A Time to Celebrate
June is a month full of mixed emotions. We celebrate the growth, tremendous for our students, made over the course of the year. We relish accomplishments and the smiles that accompany them. While excited about the prospect of moving on to a different class and different teacher, students often feel a sense of loss as the familiar routines will soon change. For many students and parents (teachers too), this can be unsettling.
Children respond differently to this transition. To support a positive school year end, acknowledge your child’s feelings. Discuss but don’t dwell. Plan a summer get-together while school is still in session. Knowing that you’ll see a friend that you currently see most every day is comforting for a young child who is developing the concept of time, and ‘next year’ seems so very far away.
We, educators and families, share a common goal: supporting whole child growth. We facilitate multiple areas of development including academic, physical, and social emotional. You experienced that this year, with the staff that supported your child, and will again ‘next year’ which is mere months away.
I thank you for your continued support of our school, our staff, and your child.
Best wishes for a wonderful summer.
Lauren Dubeau, Proud Marathon Principal
June Farewell
This year, we bid farewell to school counselor Kelly Pickens as she begins the next phase of her life: Retirement.
Mrs. Pickens began her career in Hopkinton as a school psychologist and then became the school guidance counselor at Center School. Over the course of her career in Hopkinton, she has positively impacted the lives of hundreds! We will miss her and wish her well.
We asked some students what Mrs. Pickens should do when she retires. Perhaps some of these suggestions will be acted upon!
Mrs. Pickens should:
Chill
Be a singer
Go to an aquarium
Be a real estate agent like my mom
Stay on the couch
Find a new job
Go to her family
Be an ice skating teacher
Stay home
Get new make-up
Go to Dunkin’ Donuts and get snacks and donuts
Be a roller skating teacher
Go to Target and get new clothes
Sleep in
Be at another school
Go to Urban Air
Play with her kids
Go do fun things
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PBIS at Marathon
Last week the PBIS Team completed a TFI (Tiered Fidelity Inventory) with our PBIS Trainer. This inventory helps calibrate the effectiveness of the PBIS systems we have in place at Marathon. A cross-section of our staff and students were asked three questions.
The students were asked:
What are Marathon’s Schoolwide Expectations?
Have you been recognized for meeting expectations (gotten a Cubby Paw)?
What were you recognized for?
Staff were asked:
What are Marathon’s Schoolwide Expectations?
Have you recognized students for meeting expectations (given out a Cubby Paw)?
Have you taught the Schoolwide Expectations?
We received a score of 100% for both students and staff. Yeah! We are SO excited that the systems we have in place are being used consistently across our school.
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