Albert Harris Elementary School

We had an amazing time at Albert Harris Elementary's annual Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration! Our AHES students, under the direction of Nancy Rosas-Lopez and Karen Reza, put on a fantastic showcase of dance and music! 🎶 Thank you to all of our amazing families who came out to support our students!

MCPS families: The final registration for Back2School is Tuesday, July 23 from 6-8 p.m. Back2School provides FREE school supplies for children but pre-registration is required. Check your email or visit www.gob2s.com for more information.

We're providing free meals for kids and teens 18 and under Monday through Thursday at all of our schools across the district this month! No applications, no sign-ups, no hassle. Stop by with your family to enjoy breakfast or lunch on us. To learn more, call (276) 403-5172. Visit our website for a full list of meal times and locations: https://www.martinsville.k12.va.us/article/1615863

Thank you to our fantastic MHS student-athletes for celebrating Read Across America Week with our young readers! Yesterday, student-athletes from Martinsville High School travelled to Clearview, Albert Harris, and Patrick Henry to read with some of our classes. It was inspiring to watch these student-athletes sharing stories with our young learners. Thanks for helping us inspire a love of reading and learning in the next generation!

Red Ribbon Week at Albert Harris Elementary School - October 23-27, 2023!

Today was a perfect day for a field trip! 🍂 Our PHES and AHES fourth graders traveled to Fairy Stone State Park today to plant the native black willow trees they have been sprouting in their classrooms thanks to the Dan River Basin Association's Streamside Trees in the Classroom. Students spent the whole day outside at the park, immersed in all things nature. Besides planting their trees, they also learned about the important role riparian buffers play in protecting our waterways, the geology of fairy stones, played a trivia game, and more! Our MHS AP biology students also got in on the fun, preparing and facilitating some creative activities for the younger students! Thank you to all of our amazing high school students, teachers, and community partners who came together to make this day possible for our young learners!

Today was a perfect day for a field trip! 🍂 Our PHES and AHES fourth graders traveled to Fairy Stone State Park today to plant the native black willow trees they have been sprouting in their classrooms thanks to the Dan River Basin Association's Streamside Trees in the Classroom. Students spent the whole day outside at the park, immersed in all things nature. Besides planting their trees, they also learned about the important role riparian buffers play in protecting our waterways, the geology of fairy stones, played a trivia game, and more! Our MHS AP biology students also got in on the fun, preparing and facilitating some creative activities for the younger students! Thank you to all of our amazing high school students, teachers, and community partners who came together to make this day possible for our young learners!

This message serves as a reminder that Albert Harris Elementary School will be celebrating Hispanic Hertiage Month with a student led program on Thursday, October 12 at 6:00 p.m. in our auditorium. Please come and enjoy celebrating our spanish culture.

Come on out and see what is going on at Albert Harris Elementary School! On Thursday evening, Wildcat Families will collect punches or stickers as they visit the different areas of the school. Once they have their cards complete, they can visit the cafeteria for hot dogs and drop their cards off to be entered in a drawing for prizes!

Today is the 20th day of school! Students who have missed two or more days by this point in the school year are considered chronically absent. It's never too early to start building the habit of good attendance! Children who are chronically absent in preschool, kindergarten, and first grade are much less likely to read at grade level by third grade. Students who cannot read at grade level by the end of third grade are 4 times more likely to drop out of high school. #AttendanceMattersVA #schooleveryday

Please remember that MCPS will be closed on Monday, September 4 in observance of the Labor Day holiday. Classes will resume Tuesday, September 5.

On his last day of work, MCPS would like to thank Officer Shane McPeek for serving has our SRO for over a decade. Officer McPeek has worked at both Martinsville Middle School and Martinsville High School and has played played an integral role in school safety improvements during his time with us. Thank you, Officer McPeek, for keeping our students and staff safe! We wish you the best in your retirement!

We had such a wonderful time at yesterday's ribbon cutting for the new sensory garden at Albert Harris Elementary! 🌷 The sensory garden is designed to stimulate all five senses and includes wind chimes, a bird bath and bird feeder, an herb garden, a sandbox, flowers, and even a rock garden filled with rocks (decorated by our students) that contain encouraging and motivational phrases! We're so grateful for the ongoing partnership of the Dan River Basin Association, who helped install this newest component of the AHES Green Schoolyard, and for the generous support of the Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia which funded the project. Thank you for helping us provide this unique learning environment for our students! You can read more about yesterday's ceremony on our website: https://www.martinsville.k12.va.us/article/1213354

It was amazing to see so many smiling faces this morning on the first day of a new school year! Thank you to the Martinsville Sheriff's Office, Police Department, Martinsville Fire & EMS, and city council members who joined our staff and school board members in welcoming our students back to school! It was a great way to kick off the Year of Endless Possibilities here at MCPS! Students, your MCPS family missed you! We can't wait to see what you will achieve this year!

Good Evening Wildcat Family, I am excited to welcome our new and returning students to Albert Harris Elementary School on Monday, August 14. We are looking forward to an awesome year of learning and fun. See you tomorrow. Dr. Brown

Curious about the upcoming school year? 🍎 🏫 MCPS is hosting a district-wide open house for all schools on Wednesday, August 9 from 12-7 p.m. This is a great opportunity for students and their families to meet teachers and staff, visit classrooms, learn about the upcoming school year, and get to know their school! ✉️ Each school will send out information to families regarding their specific open house procedures. 👉 To learn more about open house, visit our Back to School page on the MCPS website: https://www.martinsville.k12.va.us/page/back-to-school-2023-2024

Scenes from Summer Camp! ☀️ Last week was a busy week of fun and discovery at AHES! Students had a blast creating their own slime, constructing awesome air-powered vehicles, and engaging in a captivating game that taught them about the food chain.

Our AHES STEM Camp students are have a whale 🐋 of a time with their ocean-themed camp this week! The students used sidewalk chalk to create this 100-foot-long, life-sized drawing of the biggest animal on the planet- the blue whale! 🌎

Just because the academic year is over doesn't mean our teachers aren't hard at work! Last week, teachers from across the division came together for a full week of curriculum work to prepare for the upcoming year of learning. So what exactly is curriculum work? Teachers and instructional staff are working together, collaborating across disciplines, grade levels, and even schools, to examine data from this school year to adjust their pacing and build assessments to help improve the learning experience and monitor student progress throughout the next year. (As you can see from some of the expressions in the photos, some teachers handle the pressures of curriculum work better than others. Hang in there, Mr. Hackenberg!)

We loved seeing these proud families and their almost-middle school students taking full advantage of these great photo stations after Albert Harris Elementary's 5th grade transition ceremony!