student belongings Pick Up---Important

Dear Families,

We made it through another week. I hope your children were able to enjoy some sunshine this week. As we get closer to the end of the year staff will be cleaning out student belongings. Next week, staff will voluntarily go in under social distancing precautions to pack up what is on student desks. They will do their best to gather all that they can. Included in the pickup bags will be anything that was labeled in the classroom such as water bottles, coats, sweatshirts, and anything that was on or in their desk that belongs to them. If the staff member is unclear whether it is a personal book or a classroom book, we will hold onto it until the fall or send it to the West. If you have something that you are certain is your child’s that you want to specifically make sure they get back, please email your teacher by Monday. Please note that staff are putting things in bags as they see them, they are not responsible for any headphones not working or broken items. (I don’t anticipate this, but wanted to be clear)

We have many things to gather from you as well like library books or anything borrowed from your classroom teacher.

Please read these procedures very carefully as we will only have volunteers for a limited amount of time to help with this process and want to make it as safe and efficient as we can. You may bring your children for the ride with you as they may see some special guests and for sure myself and Mr. Welch! Happy to see them even for a minute through a car window.      

On Monday, June 8th we will have a procedure in place to pick up student belongings. Please see the bulleted list below:

·        On your car window, please have your child’s last name, room number and teacher listed.

·        Please come at the time assigned. (we have 400 bags of supplies to hand out)

·        Please be patient as we have never done this before and will try to make it as efficient as possible.

·        Please pop open your trunk so that we can leave the items in the trunk.  If you are unable to pop your trunk please lower a back seat window so we will be able to place the item in your car.

·        Please do not get out of your car during this process. You will follow the cones and the line of cars to pull up.

• Follow the signs for A Level, B Level & C Level clearly marked to park. If you have more than one child, please go to the younger grade level pick up time & you can gather all belongings.

·        You will have assigned times so please do your best to stick to those times.

Recorders Grade 3

Since grade 3 students have a recorder at home as already, recorders will be sent up to the West next year for students. 

Library Books

We have over 900 books out from the library. We are asking that when you come to pick up your student belongings you have your childs library books in a plastic bag.   Mrs. Patterson will be available to grab them from your trunk. Thank you for helping with this.

Please see the schedule below:

All students who are in sub-seperate programs belongings will be with their assigned classroom teacher.

9:00	Mrs. Lipski    A5	11:15	Mrs. Lesnik  C20
9:15	Ms. Cowden  A7	11:30	Mrs. Beauchamp  C21
9:30	Ms. Mckeown  A4	11:45	Mr. Mauriello C25
9:45	Ms. Weeks  A3	12:00	Mrs. Rogers C26
10:00	Mrs. Moroney  A1	12:15	Mrs. Cazeau C28
10:15	Mrs. Cali  A2	12:30	Mrs. Cameron C23
10:30	Ms. McDougal  B13	12:45	Mrs. Kelly-Joseph C29
10:45	Ms. Sadowski  B14	1:00	Mrs. Flaherty C27
11:00	Mrs. Gallo Dunn  C22

Shawsheen Strong Video

Please enjoy this special video developed by our Shawsheen Staff. Shawsheen teachers made these shirts and with the proceeds donated over 400.00 to  Brighams and Womens hospital to aide in their Covid 19 efforts.
Whenever I think I cannot be more impressed, the Shawsheen Team tops my every expectation. A special  thank you to Bridget Lipski, Erin Cowden, Paige and Madelyn Lipski, Leeann Sadowski, Larissa Weeks, and Kelly Mckeown, and Janice and Kate Cowden for making and delivering all the shirts.
Please enjoy and when your child does not feel strong enough to be resilent, respectful or responsible remind them that they are Shawsheen Strong like their teachers.

Have a great week,

Mrs. King

weekly updates-shawsheen may

Dear Families,

I hope this email finds you well. I do not have much new information to share this week. I know that some families are concerned with placement and gathering of student belongings. Please know that placement is well on its way. We continued our placement process much like we do in the Month of May. As I have stated in previous emails that placement is based on a variety of factors in order to make the best balance classroom as possible so that all students can achieve. Just a reminder that placement/teacher names will be provided in August as discussed previously by the Superintendent and school committee. However, school supply lists will be posted based on grade level by the last day of school. If any families need any support with school supplies, summer clothes, etc. please reach out to me and the information is kept confidential. Thank you for understanding.

