S.H.E. Family Newsletter
April 5, 2024
Important Dates to Remember
- April 4: PTO Meeting at 5:30
- April 8: Solar Eclipse, see note below
- April 10: BOE Meeting 7:00 pm
- April 15-19: Spring Break-No School
- April 26: Progress Reports go home, Kids' Night Out by PTO
- May 14-24: Third Grade SBA testing
- May 17: Art Show at PHS 5-7 pm
- May 22: Anti-Bullying BMX Assembly
- May 27: Memorial Day-No School
- May 29: Early Release Day at 1:15 pm
- June 4: Field Day
- June 6: Field Day Rain Date
- June 14: Tentative Last Day of School, Report Cards go home
Things to Know & Reminders
New Updates
- SHE staff and students had a great time at PHS Wednesday viewing scenes from The Little Mermaid. Tickets can be purchased at Plainfieldtheater.com
- Solar Eclipse 2024!!!-On Monday, CT will experience an almost complete eclipse. Our teachers have been holding lessons on the eclipse and appropriate safe viewing measures. On Monday, all students will receive an approved solar eclipse glasses. Our elementary students will have an opportunity to view the eclipse in their grade levels and our upper grades have after-school viewing party planned.
- Third grade will take the Smarter Balanced Assessment mid May. More specific information will be sent to third grade families after April break.
Friendly Reminders
- Please save the date. Our 2024 field day will be held on Tuesday, June 4th. The weather makeup day will be Thursday, June 6th. This year's theme will be safari. As always, field day is open for two family members to attend with their child.
- A friendly reminder that electronics (cell phones, smart watches, etc.) are not allowed at the elementary level. We appreciate your understanding and support, as these become very distracting on the bus and at school.
- The breakfast and lunch menus can be found at this link. If you would like to add money to your child's account please click this link.
- Please only ever use the parking lot access road when driving into SHE. The bus throughway, the road closest to the building, is only for buses and emergency vehicles.
- Please follow Plainfield Public School's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/plainfieldschools
- Please follow us on Instagram @shepardhillelementary
A MESSAGE FROM OUR PTO
Our May Calendar Raffle is off and running! Tickets have been sent home with students. So far we have secured some pretty great gifts and we are once again excited for this fundraiser! If you need more than the ten tickets being sent home, just let us know and we can send home more!!!
While the weather may not show it, Spring Break is almost here! Please have your student's check the lost and found for any missing items. We will be doing a Spring cleaning of items in the next few weeks!
Join us on Thursday, April 4th at 5:30 PM in the SHE cafeteria for our monthly PTO meeting. We will be finalizing our end of the year activities and will begin to talk about next year!
Kristen Trahan
Email: trahank@plainfieldschools.org
Website: www.plainfieldschools.org
Location: Shepard Hill Elementary School, Shepard Hill Road, Plainfield, CT, USA
Phone: 860-564-6432