For information on 2012 summer athletic camps, click HERE

"Hand in Hand, we work together to care for the Earth"

Students will be participating in 'green' activities, April 16-20, in an effort to help celebrate Earth Day on April 22.  Students will be challenged throughout the week to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

Monday: Wear Green

Tuesday: Carry your Waste Day

Wednesday: Eating Green

Thursday: Zero -Waste Day- Our efforts to go waste free for a day were impressive.  Our recycling bins were full to the top and each of the following grade levels only produced minimal trash: Grade 5-0.201 lbs per student, Grade 3-0.200 lbs. per student, Grade 4-0.197 lbs. per student (Winners of the Grade level Challenge!) Great Job to our entire school!

Friday: Beautification Day-

*See attachments for a detailed explanation of each days events as well as information regarding the Recycling Contest.

Students enjoyed a variety of activities over the last month during their Spring Enrichment classes.  Students were able to cartoon, create with legos, play some volleyball and whiffle ball, and learn how to speed jump.

Students at Dr. H.O. Smith and Library Street Schools recently participated in a weeklong celebration of the birthday of Dr. Seuss which is also known as READ ACROSS AMERICA. Students participated in VACATION Bingo, received book marks and pencils, took part in a trivia contest, a bookmark design contest, a book swap and were read to by guests from the community who were invited to come in to school.

Each student who participated in VACATION Bingo and/or won the Trivia contest received a book while book mark design contest winners won a gift certificate to the Used Book Store. Each winning book mark is featured in the school lobby/cafeteria until the end of the month. 130+ books were placed into the hands of students just this week. Congratulations to all!

Priscilla Gagnon, our food service person from HOS was kind enough to share Green Eggs with the staff.

Students and staff would like to express their gratitude to our guest readers from the community. It is such a pleasure that so many are willing to give of their time to the students of Hudson. THANKYOU Mrs. Empey, Mrs. Tagliaferro, Mrs. Chervincky, Mr. and Mrs. Massey, Miss Martel, Miss Paradise, Inspector Triolo, Mrs. Pelletier, Mrs. Schweiss, Mr. Dopp, Mary Ellen Ormond, Mrs. Beaudette, Mrs. Minichello, and Mr. Rodgers

We would also like to THANK our Reading Specialist, Elaine Yen, for organizing the week.

On March 7th, we held our fourth annual Multicultural Night. This night was a chance to celebrate the diversity found throughout Zone A and to bring our many cultures together. There was a wide variety of foods served, from spaghetti and meatballs and corned beef and cabbage, to chicken fried rice and traditional foods from Kazakhstan. We want to thank Mrs. Kollipara and Mrs. Walvekar for demonstrating their talents with Henna paintings (tradition from India), which many of our guests (and staff) enjoyed. The food and art, coupled with great conversation and music, made for a very enjoyable night for all. We want to thank the Lopez-Carrasco family for their cultural music that filled the air that night and the teachers who served up the good eats. We also would like to thank the guest readers; guidance counselor Melanie Curren, retired teacher Rosanne Empey, and Randy Bell, Superintendent of Schools.

Family Art Night was held on February 21^st. This night was designed for our families to come into school to enjoy a variety of art activities while spending some quality time together as a family and with us. Thank you to Mrs. Brooks, our Art teacher, for preparing several fun and creative art activities for all that attended, which was well over 200 of our parents, students, friends, and staff.

Michael Bergen, from Top Secret Science and Math, visited Dr. H.O. Smith School and Library Street School for the fifth consecutive year.  Each year, Mr. Bergen continues to deliver exceptional, hands-on science presentations that are fun and extremely informative. At the end of each presentation, the students are given the opportunity to take all of their hands-on experiments home to share with their family and friends.

France! Jamaica! Honduras! USA! (to name a few) are some of the countries that were represented in Library Street School and Dr. H.O. Smith School's first Winter Olympics Carnival. The day started off with a torch run, presentation of country and flag (20 of them), lighting of the Olympic torch (with a confetti cannon mixed in), and student presenters of Olympic history. After the opening ceremony, students participated in several 'events' throughout the day, including the luge, bobsled, human curl, etc. Laughter and excitement were contagious from the beginning of the day to the end.

We would like to thank Mr. Reardon and Mr. Larry for coordinating this fun-filled day.

To find out how Dr. H.O. Smith School is Recycling, click HERE to view our February RECYCLING NEWSLETTER

We are not to throw away those things that can benefit our neighbor.  Goods are called good because they can be used for good: they are instruments for good, in the hands of those who use them properly. ~Clement of Alexandria

Thank you to our Recycling Committee for all their dedication in bringing recycling education into every classroom!