Organized By the Wilmington
We will have a box at the Shawsheen
School.
Donations accepted until December 15th
Donations accepted until December 15th
Thursday, November 30, 2017
December Updates
Good Morning Families,
Thank you to everyone for all your donations for the Shawsheen Tree this year. The Festival of Trees will be this weekend and if you go you can look for your child's kindness chain on our Fill Your Bucket Tree. We will also be collecting toys for Wilmington Children through the Wilmington Fire Department. The notice will be sent home shortly. Please consider contributing. We have many exciting things happening in the upcoming weeks prior to the Holiday break.
Next week we will be having an early dismissal due to parent teacher conferences. Please be sure that if your child is going home by a different means of transportation that they have a note. Also, no lunches will be served. On Friday, December 8th, the author Marty Kelley will be coming to do a presentation for all grade levels. A form will go home the day of the author visit if any parents want to order a signed book. The books will not be in until after the break.
Lastly we will be having an All School Meeting on Monday, December 18th to discuss Resilience so please have students wear their Shawsheen shirts. Also, we will be having an ALL school pajama day on Friday, December 22nd!
If you have not had a chance to review the information on the superintendent screening committee please see the attached information. Also, families may contribute through a survey which is listed below.
Thank you to everyone for all your donations for the Shawsheen Tree this year. The Festival of Trees will be this weekend and if you go you can look for your child's kindness chain on our Fill Your Bucket Tree. We will also be collecting toys for Wilmington Children through the Wilmington Fire Department. The notice will be sent home shortly. Please consider contributing. We have many exciting things happening in the upcoming weeks prior to the Holiday break.
Next week we will be having an early dismissal due to parent teacher conferences. Please be sure that if your child is going home by a different means of transportation that they have a note. Also, no lunches will be served. On Friday, December 8th, the author Marty Kelley will be coming to do a presentation for all grade levels. A form will go home the day of the author visit if any parents want to order a signed book. The books will not be in until after the break.
Lastly we will be having an All School Meeting on Monday, December 18th to discuss Resilience so please have students wear their Shawsheen shirts. Also, we will be having an ALL school pajama day on Friday, December 22nd!
If you have not had a chance to review the information on the superintendent screening committee please see the attached information. Also, families may contribute through a survey which is listed below.
The Superintendent
Search Survey is now available on the district website.
To access the survey:
1)
Go
to the district website: https://www.wpsk12.com/Page/1
2)
Click
on the “Superintendent Search” link
3)
Click
on the “Superintendent Search Survey” link
You can also access the
survey directly by clicking this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JTRKWCY.
The survey will be
active until Friday, December 1st at 12pm. Please consider taking a few minutes to
complete the survey. The data that is collected will be used to develop a profile for the new Superintendent
that the School Committee will use when vetting candidates. If you
attended one of the focus groups you are still welcome to take the
survey.
Below are December Dates
Friday, November 17, 2017
November Updates Continued!
Good Morning,
Thank you to parents and families for all your continued dedication with our students. It is great that with the change of weather comes a change of outdoor clothing. It is nice to see students with their coats, hats and gloves for those chilly days. Also, thank you to those families who have donated a book to the Shawsheen Tree for the festival of trees this year. The books are adorable and some lucky winner is going to be very happy! We will be collecting books for this up until November 30th.
We were going to do the Alice practice drill today, however it has been rescheduled. We will be doing it sometime after the Thanksgiving break. The students have practiced and read through the curriculum with the teachers.
Next week the second graders will be going on their Plimoth Plantation field trip on Monday. This has been a tradition for many years and I am hoping for nice weather. On Tuesday, grade 3 will be having an enrichment program called Eyes on Owls. This has also been a tradition here and the students and staff really enjoy it. Lastly, Wednesday is a 1/2 day and there is no afternoon cares. Please be sure to make arrangements, dismissal is at noon. No school on Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving Holiday.
Also, we have been very fortunate to secure Marty Kelley, author and illustrator for our Author Visit. This will be on December 8th and will include one show for each grade level. We are very excited to have him come and do a presentation. Below is a link to his website and books.
http://www.martykelley.com/
Upcoming Dates:
Thank you to parents and families for all your continued dedication with our students. It is great that with the change of weather comes a change of outdoor clothing. It is nice to see students with their coats, hats and gloves for those chilly days. Also, thank you to those families who have donated a book to the Shawsheen Tree for the festival of trees this year. The books are adorable and some lucky winner is going to be very happy! We will be collecting books for this up until November 30th.
We were going to do the Alice practice drill today, however it has been rescheduled. We will be doing it sometime after the Thanksgiving break. The students have practiced and read through the curriculum with the teachers.
Next week the second graders will be going on their Plimoth Plantation field trip on Monday. This has been a tradition for many years and I am hoping for nice weather. On Tuesday, grade 3 will be having an enrichment program called Eyes on Owls. This has also been a tradition here and the students and staff really enjoy it. Lastly, Wednesday is a 1/2 day and there is no afternoon cares. Please be sure to make arrangements, dismissal is at noon. No school on Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving Holiday.
