Stephen Sylvia - Principal

Meghan Healy - Assistant Principal

Dawn Flibotte - Secretary

Office #: 617-984-8706

Email: stephensylvia@quincypublicschools.com
Website: www.quincypublicschools.com
Location: 50 Huckins Avenue, Quincy, MA, USA
Phone: (617)984-8706

October 14: Indigenous Peoples' Day ~ No School

October 14-October 25: Trunk or Treat Candy Collection

October 15: SQU PTO Meeting ~ 6:30 PM

October 16: Unity Day

October 16: Grade 3 Fire Presentation

October 17: Unity Day Assembly

October 21: Grade 4 Field Trip ~ Commonwealth Museum

October 26: Trunk or Treat 11:00-1:00

Please save the date for Unity Day on Wednesday, October 16th. Students should wear orange clothing and/or accessories as we stand up to bullying and focus on kindness, acceptance and inclusion. Stay tuned for more details.

The PTO is asking for candy donations for our 5th Annual Trunk or Treat, which will take place on Saturday, October 26th from 11 AM – 1 PM. Candy collections will begin on Monday, October 14th and continue until Friday, October 25th at 12 PM. *Candy collected after 12 PM will not be included in the weight challenge*

The grade that collects the most candy (by weight) will win an ice cream or pizza party; whichever they choose. The winning grade will be announced on October 25th, before the end of school.

**Candy must be unopened and pre-wrapped**

Thank you to Jenelle O'Neil, Erin O'Neill, and Jessica Allen for volunteering to run picture day! Your time and help is greatly appreciated!

QPS will be hosting a parent academy on October 29th at 6:00-7:30 at Lincoln Hancock to support parents in grades K-5 in math fluency. Please join us for an incredible night of math learning and games. While the adults are learning all about math fluency, the children will be playing games that develop their fluency skills. The expectation of this event is for parents to attend with their children who are in grades K-5. This is NOT a drop-off event.

Registration is required. Click here to sign up. Please register by Wednesday, October 23rd.

Attached please find the 2024 Squantum School October calendar for important dates happening around our school community.

Grade 5 students will be organizing a bake sale on election day to help raise money for the end of the year festivities. They are looking for donations of baked goods.

Please click here to sign up to donate an item. Please email jenelle223@icloud.com with any questions.

Quincy Public Schools Nutrition Department is excited to present the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP). Every Tuesday and Thursday free fresh fruits and vegetables will be delivered to your child's classroom, during snack time, for students to sample. The goal of FFVP is to help schools create healthier school environments by providing healthier food choices, expanding the variety of fruits and vegetables children experience and increasing children's fruit and vegetable consumption. All snacks are individually wrapped.

Please contact QPS Nutrition Department at 617-984-8768 with any questions.

Please click here to view the Quincy Public Schools 2024-2025 school calendar for all important holidays, school closures, and early release day information.

We wanted to share the district health newsletter with guidelines for a healthy school year. Please click here to read the full message.

Just a friendly reminder to not to block neighbors driveways during drop off and pick up! Also please do not park on the corner of Mayflower and Huckins as it makes it extremely difficult for the school busses to turn. Thank you in advance for your help with this!

Please click here for the Squantum staff list for 2024-2025. This list includes email addresses to help with communication.

If your child is going to be absent please email dawnflibotte@quincypublicschools.com, your child's teacher, or call the main office at 617-984-8706 by 8:30. Safety is our top priority, so we will call home if we do not hear from you.

In order for an absence to be considered excused, a written note must accompany the student the first day back in class. The note should include the date returning, child’s name, date absent, and the reason for the absence. Any absence for which the school does not receive appropriate notification will be unexcused.

All students that arrive after 8:20 or after the doors are closed, must report to the main office to check in with an office staff member.

Families are expected to provide their child’s regular daily dismissal plan to the classroom teacher at the beginning of each year. If a child’s routine dismissal plan changes or if a different pick up will be occurring, families should notify their child’s teacher and the office in writing by sending a note or email to the teacher as soon as possible. Students will not be dismissed to an unauthorized adult without a note or a phone call to the main office at 617-984-8706. This will ensure that all safety protocols remain in place.

If a student needs to be dismissed early from school, the parent/guardian must send a note to the classroom teacher or call the school’s main office. An authorized adult must report to the office to sign the child out. Children are not allowed to leave the school grounds prior to the regular dismissal time without the authorization of a parent/guardian.

Students are given the opportunity to receive a school breakfast, lunch, and/or milk, as part of their daily routine.

Lunch and breakfast will be free for ALL students again this year. QPS strongly encourages parents/guardians to continue to complete the free and reduced lunch application this year in order to receive other benefits from the state, including P-EBT benefits. Menus and applications can be found on the QPS Food Service website.

Breakfast is available for all students beginning at 8:00 am. Any interested student may buzz in through the main door and walk down to the cafeteria. Breakfast is also available in the classrooms once students have entered the building. Please remind your child to let their homeroom teacher know if they need breakfast.

Lunch will be served in the cafeteria during your child’s assigned class time. Lunch will continue to be offered to students on early release days. This time will be built into classroom schedules.

Contractors have set up a temporary fence at the Wendall Moses Ballfield near Mayflower Rd. & Winslow Rd. They have been very busy throughout the summer replacing pipes, doing underground work and getting the site ready for construction. Projects will continue throughout the school year as we prepare for breaking ground in the Summer of 2025.

All updates will be posted on the design website. Please click here for more information.

Click here for the SQU building project website!

Throughout the day teachers incorporate digital practice in both ELA and Math. These platforms allow students to practice skills at individual lessons. Students are encouraged to continue practicing at home, if they are interested. Students can access these using their Clever log in information. Please see below for some popular websites.