Year at a Glance

August

Kindergarten Welcome Party &
Bus Orientation
Classroom Open House

September

First Day of School
PTO Meeting: Meet the Principals
Back to School Bash
School Pictures
PTO Annual Appeal
​Curriculum Night

October

Fall Explorers Begins
Fall BOKS Begins
PTO Meeting: Volunteer Orientation
Grade 1 - Field Trip to Hornstra Farm
Grade 3 - Field Trip to Plimoth Plantation
Grade 3 - David Coffin Music History Presentation
Grade 5 - Museum of Science Animal Adaptations Presentation
Ladies Night Out
Family Halloween Party
Community Service: Candy for Troops

November

Scholastic Book Fair (again in March)
Ice Cream Social - Wednesday Night of Book Fair (sponsored by Grade 5)
Fruit Center Shopping Days
All School Meeting: Veterans Day Celebration
Grade 1 - Plimoth Plantation Wompanoag Visitor
Grade 2 - Plimoth Plantation Colonial Visitor
Grade 1 - Discovery Museum Sound Presentation
Grade 4 - Author Visit: Greg Mone

December

Snowflake Sale
Merchant Shopping Days; Downtown Hingham
K - Discovery Museum Forces & Motion Presentation
Grade 3 - Museum of Science Weather Presentation
Grade 4 - Field Trip to MIT Edgerton Center
Grade 5 - Field Trip to Movie Theater to see "Wonder"

January

Community Service: Valentines for Seniors
Get Smart About Art (GSAA) Begins

February

Grade 5 - Boston Children's Theater Workshops and Performance
Grade 3 - Field Trip to Harvard Museum of Natural History
Nona's/Peel Pizza Night
​Get Smart About Art (GSAA)
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March

Grade 2 - Trip to New England Aquarium
Grade 4 - Field Trip to Boston Symphony Orchestra
Grade 5 - Field Trip: Aquarion Workshop and Visit to Water Plant
Grade 4 - Field Trip: Museum of Science
Hobby Night/Pizza for the Playground
PTO Meeting: Guest Speaker: HMS Principal
​Scholastic Book Fair with Literacy/Math Night & 5th Grade Ice Cream Social
Get Smart About Art (GSAA)

April

Spring Explorers Begins
Grade 2 - Poet Visit: Bill Alberti
Grade 3 - Visit by Sheryl Faye (historical performer)
K - Presentation: Vernal Pools by the South Shore Nature Center

May

Grade 2 - Author Presentation: Brian Lies
Grade 4 - Physics Olympics
Grade 3 - Field Trip to Adams National Park
​Walk/Bike to School Day
​Screen Free Week
​Get Smart About Art (GSAA)

June

K - Field Trip to Franklin Park Zoo
​Grade 1 - Presentation: New England Aquarium Tide Pools
Grade 2 - Presentation: Museum of Science on Building Bridges
Grade 5 - Field Trip: Old Ordinary & Old Ship Church
Get Smart About Art Show & Film Festival
PTO Meeting: Annual Volunteer Appreciation
Grade 5 - Field Trip: Boston Tea Party Museum & Class Picnic
Grade 5 - Presentation: Bay Colony Educators
Grade 5 Culmination
​Field Day