 1) to see all the wonderful entries from this years

competition. Congratulations to the winners:

Grades K-4: Samantha Innella

Grades 5-8: Heidi Pearce

Grades 9-12: Orla Maxwell

Grand Prize Winner: Chloe Rosenbaum

HTS COMMUNITY CLASSIFIEDS:

Members of our school community are welcome to send classified ads for publication in our weekly news bulletin. Ads must be emailed by Wednesday at 4:00pm to hschenone@hardingtwp.org to be included in the Friday edition and must be ready to cut and paste. Ads will be run for three weeks only. Commercial ads or graphics will not be accepted. At the end of three weeks if you would like the ad to appear again, you must resubmit the information. Ads may be omitted due to space limitations and will be run the next week.

Registration for Madison Youth Wrestling is now open!

Visit the team website for more information: https://dodgerwrestling.teamsnapsites.com/

2020 Madison Soccer Club Winter Clinics

The Madison Soccer Club will be hosting winter clinics from January 5th through March 8th. The clinics run by Coach Chipoletti and staff will focus on agility, footwork, ball touches and fun! Cost is $80 Sunday sessions will be held at Central Avenue School Gymnasium starting on January 6, 2020. 2012 Boys: 9 am -10 am 2013 Boys: 10 am -11 am 2012 Girls 11 am - 12 pm 2013 Girls: 12 pm -1 pm 2014/2015 Boys - 1 pm - 2 pm 2014/2015 Girls - 2 pm - 3 pm Weekday sessions held at Torey J. Sabatini School Gymnasium will begin on January 7, 2019 2010 Girls: Monday 6:25 pm -7:30 pm 2009 Girls: Monday 7:30 pm - 835 pm 2010 Boys: Tuesday 6:25 pm - 7:30 pm 2008, 2007 & 2006 Boys: Tuesday - 7:30 pm - 8:35 pm 2011 Girls: Wednesday 6:25 pm - 7:30 pm 2008, 2007 & 2006 Girls: Wednesday - 7:30 pm - 8:35 pm 2011 Boys: Thursday 6:25 pm - 7:30 pm 2009 Boys: Thursday 7:30 pm - 8:35 pm Please note: Parents of players with a birth year of 2014 and 2015 are encouraged to stay and watch, 2012 player’s clinic will also be tailored to prepare for the 7 v7 spring season. If a player is unable to attend or misses a session they can join one of the other scheduled sessions.

All Boys Invited to Cub Scout Regatta 11/18

Boys in grades K-5 are invited to build and race sailboats with Cub Scout Pack 43 on

Monday, November 18th

at 7:00 pm

at the First Presbyterian Church, 2 Lees Hill Road.

Boys will use their imagination to create boats from a variety of recycled materials.

For information, contact Al Thomas, al.thomas@scouting.org; 973-765-9322 x229.

HARDING TOWNSHIP RECREATION ASSOCIATION

SKI & SNOWBOARD CLUB

Six (6) Friday’s starting January 10 or 17 (depending on snow & skipping over February 14 since there is no school that day)

Bus will leave by 4 PM from the HTS gravel parking lot Shawnee Mountain closes at 9 PM. Buses will depart once all students are aboard.

Ages 11+ can sign up without a parent; however, they must be independent skiers / boarders. Chaperones will be

available but NOT responsible to accompany individuals on the slopes.

Ages 7-10 can join if a parent or guardian (aunt/uncle/nanny etc..) skis/snowboards on the mountain with them.

In this case, you would purchase one ticket for your child and one for yourself. You will ONLY be responsible for

your child and not considered a chaperone.

CHAPERONES – In need of 2 types

Mountain Chaperone (skis/boards and is available on the mountain for guidance/aid)

Lodge Chaperone (does not ski/board and remains in the lodge).

If you would like to volunteer as a Chaperone, please email me (nlaczmd@aol.com). There is NO cost to you. HTRA picks up

the fee as a thank you! We will hold a meeting to discuss responsibilities and secure dates each adult is available to chaperone

- whether it be one day or all.

DISCOUNTED MEAL PLAN Available - $60 for 6 trips!

SEASON PASS ADD-ON - There is an additional option to purchase a season twilight pass for $75 which allows your child to

ski any day of the week 3 -9 PM.

RENTALS -

Shawnee - the equipment is waiting on the mountain for you each Friday.

Pelican Ski & Snowboard Shops - Rt. 10 in Morris Plains - anyone associated with HTRA receives a discount of $15 plus 10%

off season rental.

SKI CLUB LOGIN INFORMATION

For Ski/Snowboard Package Ordering & Purchasing

Member Login Information:

#1: URL: https://www.shawneemt.com/

#2: Click "CLUB REGISTRATION" at the top, right side

#3: Read Club Program Policies/Refund page

#4: Read Patron Responsibility page

#5: Group Login Page

Club Name: 506mv

Member Password: 2020member506 (case sensitive) Tech Support: (570) 421-7231 x244 / club@shawneemt.com