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Harrington Culture Fair Brings School Families Together The Daily Item Lilliana Cote, 8, picks out an Angry Birds drawing book at the Harrington School art show and book fair. (Item Photo / Angela Owens)
LYNN — It was an evening of literature, music, art and movement with a splash of pop culture at the Harrington Elementary School Wednesday as families flooded the school in search of a little culture. "It's about celebrating the arts ... learning is not just about tests and text books," said Principal Debra Ruggiero. Ruggiero played doorman for more than an hour greeting well over 100 families that poured through the doors for "An Evening of Culture." The hallways were covered in artwork from students of all ages, and volunteers handed out pink heart-shaped cookies and raffle tickets to students. School librarian Carole Shutzer presided over a packed book sale. "It's a big community night for us," she said. "We've been doing this for a few years." As kids shuffled through books and picked out posters, Shutzer said the goal for her was to give kids a chance to purchase books of their own as well as raise a little money so she could purchase new books for the library. "It's a win-win for everybody," she said. "It's important for children to have books at home. It's really important for them to develop a love of reading." Seven-year-old Courtny Olivier said she "kind of" liked to read but her face lit up when she found a book that allowed her to decorate tiny paper purses. Her father, Riffin Olivier, who does like to read non-fiction, said he appreciated the event and a chance to get his daughter a book. Across the room eight-year-old Lilliana Cote also said she "kind of" liked to read but she also said she understands the importance of it. "Because you learn things from reading," she said. "If there were no books around you can't learn anything because all your knowledge comes from books." Cote's grandfather Wayne Byers urged Cote to pick out whatever she wanted. "I like mostly scary novels and mysteries," he said. "But I don't care what she reads as long as she reads." In the gym physical education teacher Robert Dzierzak and music teacher Donna Larisey got kids and adults alike grooving during the movement portion of the event. Kindergartners took the floor and presented their rendition of the Village People's YMCA dance while the older students moved to "Call Me Maybe." Larisey's students showed their parents an English folk dance before Larisey called for the adults to join them on the floor. Many parents took the call to action as their cue to leave but nearly two dozen adults, including staffers and a handful of men joined more than three dozen students forming a huge circle on the gym floor. Larisey had them jogging in place, stomping, kneeling, bowing, clapping and giggling through another folk dance. Ruggiero said in many schools "specialists" such as Dzierzak and Larisey are looked at more as people who fill in for teachers so they can prepare for their next class but not at the Harrington School. "They're doing lessons on artists in their art classes and composers in music," she said. "That's unheard of, really. You might see it in middle school or high school but not on the elementary level." Program Specialist Sue Garrity also praised the music, art and movement specialist. "Our kids learn so much more from them," she said. "They just shine."

Welcome To The Harrington Elementary School

Success is directly proportionate to effort.

Welcome to our website! Here at Harrington School we encourage each member of the community to become active participants in the educational process.

By working together as partners, we are able to develop and implement a quality educational plan to ensure the success of our students.

As the school year begins we encourage families to read the Harrington Student / Parent Handbook, and along with the staff, sign our Title 1 Home/School Compact. In this way, we show our commitment to working together effectively. We recommend that parents and guardians: meet with their child's teacher to discuss student progress, stay actively involved in school events, and monitor their children's attendance, school and homework throughout the year. We believe that open communication and consistent cooperative effort are key components for a successful school year.

The staff and I look forward to working with you and your family as we guide, challenge and nurture your son / daughter to meet his/her full potential.

Best Wishes for a successful year!

Sincerely,
Debra Ruggiero
Principal

Lynn Public School's Mission Statement

The school community will work together in developing strategies for its students to be self-directed learners, collaborative workers, complex thinkers, and quality producers, ultimately acquiring the power of knowledge with the highest degree of human intelligence to become successful life-long learners.

