Something to Yelle About

WHAT AN AWESOME START TO ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR!

Hello from the Yelle.

WELCOME! And WELCOME BACK!

I use this weekly newsletter on Fridays to give you a glimpse of the past week and also help you to know what is happening in the near future. Please keep an eye out for it every Friday and make sure you check it out!

It has been an absolutely fantastic start to the Year! The students have been incredible and I am always more and more impressed by our faculty and staff each and every day for their dedication and enthusiasm. Even though it has only been four days, I feel as though everyone is already back into the swing of things. I hope that this is something your child has been saying as they have come home from this quick short first week.

As on our Instagram feed, the pictures below and the big one above show -- we have utilized these days as a way to get to know each other, build relationships, learn to collaborate and cooperate, and just make the Yelle a welcoming place for each and every student. This is such a major goal to what we aim to do and I think we have succeeded this past week.

In the big picture above, each week, I use it as a way to highlight and show what we were able to accomplish during the week.

On our first day our awesome HAY PTO "chalked the walk" and we had at every entryway amazing statements and artwork to welcome our students for their first day. We also had our wavy purple men greeting them as they came in. All of this is to show our students how excited we are and how much we care and want them to be here. Other pictures show students working together to build relationships and getting to know each other. We also celebrated the 4th Day of School for our 4th Graders today with many activities and fun celebrations, including a couple of dance parties! One picture showed one of our very first #GoodNewsCallOfTheDay for the school year. We love having students nominated for their outstanding efforts, then we make the call home, and they get to visit our HAY PTO Book Vending Machine. Students can be nominated for a #GNCOTD for many things and all it takes is just being caught doing something good. We, again, love doing them and we hope that each of you receives this Good News Call at least once throughout the year. All of our kids can't stop checking out our vending machine, and we even have had already one of our students earning #PBIS hashtags for a coin to get their choice book. And for yet another year, our Thursday tradition of #PositiveSignThursday continues, where I try to get around to as many kids as I can to snap a picture with our weekly positive message with this week's apropos WE'RE SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE! really does mark our feelings this week!

We centered this week on learning each other and who we are, and it is upon this foundation we can build everything else we need to learn. So we are so happy everyone is with us each and every day!

These and the other pictures below that I have snapped throughout the week in and around the classrooms really do relay a story of the incredible relational accomplishments our students and teachers achieved in just four days this week. Please check them out below and all over our Instagram feed to help to tell the tremendous story we are writing this year.

Please check out the rest of the Newsletter for some important information including ...

Inter-State Fall Picture Day on Wednesday

Yelle 5th Grade Band Opportunity

HAY PTO Gear Store Open Now

Upcoming Yelle Elementary Curriculum Night

Our Upcoming HAY PTO Meeting

Upcoming Calendar Events to Mark Your Own Calendar

Other PTO News

NEED GOAT City Fundraiser

Community Events including a Fall Tennis Camp

And much, much more ...

Please check it out.

Thanks; have a wonderful weekend; stay safe and well,

Marty

Martin R. Geoghegan

Principal

Henri A. Yelle Elementary School

Wednesday, September 10 – Picture Day in the Library

Wednesday, September 10 – School Committee Meeting at the Yelle 6PM

Monday, September 15 – NEED GOAT City Fundraiser (see below)

Tuesday, September 16 – Yelle Elementary Curriculum Night 6PM 4th Grade and 6:45PM for 5th Grade

Thursday, September 18 – HAY PTO Meeting (3rd Thursday of the month) at 6PM in Library

Wednesday, September 24 – ½ Day PD Day 11:40AM Dismissal

Fall Picture Day Packets are going home for our

Brand New Inter-State Studios

Picture Day on Wednesday, September 10th!

You will receive them on Monday.

If you don't, get in touch with us and we'll get you one.

Or order even easier by going straight to order at the Inter-State website

inter-state.com

This event's Order Code is 0237WYF.

