Congratulations Mr. Hamill & Miss Clark's 5th Graders

These classes worked together to organize, sell and distribute candy grams to fellow Hardy Students.  With their hard efforts, they were able to raise over 900 dollars for The Bottomless Toy Chest, in addition to the class donation of over 60 toys for kids with cancer. During the holiday season, they were able to put their learned Habits of Mind into action!  I am sure they have made many children and their families very happy at this time of the year.  Great Job!

Denny's Night

Please join us as we dine at Denny's in Novi, this Tuesday, December 15th.  Denny's will donate 20% of your bill back to Hardy!  Please see the attached flyer.  Thank you Matta Family for supporting the Hardy PTO!!!!

Happy Hardydays! 

Please join us at the first annual Happy Hardydays Family Sing-a-Long on Thursday, December 17th at 6pm outside in the back bus loop (dress warm).  We will have 15-20 minutes of caroling followed by cookies and cocoa in the gym.  As a bonus, the middle schools are sending some carolers to sing while we snack!  There are also a few "photo spots" for your family to take fun pictures, so bring your camera!  See you there.

Please RSVP by this Thursday, December 10th.  (We want to have enough cocoa and cookies for all attendees). See attached flyer for RSVP form.

 

Please consider volunteering for a short shift so this event may be a success.  

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050b48aaaf29a31-happy

Thank you,

Hardy PTO and Mrs. Rose

Fundraising

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Holiday Fun

Please join us for the first Annual Happy Hardydays Sing-a-Long!  The event will be held on December 17th, beginning at 6 pm.  Please be sure to RSVP, although this event is open to all Hardy families we do need a head count so we can have cocoa and treats for everyone.  Please see the flyer for more details.  Thank you!

Poinsettia Sales:

Beautiful poinsettias and wreaths are for sale with profits benefiting the many PTO functions.  Orders and money (checks should be made out to Hardy PTO) are due on Monday, November 30th.  Sorry no late orders will be accepted.  Delivery will be on Wednesday, December 2nd from 4:15-6PM.  Here is the flyer that you should have received.

Reminder:

Lisa Wheeler book orders are due this Friday, November 20th.  Please find the flyer if you are still hoping to place an order.  

Dance Party:

The children will be receiving a dance party on Tuesday, November 24th, in the afternoon, for their hard work at Lap-A-Thon.  CHEERS is looking for volunteers to chaperon this event, please find the link to the sign up genius.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050b48aaaf29a31-chaperones

November Edition of Hardy Happenings!

Updates for Week of November 16th-20th

Lisa Wheeler Author Visit:

We are very excited to have, Lisa Wheeler, a local children's book author visit Hardy!  You should have received a yellow paper with pre-order book sale information, (if not please check the office for extra copies).  She is the author of Dino-Football, Dino-Hockey, Ugly Pie and much more!  If you are interested in purchasing a autographed book for your child or family please submit the order form by Friday, November 20th.

Parent Teacher Conferences:

As a reminder Parent Teacher Conferences are this Tuesday, November 17th and Thursday November 19th.  Dismissal on both days is 11:51 am.  If you have signed up to provide an item for the Tuesday Staff Potluck, please have your item at the school by 11:15 am. Below is the link:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e49a5af2dabfe3-conference1

The Hardy Giving Tree

Are you looking for a great way to get in to the holiday spirit?  Support Hardy Families by taking an ornament off of the tree located across from the office starting on November 17th.  The gifts you purchase will go directly to a Hardy Elementary family in need.  Unwrapped gifts along with the ornament tag, must be returned to the office before Wednesday, December 9th. 

 

The Teacher/Staff Wish List items will be posted outside of teacher/staff doors beginning the week of November 16th to be available during Parent Teacher Conference time.  These are items that teachers/staff are requesting if you would like to purchase a gift for them during the Holiday season. Specials and other staff will be posted in the main hallway.

Thank you for your support! 

Reminders:

Lap-A-Thon:  Please turn all money in tomorrow, Tuesday,  November 10th.  The funds raised through events such as this help bring in authors like Lisa Wheeler who will visit on December 11th, Science Alive which will visit in March, and other wonderful programs.  The students will also get a dance party on Tuesday, November 24th for all of their hard work running, walking and raising!  Thank you so much for your support! 

Picture Retakes:  Wednesday, November 11th.  Please send in the pictures that you'd like replaced on Wednesday with your student. 

