Sheffield Spotlight
March 1, 2024
FOS brought Jason Tardy's Stand Up Stand Out Juggling Performance to Sheffield
Jason Tardy’s amazing juggling performance amazed the Sheffield students, but most importantly gave them the tools to make a positive difference in any bullying situation.
He shared his own struggle with bullying and how he overcame it and taught them tools and strategies. An "upstander" is someone who sees bullying and intervenes, interrupts or speaks up to create an environment of empathy and acceptance. He encouraged every Sheffield student to "Stand Up and Stand Out"!
Thank you Friends of Sheffield for bring this assembly! Everyone LOVED it!
Read Across America Month at Sheffield with Ms. Latronica
Saturday March 2, 2024 is Read Across America and Sheffield will be celebrating Reading all month long. During the week of 3/4 - 3/8/24 each student will work on a Read Across America activity in Library with Ms. Latronica by making a book character costume. On Friday, March 8 students dress as a book character/wear the character costume they made during the week. Students will also participate in a Read Aloud and "Drop Everything And Read" time with their grade. Starting March 3/1/24, we will be hosting a reading "march madness" which is tied into our yearly theme of Adventure and Exploration. Student will be read 16 books throughout the month and vote for their favorite book. The winner of the March Madness book challenge will be shared during the March All School meeting. Thank you Ms. Latronica for your hard work to bring an exciting month of literacture and for sharing your love of reading!
Friends of Sheffield (FOS)
Teacher Appreciation during Conferences
We need your help to show teachers and staff a little love during conference time. We are asking for monetary donations in lieu of signing up for an item to be dropped off. Cash and check donations can be dropped off at the main office or you can donate via Venmo. Please see the flier below for all of the details.
FOS Movie Fundraiser
We hope you'll join us at Greenfield Garden Cinemas for a special showing of Kung Fu Panda 4 on Saturday, March 23rd at 10 AM. Tickets are $5 each and the event will be open to the public. FOS receives 100% of ticket proceeds. This is a great opportunity to do something fun while supporting our school! Be sure to invite your friends and family!
FOS Meeting
Our next meeting will be held on Monday, March 11th 2023 from 5:15-6:15 PM in the library. We will be discussing all of our upcoming events listed below. We hope to see you there!
FOS Ice Skating Party
We hope that everyone who attended our ice skating party had a great time. Laura Johnson was the winner of our 50/50 raffle, and she donated the money back to FOS. We appreciate your generosity, Laura! If you have any feedback about this event, we'd love to hear from you. Please email us at friendsofsheffield@gmail.com
School Assembly
On Wednesday, February 28th Jason Tardy performed his Stand Up, Stand Out, Become an Upstander show. He was funny, entertaining and had an awesome message that was straight to the point. We loved how he had the kids participate by offering ideas throughout the show. We really hope the kids enjoyed it, and got something out of it. If you're curious, you can view some videos on our Facebook page.
Upcoming FOS Events
- Teacher Appreciation during conferences - March 14th & 15th
- Movie Fundraiser at the Garden: Kung Fu Panda 4 - March 23rd at 10 AM
- Scholastic Book Fair - March 25th - March 29th
- Bingo Books - April TBD
These events are still in the planning stages. For the book fair, we may add an evening or two for parents to shop since it's just before Easter. Students will be allowed to shop during their library time. We'll update you when there's more to share, so be on the lookout for fliers in backpacks and posts on our Facebook page.
Friends of Sheffield
Ms. Ducharme and Ms. Eichorn's Buddies
Food Services Employment opportunity
GMRSD Food Service is looking for a few good food service professionals.
Do you have a food service passion? Do you want to help feed our district’s students healthy meals? Do you want to help make a difference? Call me, Molly Brooks, Food Service Director at 413-863-7506 or email me at molly.brooks@gmrsd.org.
We have several openings, including Food Service Supervisor, Food Service Assistant and Food Service substitutes.
Save the Date!
Friday, March 8 - Book Character School Spirit Day
Thursday, March 14 - Early dismissal at noon - Caregiver Conferences
Friday, March 15 - Early dismissal at noon - Caregiver Conferences
Thursday, March 14 and Friday, March 15 - Caregiver Conferences
Wednesday, March 20 - Early dismissal at noon
Wednesday, March 20 - All School Sing
Thursday, March 21 from 5:30 - 7:00 pm - GMRSD Math Night at Sheffield (see attached flyer
Saturday, March 23 at 10 am - Movie Fundraiser at the Garden: Kung Fu Panda 4
Friday, March 29 at 2:15 pm - All School Meeting
MCAS Testing Dates
Tuesday, April 9 - ELA for grades 3-5
Wednesday, April 10 - ELA for grades 3-5
Tuesday, May 7 - Math for grades 3-5
Wednesday, May 8 - Math for grades 3-5
Tuesday, May 14 - STE for grade 5
Wednesday, May 15 - STE for grade 5