Gladstone Community Message # 17

Email: acorsolatos@cpsed.net

Website: https://waterman.cpsed.net

Location: 722 Pontiac Avenue Cranston, RI 02910

Phone: (401)270-8013

Facebook: Gladstone Elementary School

As we close out the year, I want to extend my warmest holiday wishes to all of you—students, parents, teachers, staff, and friends. This is a time of reflection and gratitude, and I am so thankful for the support, hard work, and kindness that makes our school such a special place.

May your holidays be filled with joy, rest, and quality time with those you cherish. I look forward to seeing you in the new year, refreshed and ready to continue the journey of learning and growing together.

Wishing you all a very happy and safe holiday season!

Amy Vachon

Good afternoon Gladstone @ Waterman families,

As we close out this year and prepare for the holiday break ahead, we would like to take a moment to reflect on this wonderful school community that we are so fortunate to be a part of. We would like to express our profound gratitude for each and everyone of our Gladstone Families. We were able to celebrate with our students all week. The highlight for the students was the door decorating concert, The Grinch and our student holiday sing-along. We are grateful that we are able to share these memories with our students and we hope that they enjoyed it as much as we did! We would like to wish you all Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year. We look forward to seeing everyone on January 2nd!

With the weather changing we would really appreciate you sending your students to school with winter coats. We do go outside all year (weather permitting) so it is very important for students to have a coat.

Our handbook permissions are now going to be completed through ASPEN. Here is a guide to help you through the permissions in ASPEN. If you need help logging in to ASPEN please call the main office 401-270-8013.

If you are dropping students off and picking up at school you CAN NOT park on Mapleton Avenue this interferes with our buses. If you are dropping off a student and getting out of the car please park on Tennyson Road.

*Please arrive on time for school. We are only serving breakfast to students from 8:35-8:50am.

*Please make sure your students know if they ride a bus or are getting picked up. All dismissal changes need to be entered into this form by 2:00.

* Please do not park in our staff parking lot. We have limited parking and only enough parking for our staff. If you need assistance with your child in the morning please contact the school and we will try our best to accommodate.

*Please send a refillable water bottle to school with your child.

* We will NOT dismiss to someone who is not on the emergency care card and we will NOT dismiss without a written note if a student is leaving early. Please return lunch applications and Parent Compacts as soon as possible.

*We are NOT dismissing students after 2:30pm.

* Please review the district family involvement policy as well as our parent engagement plan.

Gladstone is in need of TISSUES! If you can donate a box to the school, we would greatly appreciate it!

12/23-1/1 WINTER BREAK

1/2 - Return to school

Thank you to all of the families and teachers that attended our meeting on Wednesday. Please be sure to join us on January 8th for our next meeting. (meet.google.com/wwj-umzz-ysb)

Please join our Parents and Teachers of Gladstone Page on Facebook!

Our Family Center Liaison is Grace Swinkski: gswinski@cpsed.net

The Family Center/COZ works directly with all Title I schools in the district. Title I is based on the free/reduced lunch population. We provide help & guidance with resources for you & your family. We also sponsor family events both in the schools and in the community. Our office is open year round, please reach out with any questions 270-8078.

We have a Facebook account for Gladstone Elementary School. This will be another way we'll be able to communicate information to you all quickly. If you use Facebook we recommend that you follow us.