Pleasant Street School News
building a community of learners that strive for excellence
Family Feather Project from Mrs. Webb's class
Preschool Thanks
- "I am thankful for my mom and dad"
- "I am thankful for my daddy, nana, and pappa."
- "I am thankful for my brother."
- "I am thankful for toys and books."
- "I am thankful for the Museum of Science."
Turkey projects
Mrs. G's kinder class
Favorite Foods Graph from Preschool
Second Grade Disguise a Turkey Family Project
Thank you for the family support in Mrs. Arpide and Mrs. Jones' second grade classes for joining your child in making this seasonal project.
Learning About The MayFlower
Ethan
Makaylee
Morgan
Fire Department Poster Winners!
In Service to Others...
Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada who are under age 21 who suffer from long term medical hair loss.
Almost there! One more week to go in the November Family Literacy Challenge!!
Literacy is a lifelong skill and one of the single most important things you can do to
We have issued a challenge to children and families in our school community to take time to celebrate family literacy for the month of November.
- How many of minutes can Pleasant Street children read for the month of November?
- How many minutes can our students' families read with and apart from their children?
- How many reading museum projects will we celebrate over this next month?
- How many families will take trips to the library?
- How many new books or gently used books will children welcome into their homes?
- How many minutes will the families of our emerging readers spend time using letter flashcards and/or sight word flashcards to strengthen their child's skills?
The family literacy challenge form that was sent home on Nov. 10th or you can print it from the link below. We will recognize all participants in the family literacy challenge at an all school meeting on December 12th. All participants will also be entered into a random drawing where we will select one grand prize winner who will receive a $100 Walmart gift card and 4 runner up winners who will receive one of 4- $25 Walmart gift cards.
Family Literacy challenge form:
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Family-Literacy-challenge1.pdf
Athol Town Library Link:
Readers' Workshop in Action!
Building Stamina
Finding Evidence in the Text
Working on their Readers' Notebooks
Practicing Fluency
Broad Goals
Applying Phonetic Strategies
Fourth Grade Monsters- Descriptive Writing Pieces
"Eureka Moments" with our New Math Program!
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Familt-Math-2nd-correction-1.pdf
Building a strong foundation in math
Guided Math Anchor Chart
Sounds like...
Feels like...
Learning from each other
Early Childhood Family Workshops Were a Big Success!
Each family was given a take home bag from the Magic Math workshop which contained dice, unifix cubes, counting bears, 5 frames, a deck of cards, and a cardboard counting line. Participants learned about age appropriate games and techniques to use with their children at home that goes with the curriculum used by the school to help prepare their child for Kindergarten.
The Better Behavior workshop taught parents about reinforcement, routines, transitions, language, and breaks. Families were given timers to take home to use with their children during transitions, breaks, etc.
Pictured in the center back- Ms. Jenn Ames and Ms. Julie Stanley demonstrating how to teach and reinforce math concepts.
Healthy Habits and Cold Weather Protection
We need families to keep healthy habits in place especially as we transition into cold weather and the busy holiday season. When children are under stress they demonstrate difficulty meeting the demands of the school environment in terms of academic focus, stamina, emotional/behavioral control, and in their ability to problem solve.
Healthy Habits:
- Children need to be well rested and maintain regular, punctual, school attendance.
- Keep things calm with consistent expectations and structures at home. This includes routines for homework, regular reading time, activities/sports, meals, and bedtime.
- Everyone benefits when you can avoid too much holiday hype and overspending. Children are already excited about the holidays and this time of year can become difficult if we lose perspective and balance on the importance of quality time and simple joys with those we love.
- Children need warm jackets, gloves/mittens, hats, and sensible footwear. If there is snow on the ground, children need boots and snow pants.
- We are seeing lots of chapped lips, cold weather chaffing, and dry skin. Consider sending your child to school with a labeled, personal chap stick to keep in his or her backpack. Monitor skin health at home and use lotion on hands and bodies that are dry or chaffed. We want your children to be comfortable at school and we have seen too many health office visits for children with these types of cold weather related ailments.
We Need Your Boxtops for Education!
See you at our Winter Concert on Dec. 10th
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/CopyofWinterConcertFlyerPSS.pdf
Community Events & Postings
Do you have news to share or want to inform members of our school community about family friendly events in our area? If, so please email or forward a flyer or link. Thank you :)
Theatre at the Mount:
Mount Wachusett Community College is performing Annie. They are also doing what is being described as a special "sensory friendly" production for those with sensory input disorders including autism. Please see the link below for upcoming show times and dates.
For other local events, happenings, and resources in this area... you can also check the North Quabbin Community Coalition website below:
Upcoming Events...Mark your Calendars!
Upcoming Events and Dates
- Nov. 26-district half day, noon dismissal, lunch will not be served
- Nov. 27-28- Thanksgiving break, no school
- Dec. 1-PTO Meeting- 6:00-7:00 pm, all are welcome
- Dec. 3- district half day, noon dismissal, lunch is served
- Dec. 10-Winter concert, 6 pm, Athol High School Auditorium
- Dec. 11- SNAP-PAC meeting- 9:30-10:30- Pleasant Street School
- Dec. 19, Save the Date! 4th Annual, Make & Take Holiday Craft Night, 6-8 pm
- Dec. 22- Jan. 2, winter recess, no school
- Jan. 5, school resumes, welcome back!
News from Principal Ellis
Email: dellis@arrsd.org
Website: arrsd.org
Location: 1060 Pleasant Street., Athol, MA 01331
Phone: (978) 249-2405