Hartford Public Schools

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Spring Testing begins tomorrow! Here is the testing schedule for the month of April.
This week's testing outlook:
HS - 11th graders are testing: SAT, MSTEP, WIN Readiness
MS - 8th Grade: PSAT & mstep
RW - 3rd, 4th, & 5th Grade: MSTEP ELA

JV Boys Baseball vs South Haven (DH) has been moved to Wednesday with a 4PM start.

Attention Families of 7th Grade Students who have NOT signed up for the DC trip yet.

As a reminder, your family must register for the meeting if you plan to attend. If you have not done so yet, click the following link: https://rsvp.efexploreamerica.com/j5vcfge

This informational meeting for the Spring 2027 trip to Washington, D.C. will take place at 7:00 PM on April 7 in Room 122 in the Middle School (Mrs. Morsaw's classroom.)

(If you have already signed up for the DC Trip, you DO NOT have to attend this meeting.)

Middle School Principal's Weekly Newsletter: https://app.smore.com/n/096cy-middle-school-news

High School Principal's Weekly Newsletter: https://app.smore.com/n/9c27x-hartford-high-updates-3-26-2026

Redwood Elementary Principal's Weekly Newsletter: https://app.smore.com/n/y0s9q

7th Graders who have not signed up for next year's trip to Washington DC there will be informational meeting on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 in Mrs. Morsaw's classroom at 7:00 pm. We will go over what the trip includes, when the trip is taking place, fundraising for the trip and answer any questions you have. Please use the QR code on the attached flyers to RSVP to the meeting. This will be the last informational meeting we are having for the 2027 trip this year. If you have already signed up for the 2027 trip you DO NOT need to come to this meeting.

There will be no school tomorrow, Friday March 27th, as we begin Spring Break! We hope you have a fun and safe break. We look forward to seeing you when we return on Monday, April 6th. ☀️

RW Medical Incident Communication (3/26/26)

HPS Athletics (3/26/26):
⚾️Varsity Baseball vs Saugatuck (DH) - HOME @ 4:30PM
⚽️Varsity Girls Soccer @ Coloma - AWAY @ 6PM

April 2026 District Testing Calendar

Mrs. Stacy Thiele is our new Interim Assistant Principal at Redwood Elementary effective April 6th. Stacy is a veteran teacher with 22 years of experience K-12. She graduated from GVSU in 2004 and taught Spanish and Health Education for 18 years. She received her master’s from GVSU in ESL in 2010 and in 2022 received her administrator certification also from GVSU. Mrs. Thiele has worked at Hartford since August of 2022. In her time at HPS, she has served the district as the MS/HS ESL teacher, the 6-12 Curriculum Coordinator, and most recently has been serving as the K-12 Migrant/ESL Coordinator and K-5 Multilingual Instructional Coach. She is very excited and honored to continue serving the Hartford community as Interim Assistant Principal. Feel free to reach out and say hello or stop by Redwood anytime. Her contact information is below. thieles@hpsmi.org 269-621-7303

The 2nd and 3rd grade Redwood Concert is tonight in the HS Auditorium at 5:30PM!

Class of 2026 Senior Spotlight! ✨Timmy Wimbley✨

Timmy's Awards/Activities Include:
"First Team All Conference Baseball."

To be featured in the weekly Senior Spotlights, Seniors can fill out the Senior Spotlight form at https://forms.gle/iAzwxJYDS7Gg6VLc9

This past Saturday, on March 21st, 19 Hartford Huskies traveled to WMU to compete in the Regional Science Olympiad Competition against 20+ area teams. All participants did their best and Mr. Thiele and Mr. Morsaw appreciated all your hard work for these past months. We want to thank our seniors for all their time they have put in the Science Olympiad for the past 7 years in middle and high school. Our 2026 seniors were Alexander Morsaw, Weston Pitcher, Isaiah Lovell, and Joel Garcia. We wish all our seniors good luck in their future endeavors and the work they did for the Science Department and the Hartford community.

The following Hartford Huskies received medals/ribbons for their efforts:

5th place finishers in Boomilever were Joel Garcia and Josais Robles
6th place finishers in Boomilever were Carlie Sullivan and Pablo Rodriguez
8th place finishers in Electric Vehicle were Alex Morsaw and Isaiah Lovell
4th place finishers in Hovercraft were Alex Morsaw and Isaiah Lovell
8th place finishers in Machines were Isaiah Lovell and Josais Robles
7th place finishers in Robot Tour were Josais Robles and Joel Garcia

Thanks to all of our competitors once again for their hard work this year. We finished 10th out of 28 teams and missed qualifying for the state tournament by one place. We look forward to working with the underclassmen next year and seniors thanks for the past 4 years and graduation is just around the corner!

Redwood Elementary Principal's Weekly Newsletter: https://app.smore.com/n/6bhx8

MS Principal's Weekly Update: https://app.smore.com/n/096cy-middle-school-news

Hartford Public Schools next School of Choice enrollment period will run from May18th to May 29th. View enrollment information on our website at: https://www.hpsmi.org/page/enrollment

Our kindergarten classes had a very special guest reader today from WWMT News 3!

Kirk Mason joined us for a wonderful reading experience, bringing stories to life and sharing the joy of reading with our students. It was such a memorable and engaging time for everyone!

Thank you for visiting and inspiring our young readers!