Spring Street Link

March 12, 2018

 

Our Fun Fair will take place on Sunday from 12:00-4:00pm.  This year’s theme, Spring-a-Palooza, promises to be a fun filled afternoon with games, food, basket raffles, silent auction, and more.  Our Fun Fair will provide families with the opportunity to spend the afternoon having fun and supporting our school.  We are grateful for the many parent volunteers to have worked hard the past few months to make our fair a reality.  A preview of our Silent Auction items as well as other Fun Fair information can be found below.  Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday.

 

Spring-a-Palooza THIS WEEKEND!

The Spring Street School Fun Fair is this Sunday, March 18th from 12 - 4 p.m.  This is the Spring Street School PTO’s largest fundraiser of the year.  This event raises the critical PTO funds that are used for field trips, author visits, technology for the school, and many other items that round out our children’s educational experience at Spring Street.  For those of you who haven’t been to the Fun Fair, it is a fun-filled event for the children and their families and one of the events that makes Spring Street School the special place that it is. As you can imagine, it takes a village to hold this event.  

 

*The Fun Fair Committee is still looking for many volunteers to staff the crafts, games and food sales on Sunday.  If you can spare an hour on Sunday to help staff the fair’s activities, please sign up with this link. Any time you can spare would be much appreciated. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0a4daca62ba2fc1-funfair

  

*Additionally, the Sweet Walk Committee is looking for volunteers to drop off any bought or baked dessert items, individually wrapped candy, or anything sweet that can be given out as prizes to the children who are participating in the Sweet Walk game.  Kindly drop off your donations on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the school or on Sunday before the Fun Fair begins at noon. Please use this sign up genius to let us know what you will be bringing http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c48abae28a1f58-springapalooza

*Don't wait until the day of the Fun Fair to get your activity and basket raffle tickets…bypass the ticket purchase line by ordering them in advance!  Tickets can be purchased online via credit card at https://squareup.com/store/spring-street-parent-teachers-organization-inc

Thank you so much for your help with this wonderful community building event!

Silent Auction-Sneak Peek

Look for the COMPLETE BID BOOK coming out this week in your email!

HAVEN COUNTRY CLUB 

Value:  $500                                                                                       Opening Bid:  $200
Foursome of Golf with Carts donated by privately owned Haven Country Club located in Boylston, MA.  Redeemable Monday through Friday only as permitted.  Expires 12/1/18

WORCESTER ACADAMY SUMMER ATHLETIC CAMP SESSION

Value:   $275                                                                Opening Bid:  $110                           
Choose any one-week session for one child between ages 6-14. Choices include: Sports camp, Soccer Camp, Football camp (boys only), basketball Camp, Baseball Camp, and Volleyball Camp (girls only).  Camp runs 9-3:30 daily with extended day option (extra charge).  Valid for Athletic Camps only.

Click on the attached link for a sneak peek at some additional SILENT AUCTION FEATURE ITEMS.    

Mom's Night Out at Volturno- LAST CALL!

The Spring Street PTO is excited to announce our next Mom's Night Out fundraiser. Please join us this Thursday from 6:30-9:00pm at Volturno's Worcester location for a handmade pasta class.  Enjoy complimentary wine and appetizers as you learn the techniques or mixing, rolling, and shaping pasta by hand.  Then we will sit down and enjoy our own creation, family style!  Tickets are $40 each and can be purchased through this link: https://squareup.com/store/spring-street-parent-teachers-organization-inc

 

 

From previous links

 

All School Meeting Sharing for Kindergarten Students

Our kindergarten students will have the opportunity to share their impressions of our character trait focus responsible at our ASM on Friday, March 30^th.  We’ve had the good fortune of listening to and watching interpretations of other character traits from our Grade 1, 2, 3, and 4 students in previous months.  The ASM Proposal Form is attached for any kindergarten student wishing to submit a project (poem, writing piece, video, skit, song, etc.).  Students are welcome to submit as an individual or as part of a team.

 

Special Education Parent Advisory Council
Please join SEPAC for our Basic Rights in Special Education workshop for parents and professionals on Tuesday, 3/20/18 @ 6:30 pm in the Floral Street School Media Center. The workshop provides a basic understanding of the complex special education laws and procedures. Please RSVP by 3/15 to shrewsbury.sepac@gmail.com. 

 

MCAS Dates for Grades 3 and 4

Grade 4 Testing

ELA

Mrs. Luby-4/9 & 4/10

Ms. Doherty and Mrs. Travers-4/11 & 4/12

Math

Mrs. Luby: 5/10 & 5/11

Ms. Doherty and Mrs. Travers: 5/14 & 5/15

 

Grade 3 Testing

ELA

All clases-4/24 & 4/25

Math

All classes-5/16 & 5/17

 

Spring Street Student Art on Instagram

Ms. Whittemore has created an Instagram page to share some of the work our students are doing this year during art class.  Our username is springstreet_art and it can also be found using this link  https://www.instagram.com/springstreet_art/  Enjoy!

 

Gift of Knowledge Information

What better way to celebrate a birthday than by donating a book to the Spring Street Media Center?  For a small fee, the birthday child will attend a special breakfast in the cafeteria before school from 8:30-9:00am, select a book with a personalized book plate acknowledging their generosity, and be the first one to take that book home!  Look for your child's invitation approximately 2 weeks before their scheduled celebration day.  Upcoming dates are as follows:

4/4/18 (March, April and May birthdays)

5/16/18 (June, July and August birthdays)

 

Volunteering Requirement-CORI Checks

Anyone volunteering at our school must participate in the Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) check before volunteering.  Volunteering includes classroom volunteering, field trips, field day, etc.  Once a CORI check has been completed, your ‘CORI’ is valid for 3 years.  CORI checks are applicable to any volunteering in the Shrewsbury Public Schools.  Unfortunately, CORIs completed elsewhere are not valid for Shrewsbury Public Schools.  This link can be used to access the form.  Please return the completed form in person to Mrs. Judith Adair, our secretary, with your license for the CORI to begin being processed.  Please allow for at least 2 weeks for CORI checks to be completed before participating in any volunteer activities at our school.  Volunteers without a completed and processed CORI will be unable to volunteer until the process is complete.  Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

 

Important Dates

Thursday, March 15, Incoming Kindergarten Parent Forum, 6:30pm, Paton Elementary School

Sunday, March 18, Fun Fair at Spring Street School, 12:00-4:00pm

Tuesday, March 27, PTO Meeting, 7:00-8:00pm

Tuesday, April 3, Early-Release Day, 12:15pm Dismissal, Professional Development

Wednesday, April 4, Gift of Knowledge Celebration, 8:30-9:00am

April 16-20, Patriots Day/Spring Vacation, No School

Friday, May 11, Talent Show at Sherwood Middle School, more info coming soon

Tuesday, May 15, PTO Meeting, 7:00-800pm

Wednesday, May 16, Gift of Knowledge Celebration, 8:30-9:00am (June, July, and August birthdays)

Monday, May 28, Memorial Day, No School

Friday, June 8, Field Day (rain date, Monday, June 11)

Friday June 15, 4^th Grade Celebration (rain date, Monday, June 18)

Monday, June 18, Last Day of School for Kindergarten Only, Regular Dismissal

Wednesday, June 20, Last Day of School (pending no additional snow days) Grades 1-4, 12:15 Dismissal

 

Have a good week.

Bryan Mabie