Principal's Corner

I hope everyone who celebrates Easter has a wonderful day with family!

Last week, we were beyond successful with our school Read A Thon. Students have earned bingo at lunch this week and we will be scheduling a time for them to pie Ms. Hallett and I in the face! 🥧 Thank you for your help supporting your child as a reader and for your fundraising efforts!

This week we start MCAS testing. GRADE 3 will be taking the English Language Arts (ELA) MCAS on Wednesday and Thursday. Please have your child to school on time, well rested, and ready to rock the test! We ask that you please send them with a water bottle, no gatorade, etc and look at your child's classroom teacher's instructions for snacks!

Tomorrow is our next Killam School Building Community Meeting. You are invited to join us in the Killam Cafe at 7 PM.

Lindsey Fulton, Principal

We are super excited to host our K-5 Field Day on Friday, May 31st, with a rain date of Friday, June 7th!

All K-5 students will participate in stations with their class and we need your help to make this happen! Please sign up for a volunteer slot if you are able to help!

There are new guidelines for returning to school with COVID. Please see below.

You may begin to resume normal activities with precautions if:

1. You have not had a fever for at least 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medicines; AND
2. Your other symptoms are improving.

• Avoid crowded indoor spaces. Wear a mask anytime you are indoors around other people
• Wash your hands often with soap and warm water. If soap and water are not available, use hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol.
• Avoid spending time with people who are at increased risk for severe disease.

This Week:

• Happy Easter and Ramadan to those celebrating!
• Monday, April 1st- Killam Building Project Community Meeting
• Tuesday, April 2nd- PTO Meeting
• Wednesday, April 3rd- 3rd Grade ELA MCAS
• Thursday, April 4th- 3rd Grade ELA MCAS

Next Week:

• Monday, April 8th- Solar Eclipse Party 2:45-3:45 PM
• Monday, April 8th- 4th Grade ELA MCAS
• Tuesday, April 9th- 4th Grade ELA MCAS
• Wednesday, April 10th- 5th Grade ELA MCAS
• Thursday, April 11th- 5th Grade ELA MCAS
• Thursday, April 11th- Killam Building Project Community Meeting
• Friday, April 12th- 1st Grade Field Trip
• Friday, April 12th- Gwendolyn the Pig Assembly for preschool, K, 2, 3
• ... April Break- Monday, April 15th- Friday, April 19th

• The next Killam School Community Meeting will be held on Monday, April 1, 2024 at 7pm at the Killam School. Our architect LBA and traffic consultants GPI will be on hand to review and provide feedback on site development options. A reminder CodeRED alert will go out on Monday at 10am to immediate school neighbors and those who have registered for alerts on the project website.

• Carla Nazzaro, Killam School Building Committee Chair and School Committee member, recently recorded a brief video with information on the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s (MSBA)’ rigorous admission process. Please view the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgmufCyL0cI&t=1s.

• Building Committee members will be visiting new schools in Watertown in mid to late April to see the latest in new school buildings featuring Net Zero energy use, the latest in educational spaces, and much more.

• At the last Killam School Building Committee Meeting on Monday March 25, the project architect LBA presented on the completion of the school’s traffic study and existing conditions assessment; reported on preliminary alternatives and educational program, which are in-progress; and shared that a geotechnical investigation is scheduled for mid-April with a final report expected in late May 2024.

• Finally, the website is now live at www.KillamSchool.com. There you can find a meeting calendar, project updates, background documents, and more. On the website visitors can sign up for specialized CodeRED Community Notifications related to project work and meetings. Be sure to check out our new social media account and share it with your friends. Click here to visit the new Facebook page.

Email: lindsey.fulton@reading.k12.ma.us
Website: https://killam.reading.k12.ma.us/en-US
Location: 333 Charles Street, Reading, MA, USA
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