The goals of the Lynn Public Schools are in accord with the district-wide goals and summarize the school's perception of its mission:

* To foster academic excellence
* To nurture a positive set of attitudes toward learning
* To develop desirable personal and interpersonal behaviors and skills
* To involve families as partners in their children's education
* To ensure that children with special needs are placed in the least restrictive environment

Harrington School's Mission Statement

The mission of the Harrington Elementary School is to nurture, develop and educate all students from early childhood to early adolescence, from a variety of economic and ethnic backgrounds and ability levels, and to give these students a solid educational foundation with the tools and understanding necessary to be responsible citizens and lifelong learners. We believe that all children can learn. We recognize that the Harrington School has the primary responsibility for providing learning opportunities. We also recognize that parents/guardians are our partners in this process. Ultimately, together, we must develop student learners who are motivated and responsible for their own education. The Harrington Home/School Title 1 Compact reinforces the student / parent / teacher team message that all members must work together for ultimate success.

The goals of our school are in accord with the district-wide goals and summarize the school's perception of its mission: provide all students at Harrington School with equitable opportunity for optimal achievement in all academic areas"

Supporting Goals:
* To foster academic potential in every child
* To generate a respecting and caring approach to learning
* To broaden literacy and communication skills
* To support a student/parent/school partnership
* To encourage life-long learning

	Harrington Elementary School Information
	Grades Offered Phone Fax Address | Map Link School Day	PK | K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | (781) 477-7380 (781) 477-7383 21 Dexter Street, Lynn, MA 01902 Monday - Friday | 7:45 AM to 1:45 PM
	Principal
	Contact Phone E-mail	Debra Ruggiero (781) 477-7380 ruggierod@lynnschools.org
	Secretaries
	Contact Phone E-mail	Wendy Kastanotis
	Contact Phone E-mail	Rupali Meimeteas
	Administrative Program Specialist
	Contact Phone E-mail	Sue Garrity
	Library
	Contact Phone E-mail	Carole Shutzer | Librarian
	Parent Liaison
	Contact Phone E-mail	Francisca Reyes
	Psychologist
	Contact Phone E-mail	Erin Kelter
	School Adjustment Councelor
	Contact Phone E-mail	Erin Kelter | Room 202
	School Nurse
	Contact Phone E-mail	Debbie Capano
	School Improvement Plan | 2012-2013
	Department of Education Profiles and Report Cards
	Mass DOE Profile	Click For DOE Profile, MCAS and Other Info
	Report Card | MCAS	Click For 2012 Performance Report Card
	Report Card | District	Click For 2012 Performance Report Card
	NCLB Report Card	Click For 2012 School Report Card
	NCLB District Card	Click For 2012 District Report Card
	Status Letters
	SES Providers
Public Notice to comply with P.L. 107-1 10, Section1111 (h) (6) (A) The Federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires school districts that receive federal Title I funding to notify parents of their right to know the professional qualifications of the classroom teachers who instruct their child. As a recipient of these funds, the Lynn Public Schools will provide you with this information in a timely manner if you request it. Specifically, you have the right to request the following information about each of your child's classroom teachers. • Whether the teacher meets the state qualifications and licensing criteria for the grades and subjects he/she teaches. • Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or provisional status because of special circumstances. • The teacher's college major, whether the teacher has any advanced degrees, and the field of discipline of the certification or degree. • Whether paraprofessionals provide services to your child and, if so, their qualifications. The Lynn Public School System is committed to providing quality instruction for all students and does so by employing the most qualified individuals to teach and support each student in the classroom. If you would like information about the qualifications of your child's teachers, you may contact the principal of your child's school.

