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STEAM Night Fun
On Wednesday, May 11th our community came together for a fun-filled STEAM night! We had a fantastic time. Most of the activities were outside this year. We had 13 stations: Haggerty Data Station (Nili Pearlmutter & Margie Singer), Pedal Power (All in Energy & Community Development Dept.), BOTS! (Alicia Volipicelli), Heart Rate & Exercise (Liz Paci), Mystic River Watershed (Mystic River Watershed Association), Wind Tube (built by Stos Koyanis), Surface Tension Exploration (Fikile Brushett), Bee Bots (Kevin McGonegal), Math Circle Mania (Nataliya Yufia), Recycled City (Anthony Reynolds and Amanda Bock), CitySprouts Garden (Heather Fisher), Guided Building (Colette Dewan), and Bottle Blast Off! (Carroll Magill and Cameron Wu). We would like to thank Carroll Magill, Haggerty parent, for once again organizing his wonderful, engaging event.
Thanks to FOH for funding the materials for this amazing event!
Art Corner! By Mr. Reynolds
 Recycled City!
In art all semester students have been working on a huge, whole school collaboration: Recycled City! Hundreds of repurposed cardboard boxes, around 1,000 hot glue sticks, and anything else the students could think of came together in a project that pushed collaboration and imagination to the forefront. See link in title for a video of the whole city!
Rainforest Animals Visit Kindergarten
All of our JK/Kindergarten classrooms were visited by a variety of Rainforest animals on a recent morning. They had a great time learning about and touching (!) the animals. They saw a black and white tegus lizard, a crocodile, a boa constrictor, and a red-footed tortoise. Thanks to Friends of Haggerty for funding this awesome experience.
Spring Concert
Friday, June 10th | 8:15AM (Playground)
After two years, we will have a Spring Concert in-person again! JK-2nd grade and the Haggerty Chorus will be performing. Keep your eyes open for a virtual performance from Grades 3 and 4, and a virtual instrumental performance by 5th grade.
Caregiver Coffee under tents in Playground from 7:45 to 8:10AM.
Green Cambridge and Cambridge Local First Announce Winners of the 2021-2022 Cambridge City Nature Art Challenge
Haggerty had 10 winners! I can't list them all here, because some do not have signed general media releases - so I am going to highlight our third grade winners. Ava, Honorable Mention (Spotted Turtle), Ah-In, Winner (Western Honey Bee), Mi-Yun, Honorable Mention (Field Bird), and Anthony, Honorable Mention (Cabbage White). Well done to all our Haggerty Winners!
Race Matters: Courageous Conversations
Please join a monthly affinity group for VLUS Triad White Caregivers Working Toward Anti-Racism.
The affinity group will read and discuss various texts throughout the year in order to address our own unconscious biases and to take an active role in fighting white supremacy in our schools, communities, and ourselves. There will be reading to complete before each session, and families are strongly encouraged to make a commitment to attend as many sessions as possible.
Next Meeting: Thursday, June 2nd, 6:45-8PM
What do we want our work together to look like next year?
NOTE: There is NO reading for this session.
Register in advance for this meeting. Register here >>
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Friends of Haggerty (FOH)
You can help our school's enrichment program! When you sign up (for free) with Amazon Smile, every Amazon purchase you make benefits our school. For more info and instructions on how to sign up, click here.
We’re always looking for new members to join Friends of Haggerty, but especially now that we are planning ahead for next year. Everyone is welcome, and your participation is a small commitment that makes a big difference for enrichment programs for Haggerty students. If you’d like more information or to attend a meeting to see what it’s like, contact Suzanne or Lissa.
Mental Health and General Health Resources
Movement/Physical Activity: Celebrate Bike Month!
- Try Bike Sharing with Bluebikes! Bluebikes is a great way to be able to pedal to a lunch meeting, errand, or shopping trip, or to visit friends and family without having to worry about storing or maintaining your own bike. Borrow a bike from one station and drop it off at a different station when you're done. Pay each time you use one, get a membership, and check out these discounted options too:
- Income Eligible Bluebikes membership: If you qualify/use any of these programs, you qualify for this discount: EBT (SNAP), Emergency Aid to the Elderly, Disabled, and Children (EAEDC), Free or Reduced Lunch, Fuel Assistance (LIHEAP), Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8), MassHealth, Pell Grant, SSI/SSDI, Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children (TAFDC), WIC.
- Youth Bluebikes membership (ages 16-19)
Food, Nutrition & Gardening:
- Recipe to Try: Baked Cod with Burst Tomatoes! Everything cooks on one sheet pan in the oven, so all you have to do is add a grain for a complete meal (try brown rice, whole-wheat pasta, or millet!)
- Cambridge Food Resources: This regularly updated list includes food pantries, community meals, and meal delivery options so residents can get free food! Find translations in Amharic, Bengali, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish on the CiM page.
Other Resources: Celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month!
- Bedtime Meditation: Use this 10-minute guided meditation (YouTube) to ease racing thoughts and get you/your family ready for a restful night!
Healthy Snack of the Week
 Tuna Bites: Whole grain crackers topped with lettuce and tuna salad.
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