Wakefield Hills Elementary School
Weekly Staff Update: May 16th-20th, 2016
Happy Monday! I hope that you all enjoyed the sunshine and cool breezes this weekend. This week will certainly be another busy one at WHES!
Upcoming....
Happening this week...
Monday:
*Math Wizards Ceremony: 8:30am (This is our final math wizards ceremony of the school year!)
Tuesday:
*IEP Team Meeting Day
*Yoga for Relaxation: Lisa Sherman will teach a yoga class for anyone interested. 2:50-4:00pm in the gymnasium.
*Science NECAP Testing: Day 1 for all 4th grade students. Testing will occur between 12:00-1:30pm. The schedule is listed below in the important events section.
*Wakefield Hills Spring Chorus Concert: 6:00-7:00pm (Grade 3 chorus) 7:00-8:00pm (Grade 4 Chorus) please join us!
Wednesday:
*RTI Meeting: 8:10-9:00am
*Collaborative Volunteer Forms for Special Education Collaboratives due by 2:40pm.
**Science NECAP Testing: Day 2 for all 4th grade students. Testing will occur between 12:00-1:30pm. The schedule is listed below in the important events section.
Thursday:
*Science NECAP Testing: Day 3 for all 4th grade students. Testing will occur between 12:00-2:05pm. RIDE will be visiting during this timeframe to monitor the NECAP Inquiry Task assessment. The schedule is listed below in the important events section.
**RIDE will also be visiting at 1:30pm to do an Acoustic Assessment of our building. Please plan to see Mr. Townsend and RIDE individuals throughout the building during this timeframe.
Friday:
*4th Grade Spreadsheet with student information due for Mr. Guiot. (4th grade teachers only).
*Happy Friday!
Important events, deadlines, etc...
*NECAP science testing for grade 4 students will take place (THIS WEEK) between May 17th-19th. RIDE will be here during our testing on Thursday. There are changes to the lunch times and some specialist periods. The schedule for this testing can be found here: https://docs.google.com/a/westwarwickpublicschools.com/document/d/1xBwHq0-wFh27l-raG3eM_DT9am-3xtQIhXIM222GYbU/edit?usp=sharing
*Our Next BLC meeting will be held on TUESDAY, May 24th from 2:45-3:15pm. This meeting will be held in the media center. Details can be seen here: https://docs.google.com/a/westwarwickpublicschools.com/document/d/163jfX1NMb8O2WyzunRcPt_-XUKKpzRyI8kCmQHTvaQ4/edit?usp=sharing(This meeting was changed from the Monday to allow all to attend the Reading PD offered on Monday.)
*4th Grade will be going on their field trip to the Norman Bird Sanctuary on Thursday, May 26th.
*Kindergarten Class Graduations will be held during the week of June 6th on Tuesday-Friday in the Cafeteria from 9:15-10:15am.
*4th Grade will hold their own field day on Thursday, June 9th. (Raindate June 16th)
*Grades K-3 will have a field day on Wednesday, June 15th. (Raindate June 17th)
*End of Year Awards Celebration will be held on Monday, June 13th from 8:30-9:30am. Teachers will be asked to nominate students for awards towards the end of May.
Wakefield Hills Elementary School
Email: lbessette@westwarwickpublicschools.com
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/westwarwickpublicschools.com/whes/home
Location: 505 Wakefield Street, West Warwick, RI, United States
Phone: 401-822-8452
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wakefield-Hills-Elementary-School/223614024389459
Twitter: @wakefieldhills