Get ready for some serious holiday cheer! 🤩 Our second graders just wrapped up their incredible Gingerbread House Project, and the results are truly spectacular!

Learning: Students became experts on the history of gingerbread, the tradition of decorating, and the amazing gingerbread cities built worldwide!

Partnership: We teamed up with Ms. Cross’s Nutrition and Global Foods classes to design and construct these masterpieces. Talk about a sweet collaboration!

The Challenge: After designing their blueprints and building their houses, our second graders wrote detailed descriptive essays to convince our judges why their house deserves a top prize! 🏆

Wish us luck as we prepare for judging next week! Awards include Best Constructed, Most Creative, Most Colorful, Best Theme, Most Delicious-Looking, and Most Festive House.

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Senior Trip meeting on Monday, December 15th at 6:00 p.m.
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Next week's Dress Up Days for Jr. High and High School!
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Next week's Dress Up Days for Elementary!🎄
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Elementary Dress Up Days

Holiday Break
December 18th-Early Dismissal at 1:30 p.m.
December 19th-January 5th-No School

Students return to school on Janury 6th.

about 12 hours ago, Jodi Thiel
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Our Hardin Northern 5th graders had a great morning celebrating the end of their D.A.R.E. classes with a fun bowling trip! 🎳

They spent the morning at the Kenton Bowling Alley, and enjoyed some delicious Domino’s pizza. A big thank you to Deputy Joseph for teaching the D.A.R.E. program and for all the valuable lessons our students learned throughout the course.
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Hardin Northern kicked off our very first Polar Bear Career Connections Lunch & Learn today!

Junior high and high school students now have the chance to join these sessions during their lunch period, where guests from a wide variety of career fields will come in to share what they do, answer questions, and inspire our students to explore their future paths.

Today’s first presenter was Sergeant Darrin Kinney from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, who spoke with students about careers in law enforcement and the opportunities within the Highway Patrol. Thank you, Sergeant Kinney, for taking the time to share your experience and answer great student questions!

We’re excited to bring this new opportunity to Hardin Northern. It’s going to be a lot of fun, and our students are going to learn so much from the incredible professionals who will be visiting throughout the year. If community members are interested in presenting to students about their career, please reach out to Mrs. Kristin Rodabaugh at kristin.rodabaugh@hardinnorthern.org or call 419-759-2331 ext 1202.
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HN Concessions Meal Deal Senior Spotlight!
Lainey Thomas!🏀
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Last night our junior high and high school band and choir students put on a wonderful Christmas concert. From start to finish, the music was festive, fun, and full of holiday spirit. Our students did an outstanding job showcasing their hard work and talent.🎄🎶

Thank you to everyone who came out to support them.

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Good luck, Bears! Remember...thanks to a very generous anonymous donor, admission will be FREE for tonight's game!
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Throwback Thursday!
Today we’re taking a look back at the 1996 Northern Lites, featuring our FHA — Future Homemakers of America!
From whipping up recipes to tackling projects and planning events, these students were busy building skills that would serve them for a lifetime - all while having a blast along the way!
1 day ago, Jodi Thiel
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This was omitted on the original message, but today is a 2-hour delay. Thanks.
1 day ago, Drew Cano

Due to some black ice and refreezing of many county roads in the district, Hardin Northern will be starting today, Thursday, December 11th on a 2 hour delay. Please drive with caution as many icy spots will be hard to see and will catch you off guard. Be safe and have a good day.

1 day ago, Drew Cano
D.A.R.E. Essay Contest Winners!

Our Hardin Northern 5th graders have been working hard through the D.A.R.E. program with Deputy Joseph, and part of their learning included an essay contest. We are so proud to recognize our winners!

1st Place: Lyla Rodabaugh
2nd Place: Conner Halsey
3rd Place: Jesse Montgomery

You all did a fabulous job! Congratulations on your amazing work and well-deserved recognition!
2 days ago, Jodi Thiel
Essay Winners
We had ten new fourth graders complete our Fourth Grade Pronoun Challenge!
Congratulations to Hayes Mast, Abel Sprang, Isaac Moore, Alexus Castle, Avery Hastings, Izzy Weihrauch, Dominic Hull, Dawson Helton, Mary Morgan, and Tom Spiese!
2 days ago, Jodi Thiel
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Our second-grade secret agents are on the case! 🕵️‍♂️🕵️‍♀️ Solving 3-digit place-value riddles one clue at a time!
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Our second graders practiced irregular verbs and built a sweet gingerbread house!

Grinch update: some of us are still suspicious of Riley. We are keeping a close eye on him! 👀
2 days ago, Jodi Thiel
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The Grinch snuck into Mrs. Monday’s classroom and put toilet paper on our Christmas tree! We think he may be doing these things to our school because he is sad and may be feeling left out.

Today, we finished the sentence “To make the Grinch grin, I would” to think about how we can make him happy. Ideas included: tell a joke, give him a present, give him a cookie, give him an onion, draw him a picture, make him a heart, and more!
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Congratulations to Mariann, Class of 2026, as she proudly declares her future!
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Thanks to a very generous anonymous donor, admission will be FREE for Thursday night’s varsity girls basketball game! What a wonderful way to spread some holiday cheer! 🎁

Come out and pack the gym as our Lady Bears take on the North Baltimore Tigers at 6:00 p.m. ! Let’s make it a great night of basketball, sportsmanship, and holiday spirit.

Looks like Christmas came a little early at Hardin Northern! 🎅🎄
3 days ago, Jodi Thiel
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