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Hope Hall’s Annual Woodworking Sale

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Something for Every Person on Your List…Including Yourself!

Hope Hall’s Holiday Woodworking Sale is the elves best-kept secret! If you’re looking for unique gifts, home decor, and holiday items, Hope Hall’s Annual Woodworking Sale will help you complete your shopping list!

All of the wooden items are priced just right and hand-crafted by Hope Hall Staff and trained Volunteers. You’ll find clocks, music boxes, side tables, Adirondack and rocking chairs, and curved-door cabinets for the home, snowmen, Christmas trees, reindeer and sleighs for the holiday season, and toys to bring joy to the eyes of every kid on your list! Take a look below at just a few of the items you’ll find at the sale.

In addition to Hope Hall’s wooden items, invited crafters and artisans will have an assortment of unique gift and food items available for purchase.

We’ll have seasonal  music to put you in the holiday sprit, a 50/50 raffle, a raffle of vendor gifts and loads of holiday cheer! And one of the things you can feel really great about is that every purchase you make goes to help fund Hope Hall’s Woodworking Program that helps our students learn invaluable skills they can use in their careers and life!

Hope Hall’s Woodworking Sale takes place in the Gym at Hope Hall School, located at 1612 Buffalo Road Rochester, NY 14624. The parking lot and entrance are located behind the school off Relim Boulevard.

 CLICK on the image at right to download the flyer.

Don’t miss out on this fun holiday event!

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CFO, Alicia L. Hart Becomes New Associate Executive Director

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We are pleased to announce that Hope Hall has created a new position of Associate Executive Director. This position is the result of long-range planning efforts by the Board of Trustees and members of Hope Hall’s Senior Leadership team. The Associate Executive Director will help alleviate Sister Diana of some of her many day-to-day responsibilities, while maintaining the responsibilities of Human Resource Officer and overseeing the Finance Department.

A Search Committee worked with a firm called JK Executive Strategies to fill this vital role. This firm screened over 170 applicants and conducted a thorough screening process. It turned out that the perfect candidate for the position of Associate Executive Director was right here at Hope Hall!

Alicia L. Hart, our Chief Financial Officer for the last four years, has been named Hope Hall’s first-ever Associate Executive Director. Alicia holds an Executive MBA in Strategic Thinking and Leadership from RIT. In addition to her role as CFO for Hope Hall, she is also our HR Officer and Child Nutrition Director. She loves our school, is passionate about our mission, knows our parents, and embodies our Hope Hall culture. Alicia is well-liked and highly trusted by our faculty and staff, she understands our finances, and already works closely with Sister Diana and members of Hope Hall’s Senior Leadership Team. During COVID, Alicia even served as a substitute teacher in some of our classes when teachers were out.

We are truly fortunate to have someone of Alicia’s caliber in this position. During the 2023-2024 school year, we will begin the search for a new Director of Finance. Alicia will continue in her HR role and transition some of her responsibilities to others while working closely with Sister Diana to learn her new role.

Congratulations, Alicia!

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Important Back to School Information for Hope Hall Families

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Dear Families,

Due to the ongoing construction and the number of construction vehicles, that would make parking nearly impossible, we have made the decision to postpone Back to School Night.

What we will be doing instead is offering uniform and schedule pick up from 1:00-5:00 on Thursday, August 31st in our parking lot. You can drive-through and pick up your child’s information and uniforms. 

We are working on scheduling an Open House when all of the construction is complete to show off our new addition!

6th and 9th grade students will not be having an orientation. On the first day of school we will support them with the transition to their new grade.

Please reach out with any questions or concerns.

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Hope Hall Senior Speeches 2023

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We are proud and honored to present members of Hope Hall’s Graduating Class of 2023. Click on the videos to access full size video, or click on the image at the bottom to download and read all of our Seniors’ speeches.

*Note: If there are students whose speech you are looking for is not here, they are among those Seniors who chose not to record their speech.

For photos from Graduation, visit our Facebook Graduation 2023 Album

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Hope Hall Contest Alert!

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As we kick off the month of June, a time of celebrations as our eighth graders move up, and our seniors graduate and begin the next phase of their lives as young adults, we will also celebrate all that the Hope for Tomorrow Campaign has, and will, accomplish for our students in a month-long on-line Hope for Tomorrow series. This special series will highlight some exciting facets of the Hope for Tomorrow Campaign, including construction, program expansion details, the impact of scholarships and financial aid, and more. Like and follow us on social so you don’t miss out!

Plus, our e-newsletter members will get a couple of exclusive “Deep Dives” during the month that provide the inside scoop on construction, and some detailed stories about how our students’ lives will be changed by this initiative to expand our footprint and programming in order to better meet the needs of students who learn differently. CLICK HERE to sign up for our e-mail list if you aren’t already on it.

Contest Details

Every NEW like and follow on our social media platforms and every NEW e-mail sign up  between June 1st and June 5th will be entered into a contest for a Hope Hall Merch pack, including a Hope Hall drawstring bag, a Hope Hall sweatshirt, a Hope Hall polo shirt, hand-designed cards, and pens.

You won’t want to miss out!

Follow us on Social Media, or add your name to our e-news list using the links below, for a chance to win! 

Thanks for entering, and Good Luck!

The winner will be selected in a random drawing from among qualifying entries. A variety of sizes are available in the polo shirt and sweatshirt. Winner will be announced Tuesday, June 6th. Hope Hall Students, Faculty and Staff are not eligible to win. 

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Students Marvel as Hope for Tomorrow Construction Progresses

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Construction on the expansion and renovation of Hope Hall School is progressing smoothly.

Our students have been fascinated to watch as the vestibule that was used as the  exit for recess was taken down (watch the short video below, taken in February). Each day, as machinery operators dig the hole deeper and deeper to create the basement-level Woodworking Center’s Inventory Management Center, adults and students at the school marvel that the operators of such huge machinery as the excavators used to dig the cellar can be so precise.

For many of the students–especially the younger students who have not yet taken woodworking classes– concepts such as math and measurements come to life as they say the construction workers using these skills to ensure the construction is done properly.  For older students considering what they may want to pursue once they get out of school, construction and heavy machinery operation has become an interesting career choice.

Stay tuned to our newsletters, website and social media for update on the Hope for Tomorrow Campaign construction. 

For those who would like to help make the dream of the school’s expansion, renovation and enhancement to student programming, your gift would be much appreciated, and it would make a world of difference for our current and future students!

We are happy to be working with Passero Associates as our architectural firm and with Taylor The Builders as our General Contractors.

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In Loving Memory of Tilahun (‘T’) Gushish

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On December 7, 2022, Tilahun Belete Gushish, our friend, former student, and an inspirational figure at Hope Hall passed away, due to the cancer he had fought since he was a child, living on the streets of Ethiopia. 

In the video below, we pay tribute to him, in loving memory, using his own words, excerpted from his graduation speech, and photos and video taken of  him during the four years we were privileged to have him as a student at Hope Hall.

For T’s obituary, and to learn of his journey that brought him to the United States, click here.

For his full graduation speech, click here.

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