Good Morning,
I hope everyone is enjoying some quiet time at home with family as we are all snowed in! I wanted to send out a few updates for this week since our timelines have changed a little bit. Report cards were suppose to go out on Wednesday. Due to the two snow days, the report cards will now go out on Friday. Conferences will still resume on Thursday and the students will have an early release day. Just a reminder that no lunches will be served and dismissal is at noon. If your child is going home by a different means of transportation, please send in a note. Also, it is important that all guardians entering the building for a conference go through the front door. All doors will be locked as we still have CARES in the building. We also ask that you go out the front door as well to maintain safety. Thank you so much for helping with this.
Also, just a reminder that the Shawsheen Tree this year is called "Handing our Kindness" and is full of over 500 dollars worth of gift cards. The students also created fingerprints for the skirt of the tree. Look on twitter for a picture or go and check it out this weekend at the Festival of Trees.
We are also a collection spot in support of the Wilmington Firefighters for donations for Wilmington Children. Please feel free to send in any toy or donation (new) to the school for the bin or parents are welcome to drop off during parent/teacher conferences on Thursday.
Thank you and enjoy the rest of your day,
Mrs. King
Principal
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Friday, November 22, 2019
November Updates
Good Afternoon Families,
The students and staff have had a very successful November. Although it is one of our busiest months the students all participated in many enrichment/field trip opportunities.
We had our PAC holiday fair on November 2nd, which was very successful. Thank you to all the families who attended and the PAC for volunteering to continue this tradition.
Our professional development day was also a big success and staff really had time to engage in different learning opportunities.
Our first graders had Star Lab come from the Museum of Science and they had a blast going inside the domes to see the constellations.
For Veterans Day many of our students contributed pages with notes on a veteran in their life with photos. It filled the wall with pictures. Check the local town crier for a photo! Also, we have created a book for students to look through or take out from the library of all the pictures.
The week of the 18th our grade 3 classrooms went to the Commonwealth Museum and learned all about rights through Massachusetts history. It was a great trip and the students learned a lot. Next week the second graders will be going on the Plimoth Plantation trip on Monday, rain or shine! Please make sure students are dressed appropriately, have a bagged lunch and snack labeled. Pick up will be at 4:15 at the school.
On Tuesday, we will be having our ALL School Meeting and students are encouraged to wear their Shawsheen shirts or blue and white. At the ALL School Meeting we will be presenting on kindness. Included in this will be an update from our student leaders on the 400 food items donated and sorted for the Wilmington Food Pantry that will be dropped off tomorrow. Thank you to Mr. Welch and Mrs. Jewett for organizing this! In addition, we will talk about our tree for the Festival of Trees called Handing out Kindness. On the tree will be hands with acts of kindness written on them, the skirt of the tree will have each students finger print on it and the tree will be filled with gift cards and donations to pass the kindness on to someone else. Thank you to all the families who help to bring in food donations and tree donations.
It has been a tradition that each year as a school and as a district we help out the Wilmington Fire Department by housing a Box for Toys For Wilmington Children. We are starting to collect those donations. Please feel free to have your child drop off a toy or during open house on December 5th, you are welcome to bring in a donation.
Just a reminder that we have no school on Wednesday!
I wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy your time with your families.
Mrs. King
The students and staff have had a very successful November. Although it is one of our busiest months the students all participated in many enrichment/field trip opportunities.
We had our PAC holiday fair on November 2nd, which was very successful. Thank you to all the families who attended and the PAC for volunteering to continue this tradition.
Our professional development day was also a big success and staff really had time to engage in different learning opportunities.
Our first graders had Star Lab come from the Museum of Science and they had a blast going inside the domes to see the constellations.
For Veterans Day many of our students contributed pages with notes on a veteran in their life with photos. It filled the wall with pictures. Check the local town crier for a photo! Also, we have created a book for students to look through or take out from the library of all the pictures.
The week of the 18th our grade 3 classrooms went to the Commonwealth Museum and learned all about rights through Massachusetts history. It was a great trip and the students learned a lot. Next week the second graders will be going on the Plimoth Plantation trip on Monday, rain or shine! Please make sure students are dressed appropriately, have a bagged lunch and snack labeled. Pick up will be at 4:15 at the school.
On Tuesday, we will be having our ALL School Meeting and students are encouraged to wear their Shawsheen shirts or blue and white. At the ALL School Meeting we will be presenting on kindness. Included in this will be an update from our student leaders on the 400 food items donated and sorted for the Wilmington Food Pantry that will be dropped off tomorrow. Thank you to Mr. Welch and Mrs. Jewett for organizing this! In addition, we will talk about our tree for the Festival of Trees called Handing out Kindness. On the tree will be hands with acts of kindness written on them, the skirt of the tree will have each students finger print on it and the tree will be filled with gift cards and donations to pass the kindness on to someone else. Thank you to all the families who help to bring in food donations and tree donations.