Please find the attached link to a petition to address the 10 Mile Road accidents and possible remedies.  This is a voluntary petition which we wanted to make all local residents aware of.  

"As the development on 10 mile road through Novi and Lyon Township accelerates the frequency and severity of vehicular accidents is on the rise. How many more of our friends, family and neighbors do we want to put in harms way? This is a dangerous intersection that needs a remedy now!" 

Will you sign the petition too? Click here to add your name:

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/demand-safety-for-10?source=s.fwd&r_by=14503524                   

Updates

AAHOM Family Fun Night

Thank you to all those who attended and volunteered at the Family Fun Night.  Everyone had a great time!  Thank you to Domino's Pizza for providing us with dinner.  

Lap-A-Thon

The laps are complete.... now is the time to collect your pledges!  Please turn in all monies to your teacher/front office by Tuesday, November 10th.  If you have already turned in your purple form with donations attached, thank you!  A BIG THANK YOU to everyone - the P.E. teachers, volunteers, students and supporters - for helping to make the 2015 Lap-A-Thon a success!

Detroit Pistons

Please have your forms completed by Wednesday, November 4th along with the money.  There are 3 games to choose from, if you need another form, they are available in the Front Office.

Spirit-wear 

Samples are available in the front office if you are concerned about sizing of any clothing articles.  Please turn in orders by Friday, November 6th.  

Book Fair

The MONSTER book fair is in full swing!!!  The book fair is open all this week from 9:30-5pm daily.  Students may shop during their library time if they bring in money.  You may also join them to shop after school hours.  The book fair will not be open before school.  Thank you to all volunteers who help make the book fair possible!  

Box Top Challenge

Congratulations 4th Graders!  You won the grade vs. grade challenge and have won a pajama day, TBD.  All the 4th Grade teachers will receive a Book Fair Gift Certificate for their classroom.  The contest raised a total of $1218!!!! Amazing job Hardy Families!!!  Please keep collecting those box tops and stay tuned for another contest this year with more opportunities to win!  

Ann Arbor Hands On Museum Fall Family Night

The PTO will be hosting the AAHOM Fall Family Night.  This event is free to all families and will take place on Friday, October 23rd from 6-8pm.  We will have pizza, snacks and drinks available for purchase.  Children are also allowed to wear their costumes.  Please see the attached flyer for more details.

Hardy Happenings October

Please click here for the October edition of the Hardy Happenings.

Hardy Lap-A-Thon

Hardy's 2015 annual school-wide Lap-A-Thon Fundraiser!  This is our BIGGEST PTO fundraiser (assuming we reach our goal) for the year, so we really need your support to make it a great success and reach our goal of $10,000.  

All students will complete laps on the school 1/4 mile track during gym class the week of October 19-23.  This is an opportunity for your child to help raise money for the school, while having fun and getting some healthy exercise, too!

You should have received a pledge form to be completed, if not copies are available in the office.  Please note, Kindergartners only run 4 laps and the 5th graders' monies will go directly toward their camp fund. Their will be rewards for top fundraisers, top earning classroom, top 3 lap runners and all students will receive a small token of appreciation for participating! 

Pledges collected in CASH are welcome.  If you collect checks, please have sponsors make the checks out to you, and then you write ONE check to Hardy PTO for the total amount of all pledges.  

We will need your help to make this fundraiser successful.  Please consider volunteering for just 35 minutes.  Here is the link to the Sign-Up Genius page

Monster Book Fair

The Hardy Book Fair starts on Friday, October 23rd for the 5th grade and from Monday the 26th through Friday the 30th for the rest of the school.  The Fair will be open between 9:30am - 6pm, except for Friday the 23rd, when we will be open during the Ann Arbor Hands On Museum Family Fun Night.  

We could use your help in running the book fair, so please consider donating some time to help out.  You can sign up to help by clicking this link.  Thank you in advance!

Descendants Sing-A-Long

Friday, October 16th, in the Gym, from 4:15-6:30pm.  This is a free event, open to all students. Costumes and Blankets are welcome, and a small snack will be provided by the PTO.  Please be sure to complete and return your sign up sheet by Tuesday, October 13th.  Below is a copy of the flyer that was sent home.

 

Hoopla Success!

Thank you for making the Hoopla a wonderful success!  We had a great turn out of volunteers from parents, to teachers, to community resources like the Key Club, Cheer Team, Girls Scouts, Robotics Club and many more.  The support of our community is instrumental in us being able to provide fun family activities.  The weather was not our friend but we managed to still have a great time!  Many of our teachers and staff were great sports and took some pies in the face!

