GWS Weekly Newsletter

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

Our theme for the month of November is gratitude. Staff members at Governor Winslow School are so grateful for the gift of our students, and we work extremely hard on keeping them safe and happy in our learning environment. We regularly review behavior expectations, and recognize the many times our students exceed those expectations. Our new positive reinforcement system is called Winslow's Spot. Staff members will help Winslow, our PeaceBuilder Bear, to spot kind behaviors. When a student is spotted going above and beyond to show kindness, staff members will reward them with a Spot Card. Classrooms will be collecting Spot Cards to build a sense of community, and when GWS earns 300 spots collectively, there will be a school-wide reward. As of today, our students have already earned 174 Spot Cards! We invite our families to support us by celebrating your children when they are caught being kind!

Tuesday 11/8: No school for students (Professional development day for teachers)

Friday 11/11: No school, Veterans Day

Wednesday 11/23: Gr 4 Thanksgiving Assembly

Early Release, 12:10PM (no lunch served)

Thursday 11/24- Friday 11/25: Thanksgiving break

Once again, in honor of Veterans Day, the Marshfield Public Schools will be Homework Free across the district on Veterans Day and over the Veterans Day weekend.

We started this tradition seven years ago and going “homework free” in conjunction with Veterans Day has been greatly appreciated by students and staff, our families and, most importantly, our Veterans. The district continues to focus attention on the social-emotional well-being of our students and staff, and by adjusting their homework schedule for Veterans Day, it has a big impact on our educational stakeholders. Annually, the issue of homework is one that has generated a lot of discussion across the region and it has been reported to teachers and administrators that schedules and stress levels continue to grow as the year progresses. We hope that these homework free nights can help relieve some of that stress.

In addition, each year we have used this time away from homework to allow our students and staff, and their families, to focus on the importance of recognizing Veterans Day. In lieu of homework, it is our hope that members of our school community, as they have over the years, will find the time on Veterans Day (or over the weekend) to thank a Veteran they may know for their service to our country. The person they reach out to could be a relative, a neighbor or a friend. In addition, if members of our school community can attend the Veterans Day Ceremony on November 11th at Veterans Memorial Park, I know that the dedicated group of men and women, who have given so much to our country, would greatly appreciate the gesture.

As a district, we like to say that we are "better together" and this simple gesture is just one more example of our community coming together to honor some very special people. #ThankaVet

WHO: Governor Winslow School Students: 3rd - 5th Grade

WHEN: Week Starting Monday, November 14th - Week Ending Friday, December 23rd (6 weeks)
-No program 11/25
-Program runs Wednesdays & Fridays 7:55 - 8:40AM
-Sign up options for individual days

WHERE: Governor Winslow School Gym

FEE: Wednesday $45.00 / Friday $37.50

ADDITIONAL INFO: Join us for fun sports and gym activities before school! This program will be run by Recreation Director, Craig Jameson. Students should bring a water bottle, wear appropriate clothes to run around, and sneakers!

To Register Online, Please go to: https://marshfieldma.myrec.com/info/default.aspx

Click here to view the November 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.

A La Carte Options

2nd Lunch - $2.75

Milk - .75 cents (milk comes with a lunch)

Water - .50 cents

Ice Cream - $1.25 (Tuesdays only)

Preferred method of payment:

Online: www.myschoolbucks.com

After you log in or register (if new) use your child's birthday for the ID number to add your child's account

Check payable to: Town of Marshfield (child’s First/Last name in Memo)

Cash: please put in an envelope marked Lunch Money with your child’s name on it.

GWS GEAR IS HERE!!!

The store will be open until Nov. 13! Place your orders by then to ensure a delivery by Christmas.

If you would like to save on delivery costs, simply choose Ship to Store and the PTO will pick up all of the orders and bring the merchandise back to Marshfield where everyone will be able to collect them locally.

School Store

Don’t forget the school store is open every Monday for grades 1-5!