It has been a tradition that each year as a school and as a district we help out the Wilmington Fire Department by housing a Box for Toys For Wilmington Children. We are starting to collect those donations. Please feel free to have your child drop off a toy or during open house on December 5th, you are welcome to bring in a donation.
Just a reminder that we have no school on Wednesday!
I wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy your time with your families.
Mrs. King
Winter Upcoming Dates
December
2019
Wednesday,
December 4th: Report Cards Issued
Thursday,
December 5th: ½ Day for Elementary Parent-Teacher Conferences
Friday,
December 20th: All School Meeting-Wear Your Blue and White!
Monday,
December 23rd: Holiday Vacation Begins-No School until After New
Year
January
2020
Thursday,
January 2nd: School Resumes
Monday,
January 20th: No School-Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Wednesday,
January 29th: ½ Day for Curriculum Improvement Time
February
2020
Monday,
February 17th-Friday, February 21st: No School-February
Vacation
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Festival of Trees 2019
Dear Shawsheen
Families,
As the holiday
season approaches we are continuing our tradition of having a Shawsheen
Elementary Tree at the Wilmington Festival of Trees! Proceeds support WOW
(We’re One Wilmington) and all they do for our students and families. The
festival is being held Saturday, December 7th and Sunday, December 8th
2019. Here is a link with more information: http://onewilmington.org/events/festival-of-trees/.
This year the
theme of our tree will be Acts of Kindness. The PAC has
generously donated a tree & lights. As a school, we would like to
collect monetary donations and/or gift cards for the tree. Donations are
completely voluntary; families only donate if they wish to. We will have
students think of kind acts that go along with the gift cards we receive.
Regardless of what we receive, the tree will be from the entire Shawsheen
School.
You are welcome to contribute in one of two ways:
1.
Buying a gift card that
can be used as an act of kindness. We have included a list of ideas below, but
feel free to come up with your own!
2.
Making a monetary
donation toward a larger gift. We are suggesting monetary donations in the
$5.00 range (again, this is strictly optional).
Please send any donations to Shawsheen Elementary in an envelope labeled
Festival of Trees by Monday, November 25th so we have enough time to
put everything together.
Thank you for
your generosity and kindness!
With
Appreciation,
Please use this list as ideas of acts of
kindess for our tree. These are simply ideas-we welcome any donation!
Act of Kindness
|
Examples of Gift Card
Ideas:
|
Pay for the coffee for
the person behind you in line
|
Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, Heav’nly
Donuts
|
Buy someone lunch
|
Local restaurant
|
Feed the birds
|
Home Depot, Lowes
|
Write a loved one a
letter
|
The Paper Store
|
Donate to a local food
pantry
|
Market Basket
|
Take someone to the
movies
|
AMC, Showcase Cinemas,
Redbox
|
Make a craft to
brighten someone’s day
|
A.C. Moore, Michaels
|
Help someone destress
and relax
|
Spa, Nails Salon, Bath
& Body Works, Yankee Candle, Yoga Studio
|
Send a care package to
soldiers
|
Dollar Tree, Walmart,
Target
|
Help an animal/animal
shelter
|
Petco, PetSmart,
Target, Walmart
|
Bring coffee to your
friends
|
Starbucks, Dunkin
Donuts, Heav’nly Donuts
|
Bring home dinner
|
Local restaurant/take
out shop
|
Fix something for
someone in need
|
Home Depot, Lowes
|
Read a story to a
child(ren)
|
Barnes and Noble, Used
Book Superstore
|
Donate toiletries to
those in need
|
CVS, Walgreens
|
Play some music to
make someone’s day
|
iTunes, Amazon
|
Buy a toy for a child
|
Target, Walmart
|
Send someone flowers
|
Local florist shop,
Mahoney’s
|
Wash someone’s car
|
King Triton Car Wash
|
Send a sweet treat to
someone
|
Winfrey’s Candies,
Edible Arrangements
|
Donate a care package
to a nursing home
|
Target, Walmart,
Dollar Store
|
Provided shoes/socks
for a homeless shelter
|
Target, Walmart,
Marshalls, TJ Maxx
|
Donate items needed to
children in foster care
|
Amazon, Target,
Walmart
|
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
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:
Thank you for all you do,
Mrs. King
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
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4caeae2baafd0-winter1 Bake sale 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
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
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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