Week 25 (March 3-7)

Dear Wrentham Families,

We've been busy this week at the Delaney School.  From Dr. Seuss to Dance-a-thons and a visit from the Secretary of Education, there is a lot to share.  I hope you enjoy this week's edition of the blog. 

 

 

Reminder...

On Friday, March 14th there is NO SCHOOL for students due to a staff development day.  Please mark your calendars.

 

 

On Wednesday, Secretary of Education, Dr. Matt Malone, visited the Wrentham Public Schools. At a reception that included Senator Richard Ross and State Representative Shawn Dooley, he initially met with School Committee members, administrators, and teachers to speak about the current state of education and answer individual questions.  Secretary Malone then toured the Roderick and Delaney Schools visiting classrooms and interacting with the students.

We were extremely excited to have had Dr. Malone visit the Wrentham Public Schools and greatly appreciate the time that he spent speaking with us and seeing the wonderful work of our students and teachers.

 

Students in Mrs. Beausoleil's class worked with students from Mrs. Pitman and Mrs. Maxwell's class to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday. They read One Fish Two Fish and completed graphing, adding, subtraction and patterning activities!

 

 

Mrs. Riccio's class...we love your hats!

 

 

 

Senator Richard Ross visited Ms. Horne's third grade class to read The Cat in the Hat. We would like to thank Mr. Ross for taking time out of his busy schedule to join us.

 

 

 

Thanks to a generous grant from WEST, our first grade students were fortunate to receive a visit from illustrator, Ralph Masiello, on Tuesday, March 4th.  Mr. Masiello shared his knowledge and experiences with the kids demonstrating his phenomenal talent.  Everyone thoroughly enjoyed his visit and we would like to thank Ralph for sharing his illustrations with us and WEST for providing the funds for his visit.

 

 

About Ralph Masiello

Ralph was born, raised, and still resides in the state of Massachusetts where he lives with his daughters Alexa and Talia. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA, Illustration, 1985), Ralph has illustrated for magazines, newspapers and books, created posters and prints, and shown his fine art paintings in galleries throughout the world. Beginning with The Icky Bug Alphabet Book in 1986, Ralph has become internationally known for the children’s books he’s written and illustrated. Since 1987, he has visited over 2,300 schools all over the world, inspiring children with his life story, humor, and art.

Students in Mrs. Burke's class practiced some of the techniques that they learned from Mr. Masiello after returning to their classroom. Check out their great creations!

 

 

 

The entire third grade attended a Museum of Science presentation entitled "The Science of Sound" on Friday morning.  Thanks to a generous grant from WEST, students were able to hear about and participate in a variety of activities that corresponded directly with their science units.  Thank you to all who made this outstanding experience possible!

 

 

PTO and Dancing with the Stars Update

Pennies for Pitman will go very far!

It will help the PTO and support Dancing with the Wrentham Stars!

One week only!  March 10th-13th

Where: The cafeteria during lunch

 

Here is how it works: Bring in your change to support your grade:  pennies and paper money add toward your grade’s total, and silver coins will be subtracted.  So add your pennies and dollars to your grade’s bucket, and then put your silver coins in another grade’s bucket, so they’ll be subtracted.

 

Prize for the winning grade!

Uno Doughraiser

On Thursday, March 13th and Friday, March14th the PTO will once again be collaborating with Uno Restaurant for fundraising nights/days.  A flyer will go home next week and can be found in the weekly PTO email. Please present the flyer when ordering.  Keep in mind that Friday, March 14th is a no school day due to teacher Professional Development. Please consider dining out for lunch.

 

Finally, please visit, www.wce02093.org to learn more about the Dancing with the Wrentham Stars events  If you cannot participate in either school event, please consider a secure tax deductible donation towards Mrs. Pitman and PTO.  Each dollar donated and earned counts as a "point" for Mrs. Pitman and PTO! 

 

 

 

 

Dance-a-thon!!!

Thank you to all who attended the Dance-a-thon on Thursday.  Also, a huge thank you to all who contributed to the goodie table.  The yummy, delicious treat kept our dancers' feet moving all night long!

 

 

 

 

Have a wonderful and relaxing weekend!
Thank you for reading.

Sincerely,
Melissa D. Peterson, Principal