November 2016

Donald Ross School Newsletter

Assessment in Perspective Parents tend to think of paper and pencil tests or long essay compositions when they hear the word assessment. Assessments are varied in type and purpose. In school the most common types of assessment are summative and formative. State testing, such as MCAS or PARCC is a summative assessment; it reflects student performance on standards at a specific point in time. Summative assessments are given after instruction on the content has been completed. Other examples of summative assessment may be an end of unit test, a culminating project or report. The results of summative assessments help to determine whether students have met learning expectations and goals. Formative assessment takes place during the teaching and learning process. Formative assessment may be formal or informal. Teachers may give a quiz to monitor student understanding. Student work on an assigned task can be used as a formative assessment. Informal observation or a casual conference is an opportunity to assess student understanding. Feedback to students can be immediate misconceptions can be corrected early on. Formative assessment is used by teachers to guide and inform the next steps of instruction. Teachers use assessment results when planning lessons to meet the needs of all learners. Formative Assessment is widely considered to be the most powerful type of assessment for improving student understanding and performance. The assessment does not need a grade to have a positive and powerful impact on student learning.

The Ross Report

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Parent-teacher conferences will be held at the end of November. Families will soon receive a notice to sign up for a conference with your child’s teacher online using a password to link to PTCFast.com. This should make scheduling conferences a smooth and fair process. The conference is a time to learn about your child’s progress in school. The best conference also brings information and insight you have about your child to school. You know your child best and are their first teacher. The entire Ross staff is eager to work together with families to support and guide the educational needs of our students.

Sincerely,

Frank McGourty

Contents

The Ross Report 1

Dear Parents and Guardians 1

Upcoming Events 2

Student Council Reps 2

Aspirations Awards 2

A Message from:

Mrs. Brady and Ms. Romeo 3

Mrs. Gay 3

Ms. Thynne 3

Ms. Martin 4

Mr. LeFerriere 4

A note from Nurse Olsen 5

Kindergarten News 6

Grade One News 7

Grade Two News 7

Grade Three News 8

Grade Four News 9

Grade Five News 10

Thank You Rotary 11

Upcoming Events

Early Release Days 11

Frank McGourty, Pr incipa l

fmcgourty@braintreema.gov

Upcoming Events

Nov. 8 – Election Day, No School. Ross Bake Sale/Fundraiser

Nov. 9 – PTO Mtg. 7pm Babysitting available

Nov. 10 – SEPAC Mtg. 6:30pm Thayer Public Library. * Ross Ladies Night Out/Fundraiser 7pm

Nov. 11 – Veteran’s Day, No School

Nov. 14 – School Committee Mtg. 7pm

Nov. 16 – School Share –2:10pm

Nov. 18 – First Term Report Card Distributed

Nov. 21 -Parent/Teacher Conferences 5-7:30pm

Nov. 23 – Early Dismissal: AM Kindergarten @ 10:30am: No PM Kindergarten; Grades K-5 @12:10pm

Nov. 24 & 25 Thanksgiveing, No School

Nov. 29 – Parent/Teacher Conferences 3 – 5:30pm

Dec. 1 – Parent/Teacher Conferences 3 – 5:30pm

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Congratulations to Our Student Council Representatives

Last month each classroom in grades 3-5 held an election for student council representatives. Candidates wrote anonymous essays describing why they would make good representatives, and classmates voted based on these essays. Congratulations to these successful candidates:

Class First Term Second Term

3A Danica D, Lesley S Lucy N, Kayla G

3H Valery V, Anya L Emma K, Eleonora D

3F Noah N, Rebecca W Maryam S, Moriah C

4T Garoid S, Bridgette C Frida F, Sean O, Cameron C

4K Katelyn M, Adolfo B Abby W, Pradipthi B

4M/E Roza V, Amari D Lola A, Amelia R, Mahathi S

5A Billy M, Finn K Brendan N, Kerlos A

5K Jack B, Bianca G Elgin L, Neha N, Pranathi B

5C Isabella C, Nolan L Madison K, Neel N

Thank you to all the students who wrote short essays to run for Student Council. We appreciate your effort, enthusiasm, and caring about our school.

