Rose L. MacDonald School

April 4, 2025

Important Dates

April 7 ~ School Committee Meeting @ 6 pm MSHS Learning Commons

April 8 & 10 ~ Grade 3 ELA MCAS

April 9 ~ 1/2 Day of School- Dismissal @ 12 pm

April 15, 16 & 17 ~ Little Bee Yoga PTO Sponsored

April 16 ~ Student Council Meeting

April 18 ~ Good Friday ~ No School

April 21 ~ Patriot's Day ~ No School

April 22~25 ~ Spring Break

April 28~May 2 ~ Grade 3 Wax Museum Details Below

May 5 ~ Lifetouch Spring Individual and Class Picture Day

Grade 3 Wax Museum

Get ready to step back in time! Third graders came home last week with info packets to start their Wax Museum Biography projects. Each third grader selects a historical person born in Massachusetts and/or important to Massachusetts history. They research their person, fill in a poster with their facts, and plan to dress up as their person at the wax museums. Class wax museums will take place the week of April 28th. Parents/Guardians are welcome to join us (LIMIT 2) on their child's wax museum day as history comes alive!

Grade 3 MCAS Dates

ELA - April 8 & April 10

Math - May 13 & May 14

As we prepare for Grade 3 MCAS testing, we kindly ask for your support in helping your child perform their very best. Please try to:

Ensure your child gets a good night's sleep before the test.
Provide a healthy breakfast to help them stay focused.
Get them to school on time to start the day off right.

We are excited for this opportunity to show how much our students have learned and grown. Your support makes a big difference!

Grade 2 Museum of Science Field Trip

Dr. Seuss Magic Show

Tommy James high-energy magic show interactive school assembly was back and packed with surprises!

Kids were totally captivated as they embarked on a fun-filled journey through the world of reading, with inspiration from Dr. Seuss! From Thing 1 and Thing 2 to the magical appearance of a live bunny, this performance had students laughing, learning, and eager to read every day!

The show highlighted the amazing resources libraries offer and teaches kids that books are windows to exciting new worlds.

Thank you to the PTO for sponsoring this magical show!

Raising MultiCultural Kids

RLM students have been excited and looking forward to their visits from RMK Diversity Leaders! The literature shared so far has been:

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Dancing Hands: A Story of Friendship in Filipino Sign Language by Joanna Que and Charina Marquez
José Feeds the World: How a Famous Chef Feeds Millions of People in Need Around the World by David Unger
The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh by Supriya Kelkar
Malakai's Costume by Nadia L. Hohn
Waiting For The Biblioburro by Monica Brown
Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story by Reem Faruqi
Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines by Jeanne Walker Harvey

Diversity Leaders are focusing on :

Encouraging students to be curious about themselves and others builds self-confidence and empathy.
Exposing students to different family structures, cultures, skin colors, abilities and language widens a student's worldview and builds perspective-taking skills.
Providing children with appropriate language to describe differences and harmful treatment gives children the skills to address issues and create productive dialogue about change
Helping students understand our country's history and how it impacts people today develops critical thinking skills to identify and deconstruct systems of harm.
Representation matters