Hello Middle School families. I hope you had a great weekend.
As I am sure you heard from Dr. Chesson and maybe the news there was a virus at the Florence Roche Elementary school on Friday. I sure hope that any of our middle school families that also have students at FloRo are healthy and on the mend. If you do have any middle schoolers who got sick we urge you to call your pediatrician and keep your student home for 72 hours after symptoms have resolved. More information will come from Dr. Chesson later tonight.
Grade 8:
Is your child applying to another school for next school year? Please read this information about our process for requesting teacher recommendations and school transcripts. You may contact your child's school counselor with any specific questions.
Information about 8th grade transitions can be found on the GDRMS counseling website. This page will be updated during the school year as new dates become available.
All 8th grade students who live in Groton have the option of applying to Nashoba Valley Technical High School for 9th grade. 8th grade students who live in Dunstable may apply under school choice, if space permits. All 8th graders also have the opportunity to go visit and tour Nashoba Valley Technical High School with parent permission on Thursday, October 27th (more details in the permission slip).
Grade 5:
Ask your 5th grade student if they enjoyed the visit from Norah Dooley, Storyteller/Author this past week. I had the opportunity to observe some of the presentation in Mr. Klock’s and Ms. Solitro’s class. Students were very enthusiastic and engaged.
All Families:
The Middle School room at the Twomey Center is accepting new students. There was a glitch in the online registration and it appears that they are full, but they are not.
Interested parents can contact Stasia at sknight@gdrsd.org, or Megan Mmastroianni@gdrsd.org
or by calling (978) 448-0398.
We also have Homework Club and Book Study Club starting later in the month.
https://gdrsd.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=29865
https://gdrsd.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=29863
New after school activity:
The Middle School is excited to announce a new after-school program "Building Friendships Through Sports." The program will run from October through May and was developed to help students of all skill levels build relationships, expand social skills and have some fun, all while learning sports skills. The first session runs from October 18th through November 18, 2022 and includes basketball and/or mini-golf. For details, please go to https://www.gdrsd.org/page/athletics and click on "Register Now".
Drop Off:
This may seem silly but students should actually not be getting dropped off until 7:58. Can we please keep our students in the car until 7:58. Thank you
Reminders:
Believe it or not I have already received inquiries about Basketball tryouts. These will be held the Monday after Thanksgiving.
Dates to remember:
Picture Re-take this coming Friday 10/21
Grades are updated in SchoolBrains, Update grades 9/30, 10/14 and 10/28
Grades close on 11/4 and will be shared with families on 11/10
Parent Conferences 11/16 ½ day afternoon conferences, 11/17 ½ day evening conferences March 17th ½ day parent conferences.
Sincerely your Groton Dunstable Regional Middle School Principal
Wendy Salvatore wsalvatore@gdrsd.org