November Newsletter
Clifford Marshall School
Important Dates
Nov 7th - NO SCHOOL - Election Day
Nov 8th - Parent Academy - Building Resilience 6:00pm Central Middle School
Nov 10th - NO SCHOOL - Veteran's Day Observed
Nov 11th - Veteran's Day
Nov. 15th - School Improvement Plan Draft overview - Google Meet 6:00pm
Nov 16th - Candy Bingo - PTO event
Nov 17th - Clifford Marshall Spirit Day
Nov 23-24 - NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving break
Nov 28th - PTO meeting 6:30pm
Nov 30th- EDI meeting - Google Meet 6:00pm
End of Term 1 and Parent Teacher Conference
We are coming to the end of our fist term for the year, term 1 ends on December 1. We will be holding Parent Teacher Conferences on Wednesday, December 13. These conferences are an opportunity for you to meet with your child's teacher and discuss your child's progress. Conferences are scheduled every 10 minutes throughout the afternoon and evening of the 13th. Interpreters are available for any family that requests one. Please Fill out this google form if you need an interpreter https://forms.gle/VCTbTRFBjzBEKNBN6
QATV Christmas Poster Contest
Please see the attached information regarding a Nov 8th Parent Academy offering
School Improvement Plan Overview
Every year, all schools write a School Improvement Plan. The plan is an opportunity for schools to look carefully at assessment data and evaluate overall school performance. The school then determines goals and action steps to improve and show growth in selected areas. On Wednesday, November 15th we will offer a google meet to families interested in hearing more about our school improvement plan draft. This will also provide families an opportunity to provide feedback before we finalize our plan and present it to school committee. An email will be sent with the School Improvement plan draft and a link to the meeting on Tuesday, November 14th.
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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) team meeting
We are so excited to invite to you to join our November EDI meeting. After a covid interruption, the team is thrilled to be bringing back International Night. This was a wonderful family event that celebrated our various cultures. We welcome all to our virtual meeting on Thursday, November 30 to begin planning for this event. The meeting will be held using google meet. If you are interested in attending, please email heatherpatch@quincypublicschools.com and I will send you the link to the meeting.
Curriculum Update
Here are some of the upcoming units your child will be learning about in November:
- Kindergarten: ELA Units: Stories and Plants Math: Counting and Comparing Numbers
- First Grade: ELA Unit: Different Lands, Similar Stories Math: Adding and Subtracting within 20
- Second Grade: ELA Unit: Early Asian Civilizations Math: Adding and Subtracting within 100
- Third Grade: ELA Unit: Animal Classification Math: Multiplication and Arrays, Area Science: Weather and Seasonal Changes
- Fourth Grade: ELA Unit: Middle Ages Math: Fraction Equivalence and Comparison Science: Natural Disasters and Earth's timeline
PTO event - Candy Bingo
On Thursday, November 16th we will hold a Candy Bingo PTO night. Families are invited to come play Bingo and win candy! We will have two seatings so we can accommodate more families. Keep an eye out for the flyer that will go home in red folders with sign up information
Clifford Marshall is designated a Title 1 school. This designation provides us with additional support for our students. Please see the attached Title 1 School Compact.
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November Holidays
All Saints' Day (Nov 1)
All Souls' Day (Nov 2)
Japanese Culture Day (Nov 3)
World Origami Day (Nov 11)
Diwali (Nov 12)
Chhath Pooja (Nov 17 - Nov 20)
Thanksgiving (Nov 23)