Also, we have been very fortunate to secure Marty Kelley, author and illustrator for our Author Visit. This will be on December 8th and will include one show for each grade level. We are very excited to have him come and do a presentation. Below is a link to his website and books.
http://www.martykelley.com/
Upcoming Dates:
‘TWAS THE NIGHT OF THANKSGIVING
Twas the night of Thanksgiving, but I just couldn’t sleep.
I tried counting backwards, I tried counting sheep.
The leftovers beckoned–the dark meat and white,
but I fought the temptation with all of my might.
Tossing and turning with anticipation,
the thought of a snack became infatuation.
So, I raced to the kitchen, flung open the door
and gazed at the fridge, full of goodies galore.
I gobbled up turkey and buttered potatoes,
pickles and carrots, beans and tomatoes.
I felt myself swelling so plump and so round,
till all of a sudden, I rose off the ground.
I crashed through the ceiling, floating into the sky
With a mouthful of pudding and a handful of pie.
But, I managed to yell as I soared past the trees…
happy eating to all—pass the cranberries, please!
By anonymous
Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy next week,
Mrs. King
Monday, November 13, 2017
Festival of Trees Dec 2nd and 3rd
Shawsheen Elementary
School
Will be participating
for the
4th year donating
to the WOW Festival of Trees
We will be creating a Kindness Tree
to go along with our school theme this year “How to Fill Your Bucket”. Under
the tree will be buckets filled with books and messages from each student,
staff or family who donates. Please have your message written in the book. This
could be a note on why you chose that book or just a kind message and first
name. Decorating the tree will be words
of kindness that the students wrote during our Anti-Bullying week.
Please consider donating a book.
Books can be a classic, chapter books, drawing books, books for any age or
level. The more of the variety the better! Some lucky winner, hopefully another
student will be very happy!
We will have a bucket at the main
office and will be taking donations up until November 27th.
Thank you very much,
Mrs. King
2016 Dr. Seuss Tree 2015 Favorite Books 2014 Books/bookmarks
Thursday, November 9, 2017
November Updates
Good Afternoon,
Thank you to all the families and students who contributed to the Joanne Benton WEF walk. We raised over 1000 dollars just for the school. I will keep parents posted on what we spend the funds on but we are looking toward adding more books to our classroom libraries! Thank you to the Tewksbury/Wilmington Elks for your grade 3 dictionary donations. The students will carry those with them through life and it is a much appreciated tradition. November is a busy month with the Thanksgiving Holiday. Next week we will be having our ALICE practice drill. The teachers will be discussing the ALICE book and practicing the drill. I will send out an email after the drill to let families know how it went. As you are aware, on the principal blog is information on the ALICE protocol and the book that staff utilize to go over with the students. Also, this month teachers are finishing up some benchmark assessments in reading and continuing on pace with envisions math topics.
We are continuing on with our PBIS vision of Respect, Responsibility and Resilience. We had another successful all school meeting where we discussed what respect looks like. We had some amazing examples of student work that was presented. The students all wore there Shawsheen T-shirt and participating in showing respect! We will have another all school meeting toward the end of November to discuss Responsibility.
Lastly, we are still collecting books for the Shawsheen Tree for Festival of Trees. Students are contributing with the them of Fill Your Bucket. We will have buckets under the tree filled with books. If you donate a book, please have you, your family or child write a message in it. The tree will have a chain of kindness that the students had created during kindness week.
Below are some pictures from the last month and upcoming dates:
Thank you to all the families and students who contributed to the Joanne Benton WEF walk. We raised over 1000 dollars just for the school. I will keep parents posted on what we spend the funds on but we are looking toward adding more books to our classroom libraries! Thank you to the Tewksbury/Wilmington Elks for your grade 3 dictionary donations. The students will carry those with them through life and it is a much appreciated tradition. November is a busy month with the Thanksgiving Holiday. Next week we will be having our ALICE practice drill. The teachers will be discussing the ALICE book and practicing the drill. I will send out an email after the drill to let families know how it went. As you are aware, on the principal blog is information on the ALICE protocol and the book that staff utilize to go over with the students. Also, this month teachers are finishing up some benchmark assessments in reading and continuing on pace with envisions math topics.
We are continuing on with our PBIS vision of Respect, Responsibility and Resilience. We had another successful all school meeting where we discussed what respect looks like. We had some amazing examples of student work that was presented. The students all wore there Shawsheen T-shirt and participating in showing respect! We will have another all school meeting toward the end of November to discuss Responsibility.
Lastly, we are still collecting books for the Shawsheen Tree for Festival of Trees. Students are contributing with the them of Fill Your Bucket. We will have buckets under the tree filled with books. If you donate a book, please have you, your family or child write a message in it. The tree will have a chain of kindness that the students had created during kindness week.
Below are some pictures from the last month and upcoming dates:
Thank you and have a great long weekend,
Mrs. King
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
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