Science: Thank you for working so hard these past two weeks! You will have the week off from any work but if you planted sunflower seeds, you will still need care for your plant and record your observations by updating your data collection document. Enjoy your break!

Math: You will also have the week off from any work but I would encourage you to log onto Xtra math and practice math facts and also participate in the Haverhill Reading Challenge! Have a good week off.

Ms. Simes: 

I want to give a “BIG SHOUT OUT” to the following students who completed all of their Week 1 ELA assignments and are my “ELA Superstars of the Week”:

Jaeden A., Connor A., Sophia B., Lauryn C., Jaida-Marie C., Cameron F., Shannon G., Schylar G., Autumn G., Dylan G., Ethan G., Ryan H., Tatiana H., Joseph L., Saniyah M., Kaelie M., Brodie M., Jude O., Dale P., Mason P., Baylee P., Jayden Q., Analia R., Angelina R., Jonathan R., Zenia R., Yilliannis R., Katherine S., Jeremy S., Jack-Henry S., Colby S., and Enmanuel V.

Next week is April Vacation and although I do not have any formal assignments, I would like students to read every day or night, whether it is through using myON or their own trade books.  Also, Haverhill Promise is conducting the Haverhill Promise Reading Challenge, check the challenge out at https://www.haverhillpromise.com/reading-challenge.  Your student could win a prize.  Additionally, HCTV has some great learning videos that your student can watch. I have attached the schedule, this is through May 2: https://www.haverhill-ps.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/HCTV-4-125-1.pdf?058dc8.  Have a fun and safe vacation week.

Ms. Sanguedolce: 

Mr. Marinella: Hello everyone, please continue to check Google and your emails for updates. History is working on a Tuesday/Thursday schedule, and English is Monday/Wednesday/Friday. I am encouraging all students to be reading everyday and Orange English will be posting their notes on those days. Assignments are generally due on the Friday of that week, but if any more times is needed or any questions arise please just ask via email or comments. And Orange ELA, check on Classroom on Monday for info about Haverhill Promise Reading Challenge! Take a well deserved break next week, you have all been working hard and I am extremely proud of all of you!

Ms. Lees: Spring is a time of rebirth and inspiration.  I hope you all get a chance to be outside – walk, play or just sit somewhere you can see some fresh new flowers blooming and the bright green beginning of leaves on trees.  My yard will be happy to be taken care of next week.  Your teachers will be thinking of you and looking forward to seeing your faces on the return from break.  Remember to read, remember to learn something new every day and remember to be kind to yourself and your loved ones.

Ms. Rubera: 

Thank you for working so hard at home!  I appreciate you all for doing your best to learn math and science during these challenging times.  All assignments with feedback have been posted on Schoolbrains. Please check the portal to see your child’s work completion and progress.

To communicate with families, I will continue to send out a weekly e-mail on Sunday night with an overview for the week.  The information in that e-mail is also included on my website/blog, jrubera.wordpress.com. You can subscribe to my website/blog to receive a notification every time I post, or you can e-mail me at jrubera@haverhill-ps.org so I can add you to the family contact list if you are not receiving weekly e-mails from me.  Parents/Guardians can also be invited to their children’s Google classrooms; if you would like to be added, please e-mail me and I will set that up. For fun ways to stay connected, follow me on instagram: @jrubera10, Twitter: @jrubera, or TikTok: @j.rubera.

I hope you are all well and staying safe!  Next week is vacation, so I will not be assigning work or conducting lessons.  However, if you’re looking for some enrichment or activities, please consider these:

• The 50th anniversary of Earth Day (April 22, 2020) will be celebrated with the first Digital Earth Day.  The Earth Day network has planned 24 hours of actions you can take at home and on social media to promote environmental sustainability.

https://www.earthday.org/take-action-now/

• Create your own math game!  The deadline to submit entries is June 30, 2020.

https://www.mindresearch.org/gameathon

• HC Media (Channel 99) has educational videos prepared by our curriculum department  by grade level that students can watch to help them continue learning. Check them out!

