Daily Connections and Enrichment Connections starts Monday September 21st!! 

Afterschool bus for the Connections program will run at 4:15pm  on Tuesday and Thursday next week.

I'm pleased to introduce Kerstin Kjellberg as the Wardsboro Site Director and Instructor for the Afterschool program.  Kerstin comes to us with wonderful experiences working and teaching children.  She’ll be helping organize day to day operations for Afterschool in Wardsboro as well as providing enrichment and academic help to students enrolled in the Daily Connections programs

Please note, due to low attendance, we’ve had to cancel K – 2 Digital Photography and 3 – 6 Chinese.  If your children were enrolled in these classes, please contact Charlie Cummings if you’d like to sign up for a replacement activity.   

Charlie Cummings, 21st Century Grant Director

Arlington / Wardsboro School Districts, 802.375.6409  Ext 217

Dear Pre K and Kindergarten Parents,

Thank you to all of the parents who came to our Open House Night on Wednesday. I am happy to see that so many of you are taking such an interest in you child’s education.  We had a fantastic full week of school.  Students seem to be settling in and more familiar with the routine.  This week marked the beginning of many different things.  First of all we met the first character from Letterland this week, Annie Apple.  Kindergartners shared her story with the Pre K students.  We also began our first theme study of the year, In the Sky.  We all brainstormed a list of things that are in the sky, read some books about the moon and learned a new fingerplay.  I was amazed at how much everyone already knew about the sun, moon, stars and the earth.   Lastly, we also began our morning literacy center groups.  At the ABC center students molded letters with playdough, at the writing center students wrote about their favorite thing about school and at the reading center students paired up to enjoy some of “theme” books.

Kindergartners finished up our first unit in math, sorting and classifying.  We explored sorting in many different ways and discovered that you can sort things by size, shape, color, kind and also texture.  Next week we will begin a new unit on patterns.  A Family Involvement Packet will be sent home next week with activities for you to do at home.  Also, for homework both Pre K and Kindergartners should be reading or read to for at least 10 minutes each evening.

I hope you enjoy the last days of summer.  Monday marks the first day of fall.  We’ve been talking about how the seasons are beginning to change.  Over the weekend, if you’re outside with your child, look for any signs of fall.  We will talk about them next week.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Bates

Dear Third and Fourth Grade Families,

Thank you to all of you that were able to attend the Open House on Wednesday night!  It was great to see you!  Those of you that were not able to attend please check your child’s assignment books for copies of the handouts given at the Open House.

If all went as planned this week, we will have completed our fall MAPS testing.  Once we have the score reports we will be using them for individual goal setting for students. 

Enjoy your weekend! Try to help your child get plenty of rest and do their daily reading.

          Sincerely,

          Mrs. Bills

Fifth and Sixth Grade Newsletter                                

Dear Parents,