Thursday, October 24, 2019

October Updates :)

Good Morning Families,

We have had a very busy month so far. The third grade students went to the Middlesex Canal Field trip last week and they had the Owl enrichment program yesterday. The presenters have just released a new book called Owling and will send out a notice if any students would like to buy a copy and have it signed. Stay tuned for that letter. As a school we have had our Author Visit, Corey the Dribbler, Bus Safety and tomorrow we are having Fire Safety. The students did an incredible job with all of our enrichment programs by using our 3 R's.

Next week on Monday we will have our October All School Meeting. We will be talking about our Shawsheen leaders first community service project and reviewing lunchroom expectations on earning the pawsome picnic grounds. Students are all encouraged to wear their Shawsheen Shirts. Also, we have lots of lost and found clothes already piling up in the cafeteria. I have had students go through them for the past week. If your child is missing anything, feel free to come and take a look before or after school. At the end of the month we will be donating them.

We have Picture day coming up on the 29th and on the 31st we will have the annual WEF walk at 2:15. Students are welcome to bring in costumes or wear orange/black. All students will participate regardless of costumes. We ask no face paint or masks for the day. A letter from WEF is going home in the next day or so. We will walk around the building for about 20 minutes and families are welcome to walk with us or watch from the parking lot.

On November 2nd is the Winter Wonderland that is put on by our amazing PAC. This is a great event for families and one of our biggest fundraisers of the year. The PAC is still looking for donations for the bake sale and volunteers for any portion of the day. They have over 40 vendors coming and will have lots of raffles and a store were children can buy gifts for family members.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4caeae2baafd0-winter2  Volunteer Link

Please note on the calendar that we have NO school on November 5th for a staff professional development day.

We will also be doing a tree this year from the Shawsheen School for the Festival of Trees. We are still deciding on a theme so stay tuned!

Here are some more upcoming dates at a glance:
Shawsheen Elementary School
Upcoming Important Dates
Fall 2019


October 2019
Monday, October 28th: All School Meeting-Wear your Shawsheen Shirt/Blue & White!
Tuesday, October 29th: School Picture Day-All Students (Retakes December 12th)
Thursday, October 31st-WEF Walk @ 2:15 pm


November 2019
Saturday, November 2nd: PAC Holiday Fair @ Shawsheen 9:00 am-2:00 pm
Tuesday, November 5th: No School for Students-Professional Development for Staff
Thursday, November 7th: Grade 1 Presentation-“Star Lab”
Monday, November 11th: No School-Veterans Day
Monday, November 18th: Grade 3 Field Trip to Commonwealth Museum (Group 1)
Tuesday, November 19th: Grade 3 Field Trip to Commonwealth Museum (Group 2)
Wednesday, November 20th: Grade 3 Field Trip to Commonwealth Museum (Group 3)
Monday, November 25th: All School Meeting-Wear your Shawsheen Shirt/Blue & White!

Wednesday, November 27th-Friday, November 29th-No School-Thanksgiving Recess

Thank you for all you do,

Mrs. King
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Upcoming Dates


Shawsheen Elementary School
Upcoming Important Dates
Fall 2019


October 2019
Monday, October 28th: All School Meeting-Wear your Shawsheen Shirt/Blue & White!
Tuesday, October 29th: School Picture Day-All Students (Retakes December 12th)
Thursday, October 31st-WEF Walk @ 2:15 pm


November 2019
Saturday, November 2nd: PAC Holiday Fair @ Shawsheen 9:00 am-2:00 pm
Tuesday, November 5th: No School for Students-Professional Development for Staff
Thursday, November 7th: Grade 1 Presentation-“Star Lab”
Monday, November 11th: No School-Veterans Day
Monday, November 18th: Grade 3 Field Trip to Commonwealth Museum (Group 1)
Tuesday, November 19th: Grade 3 Field Trip to Commonwealth Museum (Group 2)
Wednesday, November 20th: Grade 3 Field Trip to Commonwealth Museum (Group 3)
Monday, November 25th: All School Meeting-Wear your Shawsheen Shirt/Blue & White!
Wednesday, November 27th-Friday, November 29th-No School-Thanksgiving Recess

Friday, October 4, 2019

October Updates

Good Morning Families,

We have some updates to remind families of. First we had an amazing enrichment program from Corey the Dribbler who went over our 3 R's and had a blast while doing it. See pictures on twitter @shawsheenschool!  We also had our first All School Meeting where we discussed bathroom behavior, hallway behavior and recess behavior. The students were excellent for our first meeting. Shawsheen shirts have been ordered for all first graders and new students. Also, if you ordered an extra one and returned the order form those should also be in soon.

On Monday, it is national Stomp out Bullying Day. All students are encouraged to wear blue to support this initiative. At the elementary level we are focusing on kindness and inclusiveness. We kicked it off by having Corey The Dribbler come in and on Tuesday we have the Author visiting to share her story about her determined dog.

In addition to the upcoming dates listed and sent home last week we have added vision and hearing for the month of October, fire safety and the WEF walk. More information will be sent out regarding this.

In addition, I am happy to announce that we have a long term substitute hired for Art to replace Mrs. Mock temporarily when she begins her leave of absence. Her name is Mrs. Rebecca Wolfe and she is a certified Art teacher with some great experiences. She has done long term subbing in other districts and will be a great fit for our students during this time. We are very excited to have her on board.

Lastly, I want to thank my school council from last year Mrs. Flaherty, Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. Toth (community member), Mrs. Fitzgerald (parent),  and Mrs. Najarian (parent) for helping to formulate our new school improvement goals. Our new goals will be presented on Oct. 9th at school committee if you would like to tune into WCTV or attend. In addition, I have them here below for families to look at to see some of our school focus points. Our new school council members will begin meeting in October and will be notified later today via email. Thank you to all families who sent in a letter to be part of the council.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tx_D5jFkBdzk9k-SIEFTuYSs01TzMPH_C-teDB-KbK8/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you and have a great weekend,

Mrs. King

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