Attention Hatfield Families: Calling all young readers! The certified therapy dogs from the Little Black Dog Training Team are returning to the Mitchell Community Public Library on Thursday, November 5, from 4:00–5:30 PM!

Students in grades K–6 can enjoy a 15-minute reading session with a furry friend while building reading confidence, improving fluency, and having FUN!

Registration is required! Call 812-849-2412 or stop by the library to reserve your child's spot.
1 day ago, Bryan Fountain
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🍂Fall Art at Happy Hatfield!🎨

Our students in Mrs. Clouse’s Art Classes are creating some incredible fall artwork, and we couldn’t wait to share a few samples hanging in our Happy Hatfield hallways!

Whether they’re learning about primary colors, experimenting with mixing colors to create new ones, or exploring horizontal and vertical lines, Mrs. Clouse is keeping our students’ art skills in tip-top shape! Take a look at these fantastic pieces and see how our Hatfield students are growing into amazing artists!

Way to go, Happy Hatfield artists! Keep creating and keep learning!

#HappyHatfield #MakeLearningMemorable #HatfieldArtists
2 days ago, Bryan Fountain
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📚🎉 OH, THE PLACES YOU’LL GO… WITH A GOOD BOOK! 🎉📚

The Hatfield Fall Scholastic Book Fair is coming, and we can’t wait to fill our Hatfield readers’ hands with new books and their hearts with a love of reading!

📅 November 2–5
📍 Hatfield Elementary Library
📚 Shopping during Library Specials with Mrs. Burnette!

Whether your child loves adventures, funny stories, mysteries, or learning something new, there’s a book waiting to be discovered! The best part? Every purchase helps support Hatfield Elementary!

Here are a few ways to shop:

💳 eWallet: Set up a convenient, cash-free way for your child to shop! Family members, grandparents, and friends can contribute, too!

🏡 Shop Online: Prefer shopping from home? Visit our Virtual Book Fair, and your books will ship right to your door! Orders of $25 or more qualify for free shipping on book orders.

🗓️ Friday Library Shoppers: Students who normally have Library Specials on Friday will shop on Thursday, November 5, since there is NO SCHOOL on Friday, November 6, for teacher professional development.

Ready to get started? Visit our Hatfield Book Fair homepage to set up eWallet, shop online, and learn more!

🔗 https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/hatfieldelementaryschool1

Let’s make this Fall Book Fair one for the BOOKS!

#HappyHatfield #FallBookFair #MakeLearningMemorable
3 days ago, Bryan Fountain
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🧥Thank you, Knights of Columbus!🧥

As the colder months approach, we are so thankful for the Knights of Columbus and their generous donation of light jackets and heavy coats for our Happy Hatfield students!

Knights of Columbus, your continued support of Hatfield means so much to our students, families, and staff. These jackets and coats will help make sure our students are warm, comfortable, and ready to learn as the temperatures drop.

Thank you for continuing to show up for our Hatfield Family and for supporting our students!

#HappyHatfield #KofC #MakeLearningMemorable
4 days ago, Bryan Fountain
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Red Ribbon Week & Bully Prevention Month is coming to Hatfield!

Join us October 26–30 for a week of fun Spirit Days as we celebrate healthy choices and being an upstander to bullying! Check out the graphic for each day’s theme.

#HappyHatfield #MakeLearningMemorable
10 days ago, Bryan Fountain
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🍂Grandparents Day is coming to Hatfield!🍂

Happy Hatfield is excited to celebrate our wonderful Grandparents with a special morning filled with smiles, memories, and time together! 🥰

📅 Mark your calendar!

Preschool: Thursday, November 19
Kindergarten: Friday, November 20 | 9:30–10:15 AM
First Grade: Monday, November 23 | 9:30–10:15 AM
Second Grade: Tuesday, November 24 | 9:30–10:15 AM

This post is an FYI to help families plan ahead! More information, including permission slips, will be sent home with students the week of November 2nd.

Students will also have the opportunity to go home with their grandparents on their specific Grandparents Day with a signed permission slip from a parent/guardian.

We can't wait to welcome our grandparents to Hatfield and make some sweet memories together!

#HappyHatfield #MakeLearningMemorable
11 days ago, Bryan Fountain
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Attention Hatfield Families: Two Great Events Happening in Mitchell on November 7! 🏃‍♂️🎄

Mitchell has a couple of great community events coming up on Saturday, November 7, and we wanted to make sure our Hatfield families knew about them!

🎅 ReGeneration Christmas Sale
📍 Mitchell Church of Christ
🕘 9:00 AM–1:00 PM
Come do a little Christmas shopping and support a great local organization!

