Valentine’s
Day
Valentine's Day is right around the corner.
How do you help your child to celebrate while supporting East Greenwich Schools’ Wellness Policy?
Never fear! Although we are not allowed to distribute candy to students, non-edible treats can be added to your Valentine cards. All of these items can be purchased quite inexpensively from your local party supply store.
They should cost about the same as it would cost to buy candy.
• Valentine pencils
• Small tubs of store bought or homemade play dough
• Temporary tattoos
• Valentine erasers
• Coloring books
• Silly Putty
• Small toys
• Stickers
• Glow sticks
• Bubbles
• Pencil toppers
• Origami paper and instructions
• Tooth brushes
NOTE: Please avoid sending balloons or other latex items due to allergies that may be present in the classroom.
Morning
Supervision: Is Today Indoor or Outdoor Supervision?
As you
drop your child off in the morning, there may be a bus cutout in the front
window of the office. If you see this
sign, that indicates that supervision before the bell will be held inside. Students who are eating breakfast or ordering
lunch are asked to go to the cafeteria. All other students are asked to wait in the gym. There is a designated area for each grade level in the gym.
If you see the sign and children are inside, please drop
your child off on the side of the building as you would any other day. The first door on the left, past the
Kindergarten playground will be open for all students being dropped off by 8:10 a.m.
As Always, Safety First
When dropping your child off in the morning, please consider the safety procedures created by Ocean State Transit. Those procedures relative to drop off/and pick up are:
- At the schools there are designated parking areas for buses only and fire lanes
that need to be clear at all times. Please ensure that during drop off and pick
up times you are not parked in these zones. These lanes are wide enough so the
buses can make their turns.
It takes extra room to turn the buses and accommodate the “tail swing” after the buses
make the turns.
- There is a “Danger Zone” 10 feet around the outside of the whole school bus. We need to keep children, parents, and
vehicles out of that area because there is a lack of visibility in these areas.
- When children are crossing the road in front of the bus, let the driver cross
them. Please don’t walk across the street to get them. We have excellent
monitors in the East Greenwich community. They work as a team with the driver to insure the children cross
properly and safely. They have been trained in the proper procedures. Please
let the team on your child’s bus do the job for which they have been trained.
Our Morning Message Focus for February: Celebrating
America’s Diversity, Caring for Others, Helping Hearts
In 1995, when gang violence was an epidemic in our nation, there was a Stop the Violence
Conference held on Dr. Martin Luther King Day in Houston, Texas. Hundreds of students made the following
pledge:
- To strive to be a builder of peace.
- To get rid of violence in my thoughts, words, and my behavior.
- To walk in peace with others from this day, evermore.
We will be highlighting these concepts throughout the month.
February Reading List
Helping Hearts - K-5
•
The Wednesday Surprise, E. Bunting
•
An Angel for Solomon, C. Rylant
•
Thank you, Mr. Falker, P. Polacco
• Chicken Sunday, P. Polacco
• Wilfred Gordon MacDonald Partridge, M. Fox
• The Wolf’s Chicken Stew, K. Kasza
• The School Story, A. Clements
• The Report Card, A. Clements
• The Earth Dragon Awakes, L. Yep
• Number the Stars, L. Lowry
It’s Magic
• Dancing in the Wings, D. Allen
• Dealing With Teasing, L.K. Adams
• Ella the Elephant, C. D’amico
• If the Shoe Fits, G. Soto
• Red is Beautiful, R. John
• Simon’s Hook: A Story about Teases
K-3
Not Cool - K-3
• Bully B.E.A.N., J. Cook
• How to Lose All Your Friends, N. Carlson
• King of the Playground, P.R. Naylor
• The Meanest Thing to Say, B. Cosby
• The Recess Queen, A. O’Neill
• Bullies are a Pain in the Brain, T. Romain
• The Hundred Dresses, E. Estes*
• Make a Wish, Molly, B. Cohen*
That’s So Random
• Random Acts of Kindness, D.R. Kingma
• Small Acts of Kindness, J. Vollbracht
• The Three Questions, J. Muth
Celebrating America’s Diversity - K-5
• Every Human Has Rights by National Geographic
• Global Babies by Global Relief Fund
• It’s Okay to be Different by Todd Parr
• Shades of People by Shelley Rotner
• The Peace Book by Todd
Parr
• The Sneetches and Other
Stories by Dr. Seuss
• We Are All Alike . . . We
Are All Different
• Whoever You Are by Mem
Fox
• You and Me Together: Moms, Dads, and Kids
Around the World by National Geographic
An Upcoming Event in RI
Unpacking Race:An Essential Conversation in Schools and in Homes
“Well Checks” in Reading
As our children grow, most of us are familiar with medical “well checks” our pediatricians perform. Our doctors weigh
our children and measure how tall they are. This information can help doctors to understand if our children are
growing properly of if something may be wrong, enabling them to plan a course
of action as soon as possible.
We all
know how important it is for our children to grow as readers as well. In fact, successfully learning to read at an
early age is one of the most important factors in a child’s learning. Because reading growth is so important, on a
regular basis our teachers perform formative assessments on students to
determine strength and need as well as the focus for further instruction.
On a
district-wide level, schools are implementing STAR assessments for ongoing progress
monitoring in reading as well. Please
feel free to reach out to your child’s teacher if you have any concerns.
Scholarships Available
Did you
know that in partnership with PTG and our Title I Community Partnership
program, scholarships are available for all before and after school
events? If you have a financial need and
could benefit from this assistance, all you need to do is call Mrs. Vaughn at 884-4713. Once the call is made, she will ask you to fill out the appropriate registration forms and will make sure that funds are
placed in the envelope and the registration, complete with the fee, is turned
in to the PTG. Please don’t hesitate to
call if you have a need. We make every
effort to ensure that this process remains confidential.
Super Bowl/Super Students Day
What a wonderful way to end a
month!
January 30 was our
school wide PBIS celebration: Super
Bowl/Super Students! We had a special lunch event, Super Fans, Super Bowl predictions, soup
drive finale and Fun Friday all in one.
Thank you to our wonderful Fun
Friday Liaisons and volunteers: Denise
Lopez, Donnah Mathews, Ericka Owens, Howard Faunce, Jill Spitzer,
Laura Santilli, Judy Hart, Nikki Berte, Linda Settipane, Michelle Anvar, Betsy Aulisio, Nicolette Berte, Amanda Campbell-O’Connell, Marisa Colucci, Jen D'Ellena, Jeff Dronzek, Katie Erickson, Stephanie Ferguson, Angela Frolov, Jen Gaffney, Kari Glynn, Sue Guerzon, Mandy Lehne, Seana Marcks, Stephanie Martin, Maura McCarthy, Rebecca McGeorge, Susan Morandi, Cindy Patrick, Claire Patti, Meenu Vedantham, Susan Riley, Heather Saakov, Jill Saccoccia, Denise Schwarzbach, Ellen Slater, Jill Spitzer, Marybeth Straut, Renee Syed, Denise Taliaferro, Jannette Todaro, Vincent Torilli, Jodi Williston, Rachel Busch, Danielle Fluehr, Valerie Knight, Carla Molina, Jay Leahy and Thomas Joyce,
