Glenwood News
What is happening at Glenwood, December 14, 2018
News from Dr. Cappucci
We Love It Here!
Dismissal
Stomp Out Bullying at Glenwood
Our Unity Tree now has 4 leaves and counting.
For the month of January we will be supporting SONG
Gingerbread Houses
The Winners are: 1st Place- Baby Shark, 2nd Place Whoville.
Crazy Sweater Day is Coming!
Save The Date
December
17- First Day of STEAM Into Winter.
19-All school rehearsal
20- Winter Concert (snow date is the 21st)
21- Crazy Sweater Day- Not if it is the snow date for the concert.
24- Winter Break Begins
January
2- First day back after Winter Break
4-Scoliosis Movie
7&8- Scoliosis Screening. girls should wear tank or bathing suit tops.
11-Movie Small Foot
14- PTO Meeting
21- Martin Luther School Day- No School
28- Report Card Portal will be opened
31 Half Day
½ Day Lunch Schedule/Morning Specials
February
Movie
11-PTO Meeting
18-22 February Break
Spellathon
The Winter Concert is December 20th (snow date of December 21)
10:00am
3 Lee, 3 Bartlett, 3 Lague, 4 Vickstrom, 4 Butterfield, 4 Dumas, 5 Grillo, 5 Sanford, 5 Daly.
1:30 pm
3 Thayer, 3 Borowiec, 3 Amend, 4 Vickstrom, 4 Hovan, 4 Paulson, 5 Grillo, 5 Tucker, 5 Jaffe
Please note that the following classes are in both shows:
Mr. Vickstrom, and Mrs. Grillo.
Students should wear their holiday outfits for the concert.
Concert Information
The parking spaces in the front parking lot will be reserved for our handicapped guests.
Please note that we have parking on both sides of the building, but only on one side of the road. In the event of an emergency, the driveway must be accessible to emergency vehicles.
If you dismiss your student after the 10:30 concert it will be considered an absence. Any dismissal before 12:00 counts as an absence.
What is Happening at Glenwood
ZUMBA Dance Video
Makerspace- We need Donations!
A true makerspace is defined not by what's in it, but rather by what comes out of it: projects, experiences, artifacts, and learning. At Glenwood we are looking to have a makerspace that opens opportunities for children to design, create and explore. We are looking for donations of materials we can use in our makerspace. Anything Rutland families are no longer using will be gladly accepted, such as the following: Lincoln Logs, Legos, bristle blocks, marbles, building blocks, K’nex, Tinker Toys, erector sets, clay, playdough, beads, and dominoes, as well as board games, masking and duct tape, toilet paper and paper towel rolls, craft supplies, cereal boxes, cardboard, plastic containers, or anything that may end up in the recycling bin, wood, nails, fabric, yarn, etc. We appreciate these and other materials that are in a clean and usable condition.
We are also looking for donations of sewing materials, broken radios, keyboards, anything that can be taken apart. A true makerspace gives students the opportunity to experience not only how to put things together, but also how to take them apart. This experience may not only happen in the makerspace. Sometimes makerspace activities occur in the classroom as well.
Mr. Lague visited the Makerspace.
Third Grade News
What I need now (WINN) in third grade.
FOurth grade news
Virtual Field Trip with Mrs. Hovan
Taking the Wordly Wise Quiz with Mrs. Butterfield
Studying Energy with Ms. Paulson
WINN in the Fourth Grade.
Fifth Grade News
Character Traits
Matching word expressions to numerical expressions with Mrs. Daly.
Science with Mr. Jaffe
Art, Music, and Gym
A Preview of the Concert
Students were working on decorations for the concert in art this week.
Cardinal Drawings by Fifth Graders
Submarine with Ms. Teevens
Instagram, Google Classroom, and Class Dojo
If you ever have any concerns or questions, please reach out to the classroom teachers at Glenwood. All teachers have access to emails and will always respond within 1-2 school days. Working together as a team will enable all students to reach their academic potential.
Cool Cash Banking Program is back.
Fidelity has a Cool Cash Banking Program at Glenwood. If you open an account at Fidelity Bank, students can make their deposits here every Tuesday morning. Please see the attached information.
