Ivan G. Smith Elementary School Items of Interest #30 Friday, May 1, 2015 office #: 978-‐774-‐1350 absence/tardy line: 978-‐777-‐1675 ACADEMIC FOCUS: The Word of the Week for May 4-‐8 is still CONDUCT. We will hold this one over through next week. Coming back from vacation, rested and refreshed, the students have been working hard this week! Kindergarten students are almost done with the alphabet! They are working on the letters X and Y this week and writing in full sentences! Grade One has been deeply involved in their recycling projects, making announcements to the whole school in the afternoon to remind us all about the importance of recycling! Grade Two are busy working on their projects for next week’s performance, working in groups to study geography. Grade Three has been working on creating Venn Diagrams, comparing important historical figures. Grade Four is busy learning about working conditions for immigrants at the turn of the 20th century and making connections to their trip to Lowell Mills this week! Grade 5 has finished up their experiments with plants and water and have begun experiments with brine shrimp! With Mrs. McLeod, they are making connections in the books they are reading to important vocabulary! ****Keep Reading for important dates and notices!*** Mark Your Calendar: May 5: School Council 5pm; PAC meeting (last one of the year!) 7pm May 6: Early Release-‐ dismissal at 1:15; 2nd grade performance 6pm May 7: Grade 1 Zoo New England presentations; 6th grade parent orientation at HRMS May 11: Mosaic unveiling-‐ 1:15; Smith presents to the School Committee with Ms. Marotta! May 13: Grade 1 Field Trip May 14 & 15: School Store open May 15: Faculty Forum May 15: 4th grade Immigration Showcase 12:30-‐2 May 20: Grade 2 Field Trip May 21: Grade 1 performance 6:30 May 25: No School, Memorial Day May 27: ART SHOW-‐5:30-‐7 June 1 (note date change): Spring Concert at DHS-‐7PM June 2: Grade 3 Field Trip June 4: 12:30-‐1:30 Smith grade 5 students visit HRMS; PAC Dinner June 5: Spring Concert for school @ 1:15 June 10: Junior Achievement Day for grades 4 & 5; Grade 3 Field Trip June 11 & 12: Fire Safety Trailer visits June 15: Grade 4 Field Trip June 22: FIELD DAY June 23: Walkathon; Field Day raindate June 24: 5th grade performance for school 1:15; for parents 6:30 June 26th: Moving On Ceremony 9am; 5th grade party 2:45 June 29: Last Day of School-‐12:15 dismissal SCIENCE FAIR: Despite the fact that we missed those who could not make it because of conflicts, we had a wonderful Science Fair with plenty of cool experiments! I was particularly impressed with the students who did multiple experiments, collected data and used charts and tables to illustrate what they had learned! Each presentation was well thought out, well presented and taught me something new~well done everyone! McDonald’s Night Donation: Thank you to everyone who came to McDonald’s Night, we were able to raise a significant amount of money to donate to a charity connected to a family or families at Smith School. This year, the donation will go to the Martin Richard Foundation, in honor of Martin Richard, who is the cousin of a kindergarten student, Myles Hernandez. NEW VISITOR ID SYSTEM: The Danvers Public Schools has recently been awarded a Safety Grant through the Executive Office of Education. Through the grant we are able to purchase new visitor ID systems. When arriving at school you will be asked to provide your license, from which a visitor ID with your picture will be printed for you to wear. After providing your license during your first visit, the system will save your information. This procedure has been successfully implemented at Danvers High School for the past 2 years. As always, we continue to look for ways to enhance our safety measures throughout the Danvers Public Schools. We thank you for your cooperation. REMINDERS: Warm weather is coming! Please make sure your student is dressed appropriately for school. It is important that our students be able to move about comfortably and safely while they play and work! Proper footwear: make sure students are not wearing flip flops or heels to school. Closed-‐toe shoes, appropriate for running on grass or asphalt are most appropriate. Clothing: straps should be at least the width of three fingers, and full-‐length shirts should be worn. Shorts and skirts should fall mid-‐thigh.