Glenwood News
What is happening at Glenwood November 3, 2017
News from Dr. Cappucci
Standard Based Report Cards
The Infamous Bike Example, an analogy by the Quabbin School District, best explains standard based grading.
Your goal: To ride a bike by yourself
4. Exceeding the Standard
Wow! You not only ride a bike on your own, but you can pop a wheelie, jump ramps, and perform other bike stunts.
3. Meeting the Standard
Congratulations! You are successfully riding a bike by yourself.
2. Progressing Toward the Standard
You are pedaling well and staying upright as long as someone is holding on and giving you a little push.
1. Not Meeting The Standard
You are riding a bike, but using training wheels
If you have any questions please contact your child's teacher.
Kindness Challenge/Rutland Food Pantry
Last year, students donated shoes to children in Africa. This year we are putting our efforts to a local organization. Our challenge this year is to provide a Thanksgiving dinner to as many Rutland families as possible. Students are asked to bring in donations to support the Rutland Food Pantry.
Please see the attached flyer:
Newsletter
Notes from Mrs. Lawton, School Nurse
Health Update 10/20/2017:
I hope you are all enjoying this great fall weather lately. With the Winter season around the corner and the need to wear hats, I wanted to remind Parents and Guardians to remind their children that they should not be sharing hats/visors with other children, and also they should not be sharing hair implements. You should be checking your child’s hair on a continuous basis.
If you discover head lice in your child's hair, do not send them to school. You should notify the health office and you will need to notify your MD and they will need to be properly treated before coming back to school. When they do return to school, they need to be checked here in the health office before they return to class.
I have recently finished with all the results of the Vision and Hearing screenings. I have sent home letters for those students that will need further follow-up with their MD’s. If you could return those letters to me when the follow-up is done, that would be great!
Thank you to all those that 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!
- When we receive a note from a doctor letting us know a child can not participate in gym class, we have to follow the doctor's orders. Therefore, a students cannot return to gym without updated orders that clear them for participation. Please make sure there is a start and end date, if possible, on doctor's orders.
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/
- A huge Thank You to Mrs. Jones who made the pumpkin bread for the Farm to Table experience for our third graders!!!!
Contact Information
Email: karen_cappucci@wrsd.net
Website: http://www.wrsd.net/glenwood/
Location: 65 Glenwood Road, Rutland, MA, United States
Phone: (508)886-0399
What is happening at Glenwood!
Third Grade Monster Rotation
Fourth Grade News
Students in the fourth grade investigated owl pellets this week. Ask fourth graders about the owl pellets.
The Grade 4 "Great Pumpkin Decomposition" Project
Musical Instruments from recycled materials
Technology
Keyboarding Without Tears
Fifth Grade News
Art
Mrs. Daly
Character Traits
Wordly Wise
The Magician's Nephew
Explorers
Makerspace Activites
We need colored duct tape
cereal/cardboard boxes
small, assorted pieces of wood
nails and screws
screw drivers
yarn
Paper towel rolls
egg cartons
anything that students can use to create!
The wish list is on the Glenwood website:
Magazine Drive
The Magazine Drive was a huge success and will help fund buses for our field trips! Thank you!
Square 1 Art
Dear Family,
We have partnered with your child’s school to create a unique opportunity to celebrate their artistic accomplishments while raising much needed funds for the school.
Coming home soon will be your child’s custom catalog featuring their artwork. Won’t you help make your child feel like an accomplished artist by purchasing keepsakes for the whole family containing their masterpiece? The school earns profit from every order. And as a thank you for participating, we provide each child with a sheet of stickers imprinted with their artwork — absolutely FREE!
Watch for more details about the campaign and order deadlines. All online and paper order forms must be turned in by the due date on your child’s custom catalog. (No late orders can be accepted.) Together, we can help support the school, build your child’s self-esteem, and create lasting keepsakes from your child’s artistic achievements.
THREE EASY WAYS TO ORDER KEEPSAKES
- The paper order form attached to their custom catalog.
- Online at www.square1art.com/shop.
- Phone Customer Care 888-332-3294.
A huge thank you to all of the teachers, faculty and volunteers for their help in creating this meaningful fundraiser.
Save The Date
November
1- 21 Kindness Challenge.
1-15 Thanksgiving Kindness Food Drive for the Rutland Food Pantry
6- Magazine Drive lucky Duck Game
7- Magazine Drive Limo Ride
9-Professional Day- No School
10- Veteran’s Day-No School
14- Title I Night
15- Town Meeting
15- Fourth grade field trip to the Tsongas Center in Lowell. All students must arrive by 7:45 with an 8:00 departure.
16 PTO Meeting
18- Craft Fair
22-24 Thanksgiving Break
30- Third grade field trip to the Nutcracker. All students must arrive by 8:30.
December
6- Picture Make up Day
12- Dress rehearsal
13- Concert
10 AM 3B, 3T, 3J, 4D, 4V, 4B, 5D, 5S, 5P
1:30 PM 3JL, 3L, 4H, 4J, 5T, 5G
22-1 Winter Break
Special Olympics- March 15th, 2018 from 10-12 in the WRHS Gym