February 15, 2013

Greetings Roderick Families:

It was a very fast week here at the Roderick School.  I want to publicly thank our maintenance department for their efforts in getting the school ready after receiving over two feet of snow last weekend.  Please enjoy some of the events that happened this past week and make note of some important upcoming dates.

 A Night of the Arts 

Congratulations to the students, Mrs. Lovely, and Ms. Salazar for the wonderful presentation on Tuesday night.  Thank you to all of the families who came out to enjoy the evening.  The students we have are truly talented individuals.  Please enjoy some of the scenes from A Night of the Arts.

Positive Referrals

Congratulations to the following students who received Positive Referrals!  We are so proud of each and every one of them!

Whole Lot of Quakin' Goin' On!

This week, Mrs. Haughey's students created special skyscrapers that could withstand earthquake conditions.  Students learned how to identify causes of earthquakes, how scientists measure earthquakes, and what affects the magnitude of earthquakes.  Skyscrapers were tested by having to withstand a mock 20 second earthquake.

Positive Referral Breakfast 

On Friday, February 15th, children who received Positive Referrals in the months of November, December, and January were recognized at the 2nd breakfast of the school year.  We had a phenomenal turnout!  Thank you to all of our teachers and families who support this program and the wonderful students who continuously exhibit amazing choices and behavior.

Common Core Carnival

On Friday, students in Miss Marazzi's, Mrs. Kelley's, and Mrs. Marazzi's classes participated in a Math Common Core Carnival.  Students in these three classes taught guests the different methods that the Common Core is expecting students to know and be able to do.  The students in all three classes did a wonderful job!

 

 The DARE to Dream Summer Day Program is pleased to announce their dates for 2013! As in past years, your child will receive a registration form that will be sent home after April vacation. There will be a registration form that can be downloaded on their website at http://www.daretodreamsummer.com at that time as well.  The 2013 program dates are listed below. Please remember that the dates are listed by the current grade of your child. 

Current grade six - June 24-28 

Current grades seven and eight- July 8-12

Current grade four- August 5-9 

Current grade five- August 12-16

 WEST Comedy Night has been rescheduled for

Friday March 15th; 7pm-12am  at Raffael's in Walpole

Additional tickets are $80 each and are available to purchase on our website or by sending a check to WEST PO Box 852 Wrentham, MA 02093

Any questions can be directed to audra.kennedy@WrenthamWEST.org

As a reminder, school will be closed next week.  Students return to school on Monday, February 25th.

As an additional reminder, Reading Across Wrentham will begin on Monday, February 25th.  Please contact the school or Rebecca Hjort if you have any questions about this program.

Best wishes for a great weekend and enjoy the time away from school.

Thanks for reading,

Stephen S. Grenham, Principal