Harrington Elementary School Faculty List | 2012-2013

	Subject | Faculty	Grade	Room
Pre-Kindergarten
	Audra Kebreau Donna Leblanc	PK Aide	003
	Joanne Lawrence Paula Clinton	PK | Title1 Aide	111
	Joyce Nocella Kelly McManus	PK Aide	112
Kindergarten
	Nancy Cassidy Ivelisse Subervi	K Aide	116
	Janet Costello Gail Mcisaac	K Aide	114
	Elizabeth Crowley Sherrell Bergeron	K Aide	115
	Jennifer Gambill Joanne Devaney	K Aide	113
Grade 1
	Lissa Bloom	1	107
	Sandra Eichel	1	110
	Jacqueline Gallo	1	108
	Beth Pento	1	105
	Stacy Welch	1	106
Grade 2		2
	Lisa Cullivan	2	104
	Joy Gordan	2 | SEI	109
	Nicole Sanger	2	102
	Jennifer Stevens	2	103
Grade 3
	Meghan Barry	3	208
	Natalie  Katz	3	207
	Cindy Sherman	3 | SEI	210
	Nikki Spyropoulous	3	206
Grade 4
	Nancy Doherty	4	211
	Julianne Ferguson	4	214
	Sheila O'Neil	4	212
	Nicole Walsh-Zacades	4 | SEI	215
Grade 5
	Jessica Evans	5 | SEI	218
	Emily Hatfield	5	216
	Greg Tobey	5	217
Art
	Mary Parks		201
Curriculum Instruction
	Christina Colella	ELA	101
ESL
	Heather Bourgeois		209
	Shannon Frazier		209
	Sally Mussen		209
	Pat Sharkey	ELL	209
Intellectually Impaired
	Kathryn Kench Linda Cronin	SPED 3-5 Aide	203
Lynn Community Behavioral Health Center
	Dr. Mark Alexikos		005A
	Genevieve Gonzalez		005A
Librarian
	Carole Shutzer
Math Content
	Patti Mendonca		213A
	Elaine White		213A
Music
	Donna Larisey		205
Occupational/Physical Therapy
	Brenda Hennesy	PT
	Karen Woodward	OT
Physical Education
	Robert Dzierzak		Gym
Program Specialist
	Sue Garrity
Reading Specialist
	Kristen Helgesen		101
	Amy Nerich		Library
Social Worker
	Becky Freddo		202
Speech
	Karla Linehan
	Christine Karla
Special Education
	Lea Barresi Debra Brown Janice Sullivan	PK Aide Aide	004
	Chris Fiorello Primitiva Duran Susan Horne Juana Lovera	K2 Aide Aide Aide	002
	Ann Mansfield	Resource	204A
	Regina Napolitano	Resource	213B
	Mary Panagopoulos	Resource	204B
	Kerri Reilly	Resource	213B
	Janice Walwood Gissette Polanco	SPED K2 Aide	1

Harrington Curriculum | Resources Overview

How to Help your Kids Read!!! | Six Common Comprehension Strategies

1. Making Connections | Students connect their background knowledge to the text they are reading. How to help your child use this strategy: Ask the following questions:

· What does the book remind you of?
· What do you know about the book's topic?
· Does this book remind you of another book?

2. Questioning | Through the use of question, students understand the text on a deeper level because questioning clarifies confusion and stimulates interest in a topic. How to help your child use this strategy:

· Model questioning your own rereading
· Ask I wonder…questions
· Ask your child to come up with questions before reading to see if it's answered in the text
· Keep track of questions: verbally, in an informal log, or stop and predict what will happen next

3. Visualizing | Students create mind pictures and visualizations when they read. How to help your child use this strategy:

· Share wordless picture books with your child and have your child tell the story.
· Make frequent stops while reading aloud to describe the pictures in your minds.
· After reading time at home, have your child draw what they see in their mind.

4. Inferring | Students make inferences about text they are reading to interpret meaning and develop deeper understanding. How to help your child use this strategy: Ask them: Select only two of the ideas to discuss below.

· How did you know that?
· Why did you think that would happen/
· Look at the cover and pictures then make predictions.
· Discuss the plot and theme.
· What do you think this story was about?
· Does it remind you of anything?

5. Determining Importance | When students are reading non-fiction they have to decide and remember what is important from the material they read. How to help your child use this strategy: Before reading ask your child what he/she knows about the topic and what they would like to learn.

During reading help your child look for clues in the text to determine importance. Pay attention to:

· First and last lines of a paragraph
· Titles
· Headings
· Captions
· Frames text
· Fonts
· Illustrations
· Italics
· Bold faced print

After reading discuss what important information they have learned.

6. Synthesizing | Students weave together what they read and their own ideas into new complete thoughts. How to help your child use this strategy:

· Use questioning strategies such as," How has your thinking changed from reading that piece?"
· Discuss current events with an emphasis on judgments and opinions.
· Ask questions with no clear answers.

