
Plympton Family Update
October 27, 2023
From the Interim Principal
Hello Plympton Families,
Our grade 3 students had a fabulous trip to Plimoth Patuxet this week. Students came back excited to share about their adventures! Staff and chaperones said the children were very well-behaved and asked excellent questions. Thank you to our family chaperones!
We were very happy to have so many families here on Wednesday for conferences. If you were not able to make an appointment, we have another early release scheduled for November 15.
Please read the important information about the Family Panorama Survey below. We value your feedback. This year's survey is significantly shorter than those in previous years!
Students in grades 3-5 will also complete student surveys next week. You may choose to opt your student out of the survey. Opt-out letter are attached to this email.
Halloween is Tuesday, October 31. We know many of our students are excited! We do not celebrate Halloween during school and costumes should remain at home.
Forsyth Dental will be at Plympton on 10/31/23. The students who were previously enrolled and newly enrolled will receive dental services on that day. Forsyth Dental consent forms were sent home previously. Forsyth Dental is a free program for students that do not have a dental home. They provide preventative dental care. If you have questions about this, please contact Nurse Sharon at sharonduquette@walthampublicschools.org.
Go Penguins!
Sincerely,
Adrienne Norris
Interim Principal
Panorama Family Survey
Dear Families,
Our district values your feedback! We are currently surveying Waltham families in order to gain insight into your perception of our school and district effectiveness. To ensure we continue to provide high quality, rigorous learning experiences that meet the needs of our learners and prepare them for college and career, we need your input. We want to know what you think.
Our schools have partnered with Panorama Education to conduct our Fall 2023 Family Survey. Panorama protects your privacy, keeping your responses confidential. The survey shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to complete, and will be a valuable source of information for us as we work to make our schools and district as good as they can be.
You may complete the survey online between October 23 - November 9 using a computer, tablet, or smartphone by visiting this link:
surveys.panoramaed.com/waltham/fall23family
We thank you in advance for your thoughtful responses. If you have any questions about the survey administration, please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s school.
Sincerely,
Waltham Public Schools
Read & Relax After School at the Plympton School Library
Use this form to sign up to bring your Plympton student(s) to the library after school to read and relax together. The timing will be from pick up until 3:45pm. We will need to limit sign up to no more than 15 student/adult pairs/groups. You will be notified with a confirmation email from Ms. Halley the week before the date you signed up for. You may sign up for more than one date.
Display Your Art
News From the Library
From the PTO
The Read-A-Thon starts November 1, 2023!
Check out the PTO website: www.plymptonpto.org
Link to PTO meetings: Click here!
PTO Venmo: @plymptonpto
E-Mail: walthamplymptonpto@gmail.com
Upcoming Meetings via Zoom:
12/12 @ 7 pm
Save The Date!
Grade 3 Field Trip: October 24th
Early Release/Conferences: October 25th
Plympton Drama Production and MultiCultural Evening: November 17th
Community Events
Plympton Elementary School
When your student's after school dismissal arrangements change, please send a note to your child's homeroom teacher. If you prefer to email, please also include our fabulous secretary, Mrs, Conneely, at meghanconneely@walthampublicschools.org. Mrs. Conneely and Officer Dani double check every bus list every day and cross check with Champion attendance to be certain kids are getting to correct location after school. Please make every effort to communicate any changes as early as possible. Calls after 2:30 slow down our dismissal process.
All student must ride the bus they are assigned. Students may not switch buses.
Email: Adriennenorris@walthampublicschools.org
Website: https://www.walthampublicschools.org/o/plympton
Location: 20 Farnsworth St, Waltham, MA, USA
Phone: (781) 314-5760