January Movie
BIG Y EDUCATION EXPRESS
SEPAC News
Dear Special Education Community,
Our Special Education Parent Advisory Council, for many years, has played a critical role in helping to find ways to support the students and families in our community. Through offering workshops, organizing family fun activities, or warmly recognizing those who have made a difference in a child's life, SEPAC is a group that makes a difference. This year, the SEPAC is hoping more than ever to find individuals who are willing to volunteer their time in some way. Currently they are looking for officers who might fill the following positions:
Co-Chair – Organize meetings, work with parents in the district with concerns, works with administration on improvements and parent concerns.
Secretary– Take minutes at meetings and prepare them to be posted on website (1 meeting per month).
Parent Education / Training Director – Lines up speakers for monthly meetings.
Family Activity Director – Arranges fun family activities such as Bingo Night. You would create advertisement for these events. It would be helpful to assist the fundraising director in obtaining prizes for events that require them such as bingo night.
Fundraising Director – Creates fundraisers such as DQ night or Papa Gino’s night so that funds can be raised for SEPAC. Most of the funding will support the Wings beneath Their Wings. You would also be in charge of getting donations for family activities.
Specific Event Help Positions: Wings beneath Their Wings
- Print Certificates
- Organize Gift
- Create / Print Program
- Place follow-up article in Landmark
Next SEPAC Meeting: December 3, 2018
Location: Glenwood Library 4-6pm (During after-school sports program).
Meeting Purpose:
This is a drop-in and out meeting. We hope that all parents of children that are in the after school program will come in while their children play, and then you can leave when they are finished. We will be there during both sessions so people do not need to attend both hours. During this time we will answer any questions people have about the Special Education Parent Advisory Council. We have talked about creating a survey to be sent out to parents to see what their interests are for events and workshop topics and we can discuss any other survey items to gather information on. Be there to support each other. We all know that it takes a village to raise our children, and we want to be there for each other and provide support and encouragement.
The SEPAC in partnership with staff at Wachusett Regional High School is also offering the following opportunity:
High School Special Education Programs and Tour of Facilities
Date: December 11, 2018 6pm at the Wachusett Regional High School
Meeting Purpose: The high school staff has gracious agreed to give us an overview of all the special education programming they have available at the High School. The presentation will be approximately 40 minutes, and then they will provide a 20 minute tour of their facilities. I encourage all Middle School parents of children in the Special Education program classrooms to attend this event.
Sincerely,
Melissa Martin
SEPAC Chair
Wachusett Lacrosse
December Lunch Menus
Notes from Mrs. Lawton, School Nurse
Welcome to the Health Update-
To The Parents of 4th and 5th graders:
Thank You to those who have sent in recent copies of their children’s MD physicals and updated immunizations- I appreciate it! For those of you who haven’t been able to yet- if you could send them along as soon as possible, that would be great!
- The new Health Office website is up and running. Please visit this site: https://sites.google.com/wrsd.net/wrsdhealthservices/home
Reminders from Mrs. O'Coin, School Secretary
- It is important that we have the most up to date contact information for your child. Updates of contact information can be completed by contacting our school secretary Mrs. Veree O’Coin at 508-886-0399 or by email at veree_ocoin@wrsd.net
- If your child will be absent, please notify us by either sending a note with your child, or notifying the school at 508-886-0399.
- If your child has a change in dismissal, please send in a note with your child's full name and teacher's name.
- Please ensure your CORI has not expired. Contact Mrs. O’Coin if you are unsure of your expiration date. Mrs. O’Coin has current information regarding the CORI. We cannot rush CORI checks at the end of the year as systems are overloaded.
- Unless otherwise noted: Dismissal on Early Release Days will begin at 12:30 with lunch being served.
News from the Cafeteria
- Please email jennifer_jones@wrsd.net if you do not want your child to purchase a snack from their Schoolbucks account. An alert will be placed on your child's account.
- Breakfast will be served daily. Children will need a note from parents to purchase breakfast.
- Breakfast will consist of cereal, yogurt, fruit and milk or bagel, yogurt, fruit and milk.
- The cost for breakfast is $1.50. The cost for lunch is $3.00. Milk is $.60.
- If a child qualifies for free or reduced lunch, then they will also qualify for a free or reduced breakfast. Please contact Mrs. Jones if you have any questions.
- Lunch Menus are available on the Glenwood website: http://www.wrsd.net/glenwood/