TFS Weekly Update
May 20, 2018
Dear TFS Faculty & Staff,
Although it was rainy, we hope everyone enjoyed their weekend! Just five more school days until a long (hopefully sunny) weekend. We are so close to the end of the school year, and we have many exciting events to both reflect on and look forward to. Please see below!
Enjoy your last month with your kiddos. Remember that saying goodbye is tough for everyone. Please let us know if you need anything for you and/or your students. We are here to support!
Best,
Andrea & Kristen
Ms. Allie and King at Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center with a frog!
Pre-k teachers hard at work at May 16 PD
Jaddiel was the star student of the day :)
Ms. St. John's class enjoys DPNC!
Mr. Stevenson's class has a blast with phonics instruction!
Maleah has fun with Ms. Banks's activity, making slime!
Celebrations, Updates, and Reminders:
- Niver will come to say goodbye on Monday, and we'll give him his card and gift card. Thank you to all who contributed and signed the card! He'll be stopping by at 2 pm. If you can come out to the foyer briefly to say goodbye, I'm sure he'd appreciate that :)
- Curriculum Academy will once again be based at the building level this year. We will take these days to work on writing additional curriculum frameworks and refining our existing written curriculum for inquiry based learning. The Inquiry Theme Team is the base of this work. The dates will be June 25, 26, 27 at TFS from 9:00 - 3:00.
- Be sure to utilize the Nurse's Office passes. If you need more, please see or email Yasmin Pastrana. These are necessary to track visits to the nurse's office, and are required by LEARN.
- If you are in need of assistance for a behavior or other challenges with a student, please dial "6." Do not call the special education office. We will triage calls from the office. Thank you!
- Please be sure to fill out the Faculty Survey and encourage families to complete the Family Survey by next week. Your answers help us make necessary changes to improve our school!
This Week:
- Monday 5/21: Worksite Safety Cmte 8:30. Butterfly release 10:15
- Tuesday 5/22: SRBI 8:30. PAC 4:15.
- Wednesday 5/23: Faculty Meeting 8:30. Tour for prospective families 10:30.
- Thursday 5/24: Wellness Leadership Cmte Meeting (Jess Z, Lori, Brent to attend). Site meeting 2:30
- Friday 5/25: Kindergarten Town Meeting 10:30.
Next Week/Upcoming:
- Monday 5/28: No School, Memorial Day
- Tuesday 5/29: SRBI 8:30.
- Wednesday 5/30: Team Meetings (Literacy, Math, Culture & Climate, Wellness, Inquire Theme 8:30.
- Thursday 5/31: SSS Site Meeting 2:30
- Friday 6/1: Nothing to note.
Upcoming: June 14 - Friday June 15 : Eid al-Fitr. June 19: Juneteenth. June 20: 1:30 dismissal. June 21: 1:30 dismissal and Carelot closed in PM hours; TFS engaged in Active Violence Training. June 22: Full day PD for faculty.
The Friendship School
Email: asimmons@thefriendshipschool.org
Website: www.thefriendshipschool.org
Location: 24 Rope Ferry Road, Waterford, CT, United States
Phone: 860-447-4049
Facebook: facebook.com/thefriendshipschoolct