Principal’s Letter
View this week’s message from Hastings Principal Louise Lipsitz.
9th Annual Hastings Harvest 5K Run/Walk
Date: Sunday, September 30th, 2018
Time: 11:10 am
Location: Hayden Lower Field
The Hastings Harvest 5K Run/Walk is Sunday, September 30th! REGISTER NOW at www.hastingsharvestrun.com to join the fun and please be sure to TELL YOUR FRIENDS. Last year we had over 500 registrants. It is truly an event not to be missed. The 5K is USATF sanctioned and will be chip timed. Proceeds benefit the Hastings PTO. Please note that for safety reasons, and as part of the rules for being sanctioned with USATF, NO DOGS are allowed at the race. All registrants who register before noon on Saturday, Sept 22, are guaranteed a t-shirt. Hastings students will receive a colored t-shirt based on their grade so the kids can find their classmates along the course and at the post-race party! Kindergarten = Red, 1st Grade = Orange, 2nd Grade = Gold (Yellow), 3rd Grade = Irish Green, 4th Grade = Royal Blue, and 5th Grade = Purple.
Hastings Harvest Run is looking for volunteers!
Date: Friday, September 28 – Sunday, September 30
Time: Various
Location: Hastings and Hayden Lower Field
The Annual Hastings Harvest 5K Run/Walk is coming up and we need your help!
Please join us as a VOLUNTEER for this year’s Harvest Run on Sunday, September 30. In addition to a great fundraising event, the Harvest Run is all about building the Hastings community. There are lots of opportunities to help, and many will allow you to run/walk the race! Please sign up here to volunteer.
Do you know any high school students looking for community service hours? Or, mature middle schoolers who like to help? Please encourage them to volunteer at this great event. Students can sign up here.
We look forward to seeing many of you on the course and/or at the post-race party.
General PTO Meeting – ALL WELCOME!
Date: Thursday, September 20, 2018
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Hastings Cafeteria
Principal Lipsitz will give an update on the construction. Please contact PTO presidents, Natalie and Kate, at president@hastings-pto.org if there are any other questions you have or topics you would like discussed. Babysitters will be provided.
Hastings Parents’ Night Out
Date: Friday, September 21, 2018
Time: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Location: Great Wall restaurant – 309 Great Rd. Bedford MA
Book your sitters and come enjoy a night out with other Hastings parents at the Great Wall in Bedford! Cash bar – light appetizers will be served
Please sign up here if you plan on attending. Bring a (Hastings community) friend!
Drop Off Procedure
WHAT YOU CANNOT DO
- Park in the church parking lot. It is also an active school and needs its own spots.
- Drop your child off anywhere other than ALL THE WAY DOWN THE HILL ON CROSBY STREET. This means not at the front door, not at the top of the hill, not in/at the circle.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP
- Pull as far down Crosby Street as possible.
Welcome Back Picnic Rescheduled to 10/2
Date: Tuesday, October 2 (raindate Tuesday October 9)
Time: 4:30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Likely at Bridge Elementary on Middleby Rd.
The welcome picnic has been rescheduled after the forecasting debacle 😉 We will hold it on Tuesday 10/2, from 4:30-6:30 pm. Please mark your calendars!! Bring your own food, hang out with friends and meet more, dance and play games with DJ Mike, and support the fifth grade class who will be selling ice cream to raise money for their class activities. Questions please email picnicbbq@hastings-pto.org.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND OTHER UPDATES
If you’d like to stay updated on school building projects and other community updates (sports teams, club registration as well as community posts), please join the Hastings Families Google Group at http://bit.ly/HastingsFamilies.
Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: 1625 Massachusetts Ave, Selectmen’s Meeting Room
UPCOMING MONTH’S CALENDAR
View all upcoming events online at hastings-pto.org/pta-calendar/ and save to your Google Calendar.
| 9/20 Thursday | 8:55 am – 9:30 am | All School Meeting |
| 9/20 Thursday | 7:00 – 8:30 pm | General PTO Meeting (All Hastings Families), Hastings Cafeteria – building update, babysitting provided. |
| 9/21 Friday | 7:00 – 10:00 pm | Parent’s Night Out – Great Wall, 309 Great Rd. Bedford MA. Come and socialize with other Hastings parents. ALL welcome! |
| 9/23 Sunday | 7:00 – 8:30 pm | PTO Board Meeting, 15 Paul Revere Road |
| 9/25
Tuesday |
7:00 pm | School Committee Meeting. Selectmen’s Meeting Room |
| 9/27 Thursday | Hastings Back to School Night – Parents Only | |
| 9/28 Friday | 9:00 – 11:30 am | School Pictures |
| 9/29 Saturday | Harvest Run Bag Pick Up, Location TBD | |
| 9/30 Sunday | Hastings Harvest Run | |
| 10/8 Monday | NO School – Holiday – Columbus Day/Indigenous People’s Day | |
| 10/4 Thursday | 8:55 – 9:30 am | All School Meeting |
| 10/9 Tuesday | 7:00 pm | School Committee Meeting, Selectmen’s Meeting Room |
| 10/18
Thursday |
8:55 – 9:30 am | All School Meeting |
| 10/18 Thursday | 7:00-8:00 pm | General PTO Meeting, Cafeteria – Topics: TBD |
| 10/23 Tuesday | 7:00 pm | School Committee Meeting, Selectmen’s Meeting Room, Boston, Location TBD |
| 10/24-10/25 Wednesday – Thursday | 12:15 pm dismissal both days | Parent-Teacher Conferences
(Babysitting Available) |
| 10/25 Thursday | 12:15 – 3:15 pm | Family Friends (tentative) |
| 10/26 Friday | 6:30 – 8:30 pm | Halloween Party – Open to children of all ages. Come and enjoy the haunted house, Frankenstein’s lab, games, and food. |
| 10/30 Tuesday | 7:00 pm | School Committee Meeting, 1625 Massachusetts Ave, Selectmen’s Meeting Room |
| 10/31-11/1 Wednesday – Thursday | 12:15 pm dismissal both days | Parent-Teacher Conferences
(Babysitting Available) |
| 11/1
Thursday |
8:55 – 9:30 am | All School Meeting |
| 11/6 Tuesday | NO School – Professional Development Day | |
| 11/7 Wednesday | Diwali (school in session) | |
| 11/5 Monday | 7:00 pm | LEF Trivia Bee, LHS Auditorium |
| 11/12 Monday | NO School – Holiday – Veterans’ Day | |
| 11/13 Tuesday | General PTO Meeting | |
| 11/15 Thursday | 8:55 – 9:30 am | All School Meeting |
| 11/15 Thursday | 7:00-8:30 pm | General PTO Meeting, agenda TBD |
| 11/20 Tuesday | 7:00 pm | School Committee Meeting, 1625 Massachusetts Ave, Selectmen’s Meeting Room |
| 11/21 Wednesday | 12:15 pm | Early Dismissal for All Students |
| 11/22-11/23 Thursday – Friday | NO School – Thanksgiving Break | |
| 11/27 Tuesday | 7:00 pm | School Committee Meeting, Boston, location TBD |
| 11/29 Thursday | 8:55 – 9:30 am | All School Meeting |
| 11/30 Thursday | 12:15 – 3:15 pm | Family Friends |
Bulletin submissions are due on Mondays by 12:00 pm and should be made online.
Visit the Hastings PTO website to find more information and helpful resources. And don’t forget to join us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1493554707397661/.