December 2, 2023

Hartford High School News


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Upcoming presentation

Hartford High School is pleased to host Mr. John Halligan on Monday evening, Oct. 23 from 7:00 - 8:00.  Mr. Halligan will be speaking in the high school gym.  Mr. Halligan shares the story of his son Ryan ( www.ryanpatrickhalligan.org ).  Hartford High School hosted Mr. Halligan a number of years ago and we are pleased to bring h...

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CURTAINS - tickets on sale now!

Tickets to Hartford High School's 43nd musical, CURTAINS, are on sale now!  Show Dates: Friday, November 10 @ 7:00pm Saturday, November 11 @ 7:00pm Sunday, November 12 @ 2:00pm Adults $10 Students/Seniors $7  Tickets can be purchased at  https://hartfordhighschool.ludus.com/

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Upcoming NEASC Forums

Hartford High School is accredited by the New England Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Our participation in NEASC includes a commitment to reflect on our school in relation to a set of standards. One of these standards requires all NEASC accredited schools to have a Vision of a Graduate. This "vision" must be collabor...

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A View From The Principal's Office

September 29, 2023 It is another school year and we find ourselves confronted again by the ubiquitous cell phone.  As the year began there were a number of articles in local newspapers and social media identifying the ways school districts have chosen to address the issues cell phones bring to schools.  It is clear that this is a n...

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Welcome Back and COVID Guidance

August 29, 2023 Dear Parents and Guardians, Welcome Back! We are so excited to be starting a new school year. There is a new calendar that better supports the developmental learning needs of our students,  HERE  it is in case you need an electronic version. Please pay particular attention to the start date and the early release ...

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Vermont Tech STEM Summer Camp!

This year’s Vermont Tech STEM summer camp will be a FREE day camp for 12-16-year-olds. Campers will get hands-on experience in science, health, advanced manufacturing and more on Vermont Tech’s Randolph campus. Campers will be able to enhance their leadership skills as well as get their hands dirty, express themselves creatively, ex...

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End of Year Calendar Change

The state has waived our need to makeup the 2 snow days we had this year! We now will have our last student day on Thursday, June 15 and it will be an early release day. Our last teacher day will be Friday, June 16. Thank you and have a nice day. Tom DeBalsi Superintendent of Schools Hartford School District

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Hartford Performing Arts Camp (HPAC) 2023

Whether you like to dance, act, sing, play an instrument, or do it all, this is the camp for you! Hartford Performing Arts Camp is a week-long day camp ending with a public performance for students entering grades 6-9. Campers can select to participate in concert band and/or musical theatre. Registration Op...

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Youth Risk Behavior Survey Notification

Our School is taking part in the 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (“YRBS”) on Thursday, March 30th during 2nd block (9:38-10:48) Any students who are not opted out of the survey and miss this testing date will be rescheduled to take the survey another day. Read the full notification letter here.

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HHS Variety Show!

Join us for the annual Tri-M HHS Variety Show this Thursday March 30 at 6:30 PM in the HHS Auditorium!  Tickets are $5 or FREE with a canned good! Spread the word and see you there!

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A View From The Principal's Office

I hope this message finds you well.  Measuring life by the school calendar is an interesting experience.  It is the end of March!!!  March is perhaps the most fickle month - so much promise with the occasional denial of our long awaited spring.  I was reminded of March's promise and denial at our recent Concert-Grande, a tru...

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BroadwayVentures summer camp - registration now open!

Registration to audition for BroadwayVentures is now open!   BroadwayVentures is an intensive two week musical theatre program, where students rehearse and put on a full length musical. This year we are doing  Shrek the Musical! The program runs from July 10-22 from 8:30am-3:30pm on weekdays for incoming 6...

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Sponsored Tutoring

I am pleased to inform you that we have engaged the Plexuss Foundation to provide our students with up to one (1) session each month of one-on-one high quality tutoring support! We want to make this valuable support tool available to all of your students in grades 9-12 . Students can take advantage of any of our nearly 100 subjects and receive...

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A View From The Principal's Office

I have read, listened, and watched with sadness and frustration as the adults in our state and country continue to struggle with appropriate, supportive, kind, and caring behavior at public events, specifically at schools.  These ugly incidents, the most public of which, have included racist comments at sporting events and a melee during a...

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Town Of Hartford Communications Survey

The town is working with Tuck Community Consulting on a town communications strategy and wants to hear from YOU!   How do you want to hear from the town?  Do you prefer the list serv or the website?  Maybe you get your town news from Facebook or Twitter.  Tell us how you'd like to hear about official town ne...

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Footloose tickets ON SALE NOW!

Tickets to HHS's 42nd musical, Footloose, are on sale now ! This classic musical features 50 of our students both onstage and off! Please join us as we put on Footloose with live singing and music, a first since 2019!! Show Dates: Friday, November 11 @ 7:00pm Saturday, November 12 @ 7:00pm Sunday, November 13 @ ...

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Transportation Update

Dear Hartford School District Community,  As many of you know there is a national shortage of school bus drivers. We have been working diligently with our transportation provider, Butler Bus Service, to try to resolve our local issues with transportation. In the spirit of collaboration, we have come up with some ideas that hopeful...

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Multicultural Celebration

Multicultural Celebration on Sunday, May 22nd from 11-2 The People's Barbershop and Touch by Sofie Hair Braids Beauty Bar will be there all day, doing ethnically diverse hair cuts and styles for our ethnically diverse district students. If you would like to make an appointment to get your child's hair done (or yours!), please em...

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HPAC - Rockumentary: The Evolution of Rock

Whether you like to dance, act, sing, play an instrument, or do it all, this is the camp for you! Hartford Performing Arts Camp is a week-long day camp ending with a public performance for students entering grades 6-9. Campers can select to participate in concert band and/or musical theatre. HPAC Deta...

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School Board Meeting on Masking

Good Morning Hartford! Many of you have asked this week about changes to Hartford's  COVID masking protocols, given the recent changes announced at the state level. The District has not made any changes to the Masking protocols. Masks will continue to be required in all Hartford Schools and programs un...

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SAT date change

The March 12th SAT Test Administration at Hartford High School has been rescheduled for Saturday, March 26th, 2022.

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BroadwayVentures summer camp

Registrations is now open for Hartford's BroadwayVentures - now a now a school run summer program! This year we are doing Beauty and the Beast. The program runs from July 11-22. BroadwayVentures is a two week-long, musical theatre intensive program for incoming 6th graders- outgoing 12th graders. The cost is $225 for Hartford r...

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AVA High School Art Exhibition

Congratulations to the following HHS Art students selected to exhibit at AVA Gallery's "Best of the Upper Valley High School" Art Exhibition.  The exhibit runs Jan. 28th - Feb. 25th at the AVA Gallery in Lebanon, NH.   Nika DuMoulin, Drawing Leah Foster, 3D Mixed Media Avery Keener, Painting Sean Lyons, Painting Holl...

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School Safety Tip Line

The school district has a safety team that includes representatives from schools and programs across the district, the Hartford Police Department and the Hartford Fire Department. We follow procedures and protocols that are used nationally to keep children and staff safe in school. Recently it was recommended that we initiate an&...

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BIPOC Family Resource Group

The Hartford School District BIPOC Family Resource Group (BIPOC: Black, Indigenous, People of Color) Family Resource Group and Affinity Space to provide a safe space for people with shared experiences as it relates to being BIPOC in the school district and the Upper Valley. The group provides an opportunity to share experiences, learn from...

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