Family Communicator

Monday, March 10, 2025

• After-School Program - Grades 3&4

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

• After-School Program - Grades 1&2

Wednesday, March 12 2025

• After-School Program - Grades 3&4
• Banking Program
• Book Fair

Thursday, March 13, 2025

• After-School Program - Grades 1&2
• Book Fair
• Spaghetti Dinner

Friday, March 14, 2025

• Book Fair

We will have our Free Spaghetti Dinner for students and immediate families on Thursday, March 13th from 5:30-7:00. Please register here so we can plan accordingly. This has been a tradition for many years at Shaughnessy.

https://forms.gle/eYShUE7DESGNJar5A

We are excited to have the return of a Book Fair to Shaughnessy School. We have partnered with a local downtown business, Lala Books, to sell books in mid-March at the Shaughnessy School. The Fair will have an online option and have copies to purchase at the school. All students will visit the Book Fair on one of these days. If students do not have money for the fair, we will have a free section of books for children to select a title to take home. If you choose to purchase a book, please remember we have to charge sales tax. We are hoping this event, will promote reading for our families and students. If titles sell out, Lala Books will order more and deliver them by the end of April.

The Book Fair will also be open the night of March 13th, during our Annual Spaghetti Dinner. Please sign up to attend this free dinner and event using the following link. We are excited to have these two great events at Shaughnessy this March.

Here are upcoming dates and events through March.

• March 21st - Report Cards
• March 26th - Banking Program

If you ever considered working for Lowell Public Schools, the Shaughnessy School will host a Job Fair on Saturday, March 22nd from 9:00-11:00 am. Please come see all of the district's opportunities including:

• Teaching jobs (license required)
• Bus Drivers
• Paraprofessionals
• Substitute Teachers
• Custodians

Students in grades K-4 can enter school from 8:40-9:00 am to eat breakfast in the cafeteria. After 9:00 am, the students will wait until we open regular breakfast at 9:10 am. The children will be monitored by school staff. This program is a privilege and not a right. If students are struggling with the rules, they will not be able to participate in the program.

The students will enter the building by the main entrance and school staff and cafeteria personnel will be there for supervision.

Teaching children about banking is a great way to learn about financial Literacy. We are proud to start a partnership with Jeanne d'Arc Bank for our children. Every other week, on Wednesdays, the bank will come to Shaughnessy School, and students can deposit money into a Savings Account. The account requires a $10.00 start-up fee, but after that, kids can deposit any amount. The children get a prize every time they add money to their accounts. Please be on the lookout for a Savings Account application that will be sent home early next week. This is how children start the account. We hope this partnership will help students learn the importance of saving money. You can also register for the program at our Open House this week. The dates for deposits this year will be:

• March 12, 26
• April 9
• May 7, 21

If you were enrolled in the program last year, you do not have to fill out the form again!

The Lowell Public Schools Transportation Department has added a live spreadsheet to its webpage that indicates in the AM or PM if a school bus (grades K-8) is running late and by how long. Click below to access:

https://www.lowell.k12.ma.us/Page/5990

We primarily use Class Dojo as a communication application from school. The teachers will be inviting you to join the messaging, so you can be aware of all of the happenings. Please reach out to the teachers with questions.

Here are the arrival dismissal procedures for this year. Please do not park / live park in the fire lanes around arrival and dismissal. These lanes are for buses, not cars.

https://www.smore.com/n21w8