Bolts News
March 2018
Welcome to our fourth edition of Bolts News. Our mission is to keep the school community informed. We hope you find the information useful, and as always... GO BOLTS!
Be part of the process!
The Cranston Public School District is excited to announce our partnership with Fielding Nair International (FNI https://www.fieldingnair.com/), a world-renowned firm of Architects and Educators to begin a landmark review of our school district. Our goal is to devise a District-wide Five -Year Educational Innovation Facilities Master Plan to not only update and refine the data collected by the RIDE statewide facility study but to transform the educational model at each school to better support our children to be successful in the 21st century. This new model will provide for a variety of learning modalities, as well as an enhanced collaborative atmosphere, at each school.
The first part of this plan is to explore each of our schools through a process of workshops and focus groups designed to identify the trends and attitudes towards education in our community. Our purpose is to envision the possibilities and capacity of our schools in the future in order to meet the needs of our students. It is essential for all members of the Cranston School community to participate in these workshops. Participants will include our District Leadership, our teachers, our parents, and our students and the Cranston community.
The school district will be scheduling a series of Community Workshops. (The workshop registration link is below). We encourage all members of the public to come out on the designated evening to participate and learn how a 21st-century primary, middle, and high school will look. FNI will be facilitating these workshops and will show you how they have been transforming the language of school design for 15-years at schools all over the United States and Canada, as well as new schools in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. (See “School 2.0 – Designing Tomorrow’s Schools https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ojBaxxdPz4 as an example of FNI’s work in Rhode Island!).
Through your participation, you will be instrumental in creating this plan! We sincerely hope all community members can participate and take part in forming a unified vision for the evolution and transformation of our schools.
Thanks!
Please click on this link to pre-register Community Workshop Registration
for Monday, March 5th, @7-9:00 pm in the Auditorium.
PSAT and SAT School Day Administration – COMING SOON!
Cranston High School East will be administrating the PSAT to all sophomores and the SAT to all juniors in school on April 10 and 11. This is our school’s State Assessment and is required of all students.
We will be hosting an informational session at our Parents’ Meeting scheduled for March 14th. If you have a child in the 10th and/or 11th grade and would like to know more about the PSAT and SAT School Day Administration, please visit http://www.ride.ri.gov/InstructionAssessment/Assessment/PSATandSAT.aspx.
For information about the PSAT and SAT (planning, practice, scores, etc.), please visit https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat.
Also, please feel free to contact me at jpotemri@cpsed.net if you have any questions (Joseph Potemri, Assistant Principal for Academic Affairs).
Books, Books, Books!
Mrs. Costello, along with the literacy department, is collecting new or gently used books for the annual district Book Drive. It runs from February 26th until April 13. You may drop off books in Room 218 or the library.
Come and enjoy a great show for the whole family!
When: Saturday, March 10, 4pm-8:30pm doors open at 3pm
Where: Cranston East Gym
$10 adults / $8 students+seniors, 5 and under free
There will be Concessions, Raffle baskets, and 50/50 raffles as well.
22 of the best percussion and color guard units in Southern New England will be coming to East to perform!
Bolt's Bazaar is almost here!
local vendors, pictures with the Easter bunny and much more.
We hope you can come and support this great event !!!
If would like to volunteer for this event, please contact Mrs.Tejada.
Spring dance
Prepare RI internship program
Who can Apply? To be eligible to apply, you must: Be a rising 12th-grade student enrolled in a RI public school Be 16 years of age or older (by June 1, 2018) Live in Rhode Island Be eligible to work in the US and have proper documentation Complete the online application at www.prepare-ri.org/internships Please see: Ms. McGonagle, Room 414 Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00-2:30 FOR MORE INFORMATION AND help please see: Ms. McGonagle, Room 414 Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00-2:30
German Club
The members of the CHSE German Club are crafting beautiful items to sell at the Bolts Bazaar!
Support CHSE by attending Bolts Bazaar on March 11th (10am-3pm) and check out the Spring Mason Jars at the German Club table!
East Theater Club
Thursday, March 15th from 7:00-8:00 PM
Students $7.00. Parents $10.00
Do you have pennies and don't know what do to with them?
Make sure you check it out!
East Fit is now available fro all Cranston Public School Staff
Every Wednesday, arrival at 3:30-4 for dynamic and static stretching, 4 PM class begins and runs until 4:45 PM. First class starts February 28th!
Circuit training classes, Yoga classes, Step classes and Zumba will be offered by a variety of certified instructors.
First Class is free!For more information, please contact shallas@cpsed.net
Let's walk to make a difference!
Are you looking for Community Service?
Community service activities are posted on the CHSE calendar. If any teacher/organization has an upcoming community service project and needs participants, please contact adicicco@cpsed.net and it will be posted online.
if you are a student in need of community service hours, check the calendar! There are many opportunities for you to fulfill this graduation requirement. Remember, you must have five hours of community services per year is the student's responsibility to get it done!
Click on the link below to check some of the already approved community service activities
Up coming events
monday, March 5th, FNI Community Workshop @ CHSE Auditorium, 7:00-8: 00 pm
Saturday, March 10, CHSE Winter Percussion show @CHSE Gymnasium, 4:00-8: 30 pm.
Saturday, March 10 @ JROTC dinner@ Cranston Country Club,
Sunday, March 11, Bolt's Bazaar@ CSHE Gymnasium, 10:00am-3:00 pm
Thursday, March 15, One-Act Play of "Moby Dick" ( a comedy ) 7-8:00 pm
Friday, March 23rd. , Spring Fling@CHSE Gymnasium, 7:00 pm-10:00 pm