Spring Street Link

April 30, 2018

 

At our All School Meeting on Friday, our character trait focus was on resilient.  Our discussion on what being resilient means and looks like was anchored by our Book of the Month, Rosie Revere, Engineer.  In the book, Rosie is constantly tinkering and inventing and one day creates a gadget to help her visiting aunt fly.  Rosie’s disappointment at the gadget only ‘hovering’ for a moment was short as her aunt claims it a ‘raging success’ as her effort and accomplishment is something to celebrate and shares, “You can only truly fail if you quit”, encouraging Rosie to pursue continuing to work on this project.

 

Our discussion included that sometimes hard work, resilience, and dedication doesn’t result in the success that we envision but often our success comes after learning from the failure and then continuing to try again and again.  Our students made many connections to the work they do at school and home and how failure often provides learning opportunities on how we can grow and improve.  With hard work, effort, and a ‘learning’ mindset, our mistakes and failures are opportunities to refine our work and support our learning.

 

Early-Release Day Tomorrow

Tomorrow, May 1^st, is an early release day for students.  Dismissal will begin at 12:15pm and no lunch will be served.

 

From previous links:

 

Teacher Appreciation Week

Teacher Appreciation week is right around the corner! Please help us show how much we appreciate our teachers, faculty and staff -- see the below Sign Up Genius for how to sign up to contribute. We are asking for all donations by Thursday, May 3rd. 

Thank you in advance! -The PTO Hospitality Committee 

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0a49adab23a31-teacher

 

Casa Vallarta Dine Out Night is May 3rd

Spring Street School invites all friends, families and supporters of our school to join us for a very fun night at Casa Vallarta Family Mexican Restaurant on May 3rd from 4-Close.   Take a night off from cooking and celebrate Cinco de Mayo early with fabulous food and live music!  Mariachi Band starts at 6pm!  Present the attached certificate and 10% of all proceeds from the restaurant will be donated to our PTO.

 

Special Education Parent Advisory Committee (SEPAC)

Please join SEPAC on Monday, May 7 from 7:00 - 8:30 pm in the Floral Street School Media Center for Oh, the Places our Students will go in SPS! A presentation by Meg Belsito, Director of Special Education and Pupil Personnel Services, and other department leaders to hear about building to building transition overviews, new district strategic priorities, and department goals and objectives. Please see attached flyer for RSVP info.

 

Shriners' Hospital Aluminum Pull-Tab Program

Each year Shriners' Hospitals help children with severe medical conditions. We will be collecting beverage container pull tabs to assist with their Springfield transportation fund.  It provides free transportation to patients and families in the New England Region. Please consider saving those pull tabs!  For more information, check out the attached informational flyer! There will be a collection container in the SSS foyer. Thanks for helping!

https://tinyurl.com/PullTabs-Shriners

 

The Annual Spring Street School Talent Show

The annual Spring Street School Talent Show will be Friday, May 11^th at 6:30pm at Sherwood Middle School.  Information on how your child can participate is included in communication folders today.  Please contact Tamara Parseghian at tamparseghian@verizon.net if you have questions.

 

4th Grade Celebration - Save the Date!
The 4th Grade Celebration will be held on June 15th from 9:45 - 11:00am.  All family members are invited to attend!

 

MCAS Dates for Grades 3 and 4

Grade 4 Testing

Math

Mrs. Luby: 5/10 & 5/11

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

 

Grade 3 Testing

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:

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

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

Tuesday, May 15, PTO Meeting, 7:00-8:00pm

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)

Tuesday, June 19, Last Day of School for Kindergarten Only, Regular Dismissal

Thursday, June 21, Last Day of School, Grades 1-4, 12:15 Dismissal

 

Have a good week.

Bryan Mabie