Ross School Student Aspiration Awards

Fun and Excitement Michael J (1S) Alexus F(3H) John B (5K) Christeen G (5A)

Curiosity and Creativity Eileen H (1S) Sriram M (1W) Brittany T (3A)

Sense of Accomplishment Jaren O (1W) Emilly R (2G) Molly B (2J) Jacob G (3A) Moriah C (3A) Yassin T (4K) Lola A (4E) Frida F (4T) Lilly O (4T)

Belonging Cody T (1MO) Ellie Rose R (2M) Roza V (4E) Derek P (5A)

Confidence to Take Action Paige M (KR) Anna L (4K) Madison K (5C) Pranathi B (5K)

Heroes Erin T (KR) Emma C (1MO) Evan A (2G) Jennifer Y (2M) Nichanard S (3A) Mahathi S (4E) Cameron C (4T) Anson W (5C)

Responsibility and Leadership Preston S (KR) Kelise D (2G) Lucas P (2J) Valerie V (3H)

Spirit of Adventure Christopher F (2M)

It’s November and we are FALLING in love with reading! Be on the look-out for the mindfully themed family sharing books that have started coming home. These are books that Mrs. Romeo has carefully selected for their kindness and character building message. After you have read the book with your child, you can see what other families have said about the book, and add your own ideas to the journal. November is full of important traditions that center on our families and our country. Election Day, Veteran’s day and Thanksgiving are opportunities to gather and learn your family history. Encourage your children to ask questions of older relatives about significant events in their lives. Speaking and listening are vitally important parts of literacy and kids benefit from any opportunity to use these skills. Use technology on phones and iPad or tablets to record family stories and snap pictures to preserve the memories. Going over the river and through the woods on a Thanksgiving visit? Download some eBooks onto your phone or tablet from the Thayer Public Library. Your library card is your gateway to an incredible array of books, movies and apps that can help pass the time, and build that love of reading! Mrs. Romeo and Mrs. Brady will be available during parent conferences to discuss reading concerns and answer questions if your child is receiving reading services. Details will be coming home soon! If you have any questions please feel free to contact us!

Danielle Romeo (voicemail ext. 6723)

Claire Brady (voicemail ext. 6706)

A Message from Mrs. Brady and Mrs. Romeo

We are busy at Ross making art in our classes. Kindergarteners have made a robot, a fall tree, an apple portrait, an ice cream cone using the primary colors and more this term. Second-graders have been working on sunflower drawings inspired by Vincent van Gogh and are now working on a Fall leaf silhouette project. Third-graders started the year with a drawing/painting of a fall tree silhouette and are now working on a drawing inspired by the painting "Starry Night" by van Gogh. Fourth grade students have worked hard on their sunset silhouette collages and are now working in a watercolor medium. Fifth grade artists have just finished a one point perspective drawing with hot air balloons. They will now make a mask out of paper. We have only just begun!

Mrs. Gay

A Message from Art

It has been great to be back at Ross and see all of the students. Our catalogue is now online. Please check it out. The link is below. http://braintreema.booksys.net/opac/brainres/index.html 5th and 4th graders have been blogging on kidblog. They are now commenting on each other’s writings about summer or there favorite thing about the new school year. 3rd graders have been using computers as well. I have showed them the databases available on the Thayer Public Library site. I hope they remember to access them at home too. 2nd graders have studied authors such as David Shannon and Suzy Kline. It is always interesting to learn about multi-talented authors and illustrators and of course, their childhood. 1st graders have been studying author and illustrators, Kevin Henkes and Arnold Lobel. Kevin Henkes has a great site. He also talks about how a picture book can be a child’s first interaction with art. Kindergarten has studied Massachusetts author and illustrator Mo Willems and all his entertaining books. We have also been talking about fiction and nonfiction and using Scholastic Book Flix. Happy Reading,

Mrs. Thynne

A Message from Library/Media/IIT

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A Message from Phys. Ed

We have been very busy in the gym this past month. We have been working on football skills in grades 3-5. The students have developed their passing skills, catching skills, punting skills and have learned the names of positions on a football team. They have enjoyed small group games to end our football unit. In Kindergarten we have been working on moving safely in our gym by playing activities such as Buffalo Bill, Alligator Alley and Fishy Fishy. I try to focus on gross motor skills such as galloping, skipping, hopping, jogging and running safely in the gym so they can have fun and be safe at the same time. Our 1st and 2nd grade students have been working on their football skills as well. They are learning how to hold the ball, throw it, punt it and catch the ball. We have just started to talk about positions and what their job is on the field. When you are watching the Patriots play ask your children questions about the game. I continue to emphasize skill development, teamwork and enjoying being active in my classes. With the wide variety of activities that we cover in my class the students may discover a new activity/sport that they would like to pursue beyond my gym class. Lastly, I would like to thank you in advance for your support of having your children wear sneakers on their gym days. The safest shoes to wear are sneakers for the activities that we participate in.

