#184DaysofBrave: Day 115
All aboard! Tickets for the Halsted Players' production of the high flying adventure Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr. go on sale tomorrow, Saturday March 1st! Get your tickets now before the evil Child Catcher snatches them all up!
#184DaysofBrave: Day 114
Get ready for Read Across America Spirit Week! Next week (3/3-3/7), Halsted Library is hosting a Spirit Week to celebrate Read Across America week and to raise awareness for a love of reading!
#184DaysofBrave: Day 113
On Friday, members and the mascot from the Sussex County Miners stopped by to spread awareness of the benefits of reading, to challenge students in a reading incentive, and to help us prepare for Read Across America which occurs next week!
#184DaysofBrave: Day 112
C2C's Spread Love & Positive Communication Family Event was a great success!
The guest speaker was Dr. Andy Mars, the students created cards and wreaths to spread some love for Valentine's day.
These were delivered to local assisted living facilities!
#184DaysofBrave: Day 111 Members of the cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr. were out on Spring St. yesterday with some parent volunteers to sell Ads for our upcoming show! These dedicated students were able to raise over $250 in an hour!
#184DaysofBrave: Day 110
Our 8th graders are ready to dance the night away with their fellows scholars from Andover and Green at tonight's Tri-District Dance!
#184DaysofBrave: Day 109
Coach Stroker was back yesterday with our full school assembly to talk about his Event + Response = Outcome! Some of our scholars were awarded for their leadership abilities and their willingness to help others!
#184DaysofBrave: Day 108
On Friday, our Best Buds Group got to take part in some awesome Valentine's themed Minute to Win It Games!
#184DaysofBrave: Day 107 C2C’s Community Caring Club made over 50 Valentine’s Day cards. On Thursday, a few fifth grade members delivered the cards to residents of Liberty Tower during an ice cream social hosted by the Newton Recreation Department. The residents enjoyed the cards and conversation and our students learned the value of community service.
#184DaysofBrave: Day 106
We would love to wish our Halsted community a Happy Valentine's Day! In addition to this celebration, we also want to celebrate that tomorrow is SRO Appreciate Day and we want to take the opportunity to sincerely thank Officer Justin Bellis for being such an amazing member of our team. We know our staff, parents, and students all appreciate him very much!
#184DaysofBrave: Day 105
Students in Mrs. Metzgar and Mrs. Ahearn's class practiced their fierce Ninja skills at Ninja Warrior on Tuesday!
#184DaysofBrave: Day 104
Mr. DeBarros and our wonderful C2C team have been hard at work all year bringing exciting programming to our scholars and families! Clink on the link below to caught up on all of the wonderful things that C2C has been up to so far this year:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14sLPOc4OKclPVptx9mUTCnjV_U6BNvmAqGSYAlQ2doY/edit?usp=sharing
#184DaysofBrave: Day 103
Join our C2C program this Thursday February 13th for their Spread Love & Positive Communication event. Students will be making cards, wreaths, and bracelets to be shared with local nursing home residents and Newton medical center patients!
#184DaysofBrave: Day 102
On Friday, our Best Buds group were hard at work preparing some Valentine's Day crafts!
#184DaysofBrave: Day 101
Student Council is announcing a Valentine’s day dress up day on February 14th with Valentine’s colors! Wear things with red, pink, white, and hearts to celebrate Valentine's day. Happy Valentine’s Day Halsted!
#184DaysofBrave: Day 100
Yesterday our professional photographer was in to snap pics of our 8th Grade Superlatives and our Halsted Clubs and Organizations! Make sure you purchase a copy of our yearbook to see how they come out!
Due to the anticipated hazardous road conditions and anticipated icy paths and sidewalks, the Newton Public Schools will be CLOSED tomorrow, Thursday February 6. Please be safe tomorrow.
#184DaysofBrave: Day 99 We'd like to send a big Congratulations to our January students of the month! 8th Grade: Robert Mace 7th Grade: Bailey Myers 6th Grade: Ava Karas 5th Grade: Isabella Diaz
#187DaysofBrave: Day 98
Mrs. Metzgar and Ms. Ahearn's MD class took a trip to Villa Capri last week to enjoy some delicious pizza!
#184DaysofBrave: Day 97
On Friday, 6th-8th Grade Scholars danced the night away at our Student Council led 1980s Dance!
