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The school year has come to a close! It's been a great year from the Principal's office. I came in with a number of ideas based on the conversations I had this summer with families and staff members. I was able to support many of them but not 100% of them. Still, I love that I saw field trips back in the milieu. We already have some grade levels planning trips for next year! We saw the return of dances (thank you Student Council), and plenty of new academic challenges. The staff led the revival of STEAM night, which may have been one of my favorite evenings of the school year. And we were fortunate to have tremendous community involvement. Thanks to our volunteers, we were able to reopen the library. Families supported the reclamation of our outdoor spaces with plans to continue and expand. Our new PTA board recreated itself and was tremendously successful in supporting our building's efforts! On top of all this, we saw a resurgence in after-school activities, many in partn...

This week was about celebrations! We celebrated our 8th graders' TPS careers with a Semi Formal dance on Thursday. Thank you to the parents that fundraised to offset the costs and who decorated for the evening. The kids danced the night away at Harrington Farms. Tonight, we will host our 8th-grade Commencement Ceremony at WRHS. And next week, these students will finish off the year with a Field Trip to 6 Flags! They have been amazing ambassadors this year and I know they will make us proud in the next steps of their academic careers.    Another year's culminating year-end celebration was Wednesday's Field Day. The weather looked questionable but couldn't have been better. And the kids had a BLAST! I want to give a big thank you to our PE teacher, Mrs. McDonald, who planned and organized the whole thing. We couldn't have done it without the support of our generous PTA or the help of our volunteers. I can't forget to thank the Princeton Fire Department for coming ...

After numerous staff training opportunities and in cooperation with the Princeton Police and Fire Departments, this morning we conducted our Violent Intruder Drill ( ALICE ). This is a somber topic and a difficult drill to consider. The staff did an amazing job modeling calm decision making and the majority of the building evacuated. I was also proud of the children who did a great job! This was our first drill and I was looking at it as a Formative Assessment to see what direction we need to go moving forward. It was a great start to a difficult concept. I'd like to thank the Police and Fire Departments who were on hand to support us through the drill. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out.  This week was chock full of fun, engaging events! Thanks to the efforts of Mrs. Chappalonis and Ms. St. Pierre, Community Reader Day returned to TPS! This wonderful tradition, where we are graced by community members, allowed us to model the i...

This is it! It's really happening! Thanks to the guidance of Mrs. Hacket and Mrs. Roczniak, as well as the support of all our teachers, we are having a STEAM Day/Night next Thursday. Students will work throughout the day on their STEAM challenges and we will open the building that evening (6:00-7:30) to share their efforts with all of you. Additionally, we will have community groups present and the teachers will be raffling off some wonderful baskets! I hope to see many folks come out and help us celebrate our students and teachers' efforts. The flyer with details can also be found here in the electronic folder.  Also, next week, we will have our culminating safety drill (ALICE ). The staff has been working towards this all year with various training and in collaboration with the Princeton Police and Fire Departments. We will have a "soft" drill on Friday after all the classes have had the opportunity to read "Prepared not Scared." Here is Mrs. Thompson (no ...