Dear Delaney Families:
It is with great pleasure
that I write to welcome you and your children to the 2013 – 2014 school year at
the Delaney School. The staff and I have
been very busy preparing for your return and are very excited about the
upcoming school year.
For students in Grades 1-3,
the first student day will be on Tuesday, September 3rd and will be a full
day. The school day begins at 8:20 AM
and runs until 2:45 PM. Our Preschool
and Kindergarten students will also begin school on August 3rd; however,
they will follow the orientation schedule mailed earlier in the summer.
Delaney staff members will be
situated outside the building and throughout the school to assist children in
locating their classrooms. If you drop
your child off by car, please remember that you should refrain from entering
the bus circle between 8:00 – 8:30 AM and 2:20 – 3:00 PM as it presents a
danger to the children, the staff members, and the school buses. Drop off areas are located in
front of the Delaney and Annex Office entrances. Please use extreme caution when entering and
exiting the parking lot.
The Delaney School Open House
will take place on Wednesday, September 18th.
Grade 2 will run from 5:30 – 6:30 PM,
Grade 3 will run from 6:00 – 7:00 PM, Kindergarten will run from 6:30 –
7:30 PM, and Grade 1 will run from 7:00 -8:00 PM . Open House night is a
wonderful opportunity to visit your child’s classroom, begin to form a
relationship with the classroom teacher, as well as learn about the grade level
curriculum, specials, classroom technology, and activities.
In a continued effort to
increase communication between school and home, I will once again be composing
a weekly blog that will feature and highlight the variety of things that take
place at the Delaney School each week. There
is a direct link to the blog on the front page of the website, weekly reminders
regarding updates will be sent out via Wrentham email, or you can sign up to
receive automatic emails when the blog has been updated. Please also note that there is a spot on the
blog for readers to make a comment. I
encourage your comments and feedback.
As a reminder, Reading to the
Finish Line, our summer reading program is up and running. All the information regarding this program
can be located on our school’s homepage (www.wrentham.k12.ma.us). Thank you for your continued support and
commitment to this program. We are
confident that reading over the summer will help students enter the new school
year more prepared and are excited to celebrate their accomplishments!
As we begin our journey in a
few weeks, we ask each one of you to remember our school’s Core Values:
Respect, Responsibility, Collaboration, Communication, and Continuous Growth
and Learning. These values provide the
foundation for everything that happens at the Wrentham Public Schools. I look forward to seeing all of you on the 3rd. If you have any questions or concerns, please
contact the main office at 508.384.5430 or contact me directly at
petersm@wrentham.k12.ma.us . Enjoy the
remainder of your summer!
Warm regards,
Melissa D. Peterson
Principal
