Rose L. MacDonald School

Important Dates:

November 7th~School Committee Meeting 6pm at the MSHS

November 10th~ Electronic distribution of Report Cards

November 11th~Veterans Day~ No School

November 18th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd~Half Days of School, dismissal at 12pm.

November 24th & 25th~Thanksgiving Break~ No School

December 2nd~Rock your Socks Fundraiser hosted by Inclusion Matters (see details below)

If you are interested or know someone interested in being a substitute teacher please click on the link below. If you are not sure and have any questions please feel free to reach out and ask any questions you may have about the position.

https://www.wbridgewaterschools.org/page/substitute-teaching

We have adopted a new Standards Based Report Card (SBRC) this year in grades 1-5. The purpose is to clearly communicate student progress and performance towards Massachusetts’ grade-level standards and expectations to students and families. The SBRC ensures that student learning is measured against a consistent set of academic criteria. Students are assessed using end-of-year grade-level expectations. It is appropriate that most students will be "Approaching" for most of the school year. They will receive an indication of their performance as outlined in the chart below.

Performance Indicators

Students are assessed using the end-of-year grade-level standards.

Exceeding: In addition to meeting the end of the year standard, the student is able to self-initiate in-depth inferences and applications that extend beyond what was taught. the standard consistently and independently.

Meeting: The student meets the end of year standard consistently and independently.

Approaching: The student is approaching the end of year standard.

Supported: The student relies on support to make progress towards meeting the end of the year standard.

Not taught/Assessed: This standard was not taught or not assessed.

All subject areas, including 21st Century Learning Qualities, will be assessed using these performance indicators.

November's school schedule will include 3 early release days to facilitate Parent-Teacher Conferences. To accommodate parents schedules, we offer the opportunity for your child to remain at school after dismissal as part of our Surround Care program at the Spring Street School for Kindergarten, at the Rose L. MacDonald School for grades 1-3, and at the Howard School for grades 4-6. The fee is $9/hr. Students must bring their own lunch or pre-order a bagged lunch from the cafeteria (food service link on the district website). You may pick up your child at any time before the closing time of 6 pm. A snack/drink will be provided later in the day as well.

To be sure there is adequate staff available, we ask that you complete the registration below no later than 12:00 noon on Tuesday, November 15th.

The early release days are: Friday, November 18

Monday, November 21

Tuesday, November 22

There will be no Surround Care on Wednesday, November 23rd.

***Please complete this registration form even if your child is a regular attendee in the program so that we know your plans for the day. A separate registration is required for each day you plan to have your child attend.

Surround Care Page

The Box Tops for Education program transitioned to a new digital format. You can now scan your shopping receipts from any store (like Market Basket, Trucchi’s, Target, Walmart, CVS, Staples, etc.) to earn money for our school. Every little bit helps our school! Click here to download the app today or send your receipts to school. We are happy to scan them for you!

RLM Families, you are off to a STRONG start on our Box Top fundraiser this year. We are pretty close to matching the funds we raised last year already! That is great because the transition to the digital format was a hard one for us and we have not been raising as much money as we have when we clipped out Box Tops. So THANK YOU for committing to the new digital format!

There is a great bonus opportunity going on right now, along with special incentives for our Target and Walmart shoppers. Please spread the word for others to download the app and follow your lead!

The FUN doesn’t stop around here

Our wildcats crushed it with the fun run! So guess what?! … They earned HAT DAY EVERY FRIDAY TIL' CHRISTMAS!

That’s TEN Hat days!!

The Fall Meadow Farms catalog fundraiser

IMPORTANT INFO TO KNOW:

-Make checks payable to: WBPTO

-Order form and money due: 11/14

-Online School ID: Group ID - 1030148

(it's the same for all three schools so no worries if you mix up forms)

Our PTO fundraiser is super cool because you can register an

account online for your child and receive a unique web link that you can share

with friends and family across the country. All purchases through their link

will be credited to your child’s sales total and put them in the running for

our incentive prizes!

As if online ordering isn't exciting enough (you can still utilize the written form in your child's

packet), all purchases will direct ship to your home or the homes of those

ordering through your child.

2022 Fall Book Fair

We are pleased to announce our 2022 Fall Book Fair.

Our Book Fair will be held during parent teacher conferences in the Rose L MacDonald Lobby Parents and guardians will be able to shop during the parent teacher conference hours. We also are looking for volunteers to help work the book fair.

Please check out the PTO website at www.wbpto.org for volunteers times and sign up.

Any questions feel free to reach out to: Danielle Anderson at wbcoachdanielle@gmail.com

Stay connected on facebook @WBridgewaterPTO

For health services information see this link: https://www.wbridgewaterschools.org/page/health-services

Greetings from the Wildcat Café!

A few highlights for November...on the menu 11/9th, roast turkey with all the trimmings in honor of Thanksgiving. Also, special snack/breakfast menu items will be available for the early dismissal days before Thanksgiving break.

Click on WB Food Services to find November's menus. Looking for information on nutrition and fitness? Check out the Nutrition Education and Nutrition and Fitness Tips tabs for lots of great content!

Students in grades 2 and 3 are now offered additional snack items for sale. All items served meet strict state and federal nutrition standards. Money can be added to a student’s account two ways:

· Cash or a check can be handed in to your student's teacher in the morning. Please make sure it's labeled with your child's full name.

· Electronic payments using MySchoolBucks. You will need your student’s 10-digit student ID (SASID#) to set up an account. Even if you don’t add money using MySchoolBucks, it allows you to monitor cafeteria transactions until they graduate!

Food Assistance- If you or someone you know is having trouble making ends meet, Project Bread Food Source Hotline is a great resource. West Bridgewater residents facing food insecurity can also utilize the West Bridgewater Food Pantry.

We are still looking for additional substitute cafeteria help. Interested? Please contact Ann Marie Grinder, Food Service Director at agrinder@wbridgewater.com or (508)894-1220.

Keitha Goulet

Principal

Email: kgoulet@wbridgewater.com
Website: https://www.wbridgewaterschools.org/o/rose-l-macdonald
Location: 1 Steppingstone Drive, West Bridgewater, MA, USA
Phone: (508)894-1240
Facebook: facebook.com/RoseLMacDonaldSchool
Twitter: @rlmschool