Dear Families,

Hello, September, and welcome Kindergarten Superstars!  Now our school is complete!  Our students continue to learn and practice following the rules, routines, and procedures at school to keep everyone safe and help everyone learn and grow.

September is Attendance Awareness Month!  To celebrate Attendance, the Attendance Awareness Breakfast Contest is on!   The homeroom with the best attendance for the month of September will be honored with breakfast at school to thank them for making getting to school a priority in their home. There will also be special guests in attendance!  Daily attendance routines can reduce stress, increase your child’s self-confidence, and lay a foundation for good attendance in later grades.  Participation in school helps your child connect with other children and adults and get excited about learning.  Children learn best from hand-on activities and through meaningful interactions with their teacher and other students.  Give your child one of the best gifts possible- the gift of daily school attendance!  

So far, we have 2 classrooms with 100% attendance- Ms. Luttig’s class and Mrs. Hughes’s class!  Please see the attendance rates for our school this week in the graphic below.

As with all family updates, this will be posted on our school website, https://walnutsquare.haverhill-ps.org/ and sent to you via Parent Square and Remind.  In addition to the Walnut Square School website, you can also “like” our Facebook page, Walnut Square Elementary School, follow us on Instragram, @walnutsquaresuperstars, and/or follow my channel on YouTube, @jenrubera, to get updates and see all of the fun and learning taking place at Walnut Square!   Please contact me if you have any questions.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Sincerely, 

Jen Rubera 

Principal

PTO NEWS

The Walnut Square School PTO (Parent Teacher Organization):  The PTO is a group of families, educators, and Walnut Square Alumni who work together to raise funds to plan enrichment activities and purchase resources to support students.  For the 2023-2024 school year, the Walnut Square PTO raised $3,243.00 and received a Music Bingo Donation of $5,439.00 for a combined total of $8, 682.00 to support efforts for students and staff!  

If you are interested in joining the PTO, we hope you’ll attend the first meeting scheduled on Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 5:00 pm.  This meeting will be in person, and child supervision will be provided by High School NHS members.  However, there is a remote option to attend as well.  Here is the Google Meet Information: 

Walnut Square PTO Meeting
Wednesday, September 11 · 5:00 – 7:15pm
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/yap-xgfg-jxv

Please click here to read the meeting agenda.  

The PTO is  beginning the Dollar Fundraiser starting on Tuesday, September 10th and ending on Monday, October 7th.  Here are copies of the handouts you will receive with an envelope: 

• English Dollar Fundraiser 
• Spanish Dollar Fundraiser
• Portuguese Dollar Fundraiser 

 Join Parent Square!  

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Technology:  Please click here to learn more and sign up for the Device Waiver Fee:  https://www.haverhill-ps.org/technology/device-waiver-fee/

DESE Survey: 

HPS receives additional state and local funding to support learning for students whose families are identified as low income. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education identifies most of these students already based on their participation in public assistance programs, but not all.
We are sending this survey to families to help HPS begin to identify additional students who might be eligible to be counted as low income for school aid purposes. Please complete this survey by September 3, 2024.
**This is voluntary. Families are not required to submit this information.
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Community Health Needs Assessement:

Please click on the link to view the flyer:
English:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J4PpF11Ujx8U5ltUrTsvGN4OG_sCkmCL/view?usp=sharing
Spanish:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J5inP3mUohuTbr8UtPAdsKeK-vcWSwER/view?usp=sharing

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