We are still in the process of sorting out how families will collect school belongings. As soon as there is a district plan in place for this I will notify families and there will be safe system to collect belongings on a certain day and time.

Third grade families should have received an email from the PAC in regards to grade 3 T-shirts. Please take a minute to respond to the google form if you have not yet so that the T-shirts can be ordered and made. The PAC is paying for this as a special treat for our 3^rd grade students. Thank you to the PAC!

Ryan Haack, author or Different is Awesome, gave our birthday shout outs for this week. If your child has a birthday this week, check out the video!

https://youtu.be/2KLocuF7e1o

This will be the third week that Mr. Welch and I will be holding Principal Office hours. No topic but just a time to talk about concerns, things that are working well. A time to support other parents and maybe help with solutions. I will send out the zoom link in a separate email. It will be weds at 3:00. I try to pick a different day and time each week to accommodate the variety of schedules.

Reminder if you want to send in a recipe, you can email me. It can be a picture, handwritten, whatever you want. I will be compiling a recipe book for all families!

I hope all is well. If you need anything, please reach out and we will assist you or guide you in the right direction! Missing all the students and wishing everyone a nice week.

Thank you for all you do,

Mrs. King

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Weekly News-Shawsheen May 2020

Dear Families,

I hope everyone is doing well. I know the challenges that you all have been facing and I can only remind you to do the best you can and reach out to your teachers for any support or advice. In addition, this week I will do another round of a Principal Office hour. I will choose a different time and day each week to try and reach families on different schedules. We had a few parent, but it was really great to just talk about issues and allow parents and teachers to help with advice and relate to one another. We are all in this together.

A zoom link will be sent out in another email for privacy purposes. Please do not post this link.

This week we have Corey the Dribbler making birthday announcements. Next week we will have another special guest do the birthday shout outs. If you have any contacts with anyone who you would think the students would like to get a shout out to please email me. It is posted on twitter and facebook.

If any families are interested I am collecting recipes to create a Shawsheen Recipe book for staff and families. Any recipes are welcome. They can be handwritten, photographed etc. Please upload your recipe to this link and/or email me directly.

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1JaGOo2qt1JU9SCGA9aWQl7xVi0nq_oX0

Lastly, if any students need a personal call from Mr. Welch or myself to check in or just to say hello, please email us and we are happy to do that. We don’t want to overwhelm families by calling but will absolutely call if you email us for a check in.

Thank you all and have a great week!

Mrs. King

weekly news-May

Dear Families,

We have made it through another week. I am so glad the weather has been nicer out to allow the children to play outside and get some fresh air. This week is teacher appreciation week. Normally we would have a staff luncheon provided by the PAC with celebrations all week long from students and other staff thanking our staff. Our amazing PAC is still sending some nice cards to all the staff to thank them for all they do and are planning a pizza party upon their return.

Last week we had Ivy the dog announce birthdays. If you missed it, here is the link. This week I am trying for a different special guest to do the announcing. If any families have any connections to someone who would give a birthday shout out, please let me know!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1S9AEk95WuBM_Fm3G0KjnfLwX3lTF7zn0_hDT9m6qCBQ

Also, national poetry month flip grid was a huge success. We had almost 50 students participate in creating videos or sending in poetry. It was amazing. If any families or students would like to participate this month in a project I would like to make the teachers a cook book to give to each of them. I have created a google drive folder that you can upload a recipe. It can be a handwritten recipe, a copy of a recipe, picture either drawn or with your child. Be creative and all ideas are welcome. Please note that this will be for others to see if you are choosing a picture of your child. Once the recipe books are complete I will create a PDF booklet for families to print from home and create a book for each staff member. Any personalization your child can add the better. First names and last initial or initials only unless you write from the _____ Family.  I hope this will make for a fun memory during this time. If you would like to upload directly to the google folder you can do so at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JaGOo2qt1JU9SCGA9aWQl7xVi0nq_oX0?usp=sharing If not, you are welcome to email me directly and I will take care of the uploading. I will be collecting these until the end of May.

Lastly, from reviewing the survey I sent out last week parents/guardians have expressed interest in a principal office hour. I am going to set one up for this Wednesday at 12:30. The invite link will come in a separate email. Please do not share the link online for privacy and security.

Thank you all for all you do every day. I know this has been a challenge for everyone. Take each day as it comes, reach out if you need help in anything. We are all here to support you and the students.

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Have a great week.

Mrs. King