February 6, 2015 - Week 22

Greetings Roderick Community,

I would like to sincerely thank the custodial and maintenance crews for their amazing efforts again this week. Thanks to them, we were able to return to school safely on Tuesday.  

Last Friday, Mrs. Moon's Grade 6 class attended the King Philip High School Boys' Basketball game.  The students were invited guests of the team as a show of thanks for creating the 2014-2015 KP Boys' Varsity Basketball program.  The students worked very hard on these programs and it really shows.  Awesome job!

Congratulations to Amanda, Jared, Diego, Matthew, Josh, Cole, Luke, Michael, Jake, Mrs. Monty, and Mrs. Smith as these students and staff were closest to the actual Super Bowl score.  Thanks to all who participated and made a prediction, and thanks to Mrs. Fox for organizing a fun activity!

Angelia from Mrs. Curtin's class and Nicole from Miss Maloney's class were honored on Thursday night as Lions Club Peace Poster finalists.  Nicole received first place and Angelina received second place.  Congratulations!  

On Monday, March 2nd the Wrentham Public Schools will have Literacy Night.  The theme this year is "I Love Reading."  Literacy Night will include all sorts of activities, photo wall and much more.  We will also have a book swap.  If you can donate a book, please drop it in the Roderick lobby.  We hope to see you there!  

Below is the schedule for the 2015 MCAS tests. Please post these dates on your home calendar and refer to them when planning appointments in the coming months.  Testing will begin immediately after morning announcements at 8:45 AM.  Students are not permitted to enter the classroom tardy or reenter the classroom after medical/dental appointments. Please avoid these dates when scheduling appointments: 

ELA Testing 

March 24 - Grade 4 Long Composition

March  25 and 26 - Grade 5 Reading Comprehension

March 27 and 31 - Grade 4 Reading Comprehension

April 1 and 2 - Grade 6 Reading Comprehension 

Math and STE

May 5 and 6 - Grade 5 Math 

May 7 and 8 - Grade 4 Math 

May 12 and 13 - Grade 6 Math 

May 14 and 15 - Grade 5 Science, Engineering and Technology

Thank you in advance for your cooperation. 

Our quest to make it on to Channel 5's EyeOpener became a reality on Thursday morning.  Click here to view the students in action and hear the nice comments from the newscasters at Channel 5.  

Thank you and congratulations to students in Mrs. Bevilaqua's fifth grade class for entertaining Grade 4 students at their lunch on Tuesday.  The girls did a fantastic job!!!!

Mr. Moon is putting on his dancing shoes on March 27th for WEST. Please help support Mr. Moon and WEST by donating online at http://www.wce02093.org/ OR by participating in any of our upcoming events!
More details will be coming soon for the following…..

Buy your Shooting Star to the Moon! Stars starting at $1 each.
February 9th-13th: Balloons for Mr. Moon Raffle to win cool prizes!
February 24th 6:30-8:00 p.m.: Get Movin’ with Mr. Moon
March 11th: Dinner at Eagle Brook. A portion for your dinner total will be donated to WEST. Join the Moon’s at 5:30 p.m. or come by when it is convenient

Thank you to all of our students and staff who participated in today's Spirit Day.  Dressing as a favorite book or movie character was AWESOME!

Thanks to students in Miss Phipps' class for giving the home team some luck last Sunday!

Thank you for reading this week's blog.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Warm regards,

Stephen S. Grenham, Principal