Something to Yelle About

An Amazing Post-Vacation Week Of Fun & Learning!

Hello from the Yelle.

We are turning the calendar to another new month. It is unreal. Everyone came back refreshed, recharged, and ready to learn. What a tremendous week.

As I try to do each week, I use the big picture above to tell the story of the week in a gallery of pictures of us here at the Yelle.

I am going to speak on the groups of pictures by the four corner masaic groups of pictures. The top left corner has a group of pictures from today's High Five Friday with our Norton Police Officers. We have such a wonderful relationship with our NPD, and our SROs Sgt. Dennett and Officer Robichaud are just plain amazing with our students. We could not ask for better represenatives for our kids. The upper righthand two long pictures show our students working together. Again, it is one of the best things I see as I walk around each day; I love seeing our students collaborating and figuring things out together. The bottom lefthand three pictures are one of our 5th Grade Band practicing for the very first time together. Dr. Bianca had them in at lunchtime getting ready for our first Spring concert in three years. Under the band picture is Dr. O'Neill and Dr. Baeta, our Assistant and Superintendent getting right in and talking with our students on their administrative walk-through this past week. They are two of the best and they show it as they sit right down and talk with our kids. The lower righthand corner group of pictures is from Friday morning when a very special visitor came calling, our very own JiJi from our ST Math program came by and welcomed our students this morning. Our students are so energized by the ST Math program and to see JiJi was just sensational.

The pictures above and the others from Twitter below really do relay a story of the amazing accomplishments our students and teachers have been able to achieve just this past week. Please check them out below and all over our Twitter feed to help to tell the incredible story we are writing this year.

Please check out the rest of the Newsletter for some important information including ... upcoming calendar events including Spring Picture Day next Thursday, news from the PTO and SEPAC, the need for 5th Grade pictures for the Yearbook, sponsors for the Yearbook, the It Takes A Community basketball game, and more ...

Please check it out.

Thanks again; stay safe and well; have a wonderful weekend,

Marty

Martin R. Geoghegan

Principal

Henri A. Yelle Elementary School

Thursday, May 5 – LifeTouch Spring Picture Day

Tuesday, May 10, and Wednesday, May 11 – Grade 5 Math MCAS

Thursday, May 12, and Friday, May 13 – Grade 4 Math MCAS

Tuesday, May 17 – Grade 5 STE MCAS

Wednesday, June 1 – Yelle Spring Band Concert

Please Stay Safe and Well!

We are working hard on the 5th grade yearbooks but need your help Please submit a headshot of your 5th grader using this link https://forms.gle/izj8ReXK9ceACMoa7 by next Friday, May 6th.

You can use the Lifetouch photo taken in the Fall or submit a photo you have taken on your phone (a photo from the waist up only please). Spring Lifetouch photos will not be taken in time to be in the yearbook.

The PTO is excited to be able to gift every 5th Grade student a yearbook!

AND if you have any candid photos from Trunk or Treat or group pictures of students please email them to hayellepto@gmail.com.

Please support #HAYNation by becoming an advertised business partner!

The Henri A. Yelle Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) is fully funding the 5th Grade 2022 Yearbook for all 5th grade students.

We are looking for local companies that would like to help support this endeavor by advertising their business on the back cover of the yearbook.If interested please contact us at hayellepto@gmail.com

We will be celebrating Teacher Appreciation Day on Friday, May 6th!

Help celebrate your awesome teachers by making a poster or sign that can be hung up through out the school!

Collection boxes will be located in the cafeteria or in the lobby by the office. Also, if anyone would like to donate towards our secret activity we are acepting donations via venmo @HenriA-YellePTO.

Thank you, as always for being an amazing community of families that help support our school and teachers.

#HAYNation

Please mark your calendars for the upcoming MCAS Testing Administration.

All Yelle students will be completing the MCAS on the following days:

Grade 5 Math -- Tuesday, May 10, and Wednesday, May 11

Grade 4 Math -- Thursday, May 12, and Friday, May 13

Grade 5 STE (Science Technology & Engineering) -- Tuesday, May 17

And ELA has been completed ...

Grade 4 ELA -- Tuesday, April 5, and Wednesday, April 6 -- COMPLETED

Grade 5 ELA -- Thursday, April 7, and Friday, April 8 -- COMPLETED

More information to come; just mark these dates in your calendar. Thank you.

Please see more great Tweets like these by going to Twitter either at #HAYNation or @HAYSchoolNorton -- Make sure you Follow Us and Tag Us in any Tweets you want us to see!

Here is Norton SEPAC's monthly newsletter for April.

Please click her for April's SEPAC Newsletter.

Please check out All of Norton SEPAC's monthly Newsletter here.

The Norton SEPAC's mission:

Our Mission:

We are here to promote and support an innovative educational environment where children with disabilities have equal access to educational opportunities and a school and community environment where all children are encouraged to reach their full potential.

We are here to promote a network for parents/guardians of children with disabilities and provide a forum to share information and discuss matters of relative interest and concern regarding our children.

We are here to promote communication and programs within the community to encourage understanding, respect, acceptance, and inclusion of children with disabilities.

We are here to promote collaboration with the school community to continually improve the educational opportunities available within our schools that promote improved educational outcomes for children with disabilities.

Norton SEPAC website.

STEAM Recyclables List From Mrs. Cashton, Our STEAM Specials Teacher

We need your help to collect the following items for upcoming projects in the STEAM Lab. Please send in with your student whenever you can. Questions? Email Mrs. Cashton at scashton@norton.k12.ma.us

• Toilet paper rolls

• Paper towel rolls

• Plastic tops from water bottles, drinks

• Thin cardboard (cereal boxes, cracker boxes, etc. folded flat please)

• Old CD or DVDs for projects

• Fabric

• Yarn

• Card stock paper

• Pompoms

• Styrofoam

• Packing bubbles

• Egg cartons

• Legos-would be a nice donation!

• Painters tape

• Masking tape

Thank you so much!

Join NEED for a fun & funny evening out! The event will take place at the beautiful Hillside Country Club in Rehoboth & will feature three amazing comedians and a large array of raffles & auctions to bid on! A scrumptious Italian buffet is included in your ticket price!

6:30pm : Doors & Dinner

7:30pm : Show starts

Dear NPS Families:

There is a new virtual tutoring acceleration program that is available to students in grades 1-8 at no cost.

We have highly-qualified teachers available and ready to provide this extra support in English Language Arts/ Literacy and Mathematics/ Numeracy. The virtual tutoring acceleration program runs Monday-Friday from 3:00pm-7:00pm. Students may receive up to two 45 minute sessions per week.

Please sign in and book a tutoring session.

They may do so by accessing GoSchoolBox via their Classlink.

I strongly believe that this program is an important asset to our students' education as we continue to go through challenging times.

I have attached a poster for the program above and here: NPS Acceleration Program (2).pdf

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

With gratitude,

Mia Correia (she/her/hers)

Virtual Tutoring Coordinator (Grades 1-8)

Norton Public Schools

mailto:mcorreia@norton.k12.ma.us

Serving Grades 4 and 5

Principal Martin R. Geoghegan

Past Newsletters can be found Here.

Website: https://www.norton.k12.ma.us/henri-a-yelle-elementary-school
Location: 64 West Main Street, Norton, MA, USA
Phone: 508-285-0190
Twitter: @HAYSchoolNorton