Center Connection

Dear Center School Families,

A huge shout out to everyone who helped make our Fun Run a great day. We were thrilled to have such wonderful weather for the event and are grateful for all of the support. As a reminder we have the Pasta Dinner on Thursday which will be another wonderful event for our community.

As we enter into October we are doing a check in on our lost and found. We have a large collection of sweatshirts that you can see photographed below. On Friday, these items will be donated to keep the area manageable to maintain. Please take a look at the photo and pick up any of your items before Friday.

As we enter into the second month of school, please know we are looking at our attendance data. We did a review of the first month of school's data and any student who has missed more than 10% of the year so far will be receiving a letter around their absences. We use this threshold to match the state's definition of chronic absenteeism which is 10% of the school year (18 days total). We are working hard to improve our attendance rates this year and striving to help everyone understand the importance of being in school each day. We appreciate your partnership with us in prioritizing school attendance.

In partnership,

Kerryann Coppinger

October 8, 2025: Picture Day

October 9, 2025: Pasta Dinner 5:00 and 6:00pm seating times and takeout

October 9, 2025: Chief Evers visits Kindergarten for Fire Safety Week

October 8, 2025: Picture Day

October 9, 2025: Pasta Dinner 5:00 and 6:00pm seating times

October 13, 2025: No School

October 14, 2025: SPTO Meeting 7pm in the library at Center

October 16, 2025: Coffee Hour with Mrs. Coppinger (9am); Virtual Listening session 4:00pm)

October 16, 2025: Multi Lingual Learner Night at Center (6:00-7:30pm)

October 24, 2025: Early Release (12:15 Dismissal K-5, 11:15 Dismissal Pre-K)

October 27-31: Grade Five Outdoor Classroom Trip

October 29, 2025: School Council (3:30pm)

Attendance & Dismissal Updates: No more phone calls, paper notes, or emails!

Now that the school year is underway, we’d like to remind families that PickUp Patrol is the program we use to share important daily information. Parents should use PickUp Patrol to report:

• Absences (Please enter as soon as you know of an upcoming absence. It helps us a lot when they are in prior to the day starting).

• Late arrivals

• Any changes to dismissal plans (before 2pm)
  
  

Using this program ensures that the school office, your child’s teacher, the health office, and the dismissal team all have the same, up-to-date information each day. Families can access PickUp Patrol through the mobile app or the website dashboard.

Wednesday, October 8th

School Picture Day is scheduled for Wednesday, October 8th. Hard copies of order forms were sent home with students over the last several days.

Please note: ordering photos is optional, but every student will be photographed, and their photo will be added to their cumulative school file.

Families who wish to purchase photos may order using the form that was sent home, or place an order online at www.coffeepond.com.

Nashoba Community Partnership for Children - Free Parent / Child Playgroups

Sign Up Form

Session 1: September 22, 2025 to January 16, 2026

STOW PLAYGROUP: Mondays - 9:00-10:30 AM, at the Pompositticut Community Center, 503 Great Road, Stow

BOLTON PLAYGROUP: Thursdays - 12:00-1:30 PM at the EMERSON BUILDING - Florence Sawyer School,50 Mechanic Street, Bolton

LANCASTER PLAYGROUP: Fridays - 9:00-10:30 AM at the Lancaster Community Center, 39 Harvard Road, Lancaster (Behind the Lancaster town hall)

Substitutes play a critical role in helping our school succeed and Center School needs more of them! If you have the flexibility in your schedule or know someone who does, it is an incredible way to support our school community. Please reach out with any questions.

Apply Here

We appreciate your help in growing our substitute pool!

If you are looking for a way to help support your child's school experience please consider applying to be a lunch monitor. The lunch monitor is a paid position that works 2.5 hours as day, (11:00-1:30) 5 days a week. If you are interested please apply here. Filling this position helps make our school be the best it can be!