The Haynes Connection

HOP is ready for the start of a great new year!   Please consider chairing one of our committees.   We have several committee chair positions still open.   Please check this list and see if you are interested in helping out!   If interested, contact Michelle Meal or Lisa Turkington.  Thank you!

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Web Committee Support  (still looking for one more person)

Science Fair  (need 2 coordinators)

Communications Officer (co-chair to work with Lisa Sullivan)

Family Photo Day  (coodinator needed)

Bridges Program Representative (liaison between Haynes 4th graders and the senior citizens for the Bridges Mentoring Program)

Kindergarten - Chicken Festival Coordinator

1st grade - Japan Festival Coordinator

2nd grade - Mexico Festival Coordinator

3rd grade - Colonial Festival Coordinator

5th grade - Science Festival Coordinator

Dear Haynes Families,

We are busily putting on the finishing touches for a new school year. Our custodians have completed the monumental task of moving whole programs from one building to the other and have the school looking clean and shiny. Classroom and specialist teachers have been preparing their rooms, planning curriculum, and working on new initiatives. Our school secretaries have kept the administrative wheels rolling and handled the wave of summer move ins and outs. Our school nurse has updated student health information. Over the summer, I have been working with district and school teams to analyze student performance data, clarify and refine anti-bullying policies, and implement initiatives to better support and challenge students. With the help of staff and students, I have also interviewed and hired a new music teacher who will cover for Mrs. Bair who has been granted a year-long extension of her leave of absence. We are ready to go. All that is missing are the smiling faces of the students.

Please Save the Date for the Haynes Fifth Annual Auction and Dinner. The auction will be held on Saturday, November 13, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. at Wedgewood Pines Country Club. This fun night features dinner, dancing and cocktails with a live and silent auction. All proceeds will benefit Haynes Organization of Parents (HOP). HOP supports the educational programs and activities which aid and supplement the curriculum of the Haynes School. Formal invitations will be mailed out at a later date.