Moretown School
September 11, 2015
Principally Speaking - Our Administrative Newsletter
Hello Moretown School Families;
We hope the beginning of the school year has been smooth and energizing for your children. As with any transition there will inevitably be some bumps and changes to the daily routine - let us know if there is any way we can help with this transition.
Our Principally Speaking newsletter will be sent out in a different format this year. As you may be aware we are attempting to keep you more informed about the happenings and goings on here at the school by utilizing a regularly updated blog. Here is the link to the Moretown School Blog - Moretown Blog.
We will continue to send Principally Speaking newsletters twice a month to provide updates regarding important dates, events and messages that may be important for our families to know. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Important Announcements:
- Please return school forms and paperwork to the Pam Washburn in the main office as soon as possible. If you need assistance please contact us at 496-3742.
- The Moretown School takes its civil role within the community very seriously. We educate our school community about the importance of civic duty, citizenship and service within our curriculum. We honored Patriots Day, September 11, 2015, within individual classrooms when appropriate using age appropriate materials and curriculum.
- Red Cross Babysitter Course offered - Saturday, October 3rd from 8:30 - 3 PM. The cost is $65 which includes a book, CD, and certification card. People must send a check payable to Harwood Union to the attention of Mary Holden, 458 VT RTE 100; S. Duxbury, VT 05660 in order to hold their slot. Students must be 11 years old to attend and class is limited to 12 students. can also reach her by email at mholden@wwsu.org.
4. The Moretown School is looking for donations of pumpkins, straw bales, corn stalks, and any gourds that we can use to decorate our front entrance of the school for the fall.
(I know it still seems a bit like summer - but not for long). Please drop off any items on our porch over the next couple of weeks.
- The next school board meeting will be held on September 21, 2015, at 6:00pm. Please note that this is a change from our regular board meetings. The agenda will be posted early next week.
- The first PTN meeting will held on September 28th at 6:30pm at the school. All are welcome!! We have much to discuss and plan for this school year!
- Our annual open house for the 15-16 school year will be held on October 8th. This year our school is preparing to offer a pasta dinner for all families to help with the busy evening. We are working on offering this dinner as a fundraiser for our 6th graders class trip at the end of the school year. (6th grade families should be getting an email soon regarding how they can help with this important event)
Welcome from our School Board Chair, Kate O’Neill
The Moretown school board wishes to welcome all faculty, staff, parents, students and the community as a whole into the 2015-2016 school year. This school year is underway with great success and positive energy. Your school board has much to work on this year, not least of which is ensuring fiscal responsibility, quality programs and services, and a vision for our school in changing times. All of this leads to the work we and the entire Washington West Supervisory Union will embark upon which is navigating the new legislation Act 46 (the governance structure act). We will work carefully to understand the details, the pros and cons, the programmatic impacts on our school, fiscal impacts for our town, and the perspectives of our constituents. All potential changes that Moretown and the supervisory union-wide board consider, and the timing of those changes, must take into account these factors. We will try our best as members of Moretown school board to maintain good communications as we embark on this uncharted journey. Thank you all for all that you do to support Moretown school ensuring that it is safe, healthy, engaging, challenging, supportive and... awesome.
Important Dates:
September 21 School Board Meeting - 6:00 in the school library
September 28 PTN meeting 6:30 at the school
October 12 School Holiday
October 13 No school for students - Inservice for staff
October 15 Picture Day at Moretown
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.