Early Steps Updates ~ Summer 2024
August 2024
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Principal Updates 5 - October 9th, 2024
Dear Early Steps Families:
Thank you for joining us for our Open House last week; it was great to see so many of you! It was special to see how proud students were to show off their classrooms and their learning. I was also honored to hear parents/guardians sharing commendations of our fine staff as you exited the building. Enjoy some photos from the evening below.
Be sure to read the section of my newsletters 'Some Important Dates' and note these dates/times on your calendars. Our Cunniff and Lowell School friends may have slightly adjusted times/days. Those PreK students/families will receive newsletters from both the Cunniff Principal, Julia MacEwan or the Lowell Principal, Stacy Phelan, and me. Please be sure to review them both. Next up:
- Monday, October 14 - NO SCHOOL - Indigenous Peoples Day Observed
- Wednesday, October 16 - School Picture Day (Early Steps Hosmer, only)
Keep each other well,
Dr. Theresa McGuinness
Principal
theresa.mcguinness@watertown.k12.ma.us
Every Child...Every Classroom...Every Day
Quick Resources: Early Steps Website (Under Construction)
WPS 2024 - 2025 School Year Calendar
1 Concord Road
Watertown, MA 02472
This is how faculty members reported feeling after Open House :)
Caretaker & Teacher Conference Dates (Sign Up)
- Please refer to this doc to schedule a 20-minute conference: (1) to sign up, and (2) to access the Zoom meeting links (if you selected to meet on Zoom). Your child's teacher may have already shared this information with you. You only need to sign up once. If you have any questions, please contact your child's teacher directly.
Directions for Families:
Select your child's teacher's name
Click on the SignUp Genius Link
Select the time you would like to meet with your child’s teacher
Enter your first name, last name, and email address
Select the “sign up now button” to confirm the time
During the selected time, please use the Zoom link provided to meet with the teacher
REMEMBER ~ School Picture Day is October 16th
Directions:
- Click this Link to select picture orders using the CODE: 71624F and entering your email address.
- As School Picture Day is October 16th, please select your order prior to that date.
Community Blood Drive Hosted by the Watertown Educators Association
Some Important Dates
- Monday, October 14 - NO SCHOOL - Indigenous Peoples Day Observed
- Wednesday, October 16 - School Picture Day
- Tuesday, October 22 -EARLY RELEASE @11:45; Caretaker Conferences 1:00-2:15 PM
- Thursday, October 24 - Caretaker Conferences 5:00-7:00 PM
- Tuesday, October 29 - Caretaker Conferences 4:30-6:30 PM
- Friday, November 1- EARLY RELEASE @11:45 for Caretaker Conferences 1:00-2:15 PM
- Tuesday, November 5 - No School (Election Day & Teacher's Professional Development)
For Reference, Past Principal Newsletters
- Principal Updates 1 - August 12, 2024
- Principal Updates 2 - August 29, 2024
- Principal Updates 3 - September 15, 2024
Principal Updates 4 - September 27, 2024
Early Steps Contacts
Early Steps Early Childhood Center
1 Concord St.
Watertown, Ma 02472
Phone: 1-617-926-7765
Principal - Dr. Theresa McGuinness
theresa.mcguinness@watertown.k12.ma.us
Administrative Assistant - Tricia D’Amelio
Tricia.DAmelio@watertown.k12.ma.us
Special Education Team Chair- Ilana Sommer
ilana.sommer@watertown.k12.ma.us
Nurse - Kaitlyn Reynolds
kaitlyn.reynolds@watertown.k12.ma.us