Happy Inauguration Week!
Every four years, an amazing celebration takes place in Washington, D.C. to watch the inauguration of the President of the United States. This week, we watched as Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President. It was an historic moment as Kamala Harris joined him as the first female Vice President. Even though this year's experience was very different with social distancing, masks, and a lack of crowds, it was an important day to watch the transition of power and witness democracy in action. Our students were able to watch the live feed and celebrate in their classrooms. For more resources on the Inauguration, please click on the buttons below, and for some fun, check out the amazing ways our students celebrated in their classrooms!
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A Family Affair
Desmand, DesShawnn, Andrew, and Anthony went as a family to get their haircuts freshened this week. Shoutout to Ms. Harris for securing the barber and making certain the Brackett/Madison family look their best!
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Ms. Evans' Reading Nook
Ms. Evans, our Reading Specialist, continues to spread the joy of reading throughout our building as her hallway library expands! Come and check out a book from her collection at the end of the hallway! Or, be inspired to start your own hallway library - how fun would it be to use our classrooms as a whole-school library system?
What has our community partner been up to this week?
Even in a shortened week, we have felt the impact of HomeWorks! on our school community. This week we partnered with HomeWorks! in the following areas:
- Attendance Buddies: Volunteers meet with our students in a mentorship capacity to discuss attendance and focus on reading. Volunteers and students read together for at least fifteen minutes, and students get 1:1 attention to make sure they feel well cared for!
- Office Assistants: Mrs. O'Shea in the main office is running the show on her own most days, but HomeWorks! volunteers have stepped in and made an impact in the day-to-day running of our building. It allows Mrs. O'Shea to be free to take care of the many tasks she's in charge of!
- Adopt a Classroom: We have five volunteers who have taken on an entire class to make attendance phone calls daily. It makes an important impact first on our students, because after receiving a call, they often come to school swiftly! Second it impacts our families, because they see the care we have for their child and how important it is to come to school regularly. And finally it impacts our school, because it frees up our staff to take care of on-site issues that often force us to abandon our attendance phone calls. It is also wonderful to have a consistent person calling the same families.
- The Patrick Henry Garden Committee: We have one HomeWorks! volunteer (who happens to be a gardening expert) join our team this week and we cannot wait to plan our Spring planting and harvesting with all staff and community partners involved!
