Studley Star

March

5 - Primary Elections at Studley

7 - Kindergarten Information Night for Incoming Kindergarteners

13 - PTO Meeting

13 - Report Cards Published

14 - A Night to Discover - Community Showcase

15 - Wear your GREEN

18-22 Bookfair

21 - Family Candy BINGO

22 - Studley Spirit Day

28 - Sports Day

29 - No School

April

1,2 - Grade 4 ELA MCAS

3,4 - Grade 3 ELA MCAS

5 - School Dance

Our front office clerks are Isabel Damiani and Lisa Frolio. They will be a great resource for you as they will be there to answer all your questions. Mrs. Damiani is new to us this year, so please give her a warm welcome when you see her or talk to her.

Mrs. Damiani - idamiani@attleboroschools.com

Mrs. Frolio - lfrolio@attleboroschools.com

• Arrival begins at: 8:30 AM
• School Day: 8:45 AM – 3:25 PM
• Dismissal is at 3:25 PM
• Early Release Dismissal: 12:25 PM

March is shaping up to be a very busy and productive month! This week we will be celebrating READING with some special activities for Read Across America. Together, we want to come together as a school community and have some fun around reading.

We will also be welcoming our new Kindergarten families for the 2024-2025 school year this Thursday night. If you know anyone with an incoming Kindergartner, please pass on the information. Can you believe it? It was not that long ago our very own current kindergarten families met in the cafeteria to start their journey with us, and now we are more than half way through the year.

Starting next week, we will be doing a school wide contest for our very own version of MARCH MADNESS. In this school challenge, we encourage students and staff to push themselves to do a variety of tasks and challenges to earn points for their class. Last year, Mrs. Nadeau's first grade class took first place. Will they she do it again or will another class take over as the winners?

Term 2 report cards will be published in ASPEN next Wednesday. We will remind you as it gets closer, but we are striving for a higher percentage of views. As always, if you need help accessing your ASPEN account, please reach out.

As a reminder, the primary elections will be held on Tuesday, March 5th in the Studley gym. The gym area will be closed off while school is in session. Students who have PE on Tuesday will have class in another area of the building. Please be patient if there is extra traffic on Tuesday.

The family surveys are continuing to pour in! Mrs. Burke's class and Ms. Medeiros' class continue to be high on the leader board. The data from the survey will be analyzed and used in developing our 2024-2026 school improvement plan. Your voice really does matter, and we appreciate you taking the time to fill it out.

Have a great week!

This week we celebrate Read Across America. Although everyday we engage in the reading activities, this week we will slow down and purposefully share in the joy.

On Monday, we will engage in Drop Everything and Read. When the announcement goes off, all staff and students will drop what they are doing and pick up a book to read. As a community of readers, we will make it a priority to make some time to have fun reading!

On Wednesday, we will be having Mystery Readers. This is something we hope to grow to include our families, but for this round staff members will be assigned to surprise a different class and read to them. All classes will have a mystery reader on Wednesday. Be sure to ask your child who their reader was and what they read!

We had an awesome time with Jeff Kinney. He engaged the audience with a game show type presentation testing knowledge and skills for a chance to earn books for our library. Students in grades 3 and 4 listened and learned about his journey as an author - they even saw how he drew one of his beloved characters! We are so lucky to have had this experience. It surely is one we won't forget. Maybe even the next generation of authors was inspired...

On March 14, 2024, from 6:00-7:30 PM, Attleboro Public Schools (APS) will host A Night to Discover: APS Student Learning and Community Partnership Showcase. We will have students from 8 classes sharing recent learning projects with the community. It is such a fun event for all - we hope you can make it!

Morning Drop-off:

• Always drive up as far as possible before stopping to let kids out.

• Students should exit their car on the sidewalk side and walk to school as soon as traffic comes to a stop and the school is in sight. This means that they will sometimes be walking on the sidewalk next to the field. (They can do it!)

• Drive with caution. Refrain from u-turns. Follow direction from staff.

• NEVER exit on the driver’s side on Rathbun Willard drive. Students should exit the passenger side whenever possible.

• Adults should remain in the car. Students should exit the car independently.

• When it's raining, students should wait until their car is in the loop to exit.

  
  

Afternoon Pick-up:

• Stay in line unless told to pass by staff.

• Refrain from using cell phones.

• Adults should remain in the car. Students should be able to open and close their door. Staff are available to assist students who are not yet tall or strong enough.

• If extra time for buckling is needed, please use the parking lane in front of the school.

• This allows us to keep the line moving at an efficient pace while providing a safe space for those who need additional time. We have experienced large backups when multiple cards need extra time.
  

• When you use the parking lane, you may take as long as you like and we can continue our dismissal process.

How can you help?

• Encourage students to gather their belongings and be ready to exit BEFORE the cars come to a stop.

• Practice getting in and out of the car, including opening and closing the door.

• Practice putting seatbelts on and taking them off.

• Keep pace with the flow of traffic (just like the drive thru at Dunkies).

We thank you for your continued support with making our drop-off and pick-up procedures run smooth, efficient, and safe.

We continue to collect information from our family survey in the hopes of gathering data from all of you to help improve our school community. We are aiming for 100% participation because ALL voices matter. We know there are things we can do better, and we are always looking to improve. Please take some time to fill out the survey below. We will be communicating a lot about this, because it is extremely important to us.