Harrington 2013 News | Announcements | Important Dates

For full details on these events and more please download the March issue of Harrington Highlights below!

	DESCRIPTION	DATE	TIME
	Harrington Highlights	April 2013
	Spring Picture Day	April 1
	International Night At Harrington!	April 9	5:30 - 7 PM
	Student Council Meeting	April 12	7:15 AM
	Community Meeting Day	April 25	9 AM
	Parent Support Group	April 26	8: 15 AM
	Harrington April Calendar Details Download (PDF)
	Harrington April Calendar

	Harrington Highlights Newsletter Download (PDF)
	Harrington Highlights | April 2013
	Harrington Highlights | March 2013

Bubblology - Science is Fun!!! | June 2012
Harrington students from the Library Group visit with seniors and brighten everyone's day!
	Announcements	Date	Time	Description
	Harrington is participating in a program with the food corporation, General Mills. We are collecting the box top logos from the General Mills products. All you have to do is cut off the box top logo and send it to school with your child. Our goal is 7500 box tops. For each box top that is turned in Harrington receives 10 cents. General Mills will give Harrington a check for the amount of the box tops we have turned in. With this money we can buy anything that is deemed necessary for the students. Make sure that you ask your relatives, friends, co-workers, business associates, etc... to save their box top logos and bring them to school. Also, you can save during the summer and bring them in when school starts. For more information click on the logo above.
	Back To School Supplies
	Here are some suggested school supplies to help you in preparing your child for the first day of school and throughout the school year.
	Pre K and K	Grades 1 and 2	Grade 3	Grade 4
	Backpack (No Wheels)	Backpack	Backpack	Backpack
	Tissues	Tissues	(2) Pocket Folders	(4/5) One Subject
	Hand Sanitizer	Glue Sticks	Student Pencil Sharpener	Notebooks
	Disinfectant Wipes	Dry Erase Markers	Tissues	(6) Folders  (1 for Music)
	Glue Sticks	Paper Towels	Paper Towels	Colored Pencils
	3x5 Index Cards	Hand Sanitizer	Hand Sanitizer	Tissues
	Post-it Notes		Glue Sticks	Hand Sanitizer
			Highlighters	Highlighters
				Disinfectant Wipes

Harrington's Classroom and Art/Photo Gallery Pages

	Our Art/Photo Gallery Page	Click To Visit Our Gallery Page
	Kindergarten Classroom
	1st Grade Classroom
	2nd Grade Classroom
	3rd Grade Classroom
	4th Grade Classroom
	5th Grade Classroom
	6th Grade Classroom

Harrington's Parent/Community Engagement Council

More info to follow...

The Harrington Elementary School Calendar
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Harrington Summer Reading List | Grades 1 - 4

