Anne T. Dunphy Newsletter

We are so incredibly proud of the incredible performances from our talented students last weekend! Thanks to the many, many families and community members who helped to provide such a meaningful experience for our kiddos!

And to our faithful audience - thank you for always supporting us!

Thanks to Sam Masinter for the photographs below!

On Thursday morning, we will be holding an arrival time lockdown practice with the support of our local and State Police. Students will be informed of this ahead of time.

As we facilitate our drill, we may ask families and students arriving right at/after the bell to wait a few moments to enter the building, until the lockdown practice has been completed.

Thanks in advance for your support, and please reach out with any questions.

Fifth graders recently visited Historic Deerfield, where they focused on learning about enslaved people from the 18th century. These pictures are from the students working with primary documents in the Wapping Schoolhouse. These documents discussed several enslaved people, including Prince, Jin, and Cato, and connected these events to the Five Themes of Slavery (which are part of the Witness Stones Project).

Witness Stones, like the one seen below, acknowledge enslaved people that lived and worked in the area.

Students also helped make gingerbread cookies in a time period kitchen and discussed the enslaved labor that went into providing sugar and molasses to colonists in the 1700s.

In addition to visiting the Ashley House, where Jin and her son Cato lived and worked, students interacted with farming tools from the agricultural side of life in the 18th century.

As spring approaches and families are planning calendars, please note the following MCAS testing dates. If possible, please avoid scheduling conflicts on the mornings of MCAS testing.

April 8th & 9th

English Language Arts , 3rd-6th grades

May 13th & 14th

Mathematics, 3rd-6th grades

May 20th & 21st

Science, Technology & Engineering, 5th grade only

You are invited to this year’s Middle School Expo on April 16 at 6pm! This is an event for 6th graders and families to attend together. We will begin with a presentation in the auditorium and then students and families will get a tour of the building, visit classrooms, meet 7th grade teachers, and hear from current 7th grade students about their middle school experience so far.

We hope to see you there! If you have any questions, please reach out to the following staff:

Lauren Hotz- Principal- Lhotz@hr-k12.org

Kara Sheridan- Assistant Principal- ksheridan@hr-k12.org

Charity O’Connor- Middle School Counselor- choconnor@hr-k12.org

The Williamsburg Recreation Commission is offering three free T-ball clinics this spring.. They are open to children who will be four by 9/1/25 through those entering third grade in the fall. Clinics will take place at Ames Field from 6:00 until 7:30 and are scheduled for:

Wednesday, April 30th

Wednesday, May 14th

Wednesday, May 28th

Parents/guardians will have a participation form to complete and must stay at the field for the events. Get those dates on your calendars!

For more information and/or to sign up for any of these events, contact burgyrec@gmail.com

In order of date!

April

April 7 ~ School Council, 3:30

April 7 & 8 ~ ELA MCAS, Grades 3-6

April 9 ~ Arrival Lockdown Practice

April 10 ~ PTO Meeting 3:15 at Tangle Chocolate

April 16 ~ School Committee, 5:30

April 16 ~ Middle School Expo, HRHS

April 17th ~ 3rd grade Mill River Musical

April 21-25 ~ Spring Break

April 30~ All School Meeting 8:45

Friday CFCE Playgroup

Caregivers and children ages 0-5 are welcome!

Fridays ~10:00-11:30

Email: sjenkins@hr-k12.org
Website: www.burgyschool.org
Location: 1 Petticoat Hill Road, Williamsburg, MA, USA
Phone: (413) 268-8421
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