Coming to a Close

                                                              By The Hampton Herald Staff
There are lots of events happening at Hampton during the last few weeks of the school year.

There are a few concerts happening. The fifth grade band and orchestra performed on May 20th. Students chose what instrument they wanted to play at the beginning of the year and have been practicing. They had three performances--two during the school day for students and one in the evening for families. Mr. Evans, the instrumental music teacher, lead the band and orchestra.


The fourth grade performed "Dig It," which is a musical, on May 28th. It was about archeology and learning about the past. The main characters were Tut, Taki, and Lucy. They performed three times as well. Many fourth graders had speaking roles, and everyone else was in the chorus. Mrs. Fletcher and Mr. Bosco are the vocal music teachers and directed the musical.

Mrs. Fletcher and Mr. Bosco also directed the third grade recorder concert.  The third graders also performed on May 28th--twice in school and once in the evening.   Mrs. Fletcher explained to the audience what they needed to do on the recorder for each song, and the students played several pieces.


There were lots of field trips. First and second grade went to the zoo, third grade went to the Orioles game. Fifth grade went to Cromwell Valley Park and to London Town. Fourth grade went to tour Annapolis.

"I love the Annapolis trip," said Ms. Patek, a fourth-grade teacher who planned the trip this year.  "I think it's really important to learn about history and this is a fun way to learn about the history of the place where we live.  Even though I've been several times, I always learn something new."

The fourth graders also saw a familiar face at their field trip.

"Mr. Wade, who I worked with for a long time, is a tour guide, so he got to lead one of the groups and hang out with us during lunch," Ms. Patek said.

Hampton also had Field Day for the first time. The classes played different games. There was one Field Day for younger grades on June 4th and one for the intermediate grades on June 7th.  Besides playing the games, the classes also made Homeroom banners to display during closing ceremonies.

 Each grade level also has a class picnic. Grades get to eat outside and then they get to do different activities and games.  The fourth grade picnic was on Thursday, June 6th.  Students got to each lunch in the grove and then participate in several activities, like a water balloon toss, Drip, Drip, Drop, Capture the Flag, and a relay race.

Hampton Elementary definitely knows how to go out with a bang!