Online ordering is available before and after Picture Day. Shipping and handling charges may apply to orders placed after Picture Day.

Say CHEESE!

Dear 5th Grade Families,

We are excited to announce that Band sign-ups for 5th grade are now open!

Joining the band is a wonderful way for students to explore music, build confidence, and have fun with their classmates. We meet weekly in the band room and students are grouped into sections by instrument. Once you have rented an instrument and completed the google form, I will be able to create the most advantageous schedule for our students. They will not miss any specials, but they will be pulled from a class to meet for their sectionals (weekly) as well as a larger mixed group of instruments (every other week). Once we are up and running, we will be able to meet in larger groups and eventually as a whole band to prepare for a Spring concert.

To register your child, please:

Open the attached flyer below.
Scan the QR code to rent an instrument of your choice from the list provided.
Complete the quick Google Form (link below) and online rental by Thursday, September 12th.

All rentals will be completed online this year through K and C Music. Once completed, instruments will be delivered to me in the band room and handed out to students on the first day of band.

Please complete the following, if you are interested for your child: 5th Grade Band Sign Up Form

If you have any questions, please reach out to me at ddufresne@norton.k12.ma.us

Thank you, and we look forward to a great year of music!

Best regards,

Doug Dufresne

Yelle Music Teacher

5th Grade Band Director

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Hello Yelle Families:

We are doing a Yelle Elementary Curriculum Night on Tuesday, September 16th, we invite all parents/guardians for an evening event, our Elementary Curriculum Night, where teachers will share the academic plan for the year.

4th Grade will be from 6 to 6:30PM, and 5th Grade from 6:45 to 7:15PM.

We ask that guardians come on-time (no need to be early) head to their child's Homeroom Teacher's classroom to be filled in on the particulars of 4th or 5th Grade. In the past few years, many things have changed academically for our students and what we expect of them. We felt as though a night dedicated to academics was necessary, especially with our new Math program and our new ELA programming. This is a night where you can hear what you can expect your child to relay to you about what they are doing during the day, during classes, and what may be expected at home. A Q&A period will be built into those half-hour sessions, as well as the evening is staggered to allow folks with siblings the ability to visit different grades. Champions will be offering child care in the cafeteria for anyone who may need it.

We look forward to seeing you at this Curriculum Night!

Please feel free to email me with any questions.

Hello Yelle Families:

The HAY Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) hopes all families had a great Summer vacation. We are looking forward to another senational school year!

The PTO sponsors monthly meetings, which are usually held the third Thursday of each month from 6-7PM in the HAY Library. The meetings could be changed if there is a calendar conflict with a school vacation or holiday and are usually moved to the Wednesday before or after. You can view on the HAY Calendar on the NPS website.

We look forward to seeing returning parents along with new faces from our fourth grade families!

Come join the meetings to hear what’s happening in your child’s school, how you can help out by volunteering, or ways for you to share an idea!

Contact us at:

hayellepto@gmail.com

Like us on Facebook:

https://m.facebook.com/HAYPTO/

Don't forget to check out the HAY PTO Spirtwear Store

for your New School Year Gear!

The Store will be open from now through September 15th!

Choose between the #HAYNation Knight and the Norton N logos

to show your spirit in style!

https://login.commonsku.com/shop/24504578-e85e-4205-8eb6-fd1fd4c58824

This month’s first HAY PTO meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 18th from 6-7 pm in the Yelle Library, where we will mostly be discussing plans for our upcoming October Book Fair, events for the school year, and more.

We would love to see everyone there!

Additional information can be found on our Facebook page, and we will always contact families with any important information with ParentSquare.

Students will be able to purchase ice cream treats in the cafeteria for $1 cash.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact

Mr. Mike Vacarro

DDS Norton Public Schools

Chartwell's

508.285.0150

Please see more great Pictures and what is happening in #HAYNation like these by going to Instagram at @HAYSchoolNorton -- Make sure you Follow Us and Tag Us in any Posts you want us to see!