Mr. Taylor: ELA  and Social Studies classes- If anyone is behind on their work, over vacation there will be no new assignments. Plenty of time to catch up on anything you may be behind on. Try to get 40 mins of Lexia in during the week. That is all you need to do. That, and stay safe and try to have some fun during the week. Hopefully, it’s nice out. Take care of yourselves and each other.

Ms. Delong: You should be using next week to complete any missing/late assignments in Science and Social Studies including the Ancient Civilization project. If you have completed your work, you should read and/or watch CNN10 daily. Students should also be writing in their COVID-19 journals.

Ms. Aylward: This week students wrote odes to ordinary objects – a great tribute while we are stuck at home and have no choice but to find the extraordinary in the ordinary. Students continued to read Holes and Percy Jackson. Next week, students should continue to read a little every day. The Haverhill Public Library is having a reading challenge the students can participate in at haverhillpromise.com to win prizes just for reading.

Ms. Sargent: The first session of work for Grade 6 Orange, Yellow and Red math was due Friday the 17.  Some students are hitting the turned in button, but are not attaching completed assignments with it.  It would probably be easier at this time if you are not sure how to send in the work to just send a picture of it to me via email.  My email is:  jsargent@haverhill-ps.org

Ms. Guisti: Mrs. Guisti, Ms. Blanchette, and Ms. Cronin are continuing to have small group google meets as well as in-class subject support for students during google meets.  We have also been offering times that are more convenient for students besides the mornings to do extra help.  We are hoping that students will attend.  All google meets have been posted on google classrooms so please please attend.  If you ever need to schedule one to one time just email Mrs. Guisti at nancy.guisti@haverhill-ps.org and I will be sure to schedule individual time to support you.  Small group ELA please try your best to work on the assignments on google classroom and on readnaturally.readlive.com to practice reading fluency.  Hope everyone has a wonderful vacation week!

Ms. Marciano: Thank you all for working so hard over these past two weeks! I hope that you are able to find a book that interests you so that you can get some reading done over vacation. If you are able to read, there will be a link posted for the Haverhill Promise Reading Challenge on Google Classroom. Take a selfie with your book and share it with me through email or Instagram…you might have a chance to be featured on Haverhill Promise IG page or the HPS webpage. If finding a book is not possible, watch your favorite movie and try to write an alternate ending. I’m looking forward to catching up with everyone on Google Meets once vacation is over! Stay safe.

Ms. DiGloria: Assignments for Grade 7 Social Studies will continue to be posted on Google Classroom. There have been four assignments thus far, and I will continue to accept work and give feedback as students pass that work in. If you or your student have any questions, please reach out via email or post in Google Classroom and I will answer as promptly as I can.

Ms. MacKinnon: Hello 7th grade families, There is no new science work assigned over April vacation. I am going to leave up the natural hazards work for anyone that has not had a chance to do their science this past week hope everyone stays safe and healthy during vacation and I hope the weather is nice so you can get outside with your family.

Ms. Berthiaume: 

Mr. LeGrand: We had another wonderful week of remote learning.  We have been learning about integers and, how to use them to represent the velocity and speed of an object.  We will continue working on adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing integers when we get back from April vacation.  Students are encouraged to complete any missing assignments and work on iReady during April vacation.   Do not hesitate to reach out if your child needs help completing their math assignments: wlegrand@haverhill-ps.org.

Ms. Trombly: Students are continuing to work on Google classroom. I have been setting up google meets with my kids. I’ve been sending out screen castify lessons for kids who are having trouble. I am using the Remind app and email and Google classroom for communication.

