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Principal's Corner

November 26th, 2023

Principal's Corner November 26th, 2023
Principal'sCornerNovember 26th, 2023

Happy Martin Luther King Jr Day!

Good Morning,


I hope you enjoyed the long weekend! Thank you to all who attended our Building Project Community Meeing Thursday! it was great to get parent/guardian feedback and for us to share out our work to date. I look forward to sharing so many exciting updates to come.


We have a short week ahead. Please take a moment to read about upcoming PTO events and school happenings! Have a great week!


Be well,

Mrs. Lindsey Fulton, Principal

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Important Dates/Events

This Week:

  • ACCESS Testing for MLL students
  • Friday, January 19th- 4th Grade ARC Literacy Celebration 12:00-12:45 PM


Next Week:

  • Wednesday, January 24th- Mathnasium Night
  • Friday, January 26th- PTO Coloring Contest ends

Killam Building Project Updates

  • Our first community meeting was Thursday. It was very successful and can be found on the RCTV site.
  • Mrs. McGinnity, Ms. Cole, Mrs. Iozzo, Mrs. Fulton, and Dr. Milaschewski represent our educational vision team for the building project internally. They visited 3 newly built schools in MA last week and will be sharing some ideas with our design team and staff.
  • This week we will have some different consultants in the building assessing our technology, site space, etc.
  • The first educational forum with local stakeholders will take place Friday.

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PTO INFORMATION PTO INFORMATION

Keeping Children Safe & Secure Online: A Project Safe Childhood Presentation for Parents

Dear Parents, Community Members, School Administrators and School Resource Officers,

We are pleased to announce the United States Attorney’s Office District of Massachusetts will be holding an online webinar for adults that will bring awareness to the dangers children face online and to educate adults on how to keep children safe. There is an attached flyer as well as the registration link below which you can copy and paste into an email to distribute. Please feel free to share this information with your communities. Space is limited and registration is required in advance.

Webinar topic:

Keeping Children Safe & Secure Online: A Project Safe Childhood Presentation for Parents

Date and time:

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 6:30 PM | (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) Log in begins at 6:00 pm

Register link: (Copy and paste into Chrome browser for best compatibility)

https://usao.webex.com/weblink/register/r89884ccf204c605b8e466eb4be8aa854

Please direct questions to USAMA.PSCOutreach@usdoj.gov

Thank you!

Karen Legace

Project Safe Childhood Program Specialist

Office of Public Affairs and External Engagement

United States Attorney’s Office

Phone: (413) 785-0329

Kindergarten Registration 2024-2025

2024-2025 Kindergarten Registration: . The 2024-2025 Registration Packet is now available on the website for you to view and download. You may also click here to view and download the packet. Please note, parents/caregivers are encouraged to use the packet in its fillable format. We will share more information and answer any questions during the Virtual Information Session, but please reach out to RPSStudentRegistration@reading.k12.ma.us with any urgent questions.

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SEPAC INFORMATION

The Special Education Parent Advisory Council works for the understanding of, respect for, and support of, all children with special needs in the community (including ALL children on IEPs or 504 plans and children who may require specialized support). Watch this brief introductory video to learn more!

Visit the SEPAC WEBPAGE

Sign up for our mailing list

Follow SEPAC on Facebook or Instagram

See our 2023-2024 Calendar of Events


Past Event:

Tiered Support for Students Presentation - Recording

  • Student Services gave a presentation on the Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) used by the Reading Public Schools to give targeted attention to students who need additional support.

  • Recording available on Reading SEPAC website (under past-presentations)


Upcoming event:

Tuesday, Jan 16th, 6-8PM

Basic Rights Workshop: Evaluation and Eligibility

  • A comprehensive introduction to special education laws and procedures.

  • Purpose of the law, referrals, evaluations, team meeting process, determining eligibility, services and placement, what if student is not found to be eligible for services, after the team meeting, parent’s response options to an IEP, procedural due process rights for resolving disputes.

  • Virtual Event - Registration required

Registration: https://fcsn-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZModuGurj8qE9YGNyYvN-XwRon-85VhYuZg
SEPAC - Tiered Intervention Presentation 12-19-23.mp4

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LOCAL EVENTS LOCAL EVENTS

The Five Star Theatre Company Auditions

Enrollments and audition sign ups are available for this summer's Five Star program for ages 9-15. Enroll by January 1, 2024. Details on their website: https://www.fivestartheatre.org/

Join our Killam Facebook Page!

https://www.facebook.com/JWKillamSchool
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Lindsey Fulton, Principal

Email: lindsey.fulton@reading.k12.ma.us
Website: https://killam.reading.k12.ma.us/en-US
Location: 333 Charles Street, Reading, MA, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JWKillamSchool
Twitter: @smorenewsletter

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