Cornwall School News 11.16.24

November 25 - November 29, November break, no school

Thursday, December 5, FOCS meeting, 8 am

Click here for the ACSD 24-25 school year calendar.

And the weather changes fast these days. In order to go out to recess, students need:

• boots
• mittens or gloves
• hat
• coat

Ask your student to explain our "Dressing for the Weather" guide (and watch them roll their eyes).

Third graders are working on multiplication. Math fluency groups are practicing a variety of strategies to memorize times tables. Third graders also started using ratio tables to learn how to make a scale for graphs of favorite ice cream flavors and book genres.

In literacy and Inquiry, each student chose one past life form to research, and 5 research questions to answer. They are using Epic (an online library) and hard copy books to complete their research. Next week, they will create informational brochures about their past life form!

Aaaand, Ms. Bech failed to get any pictures of this! But check out the great pictures from some of our recent All School Meeting activities below!

Please join the Addison Central Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) and Superintendent Wendy Baker to discuss the important topic of home-school communication for students that have IEPs and 504 plans. ACSD administrators are actively working on finding solutions that address the concerns of both families and school staff. If you have a student on an IEP or 504 plan, please join this conversation and help shape solutions moving forward. Your perspective and voice are important!

Wednesday, November 20th

6:00 – 7:30pm

MUHS library (virtual option: https://meet.google.com/gjk-ymhg-drj)

Learn more about the SEPAC at ​​https://www.addisoncentralsepac.org/.

Sign up for SEPAC updates here.

ACSD is working toward joint accreditation with the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and International Baccalaureate (IB). NEASC and IB are independent nonprofit organizations that support schools with best educational practices, guidance, and resources. They each offer their own process to evaluate schools. (Read more details here). Now we are in the assessment and evidence gathering phase of accreditation. We are seeking parent and community involvement! There are two main actions this year:

1. Evidence gathering: We will assess the ACSD community on 5 of NEASC’s Learning Principles. Our teachers and staff will submit evidence toward the 5 Learning Principles. Later this year we will also introduce opportunities for students, caregivers, and community members to submit evidence.

2. Learning Principle Teams. We will create 5 Learning Principle Teams made up of ACSD teachers, staff, students, parents, and community members. They will assess the evidence that is submitted and present back to the ACSD community how we are doing toward each standard. They will meet from December-April. All team members will be compensated $40/hr.

If you are interested in joining a Learning Principle Team, please fill this form out by November 30th, 2024.

Thanks so much for the donations! We're still looking for a couple of gently used coats.

Many families have asked how they can help support our Cornwall community. Our counselors are seeking $25 gift cards to Shaw's, Hannaford, or TJ Maxx. You can put these in an envelope to give to Ms. Laurie.

• peanut butter crackers
• goldfish/cheese crackers
• single serve pretzels or crackers