	These titles and authors are suggested reading according to the Massachusetts State Frameworks. Although they are not required, we strongly recommend that students continue to read through the summer. We want to keep their reading skills sharp and the best way to do that is to continue to read. Reading over the summer will make the transition into the next grade smoother. Students in Grades One through Five need to complete a list of three books they have read. Documentation is to include the name of the author, title of the book and a parent's statement confirming that the student has completed the reading. Students will receive an extra A for each book completed. (A total of three.)
	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4
	Each Pear Plum Janet Alberg	Oh, Kojo! How Could You! Verna Aardema	How Many Days to America Eve Bunting	A Boy Called Slow: The True Story of Sitting Bull Joseph Brucha
	Elephant's Alfot Kathi Appelt	Flat Stanley Jeff Brown	Someday a Tree Eve Bunting	Blue and the Gray Eve Bunting
	This is the Way We Go To School Edith Baer	Stellaluna Janell Cannon	Muggie Maggie Beverly Cleary	The Summer of the Swans Betsy Byars
	Comet's Nine Lives Jan Brett	The Great Kapok Tree Lynne Cherry	Ramona Quimby, Age 8 Beverly Cleary	Through My Eyes Ruby Bridges
	The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse Jan Brett	Josephina's Quilt Story Eleanor Coerr	Greek Myths Olivia Coolidge	Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
	Animal Tracks Arthur Dorros	Miss Rumphius Barbara Cooney	The BFG Roald Dahl	The Kid in the Red Jacket Barbara Parks
	Planting a Rainbow Lois Ehlert	The Bears on Hemlock Mountain Alice Dalgliesch	Amber Brown is Not a Crayon Danziger	Can't You Make Them Behave King George? Jean Fritz
	The Monkey and the Crocodile Paul Galdone	Everybody Cooks Rice Norah Dooley	What are you Figuring Now? A Story about Benjamin Banneker Jeri Ferris	SHH! We're Writing the Constitution Jean Fritz
	New Shoes for Sylvia Joanna Hurwitz	Ant Cities ArthurDorros	Brother Eagle, Sister Sky, A Message from Chief Seattle Susan Jeffers	Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? Jean Fritz
	There's an Alligator Under My Bed Mercer Mayer	The Wampanoags Alice Flanagan	Her Seven Brothers Paul Goble	Will You Sign Here John Hancock? Jean Fritz
	Pig Pig Goes to Camp David McPhail	Weather Forecasting Gail Gibbons	How the Camel got his Hump Rudyard Kipling	Stone Fox John Gardner
	The True Story of the Three Pigs Jon Scieszka	Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman	Sarah, Plain and Tall Pat MacLachlan	Mike Fink Steven Kellogg
	Caps for Sale Esphyr Slobodkina	Eating Fractions Bruce McMillan	Hundred Penny Box Sharon Bell Mathis	Pecos Bill Steven Kellogg
	Timothy Goes to School Rosemary Wells	Amelia Bedelia Series Peggy Parish	Annie and the Old One Miska Miles	Paul Revere's Ride Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
	Quick as a Cricket Audrey Wood	Mrs. Katz & Tush Patricia Polacco	Celebrations Myra Livingston	The Hundred Penny Box Sharon Bell Mathis
	Rumpelstilskin Paul Zelenski	Chicken Soup with Rice Maurice Sendak	The Keeping Quilt Patricia Polacco	Homer Price Robert McCloskey
		The Whale's Song Dyan Sheldon	The Best School Year Ever Barbara Robinson	Dogsong Gary Paulsen
		The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein	The Boy and His Ghost San Souci	Holes Louis Sachar
		Owl Moon Jane Yolen	The Sun Seymore Simon	A Taste of Blackberries Doris Buchanan-Smith
			Wolves Seymore Simon	The American Girl Series Susan Adler, Connie Potter or Valerie Tripp
			The American Girl Series Susan Adler, Connie Potter or Valerie Tripp

Lynn School Resources

	Lynn Schools Healthy Meals Program The Lynn School Food Service Program is comprised of a partnership between Preferred Meals Systems and Chartwells. Over the past five years some of their accomplishments include: adding more Balanced Choice meals and "Better for you" snacks;  adding more fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains to our menus at all grade levels. Removing all fried foods from the menu and zero trans-fat in all foods. Look fore more exciting changes to come in the near future. Click here for School Lunch Menus and Food Program
	Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) is designed to meet the requirements of the Education Reform Law of 1993. This law specifies that the testing program must - Test all public school students in Massachusetts, including students with disabilities and English Language Learner students; - Measure performance based on the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework learning standards; - Report on the performance of individual students, schools, and districts. As required by the Education Reform Law, students must pass the grade 10 tests in English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics and one of the four high school Science and Technology Engineering tests as one condition of eligibility for a high school diploma (in addition to fulfilling local requirements). In addition, the MCAS program is used to hold schools and districts accountable, on a yearly basis, for the progress they have made toward the objective of the No Child Left Behind Law that all students be proficient in Reading and Mathematics by 2014. http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/
	Mass DOE School and District Profiles The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education collects a variety of data from schools and districts in the state, some of which is published as a School or District Profile. Directories, reports and people from individual organizations can also be found here. 1 | Select Public School from the drop-down menu and click More 2 | Select Lynn and click Get Results (a list of all schools appears) Click For DOE Lynn Public School Including Profiles, MCAS and Other Info

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