Mr. LeFerriere

Fitnessgram In November the 4th grade students will be participating in Fitnessgram. The primary purpose of Fitnessgram is to promote enjoyable regular physical activity and to provide the teacher; student and parent/guardian with information that will help the student maintain or improve their level of health related fitness.

During physical education class students will perform a variety of fitness tests that measure the health components of fitness (cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance and flexibility). During the month of November and December, the student’s performance at these various activities will be recorded.

Each child’s performance is compared to standards that have been set for children at this age level. Students are compared to these standards, not their classmates or other peers. The Fitnessgram profile is an excellent tool to help students learn more about their own physical fitness and give them the knowledge to improve their fitness levels for lifelong good health.

If you have any questions about your fourth grader’s Fitnessgram, please contact your student’s Physical Education, Bernie LaFerriere or Melonie Bennett, Director of Physical Education and Health at (781)848-4000 x 2235.

Kindergarten and Grade one continue to explore their voices, learning all different ways to make music with them. In addition, they have been developing their sense of rhythm and beat. Grade two continues to learn about musical concepts such as fast and slow, high and low, and learning to sing basic solfege patterns, using the do-re-mi's. Grade three has started to learn about the staff, clefs, and reading basic rhythm patterns, and learning a song all the way from Singapore! Grade four has been learning how to rap, which is easier said than done! They have also been learning songs about peace. Grade five is hard at work on the music for their concert. Please see the notice that is in this newsletter for more details.

Mrs. Martin

A Message from Music

A Note from the Nurse: Our fluoride program will begin this month for students in grades 3, 4, & 5. Permission slips went home in October. Please return your permission slip with a yes or no reply if you have not already done so. Fluoride is the most effective way to reduce the incidence of tooth decay. Mouth rinsing with a fluoride solution in school has proven to be both effective and economical. Vision (grades K-5) and Hearing (grades K-3) screening is ongoing. Notices will come home ONLY if there is a problem result after a second screening. In other words, “no news is good news”! Fourth grade physicals are due. Please send in a copy of your fourth grade child’s physical dated within the past year. As the cold weather is upon us please remember to send your child to school with a warm coat, hat and mittens if necessary. It is important for the children to get out in the fresh air for recess. Unless it is inclement weather, recess is outdoors. Your child will enjoy this much needed break if he/she is properly dressed and warm. Grades K, 1 and 2 have morning recess and snack. Please remember to send in a healthy nut free snack with your child. They have snack at 10:15 am. Their small bodies need that recharging as their next opportunity for nourishment is not until lunch at 12:10 and 12:30. If you are unable for any reason to provide a snack please call me at 781-380-0240 ext 6530. No child will be left hungry. Braintree Holidays: Please note the deadline for Thanksgiving applications is November 11. Please remember to mail them in if you are interested. When should I keep my child home from school?

1. When your child has a temperature of 100 degrees or above.

2. When your child has a contagious illness such as chicken pox, strep

throat, or the flu.

3. If your child has a skin rash, or condition not yet diagnosed by a doctor.

4. When your child is vomiting or has diarrhea.

5. When your child has conjunctivitis, with red, itchy, draining eyes.

Also, please remember that your child should be fever free (temperature below 100.4) for 24 hours before returning to school. School policy requires a note from your child’s doctor for any absence of 5 days or more due to illness, or if your child needs to miss gym class due to illness or injury. Please remember to call your child in sick to the school absentee line. (781-380-0240; option 1). It is very important to us to know that your child is safe and accounted for. We are concerned about your child’s safety. The Nursing Director for Braintree Public Schools is currently looking for substitute nurses. Please contact the Director of Nurses, Mrs. Laurie Melchionda at Braintree High School (781-848-4000 ext. 7840) for further information. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

A Note from Nurse Olson

Donald Ross School

20 Hayward Street

Braintree, MA 02184

Phone:

(781) 380-0240

Fax:

(781) 380-0243

E-mail:

fmcgourty@braintreema.gov

We’re on the Web! www.donaldrossschool.org

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GUIDING PRINCIPLES for the Ross School

Community

Show respect for people and property. Act responsibly. Keep yourself and others safe. Do your best.

