Winthrop Weekly
March 27, 2024
Principally Speaking
Dear Winthrop Families,
Wow! March has been an incredibly busy, but joyous month with so much to celebrate!
Drums Alive
The students have been engaged in a new Drums Alive program taught by Miss Fab and Mr. Falconieri who wrote a grant to bring this program to Winthrop, which required both of them to commit 30 hours of training to become certified Drums Alive teachers. Drums Alive is a sensory-motor drumming program that uses rhythm as the source of inspiration to foster a healthy balance physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. The program is taught in the gym with large medicine balls balanced atop plastic buckets. The students have plastic drumming tubes/sticks they use to drum on the medicine balls as they learn rhythm and keep to the beat of the music. And what fun music it is-- Baby Shark, YMCA, and of course some favorite Swiftie songs! Please be sure to ask your child about this highly engaging and fun program.
All-Town Band
Good luck to Mr. Freemont-Smith and all our 5th graders who are performing at tonight's All Town Band concert!
Art Show
The annual art show is tomorrow night! This is undoubtedly our biggest event of the year. All students will have several pieces of art on display ranging from ceramics to collages to self-portraits. Please join us to view all the incredible artwork and participate in a scavenger hunt. Light refreshments will be served and the Book Fair will be open for purchases in the library.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow night at this great school community event!
Amy B. Sullivan
Important Upcoming Dates
- Wednesday, March 27th: All Town Band , Grades 5-13 @ Ipswich HS Gymnasium
- Thursday, March 28th: Early Release, PK @ 1:30, K-5 @ 1:50
- Thursday, March 28th: Free Open Door Mobile Mart @ Dismissal
- Thursday, March 28th: Winthrop Art Show, 6:30-8:00 PM
- Tuesday, April 2nd: SLC Green Team Meeting, 8 AM in Room 9
- Tuesday, April 2nd: Early Act Meeting, 8 AM in the library
- Wednesday, April 3rd: Grade 3 ELA MCAS, Session 1
- Wednesday, April 3rd: Girls Inc. 3:00-4:00 PM
- Thursday, April 4th: Grade 5 Workout, 8:00 AM in the Gym
- Thursday, April 4th: Early Release, PK @ 1:30, Grades 1-5 @ 1:50
- Thursday, April 4th: Free Open Door Mobile Mart at dismissal
- Friday, April 5th: Grade 3 ELA MCAS, Session
Ipswich Public Schools Calendar
New COVID Guidelines
The COVID guidelines have changed. The new state guidelines are now the same as for flu:
Return to school/work if you have been fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication, and any other symptoms are improving.
Masking is still recommended for five days after a positive COVID test.
Winthrop School Survey
The 2023-2024 Winthrop School Advisory Council is inviting all families to complete a very brief school community survey that will help us develop school goals for our school improvement plan for the next two years. Specifically, we have organized the survey into three categories: Communication, Belonging, and Academic Success.
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Clique com o botão direito em qualquer lugar do formulário e várias opções aparecerão.
Clique em “Traduzir” ou “Traduzir para”. Outra caixa aparecerá no canto superior direito.
Se o idioma para o qual deseja traduzir não aparecer, clique nos três pontos verticais e selecione “Escolher outro idioma”.
Clique no menu suspenso, escolha o idioma desejado e clique no botão “traduzir”.
Prossiga com o preenchimento do formulário.
Espanol:
Haga clic en el enlace del formulario.
Haga clic derecho en cualquier parte del formulario y aparecerán varias opciones.
Haga clic en "Traducir" o "Traducir a". Aparecerá otro cuadro en la esquina superior derecha.
Si no aparece el idioma al que deseas traducir, haz clic en los tres puntos verticales y selecciona
“Elegir otro idioma”.
Haga clic en el menú desplegable, elija el idioma deseado y haga clic en el botón "traducir".
Proceda a completar el formulario.
پښتو
د فورمې لپاره لینک باندې کلیک وکړئ.
په فورمه کې هرچیرې ښي کلیک وکړئ او ډیری اختیارونه به څرګند شي.
په "ژباړه" یا "ژباړنه" باندې کلیک وکړئ. بل بکس به په پورتنۍ ښیې کونج کې څرګند شي.
که هغه ژبه چې تاسو یې ژباړل غواړئ ښکاره نه وي، په دریو عمودی نقطو کلیک وکړئ او "بله ژبه غوره کړئ" غوره کړئ.
په ډراپ-ډاون مینو کې کلیک وکړئ، مطلوب ژبه غوره کړئ او د "ژباړې" تڼۍ کلیک وکړئ.
د فورمې ډکولو ته دوام ورکړئ.
Book Fair
Winthrop Art Show - Tomorrow! Thursday, 3/28
Annual Art Show
Thursday, March 28th, 6:30-8pm
Come and see the incredible talents of all of our students that will be on display during our Annual Art Show. Please join us for student artwork, refreshments, and a scavenger hunt!If you can donate snacks or manage the snack table for the art show, please contact Molly Dugdale at
Spring MCAS Dates
We are sharing the dates of this year's spring MCAS testing for grades 3, 4, and 5. We strive for 100% attendance on the days of testing to avoid the need for many make-up sessions which pull teachers away from their regular schedules. Please mark your calendars.
Grade 3 ELA - April 3rd and 5th
Grade 4 ELA - April 9th and 11th
Grade 5 ELA - April 8th and 10th
Grade 3 Math - April 30th and May 2nd
Grade 4 Math - May 10th and14th
Grade 5 Math - May 1st and 3rd
Grade 5 STE - May 15 and 17th
FRIES NEWS
Please see the flyer below aboutt the FRIES Spring Raffle
Green Team
No Idling Campaign - Officer Morris and Green Team students provided some friendly reminders about the MA No Idling Law last Friday at dismissal. Thank you for doing your part by turning off your engines when waiting for your children to be dismissed. Only cars actively driving through the connector should have their engines on.
Seedling update - Take a peek inside the milk jugs that are lined up by the mindfulness garden by the Winthrop Playground. The seeds Green Team students planted in January are sprouting!! Can you spot the kale, collard greens, and sunflowers emerging?
Earth Day Community Clean-up - Save the date for Sunday, April 28th - 3:00-4:30 pm at Bialek Park. We'll be teaming up with the Doyon Green Team to pick-up trash at one of our favorite community playgrounds. Join us if you can!
Get involved - If you'd like to learn more about ways to get involved with the Green Team initiatives at the school or district level, email Molly Dugdale mduffy345@gmail.com - all are welcome, and we love new ideas.
Cradles to Crayons Clothing Collection
Winthrop School
Email: winthrop@ipsk12.net
Website: https://www.ipsk12.net/Domain/185
Location: 65 Central Street, Ipswich, MA, USA
Phone: 9783562976