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Dear Families,
I am grateful for each of you during this season of gratitude and giving. We each bring our own unique cultural and lived experiences to our richly diverse and inclusive community. Our holiday festivities and traditional/cultural feasts may vary from culture to culture. For many of us, Thanksgiving is a time to gather with friends and family and be thankful for all the goodness in our lives -- especially the people.

PHA held our annual Fall Fest this past Saturday, October 26th. PreK-12 students, families, teachers and staff enjoyed a breezy, beautiful fall day in the Early Childhood Campus school yard, with a bouncy house, arts & crafts, pumpkin and face painting, games, and delicious food and snacks. Thank you to everyone who attended, and huge gratitude to all our wonderful student and family volunteers for helping to make the event such a success.

Our students are loving their new PUMA backpacks, courtesy of the Kiwanis Club of Somerville and their annual backpack and school supply drive. We are grateful for their continued generous support of our students each year through the drive.

At PHA, we prioritize hands-on learning experiences that foster deep engagement and critical thinking, bringing the classroom curriculum to life for our students. Last December, thanks to a grant from the Whole Kids Foundation, our sixth grade experienced this type of deeper learning as they worked collaboratively to get two grant-funded Lettuce Grow vertical farmstands up and running, learning and building stronger relationships along the way.