Visit the PTO Facebook Page!

http://www.facebook.com/donaldrosspto

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It is hard to believe we are beginning unit two of our Reading Street series, titled “Look at Us!” During the month of November, we will continue to review alphabet letter recognition, letter naming, and matching uppercase to lowercase letters. We continue to build upon phonemic awareness in kindergarten, as we explore initial, medial, and final sounds in words. Phonics lessons will offer practice with matching alphabet letters to the sounds they make. We will master sounds /a/ spelled Aa, /s/ spelled Ss, /p/ spelled Pp, and /k/ spelled Cc. Our kindergarten high frequency words to practice this month are have, is, we, my, and like. We continue to develop our comprehension skills, reading about and discussing comparing and contrasting, setting, main idea, realism and fantasy, as well as retelling. Kindergarten cares about “conventions,” learning about nouns for more than one, proper nouns, and adjectives. We are writers, working on labels, lists, notes, and poems. During the month of November, kindergarten looks forward to some super sorting and grouping, matching quantities to numerals, measurement, and 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes. Our students are becoming adept at subitizing. Subitizing is “instantly seeing how many.” This is a crucial skill in the development of number sense. Math lessons incorporate several manipulatives, games, and activities to engage students as they practice important skills. Kindergarten delights in the study of Trees. We have taken several walks in order to observe schoolyard trees. Students have learned the parts of a tree and the function of these tree parts. We are reading about and discussing what a tree needs to live. We observe and record the unique shapes of trees. We will explore leaves, classifying them by shape and color. In social studies we anticipate our own mock elections. We will discuss that we are citizens, who work together in a community. We will read about and discuss veterans, and their contributions to our country. Finally, we look forward to study of the first Thanksgiving. Second Step is a program we use to help students develop learning skills and improve upon social skills. Our kindergarteners enjoy our interactive lessons. We continue to review Skills for Learning. This month we will focus on Empathy. We practice feelings, and identifying anger.

Mrs. Rupprecht

Kindergarten News

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October certainly flew by! We have been super busy in first grade. We have been working hard on becoming more independent readers. We finished up Unit R in Reading Street and are beginning Unit 1. Unit 1 explores how people and animals are important to one another. This unit includes a mix of fiction and non-fiction selections. The comprehension strategies we will practice include monitoring and clarifying, summarizing, visualizing, story structure, and text structure. In Science, we have been learning about living things and their habitats. In Math, we learned about recognizing two digit numbers and place value. Math fact flash cards will be going home soon, please make sure to practice them with your child. November is sure to be a busy month! We will be learning some Thanksgiving songs and will perform for you. Performance details with the time and date will be coming soon. We will continue to grow as learners and look forward to some fun holiday activities!

Mrs. Monteiro, Ms. Swanson, Mrs. Wells

Grade One News

In second grade, we are thankful for so many things! Three hardworking, bucket-filling classes Home-school connection and wonderfully supportive families An amazing community of students and adults at Ross which make it a terrific place to be New principal who supports us in many ways Kids who try their best, even when things are challenging Fun science experiments that delight our young learners Understanding what it takes to be a serious second grade student Learning for all, children and adults alike!

