Spring Glen Spotlight

Dear Spring Glen Families,

Happy Friday! Here are some highlights from the week:

1. Thank you to those of you who attended your child's Parent/Teacher Conference this week. We hope that the conversations were beneficial and you gained helpful information about how your child is functioning not only academically, but also socially, emotionally, and behaviorally.
2. Our Fall Book Fair was a big success! Thank you to the PTA and parent volunteers for all of their hard work to make it run so smoothly, and for the donations to our classroom libraries. 📚
3. Next Friday, 10/30, we will be doing "Dress Like Your Favorite Character Day"! 🎃 To ensure the day and the parade at 2:30pm runs smoothly and efficiently, please be sure to review the flyer that was sent out last week, and is also included later in this newsletter. We look forward to having fun together as an SPG community!

Looking forward to seeing many of you at the Fall Festival this evening! 👻🍂

Mike

Students in Mrs. Piazza's 2nd grade class worked together in math centers to practice addition and subtraction within 100!

Kindergarten friends listened intently to a silly story read by Mr. Jud before searching for books of interest to check out from the library!

🍩Our youngest Panthers took a walking field trip where they practiced using their five senses of sight, smell, touch, hearing, and finally... taste with a donut as a special treat at the end!

5th graders have been working on conducting research about Hispanic countries and putting their learning together in a visual format in Mrs. Amodio's class.

Grade K: Addie from Mrs. Rosenberg's class

Grade 1: Allison from Ms. O'Neill's class

Grade 2: David from Ms. Bradley's class

Grade 3: Misha from Mrs. Reilly's class

Grade 4: Tamar from Mrs. Curcio's class

Grade 5: Alex from Mr. Melillo's class

Grade 6: Mavis from Mr. Yelenik's class

Math Challenge #1 is officially complete! We had 60 mathematicians complete the challenge. Solutions are now available on our Math in Action site. Math Challenge #2 has been released and is ready for our mathematicians to put their problem-solving skills to the test! Submissions are due Thursday, 11/5. Talk to Mrs. Mangini for more info or with questions.

Stay tuned! Our Mathematicians of the Week for Challenge #1 will be announced next week and celebrated at our Town Meeting on Friday, October 30th!

Keep thinking, problem-solving, and having fun with math!

Check out https://www.mathinaction.org/spring-glen-school.html to print out the current challenge. Copies are also available in the submission boxes located outside the main office. We can't wait to see how many of you will accept the challenge!

We would greatly appreciate donations of gently used or new clothing. We are specifically in need of boys’ small pants, boys' extra-small pants, and new underwear of every child size.

Donations can be dropped off in the main office. Thank you for your generosity and for helping us keep our students comfortable, happy, and ready to learn!️

Hamden SEPTA (Special Education PTA) is district-wide PTA created to support students with disabilities and their families across the district. Hamden SEPTA buys classroom supplies for teachers, helps build sensory spaces and accessible playgrounds, and brings Special Education families together for support and fun. Anyone who wants to support inclusive education is welcome and encouraged to join!

Monday, 10/26 - Grade 6 Field Trip to the Adventure Park

Friday, 10/30 - Town Meeting (9:15-10:00) - Grade 6 families are invited to join us!

Friday, 10/30 - Dress Like Your Favorite Character Day 🕺and Parade (2:30pm, outdoors only)

Monday, 11/2 - No School (Teacher Professional Learning)

Tuesday, 11/3 - No School (Election Day)

Wednesday, 11/11 - Veteran's Day Assembly (9:30am)

Friday, 11/13 - Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day

Wednesday, 11/18 - Family Literacy and Math Night (5:30-7:30)

Thursday, 11/19 - Hats for Hope Fundraiser

Wednesday, 11/25 - Friday, 11/27 - No School (Thanksgiving Recess)

Thank you in advance for carefully reviewing all details in this flyer, to ensure the day and the parade at 2:30pm runs smoothly and efficiently. We look forward to having fun together as an SPG community!

Click on the flyer to be brought directly to the donation page. You can also bring in cash the day of the fundraiser.

Most of the resources below are linkable - click on the photo and you will be brought to the correct website for further information.