001being recognized. And of course, we have our middle school quiz bowl who competed in Boston and two teams took first place and we look forward to them moving forward to their nationals uh in Chicago. I also want to recognize uh the sixth grade. I know you you've probably heard this a little bit before the break, but uh the sixth grade um uh donated the most amount of cans uh during the March pie can uh pie canned food drive. And actually the pi is the numerical number of uh mathematical number they're referring to. But the sixth grade won the pie competition and as a reward they were able to put a pie in the face of the assistant principal, Mr. Tim Manahad. I think we have that we video here somewhere. A good assistant principal also
002has to be a good sport. Uh we're beginning to welcome the class of uh 2038. Uh our kindergarten class are beginning to come to do some meet and greets and that will continue through uh the month of May. Uh Earth Day was being celebrated today and throughout the week uh at our elementary school. Some of the activities included conservation energy conservation, keeping the lights off for a couple of hours, uh walk bike to school event, tries to tra uh trash to treasure challenge, and a portable inflatable uh uh planetarium. So, thank you to the PTO's for providing and supporting those uh activities. If you haven't already seen the art show, it is coming down uh April 30th, but it's at the library and the town hall. We're beginning uh ESPback season and and next week,
003our middle school students will take the uh mathematics uh portion of the of the assessment and uh then throughout the week of of May, all of our elementary students and middle school students will be partaking of the the SBA. And uh we're conducting and have conducted interviews for the two vacant uh system principal positions and they'll be coming to closure pretty quickly. And just we reminder to board members if you're able to and you are around on Thursday morning, you're more than welcome if you want to see uh the the status of the the HHR building projects. You're more than welcome to join us. Uh that's at 9:00 starting at Henley. Uh we'll send out further directions to the public. uh notice goes out tomorrow and uh it might be a nice opportunity if your
004if your calendar permits you to be there just to see some of the progress because it really is coming to life at this point. Um um and that is open to the public uh for the public members here. Uh we have two meetings uh the facilities committee and the and the uh the policy committee that uh will be cancelled for this month and will be on the agendas uh for May. Right. Public comments. We seem to be having some technical difficulty. Do you mind if I ask to see if we need They're asking me to restart it. Okay, that's okay. Thank you for handling it.