Week of March 18th, 2024
Important Dates:
April 5th - Half-Day Dismissal at 12:15 pm
April 8 & 10 - Grade 4 ELA MCAS
April 9 & 11 - Grade 3 ELA MCAS
April 11th - 2nd Grade Concert @ 6:00 pm
April 15th - 19th - Spring Vacation
April 25th - 3rd Grade Concert @ 6:00 pm
April 29th - Half-Day Dismissal at 12:15 pm
2024 MCAS Dates
April 9th and 11th - Grade 3 ELA
April 8th and 10th - Grade 4 ELA
May 14th and 16th - Grade 3 Math
May 13th and 15th - Grade 4 Math
Highlights
Spirit Week Fun
Leprechaun Day:
Favorite Book Character:
Dress Like a Teacher:
2nd Grade March Madness
This year, our 2nd graders are thrilled to participate in the 2024 March Book Madness! Each week, students will read two books that go head-to-head in a battle for the most votes. Through a series of votes, they will determine their favorite, advancing it through the bracket until a winner is crowned as the 2024 March Book Madness champion!
Ti-GRRR Awards
G ~ We believe that one can develop a GROWTH mindset and learn new things.
R ~ A RESPECTFUL school community member is considerate of others.
R ~ A RESPONSIBLE school community member takes care of themselves, others and their environment.
R ~ A RESILIENT school community member takes on challenges, learns from mistakes and experiences growth through this process.
Abby Cook (3D) showed Respect to another student who had not had a turn selecting a new book in Book Club. Even though her whole group wanted a different book, Abby firmly stuck by her friend’s choice and the entire group agreed.
Chase Callahan (1A) shows Growth and Responsibility each and every day! He is great at being a role model with following directions and making good choices.
Victoria Lambert (1A) demonstrates what it means to be Resilient by working on an open-middle problem for two days until she solved it! Way to challenge and push through!
Margot Albert (3K) is always helping others in class. She makes sure when her peers are absent that they get what they need. She encourages her peers to work as a team. Margot seeks out others to help make them happy, even on the bus! #Respect #Responsible
Sophie Albert, Raven Fiore & Brianna Mousseau (KL) are showing what it means to be Responsible by demonstrating all of the Ti-GRRR core values in Kindergarten. From morning routines, caring for our classroom space and materials, and helping out their peers!
Avinsha Khurana & Sabine O'Connor (KL) are being Responsible Ti-GRRR's by taking care of their classroom materials neat, clean and organized. These two students are truly showing all of the core values in and every day in Kindergarten! Well done!
PERFORMANCE DATES
June 6th: Thursday 6:30pm
June 7th: Friday 6:30pm
June 8th: Saturday 2:00pm
*Tickets will be sold in advance and due to occupancy space within the Swallow Union cafeteria, there will be a limited number of tickets sold for each performance.
SU Music Concerts will take place in April and May!
Grade 2 performs on May 9th at 6pm at SU.
Grade 3 performs on April 25th at 6pm at SU.
Grade 1 performs on May 2nd at 6pm at SU.
Grade 4 performs on May 30th at 6pm at SU.
4th Graders will also perform at the GDRSD Fine Arts Festival in the Middle School South PAC at 7pm on May 20th!
The Kindergarten "Informances" will take place in the music classroom from 11:30 - 12:00. KL is on June 4th, KM is on June 6th, and KO is on June 7th.
SEPAC Events
G-D Special Education Parent Advisory Council
Message from GDEF ~ Please consider a donation.
The Groton Dunstable Education Foundation (GDEF) is a local nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting innovative and inspiring grants to enhance the quality of our students’ education. In the last academic year, GDEF awarded 12 grants across district schools totaling over $16,000 (information about all funded projects can be found here). If you or any loved ones are looking to make a year-end donation that will have an impact on your children's education, please consider donating to GDEF here. Your donations are directly returned to the hands and minds of students in the form of science, arts, technology, math, literacy, social-emotional learning, and civics programming.
Thank you for your support, The GDEF Board of Directors
The GDEF recently and graciously granted us funding to buy 16 wordless picture books for each of our Kindergarten classrooms. These books are an example of all the ways GDEF supports our students! Thank you for enriching our learning community!
School Start Time
The school day begins right at 8:55 am and both bus and parent drop off areas are completed at this time as well. If you bring your child to school after this time, please park in the parking lot and walk your child into the office to be signed in. Please do not drop your child off at the front door alone and please refrain from parking in the fire lane for safety reasons.
Absences
If your child(ren) will be absent for any reason, parents/guardians are responsible for notifying the school by calling in the absence. All student absences must be reported by 8:55 am by calling (978) 649-7281, choose option #1 and provide your child(rens) name, teacher, and reason for absence. Anyone who calls after this timeframe may receive an automated call regarding your child’s absence from school without notification. This is in place to ensure all students are accounted for either at home or in school.
Wellness Policy
Below please find the District’s Wellness Policy that we follow in order to ensure we are reinforcing healthy habits as well as student allergies. Teachers will be working with their Room Parents, School Administration, School Nurses and our PTO to ensure food that comes into school for school sponsored events (not including PTO sponsored events) such as special classroom events and school-wide gatherings, adhere to this policy. Thank you in advance for helping us with this throughout the school year.
