Rose L. MacDonald School

February 5th-School Committee Meeting 6pm MSHS

February 7th-Half Day of School Dismissal at 12pm

February 14th-Student Council Meeting

February 19th-President's Day No School

February 20th-February 23rd-Winter Break

February 26th-School Improvement Council Meeting 3:15pm

February 27th-Marks Close

March 4th-8th-Read Across America Week (Details Below)

March 5th-Posting of Report Cards

MONDAY 3/4 -Books make us BRAVE! Dress like a superhero!

TUESDAY 3/5-Try-out Tuesday. Dress like your favorite athlete or dress to represent your favorite sports team!

WEDNESDAY 3/6- Wild About Books Wednesday. Rock that animal print, animal costumes, or

clothes that have animals on them!

THURSDAY 3/7- Silly Stories with Dr. Seuss. Wear those wacky clothes or dress like a

Dr. Seuss book character!

FRIDAY 3/8- Cozy up with a book: Reading is RELAXING. Come to school in your favorite jammies and bring your favorite book! Flashlights are welcome too.

We have seen a significant increase in student absences this year. Being chronically absent (10% of school year) can have a significant impact on a student's academic progress and their ability to access the variety of academic and non-academic supports that schools provide. Please reach out to the school if you would like support in getting your students to school!

Please make every effort to have your students at school on time! Students should also have a good night's sleep and healthy breakfast!

ELA~April 9th & April 11th

Math~May 14th & May 15th

We are pleased to announce that we have a new online portal for building and athletic space use requests. For more information, visit https://www.wbridgewaterschools.org/page/building-use-requests

ELECTRONIC DEVICES

The use and/or possession of electronic communication devices such as cell phones, Kindles, Smart watches (or other brands) and any other electronic media device is allowed only with permission of a staff member. If a student possesses or uses any electronic communication device during the school day without permission, the equipment may be confiscated, secured in the main office, and returned to a parent/guardian. Cell phones must be turned off and stored in backpacks during the school day, unless authorized by a teacher for instructional use. Therefore, students are not allowed to receive phone calls or texts during the school day. Students are also not allowed to contact parents/guardians from their electronic devices during the school day. If a child needs to contact parents/guardians they may use the school telephone in the nurse’s office or school office.

Grade 1 enjoyed a visit from Delilah, an Inflatable right whale who is 45ft long 15ft wide and 15ft tall! They got to go inside the whale to learn all about its body and what it eats. They also looked at, and touched, real whale vertebrae and baleen (whale teeth). Students then colored their own right whale picture, and named their whale. It was definitely a whale of a time! Thank you to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation and the WBPTO for another amazing presentation!

On January 12th, all Grade 2 students participated in the “Read for 2024” Reading and Pizza Party. Students wore their pajamas to school to ensure maximum comfort and were challenged to read for 2024 seconds. They enjoyed a delicious pizza party lunch to celebrate. Congratulations to all second graders for their accomplishment! Many thanks to Grand Slam for filling our large pizza order, the PTO for sponsoring our event, and Ann Marie Grinder and the cafeteria staff for providing fresh veggies, drinks, and ice cream treats for all students!

Third graders recently watched the video “Caine’s Arcade” about a 9 year old boy who created his own arcade using cardboard and items around his dad’s automobile shop. Inspired by Caine, third grade is making their own playable arcade games using cardboard and other STEM materials!

RLM has a Student Council consisting of 30 student leaders who are eager to make some positive changes this year! After a few weeks of discussions and planning, the council formed into four subcommittees to help them achieve as much as possible this year. The subcommittees have been researching ideas for a collaborative project with the Food Department, writing down discussion point as they plan to meet with the principal, drafting a letter to the Food Pantry, and preparing a small presentation to encourage the community to support their fundraising efforts. The RLM Student Council Advisors, Mrs. Enos and Miss Resendes, are quite impressed and inspired by their hard work, determination, and cooperative collaboration! Many great things are in the works!

Grade 1 started our "animals in winter" unit this week. They have been learning how humans get warm by going inside, wearing layers, snuggling up in blankets, etc. and comparing it to different animals and their winter adaptions. They read about and watched videos showing penguin huddles to stay warm in Antarctica so we decided to try it out for themselves!

Mrs Goulet invited December Birthdays to have lunch with her. It was a great opportunity to connect with a great group of students!

*Join us at our next PTO meeting on February 7th at 7pm in the RLM Cafeteria*

Save the Date:

February 3rd Ziti With My Sweetie Bridgewater Vets Club 5:30-8pm (See Details Below)

Our annual MCM Butter Braid fundraiser is back!

Order forms will be sent home today! They are filled with various products including mouth watering flaky butter braid danish in 8 different flavors. Cinnamon is a must try!

All orders are to be completed online by February 16th.

Order pickup will be March 13th (More details to come)

Find the link here: https://my.mcmfundraising.com/signup/P435

Stay connected on facebook @WBridgewaterPTO

Universal free school meals - Both Breakfast (mid-morning snack)and Lunch are permanently Free! We hope your student dines with us!

Menus - Click on WB Food Services to find February's menus. Locally grown apples from CN Smith Farm are still being served each week.

Cafeteria Taste Testing- We are bringing back taste testing! On February 8th we will give out samples of a whole grain veggie fried rice that will be offered for lunch on February 12th as we recognize Chinese New Year.

Food Assistance- Project Bread Food Source Hotline , West Bridgewater Food Pantry.

Position available- Great at social media and interested in food photography? There is a stipend available for an individual to promote our School Nutrition program on social media. Hours are very flexible and variable but the applicant will need to be available during the day.

Questions, concerns, suggestions? Contact Ann Marie Grinder, Food Service Director at agrinder@wbridgewater.com or (508)894-1220.

Inclusion Matters is a group of West Bridgewater families whose children have IEPs and 504s. We offer webinars and events to support families with special needs. If you'd like to learn more, please email us at InclusionMattersMA@gmail.com to join our private email list.

See our upcoming events on our Facebook page at @InclusionMattersMA and our website at www.InclusionMattersMA.com

Keitha Goulet

Principal

Email: kgoulet@wbridgewater.com
Website: https://www.wbridgewaterschools.org/o/rose-l-macdonald
Location: 1 Steppingstone Drive, West Bridgewater, MA, USA
Phone: (508)894-1240
Facebook: facebook.com/RoseLMacDonaldSchool
Twitter: @rlmschool