Boyden Weekly Update

March 28, 2025

Dear Boyden Families,

It is hard to beleive next week is April. Hopefully with a new month some nicer weather will be coming our way.

ELA MCAS begins next week with the following grades taking the assessment on the following days:

April 1st & 2nd (Grade 3)
April 3rd & 4th (Grade 4)

Please remind your chidren to work hard and do their best!

Have a nice weekend!

Brendan

Exciting Author Visit! Andy Griffiths Coming to Boyden!

Get ready for a treat! Andy Griffiths, the fantastic author of one of our Battle of the Books, The 13-Story Treehouse, will be visiting Boyden on Wednesday, April 16th at 9:30 AM! He'll be sharing his new book, You and Me and the Land of Lost Things, with our 3rd-5th graders in what promises to be a fun and engaging presentation. Andy has even prepared a special message for our students!

This exciting visit is made possible by our friends at An Unlikely Story bookstore, who are offering copies of Andy's new book for purchase. Use this link for more information about purchasing a book.

Important Book Signing Info:

Books must be purchased through An Unlikely Story to be signed.
Andy will only be signing You and Me and the Land of Lost Things.
Due to time, he will sign in advance of the presentation.
Order by April 9th for home delivery.
Students should bring their purchased book to school on April 16th for signing.

A big thank you to the Boyden PAC for sponsoring this wonderful event!

For any questions, please contact Mrs. Moses at kmoses@walpole.k12.ma.us.

What are the Students Learning in Art?

MARC Assembly

Today the Massachusetts Agression Reduction Center out of Bridgewater State University came to Boyden to present to our grade 3 students and our grade 4 & 5 students in two seperate assemblies. The assemblies focussed on friendship, conflicts, bullying, cyberbullying, coping skills, etc.

Ask your children about it?

Teacher Appreciation School Supply Drive

From now through April 17th, Boyden PAC will be collecting school supply items that will be distributed to staff members during Teacher Appreciation Week. Please use the sign-up genius to donate

CLICK HERE to DONATE

Thank you!

A huge thank you to the Walpole Police and Walpole Fire & Rescue for sponsoring two rides to school over the past two weeks. These prizes were raffled off at various PAC events throughout the school year and the students love them. We appreciate your partnership!

What students are saying about attendance?

CLICK HERE to read the information from Mr. Connor, Dean of Student Support& Attendance

What is Number Sense?

Number Sense is a person’s ability to:

Compose and decompose numbers
Compute mentally using a variety of strategies
Make reasonable estimates
Recognize patterns and relationships in numbers
Solve problems efficiently

From learning to count to tackling complex math problems, strong Number Sense helps students approach math with confidence. In addition to ST Math, students build these skills daily through Number Corner and classroom activities.

Want to support Number Sense at home? Check out these links:

Developing Number Sense at Home – Activities for car rides, meal prep, or while waiting at a restaurant
How to Build Number Sense: Simple and affordable ideas for the busy parent (video)(at the end of the video, she mentions the Starfall app which our students have access to through their school web page.)
What is Number Sense?

As we near the finish line of March Mathness, the energy in our classrooms is electric! The puzzle progress goal for March is 62%, and we’re aiming for every student to complete at least 80% of their grade level’s ST Math journey by June. This tournament is helping so many students take positive steps toward that goal, and we love seeing their enthusiasm for math grow.

Thank you for your support—we can’t wait to celebrate all their hard work!

Extended Day Summer Program

Extended Day is excited to announce that Extended Day will be running a Pilot Summer Program this upcoming summer and registration is now live. We are anticipating registration to fill quickly and will do our best to enroll as many waitlisted students as possible.

This year, the camp will run for 4 weeks at Fisher Elementary and offer an Extended Day PM option for families. Registration will be open for incoming first through sixth graders. Registration will be available for individual weeks and families will have the option to register for all 4 weeks at a discounted rate.

Please see the attached PDF regarding Summer Camp Information and Registration Information for the Summer of 2025 and reach out to Dan Santangelo (dsantangelo@walpole.k12.ma.us) or Evan Storlazzi (estorlazzi@walpole.k12.ma.us) with any questions.

CLICK HERE for all the information

PAC NEWS

Next PAC Meeting is Wednesday, April 9th at 7:00 PM in the Boyden Media Center

Boyden/Walpole Apparel

The Run House, located at 15 West St, Walpole, MA, is proud to be the official retailer for Boyden Elementary School, with 20% of all profits going back to the Boyden Elementary School PAC. Chcek out all the great gear!