An Important Update from the Office

We enjoyed to opportunity to connect with so many of our 6-8th grade families last week! As a reminder, if you were unable to attend, feel free to email your student's homeroom teacher to receive updates from our night.

We look forward to welcoming more of our parents/caregivers to Lawrence School this week: Monday, October 5th will be our 3rd-5th Curriculum Night/Back to School "Open Houses," while our K-2nd night will be Thursday, October 8th with both nights beginning at 6:00 PM sharp. As a reminder, all of our Curriculum Nights at Lawrence are adult only (with the exception of infant/toddler under the age of 3). This is to ensure that there is space in classrooms, as well as to keep the focus on both relaying important information around grade level curriculum, expectations and routines as well as building connections between our educators and adult caregivers. We are grateful that our PTO arranged with our 8th grade to support with childcare for our upcoming K-2nd and 3-5th evenings, but please note our sign ups for child care has now closed after reaching our volunteer capacity.

For our K-5th grade parents/adult caregivers, this year's evening will give you the opportunity to meet some of the staff supporting your child and see the classrooms where they spend their time learning each day. We have the evening set up so that adults will have the opportunity to both spend time in your child(ren)'s homeroom classroom and receive grade level information. Additionally, specialists (counselors, administration, EL, math/literacy specialists and special educators, as well as representatives from our music, art and wellness departments), will be on hand to greet you.

Here is a brief overview of our two nights:

3rd-5th (Monday, October 5th):

• 6:00-6:25PM Time in Homeroom classrooms or visiting specialists in their respective spaces

• 6:25-6:30PM Transition time

• 6:30-6:55PM Curricular presentations:

• Grade 3-Auditorium (2nd floor)

• Grade 4-Library (1st floor)

• Grade 5: Individual homerooms (5B, 5E, 5N)

• 7:00-7:15 PM 3-5th Family presentation with Samantha Mazzeo, 3-5 Guidance Counselor and Laura Horst, Assistant Principal (Auditorium)

• 5:15-6:00 PM: METCO Family Dinner
• 6:00–6:15 PM: Opening - Meaghan Monahan, K-2 Guidance Counselor and Dominique Ferdinand, Assistant Principal, will welcome all K-2 families in the auditorium and introduce additional staff
• 6:15–6:45 PM: Specialist Time- Families can visit with our Specialists and Learning Center Teachers.

Grade level specific (6:45-7:30):

• Kindergarten-
• 6:45–7:00 PM: Transition to Kindergarten Classrooms (KC, KG, KP, KO)
• 7:00–7:30 PM: Grade-level presentations in the Library
• First Grade-
• 6:45–7:00 PM: Transition to First Grade Classrooms (1C, 1GS, 1P, 1L)
• 7:00–7:30 PM: Classroom presentations
• Second Grade-
• 6:45–7:00 PM:Transition to Second Grade Classrooms (2A, 2G, 2W)
• 7:00–7:30 PM.: Second Grade-level presentations in the Auditorium

Please note, in reviewing the schedules above that we will be starting both evenings PROMPTLY at 6:00 PM to ensure that educators are able to get home at a reasonable time after our evening together. We are grateful for the efforts that all of our educators are putting into providing an informative evening for our families, but also want to remind everyone that these Back to School nights are NOT the time for individual conferencing about student needs. If you have specific concerns/questions related to your child, please reach out to the homeroom teacher or specialist to schedule a time to chat. K-5th grade families should be signing up for our Fall Conference window, so that is the time for discussion about student-specific topics.

In other news, a hearty congratulations to our three parent School Site Council representatives, selected through the recent election sponsored by the PTO: Anna Hartmann, Jason North and Andrea Ricotta! We are grateful to all the parents who ran for a position and urge everyone to stay involved this coming year as we draft our next School Improvement Plan, to begin summer of 2027. Our first public meeting of the Lawrence School Site Council will be this Thursday morning (see calendar below).

Thank you to all of our families for your desire to connect and support the learning at Lawrence School - our success is built on the collaboration between families and educators and we know that we are blessed to have such an engaged adult caregiver community! Stay tuned to next edition of the Linked "In" Newsletter next weekend, where we will be sharing out the middle school students selected to take part in our first Leopard PAC (Principal's Advisory Council) for this school year!

Warmly,

Vanessa Bilello

Lawrence School Principal

Please contact us if you have any questions on events listed below!

Lawrence PTO Events Calendar

PSB District Calendar

Please review the dates below. We will add to these calendars as the year progresses. Contact the office with any questions.

September 15th - October 15th is Hispanic Heritage Month!

• Monday, October 5th - 6:00 - 7:15 PM - Lawrence Curriculum Open House (Grades 3-5) *Adults only.

• Thursday, October 8th - 8:15-9:15 AM Hybrid: Lawrence location TBD/Zoom- Lawrence School Council

• Thursday, October 8th - 5:15-6:00PM in Lawrence library - METCO Meet & Greet Dinner

• Thursday, October 8th - 6:00 - 7:15 PM - Lawrence Curriculum Open House (Grades K-2) *Adults only.

• Thursday, October 8th - Friday, October 9th - Halloween Costume Sale (PTO sponsored)

• Monday, October 12th - No School, Indigenous People's Day

• Sunday, October 18th - 9:00 - 11:00 AM on the Longwood Park field - Lawrence Fun Run (PTO sponsored)

• Friday, October 23rd - Fall Fest (PTO sponsored)

• Monday, October 26th - Friday, October 30th - LAWRENCE SCHOOL FALL SPIRIT WEEK! *Themes will be picked by our fall Middle School Leopard PAC (Principal's Advisory Council) members and shared with the community in early October!*

• Friday, October 30th - 1:15 PM - K-2nd Grade Halloween Parade - More information coming home soon!

• Tuesday, November 3rd- NO SCHOOL - MA Election Day & PSB Professional Development Day: Staff Report/Closed for Students

Conference Early Release Days - 12:40 pm Dismissal

Fall: 11/4 (K-6), 11/12 (K-8), 11/18 (K-8), 12/3 (K-8)

Spring: 4/8 (K-8), 4/14 (K-6), 4/29 (K-6), 5/5 (K-6)

*All staff will designate evening conference times, in addition to the Early Dismissal time. This is a dedicated week, TBA, during the Fall/Spring

School Council Dates: (Thursdays @ 8:15-9:15 am - Hybrid, Zoom & Location TBD) - October 8th, December 10, February 11, April 8, June 10

Principal/PTO Forums:

*These forums will alternate formats (zoom/in person), with the hopes of connecting with members of our adult community. Each forum will include a different, timely topic of interest related to the Lawrence School. Dates subject to change.*

• Thursday, October 22nd: 8:15-9:15 am (Hybrid, Library): Fall Feedback - Join the PTO leaders and school leadership to discuss the start of the school year: what worked, provide feedback, ask questions about upcoming events, connect with school/PTO!
• Thursday, December 3rd: 7:00-8:00 pm (Zoom): Theme TBA
• Thursday, February 4th: 8:15-9:15 am (Hybrid, Library): Theme TBA
• Thursday, April 1st: 7:00-8:00 pm (Zoom): Theme TBA
• Thursday, June 3rd: 8:15-9:15 am (Hybrid, Library): School Year Wrap Up

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