PEARLS Hawthorne

Congrats to our very own teacher Ms. Sheila M. Halligan for being named 2nd aide to the Grand Marshall of the annual City of Yonkers St. Patricks Day Parade last weekend! CONGRATS!!

Some photos from Dress Like a Teacher Day at PEARLS! 🍎✨ Today our students stepped into the shoes of their favorite educators for Dress Like a Teacher Day—and they did not disappoint!

🍀 PEARLS Band Shines at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade! 🍀

🇩🇴 Celebrating Dominican Heritage at PEARLS! 🇩🇴 Our PEARLS community had the opportunity to celebrate Dominican Heritage Month with a special presentation led by our talented 8th grade students.

GAME DAY! 🏀 Our PEARLS Boys Basketball Team will be facing off against Khalil Gibran today in the Championship Game! Come out and support our team by wearing your PEARLS pride and cheering them on! Let’s go PEARLS! 💙🏀

PEARLS students are invited to take part in Ludlow Park’s Bi-Annual Earth Day Sign Making Contest! Submissions are due to your teacher or the main office by Friday, April 10th.

Game Day tomorrow for our boys basketball team! Come out and support !

🥁 Bash the Trash Visits PEARLS! ♻️ Our students had an amazing time during a special assembly with Bash the Trash, where music, creativity, and environmental awareness came together in a fun and engaging performance.

🏀 Game Day 🏀

Our Pre-K students showing off their creativity with a fun Hat Parade!

🏀 Our PEARLS boys basketball team faced off against School 5 in an exciting matchup! Great effort, teamwork, and sportsmanship shown by all our student-athletes. #PEARLSPride

🎶 PEARLS Choir at the District Black History Month Celebration 🎶 We are incredibly proud of our PEARLS choir students who represented our school at the District-Wide Black History Month Celebration.

Game Day- March 4th. 3:30 @ PEARLS Upper Gym.

Our students shared the love for PEARLS! ❤️ They added their voices to our hallway heart wall, writing what makes our school special, from friendships and teachers to fun learning experiences.

Our students in Ms. Ragusa’s first grade class have been learning how to control and code our Smart Start Dash robots! 🤖✨ To top it off, they became the teachers, visiting Mrs. Maldonado’s class to demonstrate how to program and operate the Dash bots.

🐧❄️ First Grade Arctic Animal Research on Display! ❄️ Take a walk down our hallways and you’ll see some incredible learning in action! Our first graders recently completed an Arctic Animal Research project. We are so proud of their hard work, creativity, and research skills.

📚 Today in the library, students engaged in meaningful conversation around the MSK pledge and the Yonkers MSK tenets, S.O.A.R. They also participated in a getting-to-know-you activity that helped build connection and community.

Our lobby is full of winter cheer! ❄️⛄ Under the guidance of Mrs. McCann, students created these one-of-a-kind snowmen using clay, a kiln, and paint. Each piece reflects imagination and artistic skill!

🎉💗 February Spirit Week is Here! 💗🎉 📅 February 9 – February 13 Let’s make it a fun, positive, and spirited week for everyone! 🎊✨

Our 4th graders dove into hands-on science by placing celery in colored water to observe how plants transport water. This HMH Science investigation helped students explore plant parts and how they function through real-world experimentation.