weekly news shawsheen 2/26/21

 Good Morning Families,

Thank you so much for all you do to help our students come in with a smile on their faces & our remote learning friends as well. It is so great to see the innovative ways in which teachers are incorporating the students who are at home learning into the classrooms from participation to check-ins. 

Next week we are entering into March. It will almost be a full year since the pandemic started. We want to take this time to remind students about our 3 R’s and how their resilience, responsibility and respect have helped them to get through. During our ALL SCHOOL MEETING on March 24th we will be celebrating this along with other topics.

Read A Thon

March 2nd will be the last day to log in the readathon minutes. I will be going around the building two more times to hand out rewards. The students have been so impressive with this and I want to thank the PAC & families who have helped to make this possible. As of right now the West & the Shawsheen combined have raised 1800 dollars. You can find log in information on your childs google classroom.

Read Across America Week

Every year we celebrate read across america week. The students can wear certain clothes & participate whether at home or at school. PLEASE do not go out & buy anything. This is voluntary & just for fun. Here is the link for the week. 

Mindfulness & the Brain 

Explore and learn! What Mindfulness is What Mindfulness isn’t. Practice & reflect the benefit of mindfulness. Please join Erin O'Connor from Happy Human Mindfulness & learn how mindfulness changes the brain & learn some simple practices. The flyer is attached & this is paid for through our safe & supportive grant. It is 3/18/21 from 6:30-7:30 via zoom. A zoom link will be sent out prior to Shawsheen families.

Also the week before the teachers will get one hour of PD on this topic & all grade 3 students will be getting 30 minutes with Erin O’Connor for a lesson on the same topic.

Mindfulness and the Brain Save the Date Workshop Flyer 

Diaper Drive for Gifts of Love

Every month as you know we try to do something to support the community. For the month of March we will be accepting donations at the school for diapers & wipes any sizes. Attached is the flyer. Our shawsheen leaders will be helping with this. You may see them outside during car rider holding up signs to promote it! We will take donations directly from your child at drop off or off the bus. Thank you so much. The flyer is attached and also includes the flyer for a community drop off.

Diaper Drive Flyer 

Thank you all and have a great weekend.

Mrs. King

 

Weekly News-Shawsheen 2/12/21

As we finish off our last day before vacation I just wanted to thank you all for all you do at home to support your children. Thank you for attending parent/teacher conferences and talking with your child’s teacher. These connections are so important and we do appreciate it.

A few reminders for when we return are listed below:

Attendance

Please remember to have your child not only log into their google classroom on time when remoting in but to also LOG in for attendance on google classroom. In order for the main office to mark student’s appropriately we need that information. If they log in after 9:00, they are considered tardy just like if they were in person days and they came after 8:55. In addition, if for some reason you are having tech issues or forgot to do the attendance and your child was logged in, please call the attendance line and you can leave a msg so we can help to correct the attendance. The same is true if your child does not log back or then they will be considered dismissed or absent. Please let us know so we can make sure attendance and tardiness are accurate. 

Read A Thon

Over 366 times students have logged into the read a thon! To date the Shawsheen/west PAC has  raised 1,700 dollars with students from both the Woburn Street and Shawsheen Schools. Way to GO!

You can still log in minutes over Feb Break by accessing google classroom. If students read over 100 minutes they can go and submit again. Also as not to repeat the information again if you go to the Facebook page, blogger, twitter or old emails it has the PAC donation information. This is not necessary to participate.

A shout out to some star classrooms who have read the most minutes.

Ms. Deschene for grade 3

Mrs. Lesnik for grade 2

Mrs. Biedermann for grade 1

A shout out to some star readers

              Helen J-Grade 3

              Cody M-Grade 3

              Zoe M.C- Grade 3

              Connor M.-Grade 2

              Greyson S-Grade 1

Safe and Supportive School Grant Update

We had Rob Surette for our enrichment program sponsored by the grant and by The PAC. The students really seemed to enjoy it.

We have training for the staff the week we get back from the classroom. For two days there will be a substitute in the room for about 2 ½ hours for the training. Teachers will put in their google classrooms if students are to do asynchronous instead of logging in.

We will have a parent evening on Mindfulness and the Brain on March 18^th from 6:30-7:30 virtually. The flyer is attached to save the date. In addition, all grade 3 students will participate in a mini workshop the week prior virtually. Lastly, all staff will also participate in the same workshop in March.

We have started an Equity and Diversity group with staff at the school lead by Mrs. Patterson. More to come on the progress of the group. This month we have dedicated our display with diverse literature and have provided staff with a digital library of books for Black History Month. Lots to come with this group!

Please know that I will not be in the office next week and will have an autoreply on my email. Please enjoy your break with your families. 

Mrs. King

Attachments area

Read A Thon Kickoff has begun!

 Good Morning Families,

The Read a thon kick off event has started. Here is the ALL SCHOOL MEETING that the students watched today with their classmates virtually. It goes over the read a thon for them. All students also read for 10 minutes silently during the ALL SCHOOL MEETING. Feel free to watch it.  ALL SCHOOL MEETING Just a reminder that all students if they have not already due to the snow day will receive this week a free book to get started with reading. There are some fun small prizes for every 100 minutes read a week that they must log in online. Directions are also included. 

Lastly, ALL students can participate whether you make a donation or not. If you or any friends or family members would like to contribute to sponsor your child in the read a thon the information is on the flyer and below. Any donation is welcome and you can also send in check or cash to the school with a note having student name and read a thon on it. 

Here is the information on the flyer that was or is being sent home.

Read A Thon Flyer

Here is the google link to log in minutes weekly. Only once a week is necessary to log in!

Google Link to Log Minutes

Thank you all and we hope the students have fun with reading this month!

Mrs. King