Lockdown Drill

Form Principal Vaughn:

Today at Frenchtown, all students, faculty, and staff practiced a mock “lockdown” drill.  Throughout our transition into the school year, teachers have discussed student expectations during such drills.  At this time, I am happy to report that the drill went extremely well.  I was absolutely impressed by the professionalism of our faculty and staff, as well as the cooperation of our students.  In the future, we will be practicing more drills like today’s exercise.   The safety and well being of our students is at the heart of all we do here at Frenchtown.  As always, please let me know if you have any questions.

Stuffed Animal Drive Thank You

Dear Frenchtown Students, Parents and Teachers,

I want to thank you so much for donating all of the stuffed animals to the Volunteer Health Program (VHP) Mission. You have all been so generous and we were able to collect and ship out many stuffed animals with all of the medical supplies. The children who undergo eye surgery will be so happy and comforted by these stuffed animals. I would love to do an annual stuffed animal drive at Frenchtown. My Grandparents, Dr. Robert and Darlene Della Rocca, the founders of this mission are very appreciative of our efforts and will be sure to keep us posted on this years eye mission in the beginning of March.

Thank you Frenchtown!

Sydney Fay

Super Bowl/Super Kids Day

Thanks to all the Fun Friday liaisons and volunteers for making Super Bowl/Super Kid Day so much fun! The students loved it.

And even Honey Bear got in on the action.

Super Bowl/Super Kid Day

The PBIS Committee would like to invite Frenchtown students join in an all-school celebration: Super Bowl/Super Kids Day, on Friday, January 30, 2015!

All students are invited to wear Team-based clothing. This could be any NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB items.  It is likely that many will be supporting the Patriots’ bid for the Super Bowl by wearing their colors, but any sports team apparel is welcome.

Each classroom will receive three mini footballs to be awarded as a prize to the "Best Fans" in that class!

URGENT: After School Chess & Play CANCELLED

ATTENTION ALL PARENTS: Due to the unpredictable weather, after school play and chess are CANCELLED today, Monday 1/26.

Please be sure that Mrs. Kehoe is aware of your child's transportation for the afternoon - call 884-4713 to let her know how they will get home.

Thanks and stay warm!

Frenchtown Soup Drive

Frenchtown Elementary is going to the

Help kick hunger by bringing in donations of canned soup for a local food pantry.

Bring in as many cans as you would like.

Donation boxes will be located in the foyer as well as the Car Bear area 

from Monday, January 26th-Friday, January 30th.

Academic Newsletter for the Week of 1/19

From Mrs. Vaughn:

January 19:  Liam W
January 20:  Mia B.
January 21:  Daniel B., Matthew B.
January 22:  Sarah A., Charlotte M., Anna P.
January 25:  Savannah H., Mr. Richard
January 26:  Mr. Dwyer


AROUND SCHOOL

Professional learning at Frenchtown! Teams of teachers joined grade level Foundations coaching visit and participated in collaborative discussions about phonics instruction.


MARK YOUR CALENDARS
January 21: Parent Forum on Teaching and Learning: Pilot Literacy Programs and Library Enrichment - 6:00 pm @ Frenchtown

January 22: COA presents FUndaFest


IN THE CLASSROOMS
Kindergarten
Math:

• Counting to 100 and representing qualities to 20.

E/LA:

• Goal: RF.K.3 - Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sound for each consonant.

Theme:

• Elson: Ff, Fun, /f/
• Rakovic: Gg, Game, /g/

Other:

• We will begin STAR testing this week.

Grade 1
Math:

• We are learning math facts from 10 to 20.
• We are focusing on subtraction sentences to 12 and working on solving various word problems.
• Please continue to practice addition and subtraction facts at home.
• Parent Newsletter for Math 

E/LA:

• We continue to work on various decoding and comprehension skills in reading groups.  
• We are focusing on refining our narrative writing pieces.

Science:

• We will be beginning the New Plants kit. Our first lesson will concentrate not he life cycle of a plant.

Other:

• We will be learning about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this month.

Grade 2
Math:

• Second graders continue to practice measuring accurately to the nearest ½ inch.
• Please remind your children to practice addition and subtraction facts every night.

E/LA:

• Students are working on improving their narrative writing skills by adding a little bit of dialog and lots of strong adjectives.

Science:

• Second grade students will continue researching penguins and other Arctic mammals.

Fun Friday Volunteers Needed

It's fun Friday time again and we're looking for volunteers to help with the "Super Bowl Super Students" themed activities the Fun Friday team has planned for Friday, January 30th. For AM kindergarten, Fun Friday will be from 10:30-11:05 am, and for PM kindergarten, first and second grades, it will go from 1:00-2:00 pm.

Fun Fridays are once-a-month activities for each grade, facilitated by parent volunteers.  The kids really enjoy them and we hope you will too!

If you'd like to volunteer to help, you can do so via Sign Up Genius here.

Please note that in order to remain compliant with School Committee policies and laws related to visitors to the building, we ask that each volunteer has a recent BCI check and Statement of Confidentiality in place.

Stuffed Animal Drive Update

Look at all of the toys Frenchtown families have donated to support former student Sydney Fay's stuffed animal drive! 

You know you have a few extras at home your kids aren't playing with anymore, so bring them in to benefit The Volunteer Health Program, and huge thanks to everyone who's contributed a new or used stuffed animal already.

For more information on the stuffed animal drive, check out the post here.

Stuffed Animal Donations Needed

Former Frenchtown student Sydney Fay is running a stuffed animal drive. Please consider donating. Here's how:

Dear Frenchtown Elementary Families,

My name is Sydney Fay and am a seventh grade student at Cole Middle School.

Twenty years ago my grandparents, Robert and Darlene Della Rocca started a non­-profit mission to help children and adults in developing nation get the eye care they need. This organization is called The Volunteer Health Program, (VHP). Every year, many doctors and nurses volunteer their time and skill to helping people in the Dominican Republic. Many of these children have problems with their eyes that they can’t afford to fix. When the VHP (Volunteer Health Program) goes to the Dominican
Republic they provide the basic eye care they need, from a pair of glasses to pediatric surgery. Over 85 doctors and nurses see about 1700 to 2000 patients during each annual mission. But, they can’t do it alone.

I have made it my mission to collect gently used stuffed animals from our community for The Volunteer Health Program to bring with them. These stuffed animals will be given to the children who undergo eye surgery. This will provide comfort before and after their surgery. Many of these children are very poor and don’t have any toys. So making this donation will bring smiles to their faces knowing that someone cares.

How you can help…
● Bring in a any stuffed animals that your children are
finished playing with.
● We will accept new or gently used stuffed animals.
● A collection bin will be placed in the front of the school to
hold all donations.
● Any amount will be greatly appreciated. One toy can make a childs day.
Thank you so much for helping the Volunteer Health Program in their efforts to give
these children a brighter, clearer world!

To find out more about the VHP visit
http://www.volunteerhealthprogram.org/volunteerhealthprogram/ABOUT_VHP.html or email me at sfay866@student.egsd.net.

Sincerely,

Sydney Fay

Thank you :)