Glenwood News
What is happening at Glenwood, February 1, 2019
News from Dr. Cappucci
We Love It Here!
Newsletter
Spell-a-thon for Chromebooks is coming!!!!
Spell-a-thon begins February 8th!
- It is Educational!
- It is All Profit (no payments or profits to third parties) and all proceeds will be used to purchase a chrome cart!
- It Does NOT Require Selling Products!
- Teacher Supported and will benefit our School Student Learning Goals!
How it Works:
Students receive a list of words to study and a pledge sheet. Students can ask family and friends to sponsor them either per word or as a flat rate donation.
Pledge sheets are returned to school and students will take a Spell-A-Thon test. Corrected sheets are returned to students along with the Pledge sheet. Students share their results with their sponsors and collect donations.
School Wide Goal: To Raise money to purchase a chrome cart. Just imagine that if each child could get a pledge of $20.00 we would have enough to purchase one chrome cart!!
Thank you to all students who donated to S.O.N.G.
MCAS TESTING SCHEDULE IS NOW AVAILABLE.
Glenwood T-shirts
Save The Date
February
8- After School- Movie- The Grinch
11-PTO Meeting
14- Box Tops
18-22 February Break
27- SIMCO
Spellathon for Chrome Carts is coming!!
March
Early March is Square one Art.
7- Half Day
½ Day Lunch Schedule
11:00-11:25- Fourth
11:25-11:50- Fifth
11:50-12:15- Third
8- Immigration Simulation- Fourth Grade- We need Volunteers
Book fair 11-14
11-PTO Meeting
14- Family STEAM Night-
20 or 21 snow date = Similarity Awareness for Fourth Grade- Thank you PTO
22-Fifth Grade Hands on History- Colonial artifacts, including old non-working muskets will be in the building.
22- After School Movie- Ralph Breaks the Internet
27- SIMCO
April
MCAS Rally could be March 29th or April 1st
1- Community Reading Day
8-Spring Pictures
8-PTO Meeting 7pm
10- Report Card Portal is open after 4:30pm
26- Basket Raffle
May
Math Carnival
6-PTO Meeting
13- No School Professional Development Day for Teachers.
15- SIMCO
23- Memorial Day Celebration 2:00 Veterans and their families only
24-Half Day Dismissal at 12:30/Lunch will be served.
27- No School- Memorial Day.
29- 5th grade photo
June
3 or 12 fifth grade celebration-depending on rain or snow dates
4-3rd Grade Field Trip
5-Move up day for 5th and 3rd
6- Fifth Grade Field Trip To Old Sturbridge Village
7- Concert
11 or 17- Tenative Field Day-
What is Happening at Glenwood
Kindness Rocks Project
Makerspace- Thank you for all of our amazing donations!!!
A true makerspace is defined not by what's in it, but rather by what comes out of it: projects, experiences, artifacts, and learning. At Glenwood we are looking to have a makerspace that opens opportunities for children to design, create and explore. We are looking for donations of materials we can use in our makerspace. We are in desperate need of materials for our makerspace. Some things that we can not get enough of are:
small pieces of wood and nails for building
Cereal and cardboard boxes
masking and duct tape,
toilet paper and paper towel rolls,
craft supplies,
cereal boxes,
cardboard,
fabric, yarn,
streamers
plastic containers,
or anything that may end up in the recycling bin
We appreciate these and other materials that are in a clean and usable condition.
After School Activities
Third Grade News
Presenting Fancy Folders with Mrs. Bartlett
Reading Fairy Tales with a twist with Ms. Amend
Tech Thursday with Mrs. Thayer
What to do with bullies!
FOurth grade news
Wordly Wise Synonym and Antonym Sort with Mrs. Butterfield
Reviewing Daily Math Review with Mr. Vickstrom
Becoming authors with Mrs. Dumas.
Fifth Grade News
The Columbian Exchange with Ms. Tucker
Christopher Columbus introduced horses, sugar plants, and disease to the New World, while facilitating the introduction of New World commodities like sugar, tobacco, chocolate, and potatoes to the Old World.
As Europeans traversed the Atlantic, they brought with them plants, animals, and diseases that changed lives and landscapes on both sides of the ocean. These two-way exchanges between the Americas and Europe/Africa are known collectively as the Columbian Exchange.
Fifth graders in Ms. Tucker's class particpated in their own Columbian Exchange. Students were beyond excited when the trade began and they could receive commodities like sugar, tobacco and chocolate. The reality of trade set in when diseases were introduced.
Gym
Fifth grade practiced their lacrosse skills.
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.
February Movie to support the fifth grade celebration is coming!
March After School Movie
Save Those Boxtops
Cool Cash Banking Program is back.
Fidelity has a Cool Cash Banking Program at Glenwood. If you open an account at Fidelity Bank, students can make their deposits here every Tuesday morning. Please see the attached information.
Learn to Skate with the Crusaders
BIG Y EDUCATION EXPRESS
February Lunch Menu
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/
Please, Please for the safety of our students never drive around the cars parked in the pick-up or drop off line. This week a child was almost hit by a car trying to speed out of line.
Our mornings are extremely busy and we cannot have children dropped off at the school prior to 8:55. Clubhouse is available for students every morning beginning at 7:30. Contact Rutland Recreation for information.