Rose L. MacDonald School

February 17, 2023

February 20th~President's Day No School

February 21st-24th~Winter Break

February 27th-March 3rd~Read Across America Week (See Details Below)

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Thank You Officer Pope!

February 15th was National School Resource Officer Day

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Grade 3 Wax Museum

Get ready to step back in time! Third graders came home last week with info packets to start their Wax Museum Biography projects. Each third grader selects a historical person born in Massachusetts and/or important to Massachusetts history. They research their person, fill in a poster with their facts, and plan to dress up as their person at the wax museums. Class wax museums will take place the week of April 24th. Parents/Guardians are welcome to join us on their child's wax museum day as history comes alive!

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Grade 3 MCAS Dates

ELA:
April 11th & 13th

Math:
May 16th & 18th

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Join us at our next meeting at the RLM on March1st at 7pm

Butter-braids fundraiser packets will go home with students on 2/27 and run until 3/13. The delivery date is set for 3/30 so orders will arrive prior to Easter. More info to come!

*Comfys will be arriving soon. once we have a set date we will post about pickups. Logo store purchases should arrive this week ( those were shipped directly to buyer. )

Book fair dates:

Spring Street 3/27

Howard 3/29

RLM 3/30

Students shop!! eWallet is highly encouraged we’d like to go as cashless as we can Parents/Guardians can come in and help students shop during their classrooms scheduled time Please check with the office to make sure that you have a CORI on file

The link for eWallet will be available next week

Our schools are participating in the Scholastic All for Books program. This is a ONE DAY EVENT and will be held on March 22nd (Wednesday) The proceeds will be divided between our reading programs, birthday books and Mrs. Enos' 'Welcome to WB' baby book bag program. The PTO & Book Fair Committee are asking that each child make a minimum $1 donation on this day. We kindly request no bags of spare change. The class in each grade that raises the most money will receive either: a prize, special event, or extra recess as decided by the teachers and principal.

If using Venmo please send on the 22nd to @wbpto and comment All for Books

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News From Our School Nurse Mrs. Moniz

Donations of gently used sweatpants are needed

Thank you in advance!

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American Heart Association Kids Heart Challenge

February kicks off our Kids Heart Challenge for the American Heart Association! Information will be emailed out this week to guardians by Miss Roberts about how to register your child online. Last year as a district we raised over $5,000 and I’d love to beat that this year! Any questions please email eroberts@wbridgewater.com

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U8 Spring Soccer

Registration for U8 Spring Soccer is now open! All registrations go to a wait list to start. Cost will be $60 per player.

SEL Committee News (Social-Emotional Learning Committee)

Our SEL rolled out a positive behavior reward system earlier this year, working with all of our staff to distribute “Pawsitivity Points” to students to encourage and support them in making good choices and being mindful of their surroundings and actions. Boy, are our wildcats loving it! Kiddos are saving up the paw points they earn to spend at our new school store. The items in the store are a hit. Have you seen the posters, rainbow pens, drawstring bags, and vinyl stickers they have earned? There are many other items to choose from too. Many parents have reached out asking if and how they can support our efforts, and we are grateful for their collaboration. We have put together a wish list on Amazon for items to keep our store stocked and interesting. If you are willing and able, we welcome any and all donations.

We are also in need of volunteers to help us cut out more Pawsitivity Points! If you would like a stack of papers to cut out, please contact Mrs. Enos at jenos@wbridgewater.com

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Inclusion Matters

Inclusion Matters' next webinar will be on Tuesday, March 14 from 6-7 p.m. via Zoom. Tiffany Goffer-Fitz of As I Am Learning will join us for Sexuality 101: How to Talk to Kids and Teens with Disabilities about Their Bodies, Healthy Relationships, and Safe Sex.

Tiffany will talk with parents, guardians, and caregivers about what they need to know to get the conversations started. Come learn how to start--and continue--conversations we need to have with our kids and teens about privacy, healthy bodies, healthy relationships, and sex.

Join via Zoom at https://bridgew.zoom.us/j/96663514586

More information is available on our event page at https://fb.me/e/4aNjKHnB2