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We're excited to share that town resident Dot Odgren, with the support of staff and community members, has been awarded a $500 grant by Wild Ones ' Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant. This money will go into moving our pollinator garden, currently hidden behind the baseball fields, to the other side of the building where it is more likely to thrive and attract pollinators. Wild Ones supports efforts to positively impact d windling biodiversity. They note that in the last century alone, we’ve lost millions of acres of diverse ecosystems to urbanization. Wild Ones’ vision is to support native plants and natural landscapes in every community and the Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Program helps achieve this. Wild Ones is a nationally recognized, membership-based, non-profit organization with a mission to promote native landscapes through education, advocacy, and collaborative action. Thank you Dot Odgren, and everyone who has helped with this process! Want to get involved? They...

As we get the calendar year underway, it's a good time to reflect on some procedural things. Thank you all for regularly using the School Dismissal Manager for absences and dismissals. We're working internally on tightening up the use of SDM, but overall it definitely makes life smoother. One thing I've noticed though is arrival and dismissal could use a few reminders. So here I go. Please try to have your students ready when you pull up to the sidewalk so they can hop out and start walking into the building. This keeps the flow of traffic moving. If your little one (or not-so-little one) needs more time, help with their belongings, or just a little hug please pull up to a parking spot. Equally important, if you are behind someone taking a little longer, please be patient. We are a K to 8 and sometimes kids take a little longer than expected for no foreseeable reason. I think we've all been there. I know I have grown old and gray standing outside my truck at grocery sto...

It's hard to believe, but the second quarter is over. In other words, we are at the midway mark of the school year! This also means that student report cards have been posted in PowerSchool. If you are having trouble viewing them please reach out. If the STAR assessments are indicative of anything, we have seen plenty of growth academically this year!  If you are an 8th-grade parent, you should have received an email from me this afternoon but the grade-specific lists are sometimes flawed so I am sharing similar information here. Thomas Prince's 8th grade was chosen to participate in the National Assessment of Educational Progress ( NAEP ). I can only imagine they want us to help bring the National average up :) Pertinent information can be found in the letter in our electronic folder.  The new month brings a new Reading Challenge! Thank you Mrs. Dolat for continuing this tradition! This month's prompts are particularly fun: Read a story about friendship, a book from the li...