🏃 Race to Play 5K Walk & Run
📍 Mitchell
The Race to Play 5K is helping support the Mitchell Playground Project! Whether you walk, run, or come cheer on the participants, it is a great way to support a wonderful project for the Mitchell community.

Register for the Race to Play 5K: https://runsignup.com/Race/IN/Mitchell/RaceToPlay5K

We love seeing our Hatfield families supporting the many great things happening right here in our community!
12 days ago, Bryan Fountain
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🍂 HAPPY FALL BREAK, HATFIELD FAMILIES! 🍂

A big thank you to all of our families who attended Parent-Teacher Conferences today and throughout the week! We appreciate your partnership and the time you take to support your child's learning.

📅 Fall Break: October 12–16

Hatfield Elementary and all MCS Schools will be on Fall Break next week! We hope our students, families, and staff enjoy some well-deserved time to relax, recharge, and make wonderful memories.

We are looking forward to students and staff returning to school on Monday, October 19th! Have a wonderful Fall Break, everyone!

#HappyHatfield #MakeLearningMemorable
21 days ago, Bryan Fountain
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🏈 FALL BREAK STARTS WITH A LITTLE HOOSIER HYPE AT HATFIELD!

Happy Hatfield was pretty excited to have a special visitor stop by today as we geared up for Fall Break 2026...Hoosier the Bison! 🎉

Hoosier helped our students get fired up for IU Football, challenged some of our kids to a few rounds of rock, paper, scissors, stopped for LOTS of photo ops with his fans, and even helped keep the Hatfield office in order by answering a few phone calls! 😂

Needless to say, Hoosier brought plenty of excitement and smiles to Hatfield and helped us kick off Fall Break the Happy Hatfield way! A HUGE thank you to Hoosier for stopping by! We hope you have a fantastic Fall Break, Hatfield Families!

HOO-HOO-HOO-HOOSIERS!

#HappyHatfield #MakeLearningMemorable #Hoosiers #NeverDaunted
22 days ago, Bryan Fountain
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Reminder! Reminder! Reminder! The dentist is coming to Hatfield School on Thursday, October 22nd!

The School Smiles on-site dental program provides on-site dental care at our school for ALL students that sign up to participate. The dental team will be set up inside our school. They accept Medicaid, private insurance, offer self-pay rates and grants through their foundation. Registration is now open online at: www.schoolsmiles.com/student-signup with over 100 languages to choose from when completing the online form. See the attached flyer for additional ways to register, don’t miss out after Fall Break!
23 days ago, Bryan Fountain
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Attention Hatfield Families: A joyful surprise is heading your way! We are participating in a creative fundraiser with Art to Remember again this year that allows you to purchase keepsake products customized with your child's art. This week, students will be bringing home customized order forms! Thanks for supporting the arts in our school!
25 days ago, Bryan Fountain
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HAPPY HATFIELD CLASS OF THE MONTH!

Congratulations to Mrs. Willoughby’s 2nd Grade Class for being named our September Class of the Month! This class was selected by our "secret voters" throughout the building for being exemplary in their actions AND academics! They have represented Hatfield with respect, pride, and a positive attitude throughout the entire month. Their hard work definitely didn’t go unnoticed!

As our Class of the Month, they’ll get to enjoy a “Mystery Prize” from Mr. Fountain following Mrs. Willoughby’s spin on the prize wheel! Congratulations, Mrs. Willoughby's Class! We are SO proud of you!

Be on the lookout… October’s Class of the Month is coming soon!
25 days ago, Bryan Fountain
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📸 Picture Retake Day Reminder!

Tomorrow is Picture Retake Day at Hatfield! We are sharing just a few reminders for retakes below.

This day is for any student or staff member who:
📷 Was absent on our original Picture Day
📷 Is new to Hatfield
📷 Would like to retake their picture

If your child is getting a retake and you ordered a picture package on the original Picture Day, please return the original package to our photographer. This will allow us to order the retake package.

Families can also order pictures online here:
👉 https://inter-state.com/FlyerEntry/
26 days ago, Bryan Fountain
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Reminder: Scheduled Two-Hour Delay for THIS WEDENSDAY, October 7th!

MCS will be holding planned two-hour delay days on certain Wednesdays of select months: October 7th, December 9th, January 13th, February 10th, and April 7th. These days give teachers valuable time for collaboration and professional development to support student learning.
For Two-Hour Delays At Hatfield:
Car rider drop-off begins at 9:50 AM in the back.
Buses unload at the front at 10:00 AM.
No breakfast will be served on delay days due to lunch prep schedules.
Students may ride the bus or be dropped off—just two hours later than usual.

