6/4 School Committee Powder Mill Cafeteria

6/5 Field Day (Rain Date 6/6)

6/7 Second Grade Visit to Powder Mill

6/10-6/13 Spring Book Fair

6/13 PAWS PTO Spring Picnic - Save the Date

6/14 PreK Last Day of School & Graduation

6/17 K-2 Last Day of School (Half Day)

Exciting things are happening at Woodland School this fall, I am pleased to welcome Kayla Brady to the as our Assistant Principal. Ms. Kayla Brady will be joining our team at Woodland School, effective July 1st, 2024.

Kayla has been a school administrator for Pittsfield Public Schools for the past three years. Prior to that position she was a 3rd grade teacher in both Gateway Regional School District and Springfield Public Schools.

We are excited about her instructional leadership experience as well as her positivity, enthusiasm, and commitment to ensuring a safe, supportive, and inclusive learning environment at Woodland School.

Welcome, Ms. Brady to Woodland School!

During June, preschoolers will continue to learn about people in our community. They will learn about doctors, dentists, and construction workers. We will also be practicing for our End of the Year Celebration which will take place on Friday, June 14th. The children will perform songs on stage to demonstrate what they have learned throughout the school year!

Throughout June, we will review our letters, sounds, numbers, and shapes. We want our little ones that are going to Kindergarten to have a strong foundation! The preschoolers continue to learn how important it is to be kind, caring and helpful. We loved watching each child learn and grow this year!

Kindergarteners will be spending the remaining days of school practicing and reviewing all of the irregular words and sound spelling patterns that they have learned over the course of the year. Additionally, they will begin to be exposed to the CVCE spelling pattern. Read aloud stories will be all about animals and their habitats. Students will get a good sense of what features that different habitats have, as well as features that the animals have in order to survive in that habitat.

For Math, students will be taking all their learned knowledge and applying it into making their own addition and subtraction stories, as well as focus heavily on fluency of adding and subtracting within 5 and 10. Fluency practice will be in the form of fun partner games over our last days together.

First graders are having a fabulous end to the school year! Students are wrapping up their reading module with stories of those that inspire us and those that “dare to dream”! They will read and write about how thinking in new ways can help us to solve problems.

In math, students have just learned about shapes and dividing them into equal parts of halves and fourths. They have also worked with clocks and telling time to the hour and half hour. They will end the year with our money unit by studying coins and their values.

In science, students grew our lima bean plants and made observations of the plant life cycle. In social studies, we will wrap up the year with ways that people show pride in their country. All our students are also always working on CARES expectations and preparing ourselves to be second graders! Great work, first grade learners!

The second-grade students at Woodland School continue to be hard at work as the school year begins to wind down. The final ELA module will begin soon. During this module, students will dig deeper into the genres of realistic fiction, fantasy, autobiography, and legends. They will explore these genres through the work of author Tomie dePaola as part of our author study. In writing, students will finish writing their last personal narrative of the year and review opinion writing.

In math, students are working on Unit 9: Putting It All Together. In this unit, students review their understanding from throughout the year to cap off major work and fluency goals of the year.

In social studies, students are working on the final few standards of the year. These standards involve interviewing a family member and researching a country of their heritage.

Second grade students are also looking forward to their visit to Powder Mill School on June 7. They will have the chance to tour the school, meet with administration and third-grade teachers, and ask questions about Powder Mill.

Field Day is coming up this Wednesday June 5th (rain date the 6th). Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather, has sunscreen on, and brings a water bottle. We don't want anyone getting dehydrated or sunburned!

Please remember to pick up all medication on or before the last day of school.

Medication CANNOT be stored over the summer.

EPI-PENS and INHALERS may be sent home with your student on their last day of school with parental permission. All other medication MUST be picked up by an adult. Any medication left after the last day of school will be discarded.

Please call Woodland School at 413-569-6598 or email dcarellas@stgrsd.org to make pick up arrangements or provide permission for your student to bring home their inhaler or epi-pen.

If you have a student at Powder Mill School you can call 413-569-5951 or email mailto:achicoine@stgrsd.org to make pick up arrangements.

May 30th and 31st Woodland School hosted Kindergarten screenings. At the end of the screenings the children were able to having a "signing day" photo, and you know some of the big "kids" had to have their picture taken too! Welcome to Woodland School class of 2037!!

PTO will host an end of the year picnic. You can purchase food tickets ahead of time or bring your own picnic dinner. Alternatively, your child can bring in the filled form (Flyers will be sent home soon).

We will be having an end of the year Ice Cream Truck event at Woodland School coming up on June 13th and we wanted to share this information in advance with families. We are very appreciative of the generosity from the Batchelor family who donated the funds to sponsor this event. Nurse Carellas has reviewed the items that will be available considering the nutrition/dietary restrictions for all students at Woodland.

We are looking forward to be able to celebrate the end of the year with an ice cream treat with our classmates and teachers!

On May 23rd, Woodland School hosted an incredible Family Literacy and Math Carnival, bringing together students, families, and the community for an evening of educational fun and excitement. We are immensely grateful to the Southwick Police Department and Fire Department, PAWS PTO, and the Southwick children's librarian for their enthusiastic participation and support.

The event featured a variety of engaging activities designed to spark a love for reading and math in our students. Families enjoyed interactive games, educational booths, and hands-on activities that made learning a joyous experience. At the end of the evening, students left with grab bags filled with literacy and math materials and activities, ensuring the fun and learning continued at home.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to making the Family Literacy and Math Carnival a memorable success. Your dedication to our students' education and well-being is deeply appreciated!