Glenwood News
What is happening at Glenwood, September 28, 2018
News from Dr. Cappucci
We Love It Here!
Homework
30 minutes for 3rd grade
40 minutes for 4th grade
50 minutes for 5th grade
Homework can sometimes be the most difficult time of day for students. On the Glenwood website there is a list of helpful sites for math support.
http://www.wrsd.net/glenwood/parentinfo.cfm
Teachers communicate with families in many different ways. Some teachers have teacher pages, some use email or emailed newsletters and some use Instagram, Google Classroom or Classroom Dojo. Teachers are always willing to support their students and families.
http://www.wrsd.net/glenwood/teacherpages.cfm
Teachers' emails are listed on the Glenwood Website:
http://www.wrsd.net/glenwood/staff.cfm
Here are some tips from the US Department of Education:
✪ Make sure your child has a quiet, well-lit place to do homework.
Avoid having your child do homework with the television on or in places with other distractions, such as people coming and going.
✪ Make sure the materials your child needs, such as paper, pencils and a dictionary, are available. Ask your child if special materials will be needed for some projects and get them in advance.
✪ Help your child with time management. Establish a set time each day for doing homework. Don‘t let your child leave homework until just before bedtime. Think about using a weekend morning or afternoon for working on big projects, especially if the project involves getting together with classmates.
✪ Be positive about homework. Tell your child how important school is. The attitude you express about homework will be the attitude your child acquires.
✪ When your child does homework, you do homework. Show your child that the skills they are learning are related to things you do as an adult. If your child
is reading, you read too. If your child is doing math, balance your checkbook.
✪ When your child asks for help, provide guidance, not answers. Giving answers means your child will not learn the material. Too much help teaches your child that when the going gets rough, someone will do the work for him or her.
✪ When the teacher asks that you play a role in homework, do it. Cooperate with the teacher. It shows your child that the school and home are a team. Follow the directions given by the teacher.
✪ If homework is meant to be done by your child alone, stay away. Too much parent involvement can prevent homework from having some positive effects. Homework is a great way for kids to develop independent, lifelong learning skills.
✪ Stay informed. Talk with your child‘s teacher. Make sure you know the purpose of homework and what your child‘s class rules are.
✪ Help your child figure out what is hard homework and what is easy homework.
Have your child do the hard work first. This will mean he will be most alert when facing the biggest challenges. Easy material will seem to go fast when fatigue begins to set in.
I homework continues to be an issue please contact your child's teacher as soon as possible.
Here are some additional sites to get the homework routine up and running smoothly:
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/homework-tips-parents
http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/homework.html
http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/homework-project-tips/10-homework-help-tips
Daily Math Review
Magazine Drive is coming to Glenwood!
Picture Day is Coming
Bus News
One of our buses is packed to the rim; therefore we cannot allow any other students on Bus 10. Please make note of this for our half days and early dismissals.
Dogs at Glenwood
Save The Date
October
8 Columbus Day- No School
12- Fourth Grade Field Trip to the Tsongas Center
15 PTO Meeting
19- First Movie- Hotel Transylvania
23- Picture Day
25 Half Day/ Lunch will be served
November
2- Movie
6- Election Day- No School
12- Veteran's Day- No school
16- After School Movie- Incredibles 2
17- Craft Fair
19- PTO Meeting
21-23 Thanksgiving Break
Movie
December
Movie
10- PTO Meeting
20- Winter Concert (snow date is the 21st)
24- Winter Break Begins
2- First day back after Winter Break
Our First Glenwood Pledge and Homework Awards will be given on October 5th
2018 Fire and Life Safety Education Conference
What is Happening at Glenwood
Open House
Indoor Recess
Third Grade News
Mr. Lague
Mrs. Bartlett
Map Making Skills with Ms. Lee
Fourth Grade News
Plant Guts with Mrs. Dumas
The Problem of the Week with Mr. Vickstrom
Fifth Grade News
Science with Mr. Jaffe
Bioglyphs
Art, Music Gym
Instagram, Google Classroom, and Class Dojo
If you ever have any concerns or questions, please reach out to the classroom teachers at Glenwood. All teachers have access to emails and will always respond within 1-2 school days. Working together as a team will enable all students to reach their academic potential.
Better Sleep for Kids Summit
Dr. Liubovich, our school psychologist, would like parents to know that this summit exists and maybe helpful for students and families who are struggling with bedtimes.
Rutland Historical Society
Rutland Cub Scouts
UTLT with Rutland Recreation
BIG Y EDUCATION EXPRESS
Notes from Mrs. Lawton, School Nurse
Welcome to the Health Update-
To The Parents of 4th and 5th graders:
Thank You to those who 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!
- The new Health Office website is up and running. Please visit this site: https://sites.google.com/wrsd.net/wrsdhealthservices/home
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/