During these scheduled two-hour delays, teachers and staff will participate in valuable professional development meetings about reading, writing and math instruction, school safety, and social-emotional learning from 8:00-10:00 AM.
26 days ago, Bryan Fountain
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COLOR SPLASHING THE PRINCIPAL!

It was an INCREDIBLE morning of color, excitement, and LOTS of laughter at Happy Hatfield! Some very deserving and incredible students earned the chance to COLOR SPLASH THE PRINCIPAL!

Be sure to check out the pictures from each grade level and watch closely… 👀 The enthusiasm (and the amount of color!) grew with each group! 😆

A HUGE shout-out to our students for earning this special opportunity and for making this morning one Mr. Fountain—and the entire Hatfield Family—won’t soon forget! Happy Hatfield was definitely a little more colorful today!

#HappyHatfield #MakeLearningMemorable #ColorSplashThePrincipal
28 days ago, Bryan Fountain
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Happy Custodian Appreciation, Mr. Bob!

Today, we’re celebrating someone who is truly one of a kind — Mr. Bob Kern! 🎉 Whether he’s keeping our school clean and shiny, building relationships with our students, telling a few good jokes 😂, or making sure those walkie-talkie calls are always on-point… Mr. Bob does it all! But more than what he does, we appreciate who he is. His kindness, humor, dedication, and willingness to help make a difference at Hatfield every single day.

Thank you, Mr. Bob, for helping make Happy Hatfield even happier! You are appreciated more than you know!

#HappyHatfield #MakeLearningMemorable
28 days ago, Bryan Fountain
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🍕 Pizza with the Principal — Second Grade Edition!

We wrapped up our Pizza with the Principal fun today with an awesome group of second graders! These students enjoyed kicking back in the comfy conference room chairs, sharing stories about friendship, talking about the things they love most about Hatfield, and, of course… enjoying some PIZZA!

A HUGE thank-you to Burris-Hatfield PTO for sponsoring this fun experience and to Chicago’s Pizza of Mitchell for providing all of the INCREDIBLE pizza! We are so grateful for your support of Happy Hatfield!

It has been a complete blast celebrating with our Kindergarteners, first graders, and second graders!

Speaking of BLASTS… there are quite a few Hatfield students who are already fired up about color blasting me tomorrow morning! Stay tuned!

For now, though, I think pizza will officially be off the menu at the Fountain house this weekend after three straight days of lunch pizza! HA! 😂

#HappyHatfield #MakeLearningMemorable #PizzaWithThePrincipal

29 days ago, Bryan Fountain
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Hello and Happy Thursday, Hatfield Families!

Over the next several weeks, our Kindergarten students will be learning all about colors through fun activities and exciting classroom celebrations!

We invite everyone at Hatfield to wear BLACK this Friday, October 2nd, as we celebrate our next Color Day together!

If the color black isn't in the plan for tomorrow, feel free to wear Blue & Gold to support our Mitchell Bluejackets!

#HappyHatfield #MakeLearningMemorable
29 days ago, Bryan Fountain
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🍕 Pizza with the Principal!

Today our Hatfield First Graders had a great time celebrating Pizza with the Principal! We enjoyed our meal in the Art Room, surrounded by amazing student-created artwork, while chatting about pizza, how awesome our school lunches are, and our plans for Fall Break 2026!

A HUGE shout-out and thank you to our Burris-Hatfield PTO for sponsoring this exciting event and helping make it so special for our students!

What a fun crew! We sure love our Hatfield First Graders!

#HappyHatfield #MakeLearningMemorable #PizzaWithThePrincipal
about 1 month ago, Bryan Fountain
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Happy Wednesday, Hatfield Families!

Reminder: Scheduled Two-Hour Delay for Wednesday, October 7th!

MCS will be holding planned two-hour delay days on certain Wednesdays of select months: October 7th, December 9th, January 13th, February 10th, and April 7th. These days give teachers valuable time for collaboration and professional development to support student learning.
For Two-Hour Delays At Hatfield:
Car rider drop-off begins at 9:50 AM in the back.
Buses unload at the front at 10:00 AM.
No breakfast will be served on delay days due to lunch prep schedules.
Students may ride the bus or be dropped off—just two hours later than usual.

During these scheduled two-hour delays, teachers and staff will participate in valuable professional development meetings about reading, writing and math instruction, school safety, and social-emotional learning from 8:00-10:00 AM.
about 1 month ago, Bryan Fountain
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