Three Bridges School
Parent Newsletter - March
Principal Greeting
Dear TBS Families:
We ended February by having our students return to school in-person instruction four days a week. The building is returning to its former place of excited children and teachers buzzing and bustling. The positive energy abounds at TBS!
The SEL committee was very busy creating a school-wide mission statement to guide our work. We were certain to include our focus on CASEL Core Competencies and our work as a Green Ribbon School. Our mission statement:
The Mission of Three Bridges School is to provide a caring, nurturing community where all the students feel secure and accepted. We encourage respect, perseverance, independence, and resiliency to maximize personal and academic growth. We believe our choices can have a positive impact on our world as global citizens; therefore, we strive to lead by example.
The school continues to work toward meeting the district’s strategic plan. The plan states:
Inquisitive Learning
Create and establish an inquiry-based framework that values an interest-driven learning environment. Learners will, individually and collaboratively, focus on identifying, analyzing, and solving problems as inquisitive members of their community.
Social Awareness
Our learners will feel connected, valued, and secure in a learning environment cultivated by a shared sense of community. Every individual will develop skills that promote an awareness of self and others, including the ability to understand the impact of their decisions.
Partnerships
Establish partnerships that foster meaningful educational opportunities on local, regional, and global scales. Prepare all learners to become engaged and productive citizens through service to others, collaboration, and real-world connections.
Our third graders are knee-deep in their Inquisitive Learning research projects. We have found experts to speak with our students on their individual topics of choice. It is amazing how many highly skilled and educated people we know! For example,
Dr. Saus, an eye doctor in Flemington, spoke with a child about color-blindness.
Dr. David Parris of the NJ State Museum spoke with students interested in paleontology and archeology.
Wade Winebrenner, son of Mrs. Winebrenner, spoke with several students about video game creation.
Paula Adhikari, daughter of Mrs. Adhikari, a teacher at HBS, answered questions about space and building rockets!
We have many more expert events planned. Building a bridge to our community will make learning come alive and hopefully spark a life-long interest in specialized subjects, as well as, introduce our students to topics they may never have thought about. We are all very excited about the presentation of our third graders’ passion projects!
Please enjoy this newsletter!
Yours in tiger inquisitiveness,
Kristen Higgins
Harnessing Students' Curiosity to Drive Learning
Character Word for March: Friendship
March weekly affirmations
- I have friends who are different from me
- I am a role model
- I support my friends
- I am a reliable friend