Roderick Review – Week 1 (9/1/15-9/3/15)

What a great first week of the 2015-2016 school year!  Students eagerly entered the school on Tuesday, excited to be with their classmates and learn all about what was in store for them this year!  

On the first day of school, I had the chance to meet with each grade to introduce myself and to help students to know that I am here to be sure students feel safe, happy, able to learn, and open to challenging  themselves to give their best each day.  We briefly reviewed our core values of respect, responsibility, collaboration, communication, and continuous growth and learning and I shared some of the exciting things they can look forward to this year in their grade.   

As I visited classrooms this week, I saw students practicing new routines, organizing their supplies, and getting to know where their learning resources were in the room.  Teachers and students were spending some time to introduce themselves and get to know each other to begin to build what will be long-lasting, supportive relationships. Students were involved in new learning from day one and have already been sharing what they have learned so far as they were getting introduced to new books, showing what they know in math and some have even published poems already that are now hanging in the hallway ready to be enjoyed by others passing by.  I have been impressed at the students’ focus on their learning and their active participation throughout the classes I visited.  It has been a fun, exciting week full of learning! 

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9/11

Next Friday, will be the anniversary of the events that occurred on September 11, 2001.  For those of us who recall the events that day, it is a day of remembrance, a day to pause and reflect on the many lives so deeply affected.  Please be advised, however, that we will not be doing anything as a district to commemorate this day.  The students in our schools currently were not alive at the time and due to the ages of our students, we will not be discussing this within the classroom setting.  However, should a student express concern that day, support will be available.

SAVE THE DATE - 4^th Annual Charity Softball Game – 9/24/15! (RAIN DATE 10/1/15)

Show your Wrentham Wildcat pride by coming to cheer on your teachers as they take on the Wrentha, Police Department.  GO WRENTHAM STAFF!  We hope that many of you will join us at the McMorrow Field at 6:00 p.m. on September 24^th.  Tickets cost $5.00 per person and can be purchased ONLY at the field entrance.  All proceeds benefit the WTA (Wrentham Teachers’ Association) scholarship fund!  PLAY BALL!