Steere Farm Elementary School

Beginning April 8th, students in grades 3, 4, and 5 will take an on-line test of mathematics and English Language Arts proficiency called The Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System (RICAS). RICAS is aligned to the Common Core State Standards. Students in grade 5 will also take the Rhode Island Next Generation Science Assessment (NGSA). Students and teachers have been working hard and are prepared!

Please note the following testing dates:

• ELA (grades 3-5): April 8-9

• Math (grades 3-5): May 6-7

• NGSA (Gr. 5 only): May 13-14

Visit https://www.ride.ri.gov/InstructionAssessment/Assessment/ResourcesforFamilies.aspx for more information.

Thank you for your ongoing support!

Courtney Francis

Thank you to all families and students who attended our Learning Showcase! It was a great event highlighting "A Day in the Life" of our students. Special thanks to our teaching staff who did a fabulous job preparing students for the event! Families that attended the event are asked to complete the feedback form below!

SFE has a new sound system in the gymnasium thanks to Mr. Latendresse, funding from the PTA and work completed our maintenance department!

Our next School Improvement Team (SIT) meeting is April 2nd to work on our updated School Improvement Plan for the 2025-2026 school year. Please see below for our meeting agenda.

Each month SFE recognizes students who have gone above and beyond to show their 3Rs: Respectful, Responsible and Ready to Learn! Students are nominated by their classroom and/or special subject teachers. Congratulations to our April Student of the Month recipients!

Teachers are nominated by students, who were extremely thoughtful about their nominations! Congratulations to Ms. Bertholic, our March Teacher of the Month!

The Spring book fair is scheduled for March 31st-April 4th! Students will visit the book fair next week during library class. The online book fair runs through April 10th. Please click here for the book fair link.

Students continue to participate in a weekly lesson rooted in one of the four Units: Courage, Gratitude, Forgiveness and Compassion in Action; all part of the Choose Love Formula. This month is a focus on personal growth through hope and forgiveness!

A copy of the Choose Love calendar was sent home to all families. We hope the calendar is a daily reminder of the small steps we can take daily to Choose Love at home!

This month in the multiage classroom, the students had the chance to learn about the game of hockey. While watching a Women's National Championship game, they worked on their math skills and extending their vocabulary. The class discussed skating and whether they have tried to skate on ice which we used to create a graph. The students continued to ask questions about the team and their success even after having the weekend off. A few days later, the class had a chance to meet one of the players. She came in with all of the items she received at the Championship, including her gold medal. She shared a slide show with the children and allowed them to hold the medal. The kids had many questions for her and celebrated her team's success.

Grade 2 was busy in March! Students have been hard at work learning about the properties of solids and liquids in science, participating in math centers, and Ms. Schuyler's room had some guest readers!

In 3rd grade, students are learning about fractions! We deepen our understanding by relating fractions to something we love, and that is PIZZA! Students created fraction pizzas and their very own Pizzeria! We will continue to focus on understanding them as parts of a whole, comparing fractions, and recognizing equivalent fractions.

Clear River Electric and Water Presentation

Grade 4 students learned about this Public Utility Company and some renewable and nonrenewable sources of energy. This was a great way to wrap up our science unit on energy. We played energy Jeopardy and made some posters encouraging people to conserve energy!

Connected to the ELA module on the arts, each SFE 5th grader did research on an assigned artist, created a poster board presentation, and gave a mini oral narrative to visitors while dressed in character. We were all blown away by how well students did!

Kudos to our PTA for a very fun and successful event! The BHS gym was packed for the 5th grade students vs. faculty basketball game, competitions events, and parent game! Thanks to all who played and attended. Go Broncos!

Congratulations to Mr. Latendresse and our 5 students (William, Harrison, Aubrey, Brooke & Amberlyn) who sang in the All-State Elementary Chorus! The students did an amazing job performing at the Vets Memorial Auditorium!

Congratulations to Danny (grade 3) and Charlotte (grade 4) who were the lucky winners of our Report Card voucher drawing! Both students were awarded with extra recess for their class!

SFE student artwork is currently being featured at the Fidelity Investments Regional Youth Art Month Exhibit! Take a look at pictures from opening night!

What a great assembly! The Earth Dome is a gigantic inflatable earth balloon standing 19-feet high and 22-feet in diameter. Students enjoyed a presentation both outside and inside the balloon. They were able to see and better understand the scale of concepts such as continents, time zones, latitude, longitude, and more! Even major cities were also recognized in comparison to the total earth.

*Special thanks to our PTA for sponsoring this event!

The next PTA meeting will be Wednesday, April 9th at 6:30pm in person in the library or via Zoom.

Saddle up, put your boots on and mosey on over! The Steere Farm someone special dance this year is at Arrowhead Acres in Uxbridge, MA on Friday May 9 from 6:00 - 8:30 PM. You must purchase a ticket by April 18 - you will not be allowed to buy a ticket at the door. A dance ticket is $35 per couple (parent and a Steere Farm student), each additional child without an adult is $15. We will be offering pizza and a dessert; sodas will be available for purchase.

We are looking for volunteers for the dance, please sign up using the link below.

We are asking each grade to donate specific items for raffle baskets for the someone special dance. 2nd grade has a game night theme, 3rd grade has a Mexican theme, 4th grade has a camping/outdoors theme and 5th grade has an Italian theme. Each flyer has some ideas but please feel free to think outside the box. Thank you in advance.

It's that time of the year again.....YEARBOOK SALES ARE OPEN! Cost is $25 and the deadline to order is May 2, 2025!

Our next restaurant fundraiser is at Five Guys in Lincoln on Wednesday, April 30 4:00-8:00 pm. Steere Farm will earn 25% of all sales!!

The Steere Farm Elementary School PTA is now accepting nominations for the 2025-2026 leadership board. Get involved, use your talent and skills to help your child’s school!

We are currently looking for a treasurer! Please email your name, contact information, and position of interest to a member of the nominating committee by Monday, May 5, 2025.

You can email the committee at masim@bsd-ri.net, kennedyj@bsd-ri.net or klashays16@yahoo.com

March 31st-April 4th: Spring Scholastic Book Fair

April 2nd: Student of the Month (PBIS) Assembly

April 8th-9th: ELA RICAS Testing (grades 3-5)

April 9th: PTA Meeting @ 6:30 p.m.

April 11th: Rooster Games (Grade 5)

April 14th-18th: No School - Spring Recess

April 21st: Talent Show Auditions (after school)

April 25th: Bronco Friday!

April 25th: Talent Show @ 6:00 p.m.