Hello Elm Street School Families and Friends!
We packed in all the joy and engagement into this short week!
Thank you to all of the volunteers who came in this week to help with field trips and Wellness Day. Our grade 3 students had a perfect weather day to visit Plimoth Patuxet at the start of the week and we closed the week out with our annual Wellness Day with booths about screen time, dental hygiene, physical and emotional wellness, nutrition, sun safety, the importance of hydration, and of course Rebel and her friends! We also enjoyed visits from the Discovery Museum in grades 1, 2, and 4.
In this edition of our weekly newsletter you will find more information about:
- upcoming dates and celebrations for June
- Essentialist Newsletter: ART
- counseling newsletter for May/June
- School Start/End Times and School Calendar Update
- Spring Concerts at Elm Information
- End of the School Year Medication Pick Up Information
- Student Support and Attendance Newsletter
- Elm PAC Volunteer Appreciation Event
- Keeping Kids Safe Online: A Project Childhood Presentation for Parents
- 2025 - 2026 School Year Calendar
- Walpole Annual Labor Day Road Race
Our grades 3, 4, and 5 students did a PHENOMENAL job during their Spring Concerts this week and we are so grateful to everyone who could join us in attendance and work with our arrival and dismissal procedures for the events. This week Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grade 2 will have their concerts on Tuesday. Please keep an eye on your email on Monday for more information about how we will safely navigate arrival and dismissal for these concerts. We also have our Elm Field Day coming up on Friday, so please make sure you stay on top of communications from classroom teachers regarding any specifics for that day.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and we will see all of our Eagles back at the Nest for our second to last week of the 2024 - 2025 school year.
Jen
Upcoming Dates and Celebrations: June
At the beginning of each month I will share a calendar of some upcoming Elm events as well as upcoming cultural celebrations and heritage months with hyperlinks to more information if you are interested in learning more. Below is information for the month of June.
If there are cultural celebrations that are important to you and your family that you would like to share with the adult Elm community, please email me so I can be sure to include them in upcoming newsletters. If you have any questions about anything you see on our calendar, please don't hesitate to reach out to me directly.
- Pride Month
- 6/2 6:00p Rising Grade 6 Family Information Night at Walpole Middle School
- 6/3 Kindergarten - Grade 2 Spring Concerts (see schedules below)
- 6/5: 2:00p Incoming Kindergarten Peek and Practice
- 6/3: 6:00p Walpole Middle School Information Night for Incoming Grade 6 Families
- 6/6: Elm Street School Field Day
- 6/9: Elm Street School Field Day (Rain Date), 6:00p PAC Volunteer Appreciation Event
- 6/10: Grade 5 Field Day
- 6/11: Grade 1 Field Trip, Grade 4 Field Trip
- 6/12: Grade 5 Celebration, 6:45p School Committee Meeting
- 6/13: Last Day of School (Early Release- 11:55a)
- 6/14: Flag Day
- 6/15: Father's Day
- 6/19: Juneteenth
- 6/20: Summer Solstice
School Start/End Times and School Calendar Update
Next year Elm Street School will switch to being a "late school". Every 3 years the elementary schools in Walpole rotate late and early school hours. For the 2025 - 2026 school year we will have an official start time of 9:00a and an end time of 3:30p.
- Doors will open at 8:50a for arrival
- We will begin dismissal at 3:20p in the afternoon
- Early Release Dismissal will be at 12:25p
For a full list of start and end times for all Walpole Public Schools please click here.
The full school calendar will be available after the May 1st School Committee meeting.
Spring Concerts at Elm
Spring Concerts Are Coming!
We’re excited to invite families to our End-of-Year Spring Concerts, happening May 29th and June 3rd!
This year, we’re introducing a new concert schedule. Instead of the usual three days of concerts, concerts will happen across two school days (May 29th and June 3rd), and we are shifting to an afternoon schedule.
This change is designed to minimize the impact on families' busy schedules and make it easier for families with children in multiple grades to attend all of their kids' performances. With this new format, we hope you have more flexibility to enjoy each concert!
Remaining Concert Date & Times:
Tuesday, June 3rd – Grades K, 1 and 2
1:15pm: 2nd Grade
1:50pm: 1st Grade
2:25pm: Kindergarten
Over the last few weeks students in Grades K-5 have been reviewing songs and activities learned this year in preparation for their upcoming grade-level concerts. Performances will feature the culmination of their work demonstrating skills and concepts learned throughout the academic school year. Students are enthusiastically looking forward to sharing a “snapshot” of their musical experiences using song, instruments, improvisation, and movement. It has been a complete joy for me to hear and see them be so inspired to showcase their musical talents! I'm so proud of their accomplishments and I know you will be too. I hope you can join me in applauding our young musicians.
Due to traffic concerns, guests will not be allowed to enter the building until 5 minutes before the start of their child’s concert.
Thank you for supporting our amazing young musicians—we can’t wait to see you there!
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at
Jessica Veneto
Music Teacher
Elm PAC Volunteer Appreciation Event
Please join us on Monday, June 9th at 6:00p for an appreciation event for all of our volunteers throughout the school year. If you chaperoned a field trip, volunteered at a PAC or school sponsored event, were a docent or mystery reader, or helped out in the community in any other way you are invited and encouraged to attend this event so we can share our appreciation of all the work you've done to help make our school such a special place.
More details about the event and location will be shared this week with those who RSVP.
Keeping Kids Safe Online: A Project Safe Childhood Presentation for Parents
The United States Attorney’s Office will be hosting a virtual internet safety presentation for all adults who wish to keep children safe online. Assistant United States Attorney Luke Goldworm and Victim Witness Specialist Lauryn Mackey will be joined by Special Agent Andrew Kelleher from Homeland Security Investigations Child Exploitation and Digital Forensics Unit to present a Webex Webinar:
Keeping Kids Safe and Secure Online: A Project Safe Childhood Presentation for Parents
Wednesday, June 4th from 6:30 – 7:30 pm.
A Q & A session will follow the presentation. The presentation will bring awareness to how predators are sexually exploiting children online and how to keep them safe.
Advanced registration is required. You may register for the webinar at the link below:
https://usao.webex.com/weblink/register/r4617269953953d7a4aaa839f6c3e110b
Fore more information visit this link.
Walpole Annual Labor Day Road Race
Registration is now open for the 52nd Annual Walpole Labor Day Road Race!
Don’t miss this wonderful Walpole tradition. Sign-up now for the 5K, 10K, or Youth Mile. All proceeds support the 200+ athletes in the Walpole High School Cross Country / Track & Field Program. Each race participant will receive a finisher’s medal. If you register before August 15th, you’ll also receive a free race t-shirt! Can’t join us live? No problem. We have virtual editions for both the 5K and 10K races. For additional information and to register online, please visit www.walpoleroadrace.org.
See you on Race Day - Monday, September 1st!
Nest Connections
Email: jbuller@walpole.k12.ma.us
Website: https://www.walpole.k12.ma.us/o/ess
Location: 415 Elm Street, Walpole, MA, USA
Phone: 508.660.7374
Instagram: ElmStSchool