News From Across GMRSD
17 Dec 2018
Our annual food drive involves all five of the district's schools in a friendly 3-week competition that stocks up the food pantry run by the Basic Needs program at Montague Catholic Social Ministries in downtown Turners Falls. This effort is led by parent volunteer (and former school committee member) Lesley Cogswell, with help from students, staff, families, community members, and the Gill-Montague Community School Partnership. Items were collected, counted, and delivered to MCSM on three Friday afternoons.
Here's the report from Week #3:
942 items...
14 Dec 2018
Hillcrest Elementary School
Friday News
December 14, 2018
Dear Hillcrest Families,
As much as I love winter here in New England, I have to admit that I’ve been delighted by two full weeks without any snow! Having consistent five day weeks of school with no Snow Day interruptions is a very welcome gift! We are so happy to have uninterrupted time to focus on our students’ learning.
A few important notes:
We hope that families and friends will join us for our December All School Meeting on Friday, December 21st at 9:00. Our December theme is Social Studies. The...
13 Dec 2018
A heartfelt thank you to all the families who have donated to our food drive! The final
day for collecting donations will be tomorrow. To date we have donated 456 items to
the Montague Catholic Social Ministries food pantry. The final delivery will take place
tomorrow afternoon and Ifm confident we will be well over 500 items!
Next week is a full week of school. There are no half days.
We will be closed from December 24-January 1. We reopen on Wednesday, January 2.
Our December All school meeting will be on Friday, December 21 at 2:15 in our
auditorium.
We are asking all students...
07 Dec 2018
BINGO FOR BOOKS
When: December 12, 2018
Where: SES cafeteria
Time: 5:30-7:00
Food: Chili
Carnegie Library will be here to sign students up for library cards.
Please RSVP by 12/10/18
Cuando: Miércoles 12 de diciembre de 2018
Lugar: Cafetería de la Escuela Sheffield
Hora: 5:30-7:00
Comida: Chili
Personal de la Biblioteca Carnegie estará aquí para inscribir a los estudiantes y para obtener las tarjetas de la biblioteca.
Por favor confirme su asistencia hasta el 12/10/18
06 Dec 2018
A huge thank you to all the families that have been contributing to our food drive! We have collected 224 items the first week!! We will continue to collect non-perishable food items through December 14th. Please check expiration dates before sending in with your student. Each Friday student council members count, load and deliver our donations to the Montague Catholic Social Ministries .
Monday, December 10 there is a School Council meeting from 3:30-4:30 in my office. This is a public meeting and anyone is welcome to attend.
Wednesday, December 12 is...
03 Dec 2018
At our November 30th All School Meeting, the theme was "Gratitude."
We did the "2, 4, 6, 8 -- Who do we appreciate?" greeting and enjoyed hearing from preschoolers in Ms. Welles' class, who each shared one of the many things they are thankful for.
Kindergarten students in Ms. Hirst's class have been practicing finding words they know inside poems and reading poems together in one voice, and they recited this poem by Jack Prelutsky for us:
"I'm Thankful"
I’m thankful for the turkey,
I’m thankful for the pie,
I’m thankful for the...