Mrs. Joseph, Mrs. Malcolmson & Ms. Gavrailov

Grade Two News

Reading We have just completed the first Unit of our Reading Street program. In Unit 1 the students were thinking about the big question “Which skills help us make our way in the world”? Some of the reading comprehension skills we have practiced are background knowledge, literary elements, visualizing, sequencing, summarizing, and author’s purpose. Each week the students learn vocabulary words that go with the weekly reads. We have also been learning different phonics skills for our weekly spelling words. Math The third grade students have been working hard in math this year! Our classes have explored addition strategies. Students have been taught how to add two and three digit numbers using the place value strategy and a number line. Multiplication is our next big focus. Students have already been taught strategies for solving certain multiplication facts, like 5’s and 10’s They have also been taught to double numbers when multiplying by 2 and to double, double when multiplying by 4. We will be covering all facts up to 10. Soon you will see math fact triangles coming home. Please have students study them for about 5 minutes a night. Another great option for studying facts is having your child visit the XtraMath website. Social Studies In Social Studies, third graders are learning all about what defines history, and how we study history. We discussed studying history by using biographies, artifacts, historical sites, and asking questions. As we continue in Social Studies we will focus on our local history, the history of Massachusetts! Students will learn about the towns, land and people of our state. In upcoming weeks, we will be beginning a unit on the Wampanoag, the first people of Massachusetts. Science Our first Science unit is the Sun, Moon, and Stars. Students will head out doors to track the movement of the sun as it travels across the sky. We will also discuss how shadows are formed and what they can tell us about the movement of the sun. Students have been looking for the moon each night and filling in theit moon logs. We will soon learn more about the Moon!

Mrs. Almada, Ms. Fitzgerald & Mrs. Hoelscher

Grade Three News

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Reading All fourth grade students just finished reading Owls in the Family. Students worked very hard on mastering the skill of activating schema (background knowledge) and monitoring for meaning by applying several comprehension strategies to explicitly navigate through the story. Next our students will read novels such as A Cricket in Times Square, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and The Indian and the Cupboard. Our focus will be to understand the character’s traits and growth as the story unwinds. They will focus on using sensory and emotional images to create pictures in their minds based on what is happening in the text. We’re sure they will delight you with the characteristics of fantasy by describing the characters’ unique qualities. They might be able to share ways in which foxes think and plan, how cats, mice, and crickets tour Times Square, and how nine year olds take care of action figures that come to life. It’s always a good time for parents to read aloud to their children books like Charlotte’s Web and\or Stuart Little. Writing We have begun practicing for Next Generation MCAS. Our students are learning how to write an introduction, detailed paragraphs, and a conclusion. Our 4th grade students have been gathering information and facts from our non-fiction text, A Tiger with Wings, The Great Horned Owl, and from our owl visit from the Trailside Museum. They are learning how to present this information in an essay to inform their audience of the life of a great horned owl. They also put together a persuasive essay convincing their audience of whether Billy and his friends should have won first place for the Pet Parade. Encourage your children to recognize their techniques when they’re trying to convince you of something. Math Since September our fourth grade students have had a basic review of third grade concepts with added challenges. The concepts include place value, rounding, algebraic expressions, advanced addition and subtraction. We’re currently studying elapsed time and reviewing time measurement. It’s part of the common core that 4th grade students master the multiplication table up the 12 times table. This is very important because after time we move to multiples, factors, prime and composite numbers and multiplicative comparisons. Science Our fourth grade students have moved on to learn about the different instruments used to help predict weather. They will make a barometer, an anemometer, and a wind vane. They will continue to study other instruments used every day by scientists to learn about the weather high above Earth. They are becoming mini meteorologists. Encourage your children to make connections to the weather they see on the news forecast and in the paper. Social Studies To start off the year students reviewed basic geography skills, such as identifying the major differences between a map and a globe, recognizing the seven continents and four oceans, and knowing the key elements of a map. We have finished that unit and will start studying the Northeast Region of our country. We will touch on the landforms, people, culture, and geography of the region we call home. We will also be focusing in on committing our capitals of the Northeast to memory.

Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Eddy, and Mr. Keaney

Grade Four News

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Reading Students are continuing their reading of Number the Stars and their learning about the Holocaust. We have been engaged in learning about characters “driving” our understanding of what is happening in the story. This month we will also be comparing and contrasting Number the Stars to Patricia Polacco’s The Butterfly. We will pay close attention to author’s craft and character development. Students will continue on collaborating with classmates and having thoughtful discussions about their reading! Please continue to encourage your children to read every night with a book of their choosing and complete their reading logs. Social Studies In Unit 2 students will learn about the contributions of significant individuals during the period of early European exploration and colonization of the Americas. Our study will begin with the Vikings and Marco Polo’s journey. An important part of this unit will be the Explorer Project in which each student will be assigned one explorer. Students will research the explorer’s life, write a report about the explorer, share an artifact bag of items the explorer might have needed, and dress as the explorer as they present their project. Science Students have been continuing their study of Plants by observing how their plants have changed through their life cycle. They have pollinated with bees and have grown plants in sunlight as well as in the dark. The students are using their observational skills noticing how plants respond to environmental stimuli, for example, a plant will lean toward the sun to catch more light to grow. This response is called a tropism. The students have also completed a STEM project using their skills of designing and demonstrating a model showing how seeds are dispersed by wind, water and animals. Math The students have been hard at work this past month! We spent a week reviewing fourth grade multiplication strategies and have now moved onto the standard algorithm. This can be tricky for a lot of kids so we have been emphasizing the importance of a growth mindset. Ask your student about Mojo the Dojo and what a growth mindset means. After the students master the standard algorithm for multiplication we will be moving onto order of operations. Some of you may remember hearing the phrase “Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally” in school when learning this. We will then move onto dividing larger numbers with 2 digit divisors and 4 digit dividends!

Mrs. Avellino, Ms. Connolly, Ms. Kilduff

Grade Five News

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The following are early release days, with dismissal at 12:10 for students in grades K-5. There is no afternoon kindergarten.

Breakfast will be served on these days but lunch will not.

Wednesday, November 23 Friday, December 23 Tuesday, February 7 Thursday, March 23

Early Release Days

The Ross School PTO participated in the recent Trivia contest sponsored by the Braintree Rotary Club. Mr. McGourty, Mr. Alex Mercado, Paul and Dale Noun comprised the Ross team. We had some fun and laughs answering questions before exiting after our 15 minutes of fame. The event was a success for our friends at the Rotary Club. The Rotary Club will visit our school in November to present a generous gift of dictionaries for third graders and thesauruses to our fifth graders. Thank you to the Ross PTO for

sponsoring our entry.

Thank you to the Braintree Rotary

ROSS Winter Concert 2016

Date: Friday, Dec. 16, 2016 Time: 1:30 p.m.

Location: Ross CAFE

Join us as we present the Ross fifth grade chorus and the fourth and fifth grade band and

orchestra in concert! They have all been practicing very hard and we look forward to having you hear their

wonderful music. The family/friends concert will be at 1:30 p.m.

Please remember that your students should be in concert dress the day of the concert. This means that they need

to be wearing black from the waist down and white from the waist up. Please avoid shirts with logos and ladies, skirts need to be knee-length or longer if you choose to

wear them. I look forward to seeing you all there and having you

hear how incredible your children are singing and playing. I could not be more proud to be their music

teacher!

Mrs. Martin

Ross School - November 2016

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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3 - 5th gr. Leadership Mtg. 8:00 am

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8 No School Election

Day/Bake Sale

9 -Ross PTO Mtg. 7:00 pm

10 -Student Council 8am -NE Aquarium Tide Pools 1st gr. 9:00 am -SEPAC Mtg 6:30 pm Thayer Pub. Lib. -Ladies Night Out/Fundraiser

11 No School Veteran’s Day

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14 School Committee Mtg. 7pm

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16 - Rotary Club visit 10 pm - School Share 2:10 pm

17 5th gr. Leadership Mtg. 8:00 am

18 First Term Report Cards Distributed

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21 Parent Teacher Conferences 5 – 7:30 pm

22 23 Early Dismissal 12:10pm (gr. K-5) 10:30am (AM K) No PM kindergarten No lunch served

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25 No School

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29 Parent Teacher Conferences 3 – 5:30 pm

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BRAINTREE SPECIAL EDUCATION

PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL

www.gpvillage.com/braintreesepac BASIC RIGHTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

Thursday, November 10, 2016, 6:30 – 8:30 PM Thayer Public Library,

798 Washington St., Braintree

Hosted in collaboration with the Weymouth SEPAC Organization and presented by the Federation of Children with Special Needs. This workshop

provides families with an introduction to their rights and responsibilities under the Federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and

Massachusetts Special Education Law. It is designed to help parents learn how to be effective partners with their child’s school to decide the child’s eligibility for special education, and to plan, make decisions and monitor

their child’s progress in school. If you have any questions, please contact Mimi Pugsley (SEPAC) at 781-

223-4249 or via email at marykpugsley@hotmail.com *For Braintree Public Schools staff; sign up on smart.edu and see a SEPAC representative

for Professional Development credit forms.