January 17, 2014

Hello Roderick Community,

Thank You Mrs. Rouse!

At Tuesday night's School Committee meeting, School Committee member Michelle Rouse announced her resignation.  Mrs. Rouse has served on the Wrentham Elementary Schools School Committee for the past 8 years.  Mrs. Rouse always placed the students at the center of every decision she made.  She was a true champion and supporter of high-level academics and educating the whole child at the Wrentham Public Schools.

The School Committee is currently looking for someone to fill Mrs. Rouse's seat.  Interested individuals may send that letter to the Superintendent of Schools office at 120 Taunton Street.  Those who apply will be asked to attend a meeting with the School Committee on Tuesday, January 21^st at 6:00 pm at the Town Hall followed by a meeting with the Board of Selectmen and School Committee that same evening.  If you have any questions, please contact Chris Martes, Interim Superintendent of Schools, at 508-3845439.

Additionally, on Tuesday evening members of the Delaney and Roderick School's School Council presented the 2013 - 2016 School Improvement Plan.  The School Committee unanimously voted to accept the plan.  Please visit our website to view the 2013 - 2016 Wrentham Public Schools School Improvement Plan.


Mrs. Moon's students finished their project of creating the 2013-2014 KP Boys' Varsity Basketball program.  The students worked very hard on these programs and it really shows.  Awesome job!

Congratulations to the members of our Advanced Band.  They performed their winter concert on Wednesday night and were fantastic!  Miss Salazar and the members of the Advanced Band put on an awesome show!

 

Congratulations to this week's Positive Referrals.  We are very proud of these students.  Thank you for all of your hard work and thanks for making our school such a great place!

A Night of the Arts was held this past Wednesday at the Roderick School.  Artwork from students in Grades 4 - 6 was displayed.  In addition, exemplary art was on display for all to see.  Thank you to all of the students and Mrs. Lovely for creating such a wonderful environment!

Dr. Peterson and I will host our second Principals' Coffee next Friday, January 24th at 8:30 AM in the Vogel Auditorium.  We are excited to present the Wrentham Public Schools 2013 - 2016 School Improvement Plan.  Please join us next Friday at 8:30 AM.

Term 2 Spirit Day

For our Term 2 Spirit Day, The Wrentham Public Schools will be collecting new jackets, hats, or gloves/mittens.  The Student Council is accepting donations up until Friday, January 24th.  In addition, students are encouraged to wear a mustache on Friday, January 24th.  

Back in November the students in Mrs. Moon's class created new balloon ideas for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.  Students were required to write a descriptive paragraph about their design, and then had to draw a picture of their creation.  Mrs. Moon was so impressed with their new ideas that she sent them to Macy’s.  Just this week, Macy's sent a return letter to Mrs. Moon's class.   The letter also came with goodies for all of the students.  

As a reminder, there will be no school on Monday, January 20th.  However, there is school on Tuesday, January 21st.

Thank you for reading this week's blog.  Enjoy the long weekend!

Sincerely,

Stephen S. Grenham, Principal

January 10, 2014

Happy New Year Roderick Families!

Please note that we do have school on Tuesday, January 21st.  In years past, we have had a Professional Day the day after Martin Luther King, Jr. day. However, because we had two   professional days prior to the children arriving at school, educators will not have a professional day on January 21st.  

The sixth grade ski club started yesterday afternoon.  57 Grade 6 students boarded two buses and headed off to Wachusett Mountain in Princeton, MA.  The children had a great time.

 

Congratulations to this week's Positive Referrals.  These students were recognized for being extremely thoughtful, supportive, and diligent.  We are very proud of you!  Keep up the great work!

 March ELA MCAS Dates

Grade 4

Composition - March 18

Comprehension - March 21 & March 25

Grade 5

Comprehension - March 26 & March 27

Grade 6

Comprehension - March 19 & March 20

 If at all possible, please do not schedule any medical or dental appointments for your child/children on the MCAS testing dates.  We greatly appreciate your support and cooperation in eliminating any unnecessary absences.  As always, please do not hesitate to call our teaching staff or me if you have any questions or concerns.

 This week, we began our fourth year of school-wide bullying and diversity awareness lessons, which were developed following the implementation of the 2010 Massachusetts Bullying Law. Ms. D. Paparo (school adjustment counselor) and Ms. Kost (school psychologist) addressed all of our sixth grade classrooms.  In the upcoming weeks these two individuals will visit grades four and five.  Please be on the look out for a letter that specifies the topics discussed in the lessons.  

 We had our Final Competition for the 2014 Geo Bee this afternoon.  All ten contestants did a remarkable job!  Congratulations to all of you for making the final round.

  Congratulations to Greg G. from Miss Zardeskas' class for winning this year's Geo Bee. 

The Wrentham School Committee have requested the School Council's presence at that January 14^th School Committee meeting to present the updated 2013-2016 School Improvement Plan.  The meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the Roderick Library.  This meeting will be in lieu of our originally scheduled School Council meeting on the 14^th at 3:00 p.m.
 

Special thanks to members of Miss Yelle's grade 4 classroom who visited me this week.  They shared with me their fantastic math projects.  Awesome job!

Students looked great as they celebrated Patriots Spirit Day today.

Wednesday, January 15th - Advanced Band Concert - Gibbons Gym 7:00 PM

Wednesday, January 15th - Night of the Arts - Roderick School 5:00 PM - 6:45 PM

Friday, January 24th - Principals' Coffee - Vogel Auditorium 8:30 AM

As always, thanks for reading. Have a great weekend and go PATS!

Stephen S. Grenham, Principal