November

11/11 No School- Veterans Day

11/14 School Council Meeting 3:45-4:45

11/15 Coffee and Chat with Mrs. Gaudette 8:15-9:00

11/15 PSO Meeting 9:30am Music Room- Sarah Shannon will be our guest

11/15 Assembly Around the World in Song! Music (artsforlearningma.org)

11/20-11/21 Fall Book Fair 4:30-6:30pm in the Cafeteria

11/27 Half Day- NO RISE after school

11/28-11/29 No School- Thanksgiving

Come join Mrs. Guadette in the music room on 11/15, before the PSO meeting 8:15-9:00am for a coffee and chat. I will provide coffee and some school updates and you can bring any topics you'd like to chat about! Children are welcome.

We are planning our Winter Concerts for the middle of January due to the fact that we started the year with guest teachers in for some of the music classes. We have recently hired Megan Rees to teach music on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Mrs. Lewis is also still shared between us and Deer Hill. More concert details to follow.

The Osgood School Council is scheduled to meet on Thursday 3:45-4:45 in the Osgood conference room. The agenda is attached below. While there are elected members to represent staff and families, all are always welcome.

The School Council parent members were elected by parents at the 2023 Open House to represent Osgood parents on the School Council for the following two years. They are all in year two of their term.

The School Council serves to advise the principal on adopting educational goals for the school, identifying the educational needs of students, reviewing the school budget, and formulating a school improvement plan.

If you have ideas you’d like to discuss, please reach out to Jessica, Liz and Hillary. Their contact info is with their bios below:

Jessica R. Brooks
Jessica is the mother of a first grade student. She has lived in Cohasset with her husband and son since early 2019. Jessica attended Case Western Reserve University where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology. She earned her Master’s of Education at Simmons College and went on to obtain her Board Certification in Applied Behavior Analysis (BCBA). Jessica has more than 15 years of experience working with children of various ages and adults with developmental, neurological and mental health disabilities. She has provided services to these individuals and their families in homes, schools, residential settings, ABA programs and the community. She currently is the Executive Director at South Shore Autism Center. Jessica is committed to the public education system and being part of her community. Jessica can be reached at jessica.brooks415@gmail.com.
Jessica R. Brooks, MS Ed, BCBA, LABA

Liz Ferriero
Liz Ferriero has a background in Child Development and Special Education systems. She worked in Early Intervention for five years, working with children with developmental delays, screening children for Autism Spectrum Disorder, and running parent support groups. Currently the Program Lead at Boston Medical Center’s Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Autism Program where she has worked for the past 8 years, she supervises staff direct patient care, provides trainings to entities such as DCF and medical students, as well as empowers and assists patients facing many barriers. She is also on the Carriage House Parent Committee and volunteers at Osgood for her current 1st grader. Liz can be reached at Elizabeth.Ferriero@bmc.org or lizkernferriero@gmail.com.

Hillary Mone
I am married with three children - Quinn (age 6, 1st grade), Conor (4) and Eamon (2) - and a dog, Fred. We have lived in Cohasset since 2019 and my daughter has just started her second year at Osgood. I am a graduate of Georgetown University and hold my MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. My professional background is in management consulting, marketing and project management. I was a Brand Manager for Procter & Gamble/Gillette brands for six years and then spent two years as Brand Director in charge of product development and marketing for clean beauty company Follain. I have been home full-time with my kids for the past 1.5 years. I currently volunteer my time as co-chair of the Carriage House Parent Committee in Cohasset and on the Marketing Committee for the Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester. I hope to also have the opportunity to serve on the Osgood Parent Council to help craft and support the best educational experience possible for our students. Hillary can be reached at hillary.mone@gmail.com.

For the safety of all students, please use this list to choose snacks that are allowed at the Osgood School. We do have a nut free table in the cafeteria, so this guidance is just for snacks, which are most often eaten in classrooms. The list was generated to avoid having our school nurses check all students' snacks each day to be sure they are safe.

Please pack your child's snack separate from their lunch.

Need Cohasset Swag?!

Check out our PSO's online store!

https://www.cohassetpso.org/shop

For information regarding school transportation, please visit the transportation page on the new CPS website. All students must be registered through transportation to ride the bus. However, buses are full at this time and they are placing students on wait lists.

Joseph Osgood School

Principal: Amy Gaudette

Email: agaudette@cohassetk12.org

Main Office: Lisa Gowell

Email: lgowell@cohassetk12.org
Website: https://www.cohassetk12.org/Domain/11
Location: 210 Sohier St., Cohasset, MA 02025
Phone: (781) 383-6117