Dear Greenwood Families,
Happy Monday! We *just* might now be getting settled into the time change - last Monday morning had a lot of sleepy-looking kids (and adults!) and right-at-the-bell stragglers thanks to that lost hour. It got progressively better each day though! Congratulations to all of our Science Fair participants on Saturday - it’s great to see all these creative scientific minds at work!
Authorfest This Week
Thanks to the efforts of the Greenwood PTO, we are very excited to welcome some authors to Greenwood this week to share their books and writing practices with our students. Each class will have a separate session with the author in the library on their assigned day.
Thursday, March 20th - Andrew Hacket for Grades K, 1, 2
Friday, March 21st - Erin Petti for Grades 3, 4
Reminder 2025 MCAS Dates - Grades 3 & 4
These went out in a previous message, but just in case you missed them…MCAS testing for grades 3 & 4 will take place on the following days:
English/Language Arts - Tuesday, April 8th and Wednesday, April 9th
Math - Monday, May 12th and Tuesday, May 13th
Testing begins at the start of the school day. Children who are absent or significantly tardy on the day of testing will take that day’s session during a makeup time on a different day. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions.
WPS Incoming Kindergarten Virtual Information Night
Do you have a Kindergarten student beginning in the fall of 2025? If so, please join us for our WPS Kindergarten Information Session via Zoom on Thursday, March 27th at 7:00 PM. Elementary Principals and other members of the WPS administrative team will lead an important information session on everything you need to know about your student's transition to kindergarten. Please join if you can and spread the word! Zoom link is below:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/97271139095?pwd=5M3PHAQsg47yTPwktiQ0idawHENyyU.1
Meeting ID: 972 7113 9095
Passcode: 820570
Next All-School Meeting - 1st Grade Hosting
It’ll be here before we know it! We will have our 1st grade-hosted All-School Meeting on Monday, April 7th starting at 9:00am. Each grade level is responsible for sharing about a positive attribute that we want our Greenwood community to embrace and embody, and 1st grade will be teaching us what they know about self-control. We would like to invite 1st grade parents/guardians to attend if you are able to do so. (Seating will be up in the balcony.)
Lunchroom Volunteers
Our faithful volunteers will be delighted to know that the Sign-Up Genius has been cleaned up - no more scrolling through months of old dates to get to current opportunities!
Do you have any free time between 12:00-1:10pm on school days? Looking for a way to help out at Greenwood? Come join us as a lunchroom volunteer! If you’d like to come in and help support students while they’re eating lunch, please see the linked Sign-Up Genius to select time slots all the way up until April break!. Single days, multiple days, one time slot, the whole lunch block…we welcome any and all helpers!
Lunchroom volunteers will help students with those tricky thermoses, hand out napkins and utensils, support students while they sort items into composting/food rescue/trash, and help clean tables at the end of each lunch. Oh, and the most important thing - bring smiles and laughter!
NOTE: You will need to have a CORI form completed before coming in for any lunch shifts - please contact Ms. Paiva about the process or to check if you have a current one on file
Keep the volunteers coming! Kids love to see everyone at lunchtime!
Greenwood School Social Media
We are on Facebook and Instagram, and one of my personal goals this year is to show off the fun we’re having throughout Greenwood! Check us out - @wpsgreenwood on both Instagram and Facebook!
As always, please do not hesitate to reach out with questions.
Thank you for everything you do to support your children and their learning! Let’s have a great week!
Tiffany Back
Principal, Greenwood School