Weekly Bulletin

TO DO:

• buy your Under the Stars dance tickets!
• Sign up for JA in a Day
• Homerooms still needing volunteers:
• Priddle
• Clement
• Grabarz
• Ferreri
• Cotter
• Messina
• Check out the open PTO Committee Positions

NEW NEWS:

Run Club parents, please check your email before leaving home on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If there is bad weather or Mrs. S. is sick, we will cancel.

OLD NEWS

SBAC testing -- Just a "heads-up" that 3rd and 4th graders will be taking the SBAC test after April break. We recommend that each student bring in their own set of WIRED headphones. Wireless headphones do not work, and students do not like the school headphones in general. A cheap pair (think 5 Below, not Apple Store) is fine. A microphone is not necessary.

Copies of Health Assessment (physical exam) forms: Parents, please be sure to make a copy of the students physical forms prior to sending them into school and to contact your pediatrician office if you need a replacement copy. We do not provide copies of those forms.

Junior Achievement --

PARENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

JA in Day at Booth Hill Elementary School

Monday April 28th

830am- 1 pm

What: Junior Achievement is a wonderful organization that facilitates impactful learning experiences for K-12th grade students. They focus on three pathways: financial literacy, work and career readiness, and entrepreneurship.

Who: Be your child's teacher for the day!

“JA in Day” is a great opportunity to spend time in your child’s classroom, teaching grade- appropriate curriculum about- financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and community.

How: We need two parent volunteers for each classroom and grade level, who will teach the class together with JA Learning Kits.

JA in a Day Learning Kits will be distributed by early/ mid April– more information to come!

Two, 30-minute virtual training sessions will take place two-three weeks prior to JA in a Day – these dates are TBD but more information will be provided as people sign up

Sign up Genius Link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080A4DA5AB2EA7FC1-55735670-bhsxjunior

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CONGRATULATIONS to this week's PBIS PAWS Turtle-y Awesome Students!

Dylan C-G.

Savannah L.

Audrey Y.

Mateo F.

Autumn R.

Oleksiy S.

Raelyn K.

Josh M.

Gino S.

Aaron V.

Enrique G.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM BHS!!!

Don't forget to order your Buddy Grams!

Our 3rd-Grade students were engaged in a play-based learning unit this week wherein they made models of the Apollo 11 rocket and lunar module.

Students wrote a brief description of what they created based on their learning in Wit and Wisdom Module 2, which is titled Outer Space. Throughout the module, they have been learning about the history of space and how it has changed over time. This play-based project focused on their understanding of Apollo 11 and its mission. Students worked together in collaborative groups to create the Apollo 11 spacecraft and any additional details to enhance their projects.

The Shelton High School Youth -to-Youth organization visited 4th grade P.E. classes to present information about risks of using tobacco and vaping. The Youth 2 Youth program has been in existence for the past 25 years

High school students who live in Shelton meet weekly to explore youth issues, plan community

service projects, learn new life skills and train to become youth mentors/educators.

This peer/community service group prepares young people for their roles in society in the areas

of personal growth, leadership, and community involvement.

THIS WEEK:

T, W, TH, April 22, 23, 24 -- SBAC (grades 3 & 4)

Saturday, April 26 -- Under the Stars family dance 6-8 PM Only for current BHS students

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LOOKING AHEAD:

APRIL

Monday, April 28 -- Junior Achievement in a Day

Mondays, April 28 - June 2 -- PIZZA WARS AT FIRE ENGINE PIZZA CO.

• Kindergarten -- April 28
• First Grade -- May 12
• Second Grade -- May 19
• Third Grade -- May 26
• Fourth Grade -- June 2

Monday, April 28 - Friday, May 2 -- College and Career Week

Tuesday, April 29 -- MTSS Training 9-12 (some staff only)

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MAY

May 1, 6, 7, 8, -- SBAC (Grades 3 & 4 only)

May 4 -- BHS PTO Softball game @ BHS

Wednesday, May 5 -- MTSS Training 9-12 (some staff only)

Tuesday, May 6 -- Author visit (afternoon)

Thursday, May 8-9 -- PTO Plant Sale

Friday, May 9 -- 4th Grade Field Trip

NEW Friday, May 9 -- Shelton Schools Quassy Night (details to come)

