Stop & STEAM

🙌This morning the entire TPS community took pause to Stop & STEAM.  Organized by a committee of teachers led by Mrs. Chapalonis and Mrs. Robichaud, cross grade level buddies assembled together to design and build a device/structure.  Inspired by creatures in the "How to Catch a..." book series, students worked together to create some sort of "trap" that would catch leprechauns, garden fairies, tiny dinosaurs and more!  Student athlete volunteers from Framingham State joined in the fun, working with students, engaging in engineering design conversations and having fun! It was amazing to see what the students from k-8 were able to design and build.  I have no doubt they would be able to catch any creature with their ingenuity! There were a lot of pictures and videos taken. Unfortunately I couldn't fit all of the amazing pictures here on the blog. Be sure to check them out on the TPS Instragram (@tpswarriors)! 



🎒Every Spring seems to sneak up on me and with it...thoughts of next fall. We will be starting the placement process in the elementary school soon. As is the district policy and best practice, we solicit information from parents in the process. Please remember that we are not always able to honor requests, as our goal is to develop balanced classrooms and we have limited rooms to place kids. This year, we are accepting feedback on the placement process through this form. We will close the form on April 25th.

📲Since we are now in the busy season, just a kind reminder to make sure you are putting any dismissal changes into School Dismissal Manager. These changes could include, but are not limited to, Outsiders practice, theater club, chess club, track and field, Primitive Skills,  Legos, and more! We want to make sure we are sending your child to the right place! 

✋We would like to welcome Melissa Feller to TPS as our new part time Special Education Teacher.  Melissa comes to TPS with a range of experience and we are thrilled to have her joining us. Melissa is a dedicated literacy and learning specialist with a background as a certified speech-language pathologist. She has experience designing educational materials for reading and math, both in classrooms and online, for students in grades K-8. Currently working toward her PhD, Melissa focuses on understanding how students learn to read and how special education processes can be improved. She is passionate about using research to help all students, particularly those with learning differences, succeed, and enjoys working with parents to navigate the special education process. Melissa has worked in schools, private practice, teacher training programs, and educational publishing. She is also a mom to (one future) and two current TPS students.  Families of students who will work with Melissa will be notififed by Melissa and their current case manager. 


🖍Please read the following message from our very own Project 351 Ambassador, Jude Hebb!

Hello everyone! My name is Jude Hebb and I am an 8th grader at TPS. I was nominated to be the Project 351 Ambassador for the town of Princeton for 2025. Project 351 is an independent nonprofit organization that brings together eighth graders from every city and town in Massachusetts to build unity, cultivate kindness, and transform lives and communities through service. For our Spring Service Project, I will be hosting a clothing drive at TPS to benefit Cradles to Crayons, a nonprofit organization which provides clothing and other essentials to children in need. It is their mission to end clothing insecurity and to supply children with items that ensure they feel safe, warm, comfortable, valued, and ready to learn and thrive. From March 31 to April 11, please consider donating new, like new, or gently used clothing to Cradles to Crayons. Let’s make a difference together! I appreciate your time and your consideration. I hope you all have a great weekend!  

Please check out the Electronic Blue Folder for the flyer pictured below!

🎭 Don't forget! TPS presents "The Outsiders" on April 3rd and April 4th at 6:00! You can find a flyer with more information in the Electronic Blue Folder! 

🐰A note from the WRHS DECA Advisor, Ryan Cody: "For the third straight year, our Wachusett DECA students are offering an Easter Egg Hunt hiding service.  To keep it simple, our students buy plastic Easter eggs and name brand candy, fill the eggs with said candy, then hide the eggs the night before Easter in your family's respective yards."  Please see the flyer with more information in the Electronic Blue Folder! 

Have a great weekend!

                                                             


Looking Ahead: 

  • Monday (3/31) A Day
    • Bren Bataclan Assembly - Thanks PTA!
  • Tuesday (4/1) B Day
  • Wednesday (4/2) C Day
  • Thursday (4/3) D Day
    • The Outsiders Play @ 6:00
  • Friday (4/4) A Day
    • Red Sox Spirit Day! - Wear your Sox gear or favorite baseball team!
    • The Outsiders Play @ 6:00
  • Friday (4/11) Save the Date - PTA Glow Dance!

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