We can definitely feel the weather changing at this point and hope all families have enjoyed the Fall season change. Our classrooms at Woodland School have been filled with so much learning and they have also been engaging in conversations with their teachers about CARES at Woodland School. We have several upcoming community events upcoming that we to share below.

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

10/12 6:00-7:00pm Science of Reading Community Night @ Woodland School

10/13 Picture Day

10/19 Half Day (12:00 Dismissal no PM PreK) for Parent Teacher Conferences: Sign up with your child's teacher.

10/20 Half Day (12:00 Dismissal no PM PreK) Post Conferences

10/31 Dress as Your Favorite Character Day

11/16 Family Math Night 5:30-6:30pm more information to come

Woodland Cares about our custodians! October 2nd was National Custodian Appreciation Day and the teachers and students all made cards and banners to show how much our custodians mean to us.

Friday was a half day at Woodland for students; staff participated in collaboration day activities.

Our second graders recently wrapped up a Social Studies unit on communities. Students in Mrs. Hallett's class explored around "town". Parents and community members came in to talk to students about their jobs, and how they help in the community. Students explored areas set up to look like different places they may see in their community (a veterinary clinic, a salon, a grocery store, etc). Stopping at each area, students had to decide if who/what they saw was a producer or a consumer, a good or a service, and a need or a want. Thank you to everyone who made this happen!

Please join us at Woodland School to learn more about our District's instructional shift to Science of Reading. This is open for all prek-6 families of the district. Please register so we can plan accordingly using the following link https://forms.office.com/r/aw76ezXb5C

We will be having picture day here at the school. Flyers have already been sent home soon.

Students will have the opportunity to dress as their favorite character from a book, movie, or tv show. Please remember all costumes must be school appropriate. No masks or facsimiles of weapons are allowed.

The DPH is asking local health departments to promote their "Community Health Equity Survey." This is especially important in rural towns, as they have the least access to medical/mental health care. We are happy to work with our local DPH and send this link to you for them!

Community Health Equity Survey Promotion Toolkit | Mass.govdownload (mass.gov)

Interested in finding out more about Girl Scouts? You can follow this link or click the picture below. https://www.emailmeform.com/builder/form/Sfkt9cBj7c

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

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.