Focus at Forbes
http://torringtonforbes.ss16.sharpschool.com/
Important Upcoming Dates
4/26 - BOE Mtg @ THS
4/27 - PLC (Early Release)
4/28 - PJ Day
5/2 - Staff Mtg
5/4 - School wide Fun Run
5/5 - PTO Spring Dance
5/8 - NGSS Testing
5/8-5/11 - Grade 4 Field Trip ASAP
5/15 - Nutmeg Field Trip
5/16-5/19 - ELA SBA Testing
5/18 - PLC (Early Release)
5/18 - Combined SW/Forbes Chorus Concert @ TMS
5/20 - Pet Parade (Winsted)
5/22 - Math SBA Testing
5/24 - BOE Mtg @ THS
5/24 - Combined SW/Forbes Band and Orchestra Concert @ TMS
5/25 - Grade 4 PACER Testing at THS
5/29 - Memorial Day (OFF)
6/1 - Chorus Day
6/4 - Kids Marathon
6/8 - 5th Grade Fun Day at TMS w/ SW 5th graders
6/14 - Forbes Field Day (6/15 Rain Date)
6/16 - Tentative 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony
6/19 - Current last day of school
6/21 - BOE Mtg @ THS
Spring has Sprung....and so has Forbes!
April 24, 2023
Dear Forbes Elementary Students and Families,
Its been a great year so far at Forbes. Our team continues to impress and student success continues to rise. Our spring testing was all wrapped up and our students made even more progress this year. We are so proud of our kiddos and staff here at Forbes who always go above and beyond for each student. Over the past two years we have gone from about 1/3 of our students working on grade level in reading and math to now almost 2/3's of all students now at grade level. It really is amazing to see how much our students continue to shine and outgrow and outperform those national norms. Roughly 75-85% of students were hitting and exceeding their growth targets, where the national norm is about 50%. The type of growth that we have had here at Forbes would put us somewhere near the top 10% nationally. That type of growth and progress takes a lot of teamwork both from here and with you at home, so thank you! Our goal since day 1 has been to ensure that your child is ready for all of the challenges ahead of them and we are excited to see how far they are coming!
Pie in the Face Video
As you know I will do anything to support our kids and this great community. Here is today's pie in the face video - LINK
Busy, busy, busy!
It will be a very busy final push of the year. We have many events on the calendar with field trips, fun activities, and ceremonies to celebrate how much growth and progress our students have had this year. Each week of these last 8 full weeks has something really special and purposeful planned to make our students close to the year memorable for them.
Nightly Reading
Please make sure that your children are reading those 20 minutes nightly. My wife and I still take time to do shared readings as a family with both of my daughters. If you or your child are ever struggling finding books that they connect with, please reach out to myself or Dawn Pollutro (dmpollutro@torrington.org) to get some great recommendations on book titles that might be of interest.
1 Book 1 School
Today we start our 1 Book 1 School initiative where every child will be receiving the book Wish and reading along each day with milestones. We are excited about being able to tie in our academic focus with something that will purposefully bring us together even more as a whole school community.
Struggling in Math?
Math sure looks different then when you and I were in school…If you ever are looking for ways to help at home feel free to reach out to Mary Svetz-Juliano (mjuliano@torrington.org). She has some great ideas of how to make math fun and relevant at home as well.
5th Grade End of Year Committee
We are thankful for all that our parents and staff have been working on to get the combined 5th grade fun day with Southwest Elementary all prepped and organized. Thank you to our community for all of the donations in different ways as well.
PTO Upcoming Events
We have a school dance on 5/5. We want to remind you that it is for 1 student and 1 family member. We only have so much space and while we wish we could accommodate everyone, we need to make sure that we are still within our fire code restrictions. Please look at the section below for some of the flyers that we have coming up for our PJ Day, Dance and also Teacher Appreciation Week.
Warmly,
Michael Clyne
Work in our classes the next few weeks
- Grade 4
- Reading - Book Clubs
- Writing - Informational Writing units
- Math - Measurement
- Grade 5
- Reading - Reading in History
- Writing – Informational Writing units
- Math - Geography, Graphing and Division with Decimals
About Us
Email: mclyne@torrington.org
Website: http://torringtonforbes.ss16.sharpschool.com/
Location: 500 Migeon Avenue, Torrington, CT, USA
Phone: (860) 489-2500
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Forbes-School-101488034868626/
Twitter: @mikeclyne07