We had very busy and exciting days at Warren School this week! We celebrated our first Unified Special Olympics with our young athletes, with classmates cheering and participating. Our PTO created an outstanding event for our second graders in which the students were able to work together and play some exciting games while making new friends. That evening, we celebrated our grade 2 students and had our Farewell BBQ for parents and second grade students, where Mrs. Altman and I grilled over 500 burgers and 200 hot dogs! Grade 1 celebrated the Fairytale Ball while kindergarten had their field day. All these events contribute to the love and excitement our students and staff have for our school.

Have a great weekend,

Pete Regan

Principal

Ashalnd Public Schools is seeking five peers for each grade level K-5 to attend summer programming with our students who require summer services as a part of their learning plans. Summer camp will take place from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. every Monday through Thursday from July 10 to Aug. 17. The cost to attend for each week for each student is $125. Transportation plus a snack and drink must be provided for each student who attends as a peer. If you are interested, please complete this form by Friday, June 16.

Depending on response numbers, completing this form does not ensure enrollment. You will be contacted by June 23 if your student is able to attend.

Ashland Public Schools provides free transportation to Ashland students in Grades K-6 who reside more than two (2.0) miles from school. Students in Grades K-6 who live two or fewer miles from school and all students in Grades 7-12 may pay an annual transportation fee if they want to take the bus to and from school. Due to limited transportation options, all paid seats will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

Registration

Registrations received after June 1 may be processed on September 1, 2023. The fee is $360 per student or $720 (maximum family cap) for two or more students from the same family. Registration is required for each student. Submit payments to Ashland Public Schools at epay.cityhallsystems.com, select the School Department and the drop-down option for Bus Transportation.

Students will be assigned to a bus once their full and complete application has been received. Once bus capacity has been reached, a waitlist will be created. Late registrations will be placed on a waitlist and offered a seat if one becomes available during the school year.

Instructions to Submit Payment

A step-by-step video tutorial to learn how to submit an online payment is available at ashland.k12.ma.us/Transportation.

For more information about bus fees, fee waiver applications and our notification process, please visit ashland.k12.ma.us/Transportation.

MEDICATION PICK-UP

Parents of students who have medication stored in the health office should pick it up by the last day of school. Medication cannot be given to students — it must be picked up by a parent. All medication (pills, EpiPens, inhalers, etc.) cannot be stored over the summer. Any medications left at the health office will be discarded.

MEDICATION ORDERS

All medication orders expire at the end of the school year. If you are visiting your child’s healthcare provider over the summer, please consider requesting a new medication order for your child. All medication, prescription or over-the-counter, requires a physician's order.

Medications for the upcoming school year must be accompanied by a new physician’s order, parent permission to administer, and a prescription bottle/package with the child's name on it. Parents may hand-deliver medications with completed forms to the health office starting the week before the start of the new school year.

FORMS AND POLICIES

Visit ashland.k12.ma.us/health to access the following information:

• Medication administration policy and forms (including doctor’s order/parent consent form)
• Life-threatening allergy policy
• Emergency contact form

Feel free to contact Phylis Bhandari, RN, at pbhandari@ashland.k12.ma.us or (508) 532-8065 with any questions.

Did you miss the orientation session at the Mindess School for caregivers of incoming third-grade students –our current Grade 2 parents? You can view the slideshow below.

Check out what our Nutrition Services department is serving up for Warren students in June! Menu items are subject to change without notice, based on current supply chain issues or other factors. If dietary concerns are an issue, please contact us.

To view a translated version of the menu, please visit ashland.k12.ma.us/Nutrition.

If you have a student who will not be returning to Ashland Public Schools in the fall, please go to www.myschoolbucks.com and disable autopay if you have been automatically adding funds to your child's meals account. Otherwise, no matter how many times we refund the balance on your account, it will keep getting reloaded.

Also, keep in mind, we can only issue refunds for amounts of $10 or more. If your child does not spend all of their funds, but the balance is below $10, your options are to

1. transfer the funds to a sibling or someone else of your choosing who will be back next year
2. donate the funds to a student in need (as an anonymous transfer)

Seniors can get a form from the cashier at Ashland High School to notify Nutrition Services of what they would like to do with the remaining funds in their accounts.

Once again, please shut off autopay now if your child is not coming back to Ashland in the fall.

Please send all refund, transfer or donation requests to Nutrition Services Director Regina Wilkinson at rwilkinson@ashland.k12.ma.us and Paula Caffrey at pcaffrey@ashland.k12.ma.us.

For the 2023-2024 school year, we are accepting students on a waitlist basis only, as all of our programs are currently full. In order to be added to the waitlist or maintain their current spot on the waitlist, families need to complete the attached form and return it at their earliest convenience.

Ashland Community Education is offering a Med School class and a Creative Dramatics class. For more information, go to the Ashland Community Education website here.

• June 13:Grade 2 Field Day
• June 13: Grade 1 Field Trip
• June 15: Grade 1 Field Day
• June 19: No School in observance of Juneteenth
• June 20: Last Day of School! 12 p.m. dismissal. Lunch will not be served.

Don’t forget to visit ashland.k12.ma.us/Flyers where we feature announcements and events offered by organizations, clubs and teams throughout our community that serve to enrich the lives of our students, families, faculty and staff.