Click here to take the survey: Family Survey

If you complete the survey by 3:00PM on Friday, you will be entered into a raffle to win a $25 Visa Gift Card.

If you would like the survey translated, follow these steps:

• Click on the link.
• Right click on the screen.
• From the choices, select Translate.
• A window will appear, choose the desired language.

If you are having trouble, please reach out.

• Do you know anyone with school age children ready for Kindergarten for next year? The Attleboro Public Schools is pleased to host Kindergarten Information Night on March 7, 2024. This evening provides families with information on how to enroll a student in Kindergarten for the 2024-2025 school year. Early Learning Center parents should also plan to attend this evening to receive information for the next steps in the ELC to Kindergarten process. More information can be found here: https://attleboropsma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/apswc/page/kindergarten-registration-2023-024

Please see the flyer below from our student council. They are collecting eye glasses for the Attleboro Lions Club.

The YMCA is participating in the annual Spin-a-thon on April 6th. This year, there is a team called Spinnin' for Swimmin. This team is focused on raising money for our Attleboro second grade students and the swim program. If you would like to see this program continue and are able to donate, they would be incredibly grateful. They Y has been an amazing community partner for our students.

https://secure.qgiv.com/event/spin-a-thon2024pickleball/

Please consider joining us on March 13th for our PTO Meeting. Kim Janssen, our K-12 Education Technology Coordinator, will be present to engage in discussion about ROOMS. We are interested in hearing feedback from users. What is working well? What ways can the usability be improved? Come share your thoughts in a productive dialogue.

Any resident of Attleboro or student attending the Attleboro Public Schools (through a guardian) can access the William James College INTERFACE Referral Service. The INTERFACE Helpline helps individuals in subscribing communities become connected with outpatient mental health and wellness resources.

Through the Helpline that operates from 9 AM- 5 PM on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and 8 AM- 6 PM on Tuesday and Thursday, callers will complete an intake which takes about 15-20 minutes and then within a day or so of their call will be assigned to work with a Resource and Referral Counselor who will help them navigate the challenges of finding mental health services, including obtaining a referral match to an outpatient provider, as well as information and resources related to mental health and wellness. Please see What to Expect When You Call the Helpline or visit interface.williamjames.edu for more information.

The INTERFACE Helpline is not an emergency service. If you or the person you are seeking to assist requires a crisis response to meet immediate safety needs, please call 988, 911, go to your local emergency room, or find your local crisis services by calling 833-773-2445 and asking for crisis support.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health recommends the following guidelines to keep children home from school:

• Fever: Temperature of 100.0 or greater - Your child must stay home for 24 hours after the fever has dropped and no fever reducing medication has been given in a 24 hour span of time.
• Diarrhea: Your child must stay home until there is no more diarrhea for 24 hours.
• Vomiting: Your child must stay home until vomiting has stopped for at least 24 hours.
• Cold symptoms: Frequent cough, runny nose, sneezing (not necessarily associated with a fever)-Please test for COVID 19. If negative, please use your best judgment when sending your child to school. If positive, please call the health office.
• Remind your child to cough or sneeze into elbow and not into hands. Encourage frequent hand washing.
• Contagious illnesses: (such as Strep throat* or conjunctivitis), Your child needs to have taken at least 24 hours of prescribed medication before coming back to school.
• Rashes: Rashes need to be evaluated by a doctor to determine cause and treatment

* According to the Centers for Disease Control, the symptoms of strep may include:

• Fever (100.0 or higher)
• Sore throat with or without swollen, red tonsils
• Difficulty swallowing
• Headache, when combined with sore throat
• Stomachache, when combined with sore throat
• Body aches

(It is important to note that not all sore throats are caused by strep throat, and a lab test is needed to confirm a strep infection.)

We understand the difficulties that arise when keeping your child at home, but we urge you to prioritize their health and safety. With your cooperation, we can create a safe and healthy environment for everyone.

We could always use clothing donations in the health office. Maybe you have done some new year's cleaning and organizing and have some items to donate.

The following items are always welcome and very much appreciated:

• Pants---sweatpants, leggings or elastic waist pants are preferred because they can fit many sizes and body types
  
• New unused underwear (especially boys) any sizes
  

**If your child needed to borrow an item, please wash and return (besides underwear-you can keep

those) as soon possible so they are available for other students to use.

As you know, our school day starts at 8:30AM. This means there are no staff members on duty to supervise students until 8:30AM. Several students are leaving their cars before 8:30AM to play. If you are allowing your child(ren) to leave your car and play before school, they must be supervised. Students cannot leave that area and go to the side or back of the building where they would be unsupervised. Thank you for your attention to this.

Michelle Christopher, a Studley staff member, is also our Community Resource and Support Liaison. If you ever find yourself needing supports but do not know where to turn, she can help. Her role is to connect families with community resources that you may not know are even available. We are here to help each other, so please reach out to me if you would like to connect with Ms. Christopher. You can also reach out to her directly at mailto:mchristopher@attleboroschools.com.

PTO President - Rachel Chamberlain studleyPTOinfo@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/StudleyPTO

The APS Community Resource Guide has moved! Click the link below to access the updated list of local resources and community supports:

https://www.attleboroschools.com/o/apswc/page/community-resource-guide