As promised, I have more information to share about Nurse Karina. She is coming to us from Paxton school so send positive vibes their way as they try and search for a replacement. Their loss is certainly our gain. Meanwhile, we have a pair of sub nurses sharing the role.
Hello! My name is Karina Abbascia and I am so excited to be joining the TPS team as your school nurse! I have heard nothing but great things about TPS and look forward to working with you all. I graduated from Worcester State University with a degree in Psychology & Spanish and worked in research for several years before deciding to return to school to get my bachelor's degree in nursing from MCPHS University. Upon graduation, I worked at St. Vincent Hospital for several years before making the transition to the school setting in August of 2020. I have been working at PCS since this time and I have met some extraordinary educators, students, and families. The change has been a bittersweet one and, as much as I will miss my wonderful coworkers and students, I am also excited to create some new relationships and experiences with everyone at TPS. On a personal level, my husband and I have a 3-year-old son, Geno, who keeps us on our toes! In my free time (which is close to non-existent with a little one!) I enjoy gardening, reading, and metal detecting! I am looking forward to meeting you all soon! -Karina
Next week we will begin our use of the Panorama assessment. We use this data to determine the climate and culture of our school and to provide individual social and emotional supports when necessary. That was my cliff notes version of the information provided below. If you would not like your child to take part, please reach out to me and let me know.
"We thank you and your family for being our valued partners as we work together toeducate the children in our district. As you may already be aware, building our social-emotional learning skills is an important goal for our school this year. Over the next several weeks, students and teachers will participate in several exercises to better understand these concepts and to reflect on how they perceive these skills in themselves.We will be asking for your child to reflect on their own mindsets and approaches to learning via an online survey they will be completing at school. The survey shouldn’t take more than 20-30 minutes to complete.We are asking that all of our students participate in the surveys, as their responses will provide invaluable insights into their experiences and how we can improve and adapt our district to their needs. If a student doesn’t feel like they have enough information to answer a question, they will be able to skip the item altogether. The responses to these surveys will be completely confidential.The Panorama student surveys will be given 3 times per school year, and they will provide information about the student experience in Wachusett Schools (Grades 3-12). The data will be used at the school and district levels as one data source to help shape our Social-Emotional Learning planning"
- Monday
- Crazy hat/hair day
- Tuesday
- Crazy sock day and TPS Spirit wear day (If you have't purchased a shirt yet just wear red)
- Wednesday
- Sports day (wear your team jersey, favorite sports team jersey, pull that TPS gear out again)
- Thursday
- Book Character Day (dress as your favorite character from a book)
- Friday - Colors day!
- K - Rainbow
- 1st - Red
- 2nd - Blue
- 3rd - Yellow
- 4th - Orange
- 5th - Purple
- 6th - Green
- 7th - White
- 8th - Black
- Staff - Pink
- Tuesday (10/4)
- Cross Country meet at Mountview
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