Kids Get Police Station Tour And More

Six Hadley Elementary School 8-year-olds visited the Swampscott Police Station Wednesday after their parents put in a winning bid for the tour and a cruiser ride at a school auction.

  If kids still play cops and robbers these 8-year-olds have the inside track. Even if they don't play that game any more the Hadley students got a memorable look at the Swampscott Police Station and the officers' jobs. The students were triplets Jacob, Mia and Ava Taylor, Priya Cooper, Eli Jache and Madison Diehl. Their parents bid on and won the station tour and a cruiser ride at a Hadley auction for school enrichment programs. The children and three parents arrived to the station at 7:15 am Wednesday at shift change. It's a busy time. Officers are coming off the midnight shift and the day shift officers are arriving. Information gets exchanged, orders given. Officer Brendan Reen worked the night shift and gave the students a breakfast …

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Five Things You Need To Know Today: May 21

Friday was Spirit Day at Hadley Elementary. To show their spirit each class selected a color to wear.

  1) Newsbit of the Day: Friday was Spirit Day at Hadley Elementary. To show their spirit each class selected a color to wear.   2) Swampscott Scholars: Swampscott High inducted 29 National Honor Society members this year. The society honors students for excellence in four areas: scholarship, leadership, service and character. One of the 29 students was Taylorlyn Stephan. 3) Swampscott Athletics: The Big Blue track teams turned in impressive showings Saturday at the NECs. Both squads earned second place finsishes in the overall standings. 4) Weather Watch:  The National Weather Service is predicting a chance of showers, mainly after 1 pm. Areas of fog after 5 pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 62.  5) Business Listing Watch: …

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Happy 100th Hadley

Seeking Hadley Alumni and Memorabilia For 100th Anniversary Celebration

A doubleheader of events are planned for Saturday, April 28, a community open house from 2-4:30 pm at Hadley and an auction from 7 pm to 10 pm at Blythswood.

  This article was submitted by Emily Westhoven. In preparation of a celebration of Hadley School’s Centennial by the Sea, the “Hadley 100” organizing committee is looking for memorabilia such as old class photos or photos of the building, report cards, Hadley Heralds, yearbooks, pennants, sweatshirts, and pins. Memorabilia items will be on view in a one-time exhibit as part of the a Community Open House at Hadley School on Saturday afternoon, April 28, to which Hadley alumni and former Hadley staff are invited. The event is free and open to the public. The open house hours are from 2 pm to 4:30 pm.   Hadley School was built in 1911 and it opened for students in 1912 as the “New Grammar School”. It has served as Swampscott’s Junior High …

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Kindergarteners Soak Up Spring

Students in Mrs. Shirley Sanchez and Mrs. Julie Lever's kindergarten classed explored signs of spring in the sun Thursday.

  Courtesy of Sandra Rivers, principal of Hadley Elementary School. Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) is credited with the origin of Kinder-Garten, a sunny experience that cultivates children like plants and lets them bloom like flowers. The kindergarten classes of Hadley teachers, Mrs. Shirley Sanchez and Mrs. Julie Lever experienced this day's sunny weather by being scientists and observing and recording some early signs of spring.

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Hadley Brushes Up on Dental Hygeine

Children at Hadley Elementary got some pointers on dental hygiene at school on Monday.

  This photo and article was submitted by Sandra Rivers, Hadley principal. Employees of Steven A. Corben, D.M.D., F.A.G.D. of Salem, MA., gave of their time and shared their knowledge to help the Hadley students "brush up" on their dental hygiene knowledge on Monday. Every student was given a goodie bag to remember to brush, floss, and smile!

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Storyteller Magic

Storyteller Len Cabral entertained at Hadley School Tuesday.

This article and photo was submitted by Hadley School Principal Sandra Rivers Through the generosity of the Hadley PTA, Mr. Len Cabral, internationally acclaimed storyteller, enchanted the school community with his theatrical, storytelling performance on Tuesday. In this picture, Len is demonstrating "How We Got Common Sense." The audience of children delightfully responded with prompts to imitate some of Len's actions.

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Hadley Exterior to be Inspected

Small pieces of concrete have fallen to the ground twice in the past 10 days. A structural engineer reported that the broken pieces are from the eaves area and do not affect the building's structural integrity, according to the superintendent of schools.

Small pieces of concrete have fallen to the ground twice in the past 10 days at Hadley Elementary School. Most recently, on Wednesday, broken pieces were discovered by the entrance,  the superintendent of schools said at Wednesday's School Committee meeting. A structural engineer reported that the broken pieces do not affect the building's structural integrity, Superintendent Lynne Celli said. Celli said the broken concrete came from decorative elements— ornamental as opposed to structural — at the top of the building by the eaves. The superintendent said she responded to the school after the concrete was first discovered and that an emergency exit plan was put in place as a precaution. She said the broken pieces do not pose a safety risk…

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Marine Studies in Hadley's Yard

Kindergarten students at Hadley Elementary School brought the classroom to King's Beach recently.

This article and photo was summitted by Hadley School. Mrs. Shirley Sanchez's Kindergarten class practiced being scientists on a recent beach walk. Students observed, recorded, and compared intertidal organisms in a rocky quadrat with those in the sandy beach quadrat.

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Whiz Kid

Let's Hear It For Hadley

Hadley Elementary School second-graders raised more than $1,000 to add some normalcy to the lives of homeless children.

This week's Whiz Kid award goes to second-graders at Hadley Elementary School. Mr. Citino's class forged stronger ties among themselves by strengthening the lives of young people in need — homeless children. While they were at it, the Hadley children generated school pride. They also received some well earned recognition from the school principal. The following is part of a letter from Hadley Principal Sandra Rivers to parents: We just wanted you to know how PROUD we are of Mr. Citino’s second grade class at Hadley School.  This class is a “looping” class.  As you are well aware, looping is an educational philosophy that encourages and fosters a sense of belonging to a classroom family. In an effort to support this philosophy we’ve had the…

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5 Things to do This Weekend

Five Things To Do This Weekend

Live music, Groucho and macaroni.

Listen to Sherman and the Waybacks at Red Rock Bistro & Bar – Starting at 9 p.m. on Friday, Sherman and the Waybacks will be perform. Inspired by a part of the Rocky and Bullwinkle show, Sherman and the Waybacks will “transport you back to a time where music was the center of your universe,” says Bostonbands.com.  Walk the beach — Bundle up and and walk the shore. The beach in winter offers plenty of open space to walk and relax. Watch a Marx Brothers movie – Freewheeling comedy at its best. Surf the web for exotic and warm places — Maybe you have neither the time nor the money to travel somewhere warm this winter. Well, you can still explore the possibility. Check out the cost of a flight and hotel to some place south. See what side trips…

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