Special thanks to Bagger Dave's of Novi, Dolly's Pizza of South Lyon and Novi Coffee for donating all of their proceeds to the PTO.  CARES Club did a great job with their photo bench and assisting with Communication Cafe's Cocoa Stand.  It helped to have some warm cocoa that night.  

Week of September 28th Updates

Student Directory Cover Contest Winners:

Congratulations to Morgen Taylor and Cindy Rothley! Morgen had the winning drawing which will be the cover for our 2015-2016 Student Directory and Cindy had the runner up drawing which the PTO will use make thank you cards.  Great job girls!

Morgen Taylor, 5th Grade

Cindy Rothley, 5th Grade

Hardy Hoopla:

Friday, October 2nd from 5-8pm 

We have been hard at work to put together a fun experience for our students and their families.

We will have the DIA Away (mobile Detroit Institute of Arts with interactive exhibits), carnival games, glitter tattoos and crafts.  The CARES Club will have a photo bench and Communication Cafe will be serving cocoa.  Food will be available from Bagger Dave's, Dolly's Pizza as well as donuts from Erwin Orchards.  

We also have art work that has been created by the student body available for raffle.  

Please pre-order your tickets by the end of day Tuesday.  Tickets will be available for purchase at the event.

Volunteer Orientation

Big Thank You to Jacqueline Corridor and Nichole Hilfinger for organizing the Volunteer Orientation.  We had an amazing turn out and we can't wait to see everyone around the building helping out!  Thank you to everyone who took the time to join us!

 

Hardy Hoopla

We are so excited for this years Hardy Hoopla!  The Hoopla will be on Friday, October 2, 2015 from 5-8pm. There is still time to pre-order your tickets and you can always purchase tickets at the event. Hardy Students have been working on raffle items in Art class and some of our teachers are even taking a pie in the face! This is an event not to be missed!

The first edition of the Hardy Happenings is here.

We hope you can join us for a Volunteer Orientation on Friday, September 25, at 9am in the Media Center/Library.  Younger children are welcome.

Lastly, we are finalizing our Student Directory and still have room for more sponsors.  If you are interested please contact Ellen Smith at facklersmith@yahoo.com for further information.  

Thank you!

Thank you to all those that attended the first PTO meeting. We love hearing all your fresh ideas and input.  Please remember even if you are not able to attend a meeting you can share your ideas with us, by contacting a board member.  There are many ways to help!  Also a big thank you, to those who helped with Kindergarten lunch and pickup/drop off.  The volunteers have been helping children open milk cartons, food containers and generally helping them in and around the cafeteria.  We are working with Mr. Heitsch to get all our Kindergartners where they needed to be for those picking up. Your patience is appreciated!  

The link to the Hardy drop off procedure is here.  For the safety of all students and parents please use the routes indicated on this flyer.

We now have a link on the right to access South Lyon Community Schools website were you will be able to find the Volunteer Background Check form (it is also on our site under the Volunteering tab) as well as helpful information like the school calendar and lunch menus.  

A few last minute reminders:
1. Please complete the Directory/Volunteer form.
2. Re-enroll in Community Reward Programs like Kroger, by clicking on the Fundraising tab and selecting the correct store.
3. School Pictures are Tuesday, September 29th.

Hardy PTO would like to say "Welcome back Hardy Students and Parents!"  We are happy to unveil our new website and Facebook pages.  Please follow us by email using the link provided on the right and "Friend" us on Facebook, Hardy Pto to keep up to date with school and PTO news. 

Information Gathering for Student Directory and Volunteerism
We have been working during the past weeks in attempt to streamline the process of information gathering that the PTO must complete each year.  Our task is to provide each family with a student directory and ensure teachers and events have helpers when needed.
Click this link and submit your responses, please complete this by Friday, September 11, 2015.

Please join us for coffee and pastries in the Media Center, after drop off, on Tuesday, September 8, 2015, Boo Hoo! Yahoo! Breakfast.  We also welcome you to attend the first PTO Meeting on Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at 9:15am in the conference room.

Upcoming After-School PTO Events
Hardy Hoopla: Friday October 2, 2015
Family Fun Night (Ann-Arbor Hands-On Museum): Friday, October 23, 2015

Thank you for your support and attention!  We are looking forward to another great year!