AES Eagle Eye Tribune

Dear Antrim Elementary School Families,

Volunteers Needed!

We’re looking for volunteers to help plan and support several upcoming events this spring. If you’re interested in lending a hand, please reach out to the front office or email bgibney@conval.edu.

We especially need volunteers for the 4th Grade Celebration!
You do not have to be a family member of a fourth-grade student to help—it takes all of us to lift up our students!

We are in need of help with planning, preparation, food, set up, and clean up for the celebration. If you are able to assist, please sign up below. We will be in touch with more details once you’ve signed up.

👉 Sign up here to help with the 4th Grade Celebration

Thank you for helping to make this event special for all the students, families, and staff who have supported our fourth graders on their journey!

4/12 - Skate Night 6 pm - 9 pm

4/28-5/2 - No School (Spring vacation)

5/3 - PTO's First Annual AES Clean-Up Cook-Out

5/5-5/9 - Staff Appreciation Week

5/5-5/9 - NHDI Week

5/9 @ 6:00 pm - NHDI Performance at GBS gym

5/23 - No school for students (staff professional day)

5/26 - No school (Memorial Day holiday)

Your AES PTO is gearing up for an exciting spring, full of opportunities for families to come together to support our AES children! Here are a few of the events that we have planned:

• May 3- Community Clean up and Cookout for AES! Join us for a day of sprucing up the gardens and grounds and then join friends and family for a cookout lunch!

• Staff Appreciation Week- We have many fun things planned to show our appreciation for the amazing staff at AES! There will be a chance to sign up to donate items for this week-long event.

• May 17- Children And The Arts in Peterborough- The PTO will be selling popcorn, water and snacks. Stop by our tent as you stroll around the festival!

Ms. Lawler's Class: In this week’s lesson, your child practiced solving problems by offering to share and take turns. Encourage your child to offer to share and take turns with items at home.

Mrs. Phaneuf's Class: In this week’s lesson, your child showed what they have learned about solving problems. They suggested ways to solve problems in different scenarios and drew a picture of themselves using a problem-solving strategy. If problems or disagreements arise at home, for example, between siblings, ask your child to suggest a way to help solve the problem.

1st Grade: In this week’s lesson, your child showed what they’ve learned about kind acts as they role-played doing kind acts for others in a variety of contexts. Choose a day of the week (for example, Wednesdays) as “kindness day.” Help your child think of kind acts they can do for family members, friends, or neighbors. Write the kind acts on the calendar for the next several weeks.

Ms. Del Rossi's Class: In this week’s lesson, your child used empathy to come up with a kind act they could do for a person they choose. Ask your child who they chose to have empathy for and what kind act they decided to do.

Ms. Revaz's Class: In this week’s lesson, students listened to the book "A Little Spot of Kindness" to review simple acts of kindness that can be shown at home or at school. Students then completed a piece of a "quilt" by writing about kindness and coloring some pictures.

3rd Grade: In this week’s lesson, students listened to the book "Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed," which shows how one person's act of kindness can inspire others to be kind as well. Students then created a Kindness Rainbow, identifying six ways they promise to spread kindness. Ask your child to share their chosen acts of kindness with you.

4th Grade: In this week’s lesson, your child learned that better understanding someone’s point of view can change their own point of view and how they act. Ask your child to describe a time when learning more about a different point of view changed their own thoughts or actions. Tell your child about a time when this happened to you.

Vanessa Lofstedt

School Counselor

vlofstedt@conval.edu

https://sites.google.com/conval.edu/lofstedt/home

The Community Engagement Committee is also looking for a family member and a community member to join the committee. If you are interested in getting involved, please contact Beth Gibney at bgibney@conval.edu or call the main office.

You should have received the Fisher Cats Reading Challenge information in take-home folders this week. This challenge allows students to earn tickets to a baseball game by reading books! With all of these reading challenges happening, you might wonder—how do we keep track? Some are short-term goals, others last all year, and in many cases, students can "double dip" and count their reading for multiple challenges. The biggest goal? Just keep reading! If you prefer a digital copy, here is the link to the Fisher Cats Reading Challenge information: Fisher Cats Reading Challenge.

Email: bgibney@conval.edu
Website: https://aes.conval.edu/

Location: 10 School Street, Antrim, NH, USA
Phone: (603)588-6371