October 12, 2012

Dear Roderick Families:

Although the children were in school for only three days this week, there was a lot happening at the Roderick School.  Please take a few minutes and look at some of the events from the week as well as some important upcoming events.

Teachers were very busy during our school's October 9th Professional Development Day.  Teachers began the day attending a technology workshop entitled Gizmos by Explore Learning.  Teachers had the opportunity to be hands on with this technology program that will assist them with interactive, online simulations in math and science. 



During the afternoon, teachers met with math consultant, John Ribeiro to discuss the Standards of Mathematical Practice.  During this portion of the professional development day, teachers had the opportunity to dive deeper into the mathematical standards of the new Common Core.  Our staff left the day energized and excited to bring the ideas they worked on back their classrooms.  

Congratulations to our Positive Referral this week.  This student was caught being thoughtful to a classmate and helpful during an event.  What a great way to demonstrate our Core Values of Respect and Responsibility.  We are very proud of him!

Reading to the Finish Line.......Closing Ceremonies!

On Wednesday of this week, our school got together to celebrate the closing ceremony of our Summer Reading Olympics reading program.  As it is in the Olympics, our students came together to celebrate the reading that took place over the summer and recognize the great efforts made by the students.  I am thrilled to announce that 93% of the students in the Roderick School fully participated and completed the program requirements of the Summer Reading Program!  Students who fully participated and completed the program requirements were rewarded with an extra recess and a certificate of achievement this week.  Thank you to all who participated!  I would like to especially thank Mr. Cederbaum, Ms. Frizzell, Mrs. Cederbaum, and Mrs. Garozzo for spearheading the program and for doing such an amazing job!  We look forward to having even more readers join us next summer.

Wanted: School Council Member

The Roderick School Council is looking for a community representative to sit on our School Council.  This member needs to be a Wrentham community member without any children in the school.  Our School Council meets on the first Wednesday of the month from 3:00 - 4:00 PM.  If you know of anyone who would be interested, please have them contact the Roderick office at 508.384.5435.  Thank You!

The Fall Scholastic Book Fair is coming! The Book Fair will be in the Vogel Auditorium from Tuesday, October 16th through Thursday, October 18th.  The Book Fair will be open from 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM, and 6:00 - 8:00 PM on Tuesday and Wednesday and from 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM on Thursday.

Grandparent's/Special Person's Day 

Our school will host Grandparent's/Special Person's day on Thursday, November 8, 2012.  Buses will be available beginning at 8:30 AM from Luciano’s at Lake Pearl Park to the Delaney/ Roderick School bus circle.  Grandparents/Special People are welcome to visit classrooms between 9:30 AM and 10:30 AM.  We ask that all guests sign in with a PTO volunteer before moving throughout the buildings.  Buses will return visitors to Luciano’s at Lake Pearl Park starting at 10:30 AM.  Although there will be volunteers to assist on this day, it will be helpful for guests to know their school designation and child’s teacher’s name before arriving at the school. We hope that you can join us on this very special day.


Thanks for reading and please be sure to come back and visit next week.

Stephen S. Grenham, Principal