Pleasant Street School News
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Our Great Book Swap is coming this week!
Listed below are summer reading lists compiled by the Athol Public Library. For activities and events at the library this summer please visit their website at: http://athollibrary.org/
Preschool and kindergarten:
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Preschool-K-Summer-Reading-2015.pdf
Grades 1 & 2:
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Grade-1-and-2-Summer-Reading-2015.pdf
Grades 3 & 4:
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Grade-3-and-4-Summer-Reading-2015.pdf
Grade 5:
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Grade-5-Summer-Reading-2015.pdf
For a great resource on leveled books by title please click on this link from the Montgomery Public Schools:
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/SummerReadingListByLevel.pdf
Preschool graduations
Snapshots from Field Day
Please check back next week for more pictures from field day!
The Multicultural Festival Was Wonderful!
The multicultural festival at ARMS was a big success! Individual students, classes and families created interesting projects to show similarities and difference around the world. There was lots of tasty international food, Bollywood dancing, and fabulous face painting. Families won prizes for completing the scavenger hunt. There was traditional storytelling from several cultures.
Kindergarten Nursery Rhymes Was a Big Hit
For additional pictures of this event please check within the coming days on the Celebrate Schools Athol Royalston Facebook page linked below. This site is maintained by Mitchell Grosky, a retired educator and principal in the school district who now serves on our ARRSD School Committee and as a Selectman for the town of Athol. Mr. Grosky is also an accomplished photographer and really does an excellent job capturing beautiful images at so many events around the district.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one...Blast Off! Rocket launching in fourth grade
Coming Home This Week....Summer Calendar Math!
We want to promote continued problem solving and mathematical thinking over the summer. Students have been participating in lessons on "summer slide" in relation to reading and their retention of skills. Well, summer slide also happens in math! We have attached some summer calendar math activity packets below to keep your children fresh with their skills over the summer. These calendar packets were developed by the Cambridge Public Schools and are rich with activities, resources, websites and fun ideas to bring math to life.
K Students entering grade 1
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Grade_1-Summer_Math_Calendar_2015.pdf
Grade 1 entering grade 2
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Grade_2-Summer_Math_Calendar_2015-3.pdf
Grade 2 entering grade 3
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Grade_3-Summer_Math_Calendar_2015.pdf
Grade 3 entering grade 4
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Grade_4-Summer_Math_Calendar_2015.pdf
Grade 4 entering grade 5
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Grade_5-Summer_Math_Calendar_2015.pdf
If you have middle school students and want to have them practice please feel free to use the calendars below for students entering 6th, 7th, and 8th grade.
How will your children have fun this summer?
Linked below are some ideas for free and low cost activities within our community to keep your children busy this summer. Pictured is a list of ideas that second graders in Mrs. Jones' class came up with instead of playing video games or watching TV. Hmmm...., item #1 "clean my mom's car," sounds pretty good to this Principal!
Athol area:
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Summer-Happenings.pdf
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Summer-PG-2015.pdf
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Garden-Growers-2015.pdf
on June 25th- Don't miss a bug walk! Trust us...kids love to find bugs!
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Athol-Bug-Walk.pdf
Free Fun on Fridays-70 MUSEUMS & CULTURAL VENUES
10 WEEKS OF FUN THIS SUMMER, 7 SITES OPEN FOR FREE EACH FRIDAY-Free Fun Fridays offers visitors no cost admission to many of the most treasured cultural venues in Massachusetts.
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2015-Free-Fun-Fridays-Printable-Schedule.pdf
Project learning is fun! Please share your summer inventions with us :-)
A little added staff fun to end the year!
School Calendar for the 2015-2016 academic year
Please note our school calendar for next year has been voted by school committee and approved. For planning purposes it is linked below if you would like to print it. The first student day is August 26, 2015.
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/CALENDARFOR2015-2016.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 :)
Stories in the Park- starting June 5 at 9:30 am at the Millers Park at the Athol Public Library- Enjoy strolling through the park with your child as you read the pages of a different book each week posted along signs through the park. This free, fun family activity will be continuing through out the summer! Please Click on the link below for more information.
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Stories-in-the-Park.pdf
Big Brothers/ Big Sisters Program is enrolling children for the 2015-2016 school year program. They serve children in the Athol/Orange area with transportation provided from Riverbend and Butterfield Schools. Please click on the link below for more information about this program and how you can be involved.
http://www.arrsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Big-Brothers-Big-Sister-Program.pdf
For other local events, happenings, and resources in this area... you can also check the North Quabbin Community Coalition website below:
These are not school sponsored events but are posted here as a public service for families in the greater North Quabbin community.
Upcoming Events...Mark your Calendars!
Upcoming Events and Dates!
- June 22- 4th grade step up – 1:30 pm
- June 23-last day for kindergarten only! -half day- noon dismissal
- June 23- Book Swap Event!- Official kick off to our summer reading program
- June 24- half day- last day of school for grades 1-4, (no lunch provided)
- July 13- Summer programs begin...!
Check back soon for more news!
News from Principal Ellis
Email: dellis@arrsd.org
Website: arrsd.org
Location: 1060 Pleasant Street., Athol, MA 01331
Phone: (978) 249-2405