Hartford High School

The Hartford Huskies Class of 2024! Congratulations to all Seniors for their hard work over the last 4 years to make it to this moment. Graduation is next Thursday, May 16th! ¡La generación de Hartford Huskies de 2024! Felicitaciones a todos los Seniors por su arduo trabajo durante los últimos 4 años para llegar a este momento. ¡La graduación es la próxima semana, el 16 de mayo!

It's Teacher Appreciation Week! We are so grateful for all of our teachers who devote themselves to helping our students grow every day. Join us in celebrating teachers for all the work that they do! 🐾 Need some ideas for teacher appreciation week? We have you covered! 💐Monday-you’re a rock and roll teacher! (Write a quick note of encouragement to your teacher/s or bring in a treat that rolls.) 🎸 Tuesday-thanks for helping me bloom! (Draw a flower or pick one from your yard-with adult permission.) Wednesday-you’re all that and a bag of chips! (Bring in a snack.) 🥨🍿🍪 Thursday-you’re a great cheerleader! (Send an email, write a Facebook post or write a note sharing how the teacher cheers on your student/s-in academics or other ways.) 📣 Friday-thanks for pouring into me! (Bring in a drink, water or water bottle or write a note sharing how the teacher/s pour into you.) ☕️🥤

Your 2024 Prom Royalty! 👑 Jairo Lopez- Prom King Isabel Garcia- Prom Queen Kody Stillson- Prom Prince Madison Whitman- Prom Princess

Students of the Week 5/3/24: 9th Drake Sikes, nominated by Mrs. T- for doing so well on his project in Earth Science and being helpful while Mrs. T. was subbing. Way to go Drake. 10th Hayden Baham, nominated by Mr. Wright- Hayden has helped pickup equipment after class every day without being asked. Thank you Hayden. 11th Eduardo Ramos, nominated by Mrs. Stillson-Eddie drastically improved his May STAR reading score, jumping a whopping 210 points!!! Our last senior for this year: Abby Valdes, nominated by Mrs. Spalding for folding the 200 programs for the senior awards banquet. Thank you for helping out Abby!

Upcoming Athletics Senior Nights: ⚽️Soccer 5/8 @ 4:45pm 🥎Softball 5/15 3:45pm ⚾️Baseball 5/20 4pm

Reminder: The senior group picture retake will be tomorrow, Friday, May 3, 2024 during 4th hour!

Class of 2024 Senior Spotlight!

Bus Route 1 will be running only the morning route tomorrow, and is canceled in the afternoon. Please ensure students on this route have proper afternoon transportation. La ruta de autobús 1 funcionará mañana solo en la ruta de la mañana y se cancelará por la tarde. Asegúrese de que los estudiantes en esta ruta tengan transporte adecuado por la tarde.

Today is Principal Appreciation Day! Thank you to our principals Jamin Olds, Nick Blackmer, Robert Herrera, Darren Tyria, Abel Robles, and Chris Quist for all they do to lead Hartford Public Schools, and inspire the all of those around you! 🐾

Reminder to Parents/Guardians: If you have a student-athlete(s) in grades 6th-12th that will be participating in a sport next school year, they will need a new sports physical on file. Sports physicals completed after April 15th are valid for the next school year. All physicals and final forms should be completed by/before August 12th to participate.

HS Athletic Schedule 5/1: 🥎V Softball vs Centreville @ 4:30 (DH) - HOME ⚽️V Girls Soccer @ Marcellus @ 5:00 🏃V Boys/Girls Track @ Comstock @ 5:00

Congratulations to all of the Seniors who received Academic Awards last night! We are proud of the dedication and hard work you have put in during these past 4 years! Award recipients: ¡Felicitaciones a todos los estudiantes del último año que recibieron premios académicos anoche! ¡Estamos orgullosos de la dedicación y el arduo trabajo que ha realizado durante estos últimos 4 años! Destinatarios del premio:

Mamma Mia! The High School Musical, has been nominated for the WAVE Awards for Best Lighting and Outstanding Lead Role for Cessie Finley's portrayal of Sophie! Congratulations to cast & crew and to Cessie for receiving these nominations ✨

May Lunch Menus 🍴

The Senior Academic Awards Ceremony will be tonight @ 6PM in the HS Auditorium!

All students attending after-prom: The online waiver has to be filled out before attending Saturday or they will not be able to participate in any of the activities. https://waiver.roller.app/alleganevent/?ubid=yTn3o3IQD0y7de4rCQK-wg

Varsity baseball vs Comstock has been canceled tonight and postponed until further notice.

High School Athletics Schedule 4/29: 🥎V Softball vs Comstock @ 4:30 PM (DH) - HOME ⚾️V Baseball vs Comstock @ 4:30 PM (DH) - HOME ⚽️V Girls Soccer vs Bangor @ 5:00 PM - HOME

Class of 2024 Senior Spotlight! ✨

The Hartford Migrant team had 4 great days of learning at the National Migrant Conference (NASDME) in Portland, Oregon last week. Some highlights of the conference were hearing the inspiring speeches from the Al Lee Wright scholarship recipients, cultural performances, and workshops on a variety of topics including multilingual learners, parent engagement, and recruitment of migratory youth. One of the best sessions I attended was from a migrant team in Washington State who shared about their parent leadership team and strategies they implemented to reach and engage more families. One strategy that they used to increase their parent engagement was to host events that catered to the whole family (mothers/fathers/caretakers, siblings, etc) such as crafts, games or cooking. Another strategy that they implemented was that they had students give brief presentations about what they were learning in school or about different school programs and organizations at the beginning of their events. This gave opportunities to students to be leaders in the school community and the families wanted to come support their children who were presenting. El equipo de Hartford Migrant tuvo 4 grandes días de aprendizaje en la Conferencia Nacional de Migrantes (NASDME) en Portland, Oregon, la semana pasada. Algunos aspectos destacados de la conferencia fueron escuchar los inspiradores discursos de los beneficiarios de la beca Al Lee Wright, presentaciones culturales y talleres sobre una variedad de temas que incluyen estudiantes multilingües, participación de los padres y reclutamiento de jóvenes migratorios. Una de las mejores sesiones a las que asistí fue la de un equipo de migrantes en el estado de Washington que compartió sobre su equipo de liderazgo de padres y las estrategias que implementaron para llegar e involucrar a más familias. Una estrategia que utilizaron para aumentar la participación de los padres fue organizar eventos dirigidos a toda la familia (madres, padres, cuidadores, hermanos, etc.), como manualidades, juegos o cocina. Otra estrategia que implementaron fue que los estudiantes hicieran presentaciones breves sobre lo que estaban aprendiendo en la escuela o sobre diferentes programas y organizaciones escolares al comienzo de sus eventos. Esto les dio oportunidades a los estudiantes de ser líderes en la comunidad escolar y las familias querían venir a apoyar a los niños que se presentaban.