Ms. Bilmazes: It’s been great talking with some of you over the past week during the Google Meets! Keep doing your work and don’t be afraid to reach out for help! Hope you enjoy your vacation week. To keep up with your reading, check out the link below!https://www.haverhillpromise.com/reading-challenge

Ms. Senior: This week, Google Meets sessions between teachers and students produced great strides for those who requested help on a number of subjects and to discover what, if any, assignments they may be missing.  Google Classroom was instrumental in assisting students in “real time” work on Math integers/absolute value/MCAS prep and to students continuing to respond to our whole-class novel in ELA.  Students in my “fan club” are asked to please drop me an email as a check-in, even if you’ve recently written to me.  Thanks! msenior@haverhill-ps.org

Ms. Sullivan: Happy April Vacation!  I will not be assigning work this week, this can be used as a time to catch up on your assignments.  All of the work is posted in google classroom and I am accepting all late work.  Enjoy your week and stay safe and healthy.

Ms. Deblasis: 

Mr. Blaustein: 

Ms. Brown: Hello, I hope this all finds you well. Please continue to feel free to email me at kbrown1@haverhill-ps.org. For those that I have spoken to regarding Covid 19 plans, thank you.  As always, if you would like to receive a phone call, please email me, and we can easily set up a time to talk. Office hours will be on Wednesday from 1-2. I will also be checking in weekly, on a last name, alphabetical rotation basis, with parents and students.  In addition, I am offering Special Education Students, as well as any other student, that may be struggling with ELA, access to, and the direct monitoring of, The Lexia “Power Up and Rapid” language based reading program, which is geared toward older middle school students. This can be accepted as class credit for ELA, and might be easier for you to manage.  I will be reaching out to some of you, who have not been able to participate in ELA, and hope that this may be an option. Last, if you are struggling in any way, please get in touch with anyone at J.G. Whittier, that you may be comfortable with. It is all manageable and doable. Together, we can make this work. Happy April vacation to you all.  Stay safe and be well.

Ms. Kaiser: Greetings JGW families! Thanks to your support from home, students are adjusting to the remote learning model. They are displaying a sense of cooperation when they tackle the tasks of organizing their daily schedules and managing their time. And as they communicate with their teachers via Google Classroom, they are also connecting with their fellow students. With a spirit of camaraderie, they are providing support to each other; it’s clear that they are going to get through this together! I hope that the upcoming break provides students a period of respite with family, and allows time to enjoy journaling or reading for interest. They may want to consider the Haverhill Promise Reading Challenge. https://www.haverhillpromise.com/reading-challenge

Music (Mr. Gariepy): 

Health (Ms. Reynolds): I am continuing to collect photos over vacation of students that would like to show me their home-made masks based on the video we watched last week.  I’ve gotten some great examples so far.  I’ll still be checking online for any assignments needing to be passed in or questions students may have.  Wishing everyone a HEALTHY vacation week.

Physical Education (Mr. Demarais): I will be continuing to post my weekly fitness workouts, as well as a new fitness challenge.  I will also continue my daily responses to the posts of all of our students.

Guidance (Ms. Vlahos): 

Counseling (Ms. Midolo): 

Student Support Coordinator (Mr. Newell): I am available at most times throughout the week. Please do not hesitate to email me any concerns you might have and I will do my best to help. If the phone is easier, let me know and I can call to talk as well.

Student Support Center (Ms. Greenwood): SSC Classroom Update! Our first Google meet will be on the Tuesday after vacation. April 28 at 1:00.  Students, I will send a link to your email that you can use to join the meeting. Also we have added Thursdays with Miss Christine to the classroom. Here you will find videos on mindfulness and other fun things you can do to stay centered and stress free while we are away from one another. You can watch them over vacation and practice what you learn with your family.  Mrs. Greenwood is available to help you with your academics at any time, just send an email from the SSC classroom page and we can get to work! Have a great vacation!

Speech (Ms. O): Hello to all my speech friends!  Great job to those who have attended our Google Meets this week  – so glad to see your smiling faces:)  Excellent work from some of you who have tried some of the work, as well.  Remember, it doesn’t have to be perfect or 100% complete.  It’s all about just giving it a shot!!!  Please keep trying the assignments, reach out to me if you need any help, and I hope to see you in our meetings after break!  HAVE A FANTASTIC VACATION!!

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please do not hesitate to reach out to me at tbetty@haverhill-ps.org. Once again, have a wonderful April Vacation! Be well and stay safe!!