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Mrs. Grundel has worked at PHS since the 2016-2017 school year, when she was hired as a literacy teacher. The following year she became our Associate Principal and has served in that role since then. During the 2020-2021 school year, Mrs. Grundel was named the Rhode Island Association of School Principals Assistant Principal of the Year. She went out to be honored as one of three finalist for the National Association's Associate Principal of the Year. Mrs. Grundel's experience in education is vast and encompasses a substantial background in secondary literacy, research based instruction and assessment practices as well as strong relationship building skills. We are proud to have her serve as our next principal at PHS.

For the past 21 years The Rhode Island Alliance For Arts Education has annually recognized an outstanding school district to represent excellence in Visual Arts learning through The Gift of Art to the State of Rhode Island. The selected district provides 9 student works of art that become part of the permanent “Gift of Art” collection. All nine works will be professionally framed by Providence Picture Frame, paid for by our Alliance, exhibited for one year at the RI Department of Education and then secured, along with past district winners, in the permanent exhibit area at the University of Rhode Island Providence campus.

The Rhode Island Alliance For Arts Education selected the Foster-Glocester Regional School District Visual Arts Department to be the statewide representative for the 2022 Gift of Art to the State of Rhode Island.

Visual Art Students:

Makenzie Stalker

Mason Drowne

Chloe Skene Porier

Laila Abuzahra

Isabella Simmons

Skyler Leonardo

Emily Richards

Katelyn Tondreau

Lyla Bucci

Choral Performers:

Emily Cook, Emma Fitts, and Maija Spence.

In Mrs. Paolantonio's Life Skills classroom we use Words of Affirmation and the power of positivity to remind our students of how INCREDIBLE they are.

Each morning students look in the mirror at the Affirmation Station and pick two words to describe how they are feeling. Then they create “I” statements using the words, while also expressing why they feel this way about themselves.

Recently, Robby Castelli helped Dr. Palazzo create an Affirmation Station in the main foyer of Ponaganset High School. At a school wide assembly he taught the students how he and his friends use affirmations to start their day each morning.

The SkillsUSA National signing day ceremony was filmed and is located below.

Campbell Boyden, Malen Riordan, Nick Viner, Robbie Castelli, Gavin Collette, Kelsey Conroy and Angelica Smith attended Ponaganset Middle School to speak about Inclusion and the Unified Program.

Support the PHS DECA Club and purchase a Ponaganset tie and/or Ponaganset sunglasses. Click the link below to order yours!

Sunglasses

Ties

Thank you,

PHS DECA CLUB

Check out our New Website: graduate.fgschools.com

Check out the re-designed (Grand Re-Opening) of the Chieftain Corner School Store

The Chieftain Corner will be open in person Tuesday, April 12 and Thursday, April 14 during all lunches. There will be a special section in the cafeteria for heavily marked down items for purchase.

You can also purchase items online anytime at our new website, https://thechieftaincorner.square.site/

The Chieftain Corner is where you can purchase official Ponaganset merchandise. Our clothing merchandise options that are available at our store include multiple different styles and colored sweatshirts and shirts ranging from long sleeve, short sleeve, and v-necks also in multiple colors, flannel pants, sweatpants, face masks, pom pom beanies, and baseball hats. Our non-clothing apparel includes blankets, chieftain key chains, drawstring bags, lanyards, pop sockets, reusable bags, and stainless steel tumblers.

Our store has inclusive sizing ranging from XXS to XXXL. The merchandise is high quality at good affordable prices. Some of our merchandise is made from Champion brand materials.

We are also now able to personalize your merchandise with name, number, year of graduation, etc. Stop by our website www.bit.ly/TheChieftainCorner to check out everything we sell or visit us in person during lunches on Thursday (green day).

We can also complete any custom orders for your sports team, club, etc. Just inquire by sending Mrs. Sanborn an email at msanborn@fgschools.com

You can order online 24/7 at https://thechieftaincorner.square.site/ and you can pick them up in the office.

OUR ITEMS MAKE FOR GREAT GIFTS ANYTIME OF YEAR!

Students and staff at Ponaganset High School are planning to continue making handmade cards for members of our community. Last year, over 400 handmade seasonal themed cards were delivered. We really enjoy bringing cheer to our community members.

The students and staff are very creative and passionate about this project. Like the students, each card is unique and carries messages of kindness and inclusion. We take pride in using recycled materials to make the cards and would love to continue to provide this community service for every holiday throughout the year.

We are currently accepting donations of materials such as; used greeting cards, card stock, scrapbook material, washable paint, gift bags, tissue paper, stickers etc. We love working with recycled materials and would make use of any craft items you have sitting on shelves and in drawers.

Please feel free to drop off any of these items to the main office at Ponaganset High School.

Ponaganset boys' tennis team breaks out to 5-2 start in D-II with 10-player roster

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To Parent Guardians:

An email was sent out inviting you to log in to the Aspen Family Portal. The email contained a security code that you will use to set up your account, just follow the directions!

The reason only some of you will receive this is because we try to limit access to the portal to one login per family. If you have a family situation which requires an additional login, please contact your child’s school.

Once you login to Aspen, we are asking you to verify that you are seeing each of your children, and that other information is accurate as well. If there are issues with any of the information, pleased contact your child’s school to let us know!

Going forward we will be asking you to upgrade emergency contacts, update medical information, and parent phone numbers/email addresses. The portal will also be used to give you digital report cards, see student transcripts, as well as other information that is stored in Aspen.

Helpline 710-7500 ext 4357 (HELP)

Please review the links below for information and instructions.

Let's find ways to be part of something bigger

Whether it's your own journey you are focusing on or looking to support others, taking action can lead you towards a happier life.

Family literacy is a type of literacy education that emphasizes bringing reading and writing into the home and making it a family activity. According to a study conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, students with a “richer home literacy environment displayed higher levels of reading knowledge and skills than did their counterparts with less rich home literacy environments.”

Below you will find a resource that will provide current event articles and some discussion starters related to the articles. Reading an article a week as a family and having discussions over dinner will provide benefits that include: increasing literacy skills, engaging in family conversations, and enhancing knowledge of current events.

Link to Newsela: https://newsela.com/

(This resource offers a free basic version. There is a caregiver/parent sign up option)

Conversation starters:

1. Create and discuss your own headline for this article and explain why yours is better than the original.

2. Discuss the visuals given in the article and how they relate to the topic.

3. If a friend asked you, “what was that article about?”, how would you summarize it?

4. Ask the following questions to prompt meaningful connections between what was read and what is relevant to the student’s life:

1. What does this article remind you of?

2. Are there any elements of this article that are especially important to you and why?

3. What information from this article cleared up any confusion you may have had about this topic?

Contact information: If you are looking for more family literacy ideas, contact Associate Principal: Amanda Grundel @agrundel@fgschools.com