Staying Connected

It has been a great start to the school year! Our faculty and staff have been establishing classroom community and building on developing relationships over the first week in school. We were able to get through the heat last week with some help from our PAWS PTO who brought popsicles to Woodland School. Our students and staff enjoyed a popsicle on Thursday with their classmates. Below are a few pictures of our students who were nominated for #GoodNewsCallOfTheDay. We love having students nominated for their efforts and enjoy seeing the students make a phone call home to share the good news!

9/20 PTO Meeting 5:30pm Powder Mill School Cafeteria

9/27-9/28 Scholastic Book Fair (during school hours)

9/28 6:00-7:00pm Open House & Scholastic Book Fair

10/6 Half Day (12:00 dismissal) for Staff Collaboration

10/9 Columbus Day - Schools Closed

10/11 PTO Meeting 5:30pm Woodland School Cafeteria

10/12 6:00-7:00pm Science of Reading Community Night @ Southwick Public Library

10/13 Picture Day: more info coming soon

Last week Mr. Pescitelli took some time out of his day to read to the classrooms.

Woodland School Open House will be September 28th from 6 – 7 PM. The schedule will be as follows:

Preschool and 1st GR families will visit classroom teachers from 6 – 6:30 PM and then have the opportunity to visit Specials from 6:30 – 7 PM.

K and 2nd GR families will visit their Specials from 6:00 – 6:30 PM and then visit classroom teachers from 6:30 – 7 PM.

The Scholastic Book Fair sponsored by PAWS PTO will also be running at that time for families to purchase books.

If you have not done so already, please read the family handbook, and then sign and complete the Student Handbook Attestation Form, by clicking the link below, by Friday, September 22nd.

The Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District and Woodland School may release and publish, student work, photographs, motion pictures, video images or other likeness of your child in connection with any and all news releases, public relations or promotional materials or announcements, advertisements, web pages or otherwise, concerning your child’s academic honors, sports activities, participation in school-sponsored musical, dramatic or dance-performances, or any other purpose in connection with your child’s attendance at Woodland School. If you have any objections to the Publicity Authorization and Release policy, please write to the building principal, Michael Pescitelli, at mpescitelli@stgrsd.org and your son/daughter will be exempt from this policy.

PARENT NOTIFICATION OF CHILD'S ABSENCE

If your child is absent from school, please do the following:

• Call 413-569-6598 please give your child's full name, the date of the absence and the reason your child is not in school. Your message can be left at any time.

• If the child will be out an extended time, please let us know. Otherwise, a phone call must be made to the school each day your child is absent.

• If your child has been absent due to illness and you have seen your physician, please provide the school with documentation from medical personnel. Twenty absences per year will be considered excessive and may jeopardize a student's promotional status and may result in filing a 51A – child neglect consultation and/or reporting to the Department of Children and families.

School begins promptly at 9:00am, drop off begins at 8:45am. If you are dropping your child off please be in the line as close to 8:45 as possible to make sure that they arrive to school on time. To help the line move along, your child should have their backpack in their lap and be ready to exit the vehicle once you pull in front of the building. Likewise, at the end of the day, please make sure you are getting your child into the car as quickly as possible to keep the line moving.

October 13th we will be having picture day here at the school. More information will be coming soon.

Rec center basketball will be starting up soon. If you are interested in signing your child up please click the picture below.

On Thursday, October 5th, at 7:00pm, Dollars for Scholars will be hosting a Pocketbook Bingo. For more info or to sign up, email: SOUTHWICKDFS@GMAIL.COM

On Saturday, October 14th at 12:00 pm come and see the Southwick Police take on the Fire Department and help raise money for breast cancer research.

Woodland School needs substitutes for the 23-24 school year. Being a substitute offers great flexibility, because you can choose the days you want to work! When teachers are absent, they leave the substitute a detailed lesson plan to follow. Interested? Have questions? Give us a call at 413-569-6598.