We made it to February break! It's been a strong six weeks of learning at Cole School! We have all been working so hard so this break is well deserved. We hope you all enjoy a wonderful week of time with family and friends doing whatever fills your soul in a joyful way!

Connections groups met on Monday to listen to The Bad Seed by Jory John to kick off our focus on the Habit of Mind - Thinking About Your Thinking (Metacognition). Kids love Jory John's books - ask your child about the story and what it means to think about their own thinking.

5th grade students had a great time at the Museum of Science on Monday! They toured the Museum and saw Deep Sky in the Omni Theater to reinforce their learning of the Earth and Space Sciences standards. Thank you to the PTO and families for funding the field trip and transportation costs!

Many thanks to the Norwell Education Foundation for coordinating the "Roses are red, violets are blue, how sweet it is to be taught by you!" fundraiser. Staff members were tickled pink to receive beautiful roses from so many students and families! Thank you for your kindness!

We are looking for any donations of basketballs, soccer balls, playground balls, tennis balls, scoop ball, Koosh ball, hula hoops, and snow fort molds for recess (either new or used). Also, if you have any card games at home that aren't being used, we'd love to have them for use during recess. The students love Uno, Memory, Spot It, Go Fish, Old Maid, Moose Match Mayhem, and Taco/Cat/Goat/Cheese/Pizza. Donations can be brought to the office. Thank you for your help as we look to provide new and different options for outdoor and indoor recess.

Norwell High School Peer Educators visited 4th and 5th grade classes on Wednesday to teach a lesson on resisting direct and indirect peer pressure. See if your 4th or 5th grader can share a few takeaways about the lesson with you.

The 2025-2026 school calendar has been adopted by School Committee and can be found below.

Students in grades 3-5 are encouraged to participate in the STEAM Night Science Fair on Thursday, March 6th. Check out the details included in the attached document below!

This week's group of Magnificent Meerkats were shining brightly in class and around the building - helping others when needed, being a good friend to others, staying focused on lessons, and practicing math facts and reading skills to show great gains! Also, our very own Mrs. Thompson was nominated by a family for her amazing work to hold her students accountable for their learning while also making them feel supported. What a great group of Meerkats!

This week students had numerous cardiovascular exercise opportunities traveling through the Jungle Obstacle Course! Using their imagination and self control, students climbed over the waterfall, swung over the crazy chickens using a rope, rode the turtles, climbed over the mountain, worked their way through the bamboo forest while avoiding the lions and hyenas and rolled over the fallen tree. The Jungle Obstacle Course has been a fun Cole School tradition.

February

February 17- February 21 - February Break

February 24 - Grade 4 Geography Show (Thank you, PTO!)

February 24 - Community Meeting 2:30pm

February 27 - Grade 5 Concert and Play

Looking Ahead

March 5 - Early Release 12:20pm Dismissal for all students

March 6 - Meteorologist visit to Grade 5 (Thank you, PTO!)

March 6 - STEAM Night 5:30pm

March 10 - Connections Meeting, reading Only the Best: The Exceptional Life and Fashion of Ann Lowe by Kate Messner

March 14 - Crazy Hair Day (selected by Charlotte Moore and her class, winner of PTO Raffle)

March 21 - Elementary Report Cards available in Aspen

March 24 - Community Meeting 2:30pm

March 26 - Elementary Early Release 12:20pm Dismissal for all students

The 2025-2026 School Calendar has been adopted by the School Committee.

In Oscar Wilde's comedic masterpiece, "The Importance of Being Earnest," two charming bachelors, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, make a habit of using fictitious names to escape their social obligations.

Come join the NHS Fourth Wall Players for a night of laughter and clever repartees—because in the world of Wilde, being earnest has never been so entertaining!
The show’s run time is 40 mins and the whole performance will likely be a one hour experience.

February 27th & 28th
7pm NHS Auditorium
$5 Students / $10 Adult

Spring 2025 Norwell Recreation Program Guides will be delivered to all resident households and PO Boxes between 3/5/25-3/7/25. Online Registration for Spring 2025 programs begins at 10:00am on Wednesday 3/19/25 for Norwell Residents only! Mail-In, Walk-In and Non-Resident Registration begins on Wednesday 3/26/25 at 10:00 am.

Spring 2025 Program Information will be available to view online at: https://secure.rec1.com/MA/norwell-ma/catalog and the Spring 2025 Norwell Recreation Program Guide will be available to view, print or download on 2/24/25 at https://www.townofnorwell.net/recreation-department.