Center Stage
November 7, 2025
Dear Parents & Guardians,
It has been another great week at WCS! This week, our administrative team had the pleasure of hosting a new student luncheon for our 5th and 6th grade students who are new to the Windham School District. It was wonderful getting to know each of them and watching them connect with one another as many realized they weren’t the only new faces in our building!
We also kicked off our Student Mentor Program for the year. Students have the opportunity to apply to become mentors to new students who join us throughout the year. I am looking forward to reading their thoughtful written applications and identifying a team of mentors who will proudly represent our school and help welcome others into our community.
Our Thanksgiving Food Drive is officially underway! Classrooms are competing to see who can collect the most items, and the excitement is already building. If you’re dropping off donations at the main office, please be sure to include your child’s name so we can credit the correct classroom. All collected items will stay local to support families in need through Windham’s Helping Hands. We are currently collecting stuffing, gravy, and cranberry sauce. Every item makes a difference, and we appreciate your continued support in helping our students learn the value of giving back to their community.
As Veterans Day approaches, we would like to take a moment to thank all of our veterans for their service, sacrifice, and dedication to our country. We are deeply grateful for the courage and commitment of those who have served and continue to serve. Your contributions ensure the freedoms we enjoy every day, and we honor you not only this month but all year long.
A big shout-out to everyone who donated candy for our troops this week. The collection bin was overflowing! Your generosity will certainly bring smiles to many.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Martin
WCS Principal
11th-Veterans Day-No School
18th-School Council Meeting
18th-School Board Meeting (WCS Academic Student Spotlight)
21st-Trimester 1 Grades Close
26th-28th-Thanksgiving Recess
1st- 3rd-5th Grade Puberty Talk
5th-Report Cards Available to Parents in Power School
5th-5th Grade Gingerbread House Activity
8th-Mental Health Monday-Stress Management
9th-School Council Meeting
9th-School Board Meeting
10th-Early Release Day
12th-Snow Date-Gingerbread House Activity
12th-Progress Reports Available to Parents
15th-19th-Holiday Spirit Week
16th-WMS & WCS Choir Concert
18th-WMS & WCS Choir Concert Snow Date
24th-2nd-Winter Recess-No School
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Each year we turn our cafeteria into a Candyland so the fifth graders may create gingerbread houses as part of our Winter tradition for December. We are asking each class to donate specific items. In addition, we ask that each child bring a container that day to carry their masterpiece home (a shoe box works great).
Please find your child’s homeroom teacher’s name below to identify the product we are asking you to donate. Items should be brought into your child’s classroom by Monday, December 1st. Thank you so much for your generosity and helping us continue enjoying this annual STEAM project.
Fleet/Santo- tubs of white frosting (16 ounce size)
Clegg - mini candy canes or peppermints
Parsons- bags/tubs of gum drops
Serian - large bags of skittles
Misiaszek/Lizotte- boxes of graham crackers
Ditolla/Rice - paper goods (please use this link Sign Up Genius link to avoid duplicates)
Fuccillo- bags of small pretzel sticks (please no large or pretzel shaped)
We would love to have volunteers to help us on Friday, December 5th from 8:45am-10:30am (Snow Date is Friday, December 12th). You must have completed your background check, fingerprints and Vector training through the SAU in order to volunteer for this event. If you are available and would like to help, please click this link to complete the Gingerbread House Activity Google Form.
Thank you…
The Windham Center School Grade 5 Team
Book Club–November 12 & Friday mornings
The Jr. Book Beat Club will meet after school on November 12 and December 3 to discuss Smiley by M.C. Ross, author of Nugly and A Dog’s Porpoise. We also meet on Friday mornings during Ready, Set, Go. Join using the Book Club registration form.
5th and 6th grade Chorus sign ups are open!
All 5th and 6th grade students have the exciting opportunity to participate in the WCS Chorus! Chorus rehearsals will begin on Thursday, October 2nd, and will take place after school hours from 2:30 to 3:30. We will be adding two Friday rehearsals as we approach the concert date to ensure that students are ready to perform for you. Students would need to be picked up in the back of the school building no later than 3:30.
Mark your calendars! The chorus will be performing at WHS on Tuesday, December 16th beginning at 6:30pm in the WHS auditorium!
We will be meeting on the following days for rehearsals: October 2nd, October 9th, October 16th, October 23rd, November 6th, November 13th, November 20th, December 4th, December 5th, December 11th, December 12th.
We will also perform in the Spring! There will be more information on this in the near future.
For future reference, on snow days we will go in accordance with school cancellations; therefore, if school is canceled, the chorus will not meet on that day.
If your child is going to be absent or late to school, please put this information in Pick Up Patrol. If for some reason you are unable to do so, please call the absence line at 603-845-1554, Option 1. If we have no received proper notification, your child will receive an unexcused absence and you will receive an auto call.
