GWS Weekly Newsletter

Email: cmullen@mpsd.org
Website: https://www.mpsd.org
Location: 60 Regis Road, Marshfield, MA, USA
Phone: 781-834-5060

What an exciting week at GWS! It was teacher appreciation week, and our staff members were showered with love and appreciation all week long. We received warm words of thanks, sweet treats, festive floral arrangements, and beautiful books for our classroom libraries. We are blessed to serve in such a loving and supportive school community. Thank you to our students and their families, especially our PTO members, for the kindness and appreciation shown to us throughout the school year.

Happy Mothers' Day to all moms, and I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Tuesday 5/16: Grade 1 to Capron Park Zoo

5/22-5/26: Scholastic Book Fair Week

Monday 5/22: Grade 4 to Harvard Museum

Wednesday 5/24: SpringFest, 4:30-6:30PM

Thursday 5/25: Grade 5 to Museum of Science / Kindergarten to Weir Farm

Friday 5/26: Memorial Day Performance, 9:30AM

Monday 5/29: No school, Memorial Day

Tuesday 5/30: Field Day

Wednesday 5/31: Grade 5 to FBMS

Thursday 6/1: Art Show (5:30PM) & Spring Concert (6:30PM)

Friday 6/2: Grade 3 to Daniel Webster Estate

Monday 6/5: Grade 5 to The Freedom Trail

Tuesday 6/6: Field Day (Rain Date)

Wednesday 6/7: Kindergarten Performance, 10AM

Thursday 6/8: Grade 3 to Winslow House

Friday 6/9: Grade 5 Farewell, 10AM

Tuesday 6/13: Last Day of School, Dismissal 12:10PM (no lunch will be served)

It is very important that students arrive to school on time. Proper rest and a nutritional breakfast have also proven beneficial. Please send a healthy snack to school with your child on test days.

Scholastic Book Fair is coming to GWS May 22nd- May 26th! Parents and guardians are welcome to shop with their children during their library time. We will have the eWallet option, which you can set up using the link below. You may prepay the amount that you wish to authorize your child to spend. Cash or checks (written out to Governor Winslow School) are also accepted. If sending in money with your child, please remember the sales tax of 6.25%.

Please see a list of class times below. *Classes have been moved to a different time than usual.

Monday

Grade 5: Brunetta 10:20 - 11:05

Grade 3: Sombronsky 11:10 - 11:55

Grade 1: Hayes 1:45 - 2:30

Tuesday

Grade 4: Backlund 9:30 - 10:15

Grade 5: DuRoss 10:20 - 11:05
*Grade 5: Toomey 11:15 - 12:00
Grade K: Gallagher 1:00 - 1:45
Grade 2: Lane 2:00 - 2:45

Wednesday

Grade 2: Jacobucci 9:05 - 9:50

Grade 3: McDonald 9:55 - 10:40

Grade 3: Doherty 10:45 - 11:30

Grade K: Keith 12:15 - 1:00

Thursday

Grade 2: Masotta 9:30 - 10:15

*Grade 4: Donelan 10:20 - 11:05

Grade 1: Roche 1:45 - 2:30

Friday

*Grade 4: Talacci 10:30 - 11:15
*Grade 2: Collins 12:00 - 12:45
Grade K: Martin 1:00 - 1:45
Grade 1: MacKay 1:45 - 2:30

Visit our Book Fair Homepage to learn more and get started with eWallet and online shopping. Thank you for helping to encourage GWS students to read and for supporting our school!

The musical walk game for SpringFest!! We are looking for volunteers to bake and decorate cakes for this fun game! Please stop by the school office to pick up a cake pan. 1 box of cake mix fills 2 cake pans. If anyone would like to bake allergy friendly cakes (gluten/nut or dairy free) this would be appreciated. Cakes can be brought with you to SpringFest.

What is the musical walk?

As the music plays, students walk or dance around the circle, stepping from one numbered circle to another. As soon as the music stops, everyone stands on the number they are closest to. Then a number is drawn, read out loud, and the person standing on that number gets a cake!

GWS SPRINGFEST!

Join us for the 2nd annual GWS Springfest on our own blacktop, playground and grass area! All families are invited to join in on the games, musical walk, raffle and more. Bring the whole family as we enjoy a night outside with our GWS community.

DATE: May 24, 2023

TIME: 4:30-6:30pm

LOCATION: GWS Blacktop

COST: $20 (families up to 4 people) / $25 (families 5+ people)

If you ordered spring apparel the pto will be picking up orders from Rockland athletics this weekend and distributing orders next week.

Click here to view the May menu.

Lunch and breakfast will be served at all elementary schools this year free of charge.

A la carte items cost extra and cannot be charged to a student's account.

Tuesdays are ice cream day!

Ice cream cost: $1.25

Please join the Special Education Parent Advisory Council for an important presentation.

Empowering All Learners: MPSD Digital Learning & Assistive Technology

When: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 6:30 PM

Where: Seth Ventress Building, 76 South River Street, Marshfield

Presenter: Aimee McAlpine, MPSD Director of Professional & Online Learning

We'll take a look at MPSDs technology toolbox to explore the ways in which educators and students use digital learning tools to support and enhance student learning. Learn about practices and tools we use, and join in some hands-on exploration, to discover the ways we engage and empower students, K-12 with diverse needs, to efficiently and effectively use today's tools to successfully navigate the present while preparing them for their futures.

For planning purposes, please click here to RSVP if you plan to attend.

On a small Greek island, Sophie Shierdan (played by Meg Lembo) dreams of the perfect wedding- one that includes her father giving her away at the altar. The only problem? She doesn’t know who he is! Her mother Donna (played by Carly Connor)- the lead singer of her 70s pop group Donna and the Dynamos, refuses to tell Sophie who he is. So Sophie takes matters into her own hands and does some research. Finally, she finds three possible fathers- Sam (Bennet Regan), Harry( Joe Mamet) , and Bill (Alex Robinson). Thinking that she’ll be able to tell who her father is the moment she sees him, she invites all three to her wedding. But when they arrive, she discovers that it will be much harder than she thought!