TPS Principal's Page

📕The Book Fair was a hit! Thank you again to Jessie Trowbridge, the Library Volunteers, and parent volunteers/PTA for making it happen! ⭐Reminder that report cards are posted for K-5 today through the Powerschool portal!  For more information about the report card, check the Electronic Blue Folder!  👟Track & Field Participants: Reminder that physicals (completed in the last 13 months) must be submitted in order to participate. Please send them to Nurse Karina!  💻Last week I shared that WRSD has a new Facebook page (Wachusett Regional School District). This week, I'd like to share the new page on the WRSD website!  Please check out the FY26 Budget Information page   for facts/data/explanations about this year's budget. All of this information will surely come in handy for the Town Meeting in May.  🎭TPS presents "The Outsiders" on April 3rd and April 4th at 6:00!  While the performance is still a few weeks away, I thought you'd like to know ...

🕮Next week the Scholastic Book Fair will be set up for shopping. Each classroom will have time to visit and make purchases. Check out the picture of the flyer above for your child's day and time. Volunteers to help manage the register and organize shelves are still needed! If you are interested and available, please reach out to   jessie.trowbridge@gmail.com  to sign up! Community Shop Night will be on Thursday 3/20 4:30-7:00.  You can set up an e-wallet for your child by visiting this site . Check out the letter in the Electronic Blue Folder for more details!  Thank you to the Library Volunteers and PTA for organizing this experience for the students! 🐕The kids have been asking me lately about ordering Cruiser "merch". I know Ace shared it in the past, but I will share Officer Holly's email again for you! If you are interested in ordering a t-shirt or hoodie, send her an email at hdoyle@princetonpolice.org.  🖳WRSD now has a Facebook Page!  Be sure to ch...

This has been a great first week in my new role! I was greeted by students each morning with such sweet and throughtful comments and questions about being the principal.  When I visited classrooms I was welcomed with sweet principal greetings. It made this week so very special! I am still smiling.  When I came to TPS, I came with the hopes of further developing the PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports) structure that was in place.  For the next few weeks, I'd love to share more of what that looks on the day to day here!  Last year the PBIS Committee decided to celebrate students by electing "Warriors of the Month".  These students are recognized in each grade level for being a Warrior who has the qualities of being respectful, responsible and ready to learn. Each month their names are announced and their pictures are hung on our Warrior of the Month bulletin board located in the main hall. It's heartwarming to see classmates and peers celebrate the...

Welcome to Eileen Donahue who will serve as our interim Assistant Princpal for the remainder of the year. Mrs. Donahue started on Wednesday this week and has already been visible and introduced herself to students and staff alike. She joins us as a veteran assistant princiapl most recently serving in an interim role up at WRHS. She was so well liked and respected there that we jumped at the opportunity to have her join us for the remainder of the year.  For students in grades 5-8, Track and field sign-ups has been posted ! Registration will remain open through the 21st with practices beginning on 3/31.  A note from the Town Administrator:  Community Heart and Soul Kick-Off Meeting Please join us on Thursday, March 6th at 6:30 PM at the Thomas Prince School for the Community Heart and Sould Kick-off Meeting. The Community Heart and Soul project is a resident- driven processthat engages residents in identigying what they love most about their community, what future they wan...

Dear TPS Families,  I'd like to take a minute to let you know how very honored and excited I am to be assuming the interim principal role here at TPS. I am so happy for Ace and his new position, but I will surely miss his presence every day. I want you to know that I will continue to carry out everything we have worked towards over the last 2.5 years, from planning and celebrating moments of joy, building community, and keeping the focus student-centered. As you have probably seen through my posts on Instagram, I am always looking for opportunities to celebrate our students, the work they are doing in and out of the classroom, and the footprint they are leaving on our TPS community through sports, engineering, music and the arts. I am wholeheartedly invested in TPS and I look forward to continuing to work collaboratively with you for the remainder of the school year. Please know, my door is always open! I hope you have a wonderful February break!  BethAnne DiFonso As we try to...

Thanks to Mrs. Dolat, our reading challenge is off to a huge success! As of last Friday, 76 students in grade K-5 participated for the month of January. February is already up and running so ask your student if they are particpating. This month it opened up to Middle Schoolers as well!  I'd like to recognize our 8th graders who audtioned and were accepted into the Central MA Junior District Band and Orchestra groups! Congratulations Josiah, AJ, and Cailyn! We're proud of you!  The town office has asked me to share with you that they are recruiting students and residents to be involved in Community Heart and Soul . This is a resident-driven process that engages the entire population of the town in identifying what they love most about their community, what future they want for it, and how to achieve it. Developed and field-tested over a decade in partnerhsip with over 120 small citites and towns across America, Community Heart & Sould is a proven process for engaging a comm...