Monday, May 12 -- Early Dismissal for staff training

Tuesday, May 13- bus evacuation drill

May 13 - 16 -- NWEA Testing for grades K, 1, and 2

Monday, May 19 -- SHS Seniors visit BHS

Tuesday, May 20 -- Concert for grades 1, 2, and 3 (afternoon)

NEW -- Wednesday, May 21 -- BMX Show 9:30

Thursday, May 22 (rain date May 23) -- Field Day & Picnic

Tuesday, May 27 -- 4th-Grade Celebration (afternoon)

(NEW) Tuesday, May 27 -- 3rd Grade Field Trip

Wednesday, May 28 -- 4th grade visit to PHS

NEW Wednesday, May 28 -- Do You Know the Nutmegs? 9:30

(NEW) Thursday, May 29 -- Kindergarten Field trip (Correction)

Friday, May 30 -- BHS PTO End of year party

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JUNE

Tuesday, June 3 -- Kindergarten Celebration at 10:00

Thursday, June 5 - Tuesday, June 10 -- Early Dismissal days (tentative)

Tuesday, June 10 -- Tentative last day of school

Wednesday, June 11 -- Shelton Juneteenth Celebration & Recognition

To Do:

• Raffle Basket gift cards
• 
  

OLD BUSINESS:

Friday Lunch -- Our Friday lunch money has been low the past few weeks. Please be sure to label your money with a sticky note or hand it to Dina or Tina. People have had to put in extra to cover for the shortage.

Book Club for April will be Broken Country by Claire Leslie Hall:

Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth’s brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, Beth doesn’t realize that the gunshot will alter the course of their lives. For the dog belonged to none other than Gabriel Wolfe, the man Beth loved as a teenager—the man who broke her heart years ago. Gabriel has returned to the village with his young son Leo, a boy who reminds Beth very much of her own son, who died in a tragic accident. As Beth is pulled back into Gabriel’s life, tensions around the village rise and dangerous secrets and jealousies from the past resurface, this time with deadly consequences. Beth is forced to make a choice between the woman she once was, and the woman she has become. A sweeping love story with the pace and twists of a thriller, Broken Country is a novel of simmering passion, impossible choices, and explosive consequences that toggles between the past and present to explore the far-reaching legacy of first love.

Classroom Assignments for 2025 - 2026 -- It is time to look at grade assignments for next year. If you are interested in a change in assignment, please let me know prior to April Break.

Time Sheets -- Aa always, all paraeducators and tutors are asked to sign in daily with accurate times. You need to be at your first assignment at your start time, not entering the building or parking lot.

NWEA -- Grades K-2 will have NWEA testing May 13 - 16 in the morning. Grade 3 & 4 testing has been postponed until we we can reassess after SBAC.

SBAC testing -- will take place after April vacation. The schedule can be found here.

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You can design and purchase your own Staff Spirit Wear -- https://apparelnow.com/booth-hill-school-shelton-apparel?activate-store

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• April 23rd & 30th AM meetings will now be with Dana Bosio for trauma training

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Looking Ahead:

.May 7 -- Building Mtg.

May 12 PL -- K-3 -- UFLI; Grade 4 -- Vertical alignment

May 14 -- System-wide dept. mtgs.

May 21 -- Collaborative time

May 28 -- Collaborative time

"Closed Dates": When possible, we ask the staff to be sensitive to our closed dates when scheduling personal events.

Tuesday, April 29th

Monday, May 5th

Friday, May 9th

Monday, May 19th

March 28 -- 4, 7, 10, 31, 50

April 4 -- 5, 20, 39, 41, 42

April 23 -- Heroes and Villains

May 7 -- Mix and Match day -- how many different prints can you wear?

May 21 -- Crazy Hair day

June 4 -- Beach day -- wear your beachy best

• SEE THE FULL SCHEDULE BELOW!

Please choose snack and lunch items that do not contain nuts for your children. Several of our students are allergic to nuts and could experience rashes, swollen lips and eyes, and/or anaphylaxis. Please check labels for any nuts and select other items, such as sun butter for school. Thanks!