Gladstone Community Message

Email: acorsolatos@cpsed.net

Website: https://waterman.cpsed.net

Location: 722 Pontiac Avenue Cranston, RI 02910

Phone: (401)270-8013

Facebook: Gladstone Elementary School

Our Gladstone team has made it through year one in our transition to Barrows and Waterman. This was not any easy move for any of our students, families, or staff but we survived and are moving forward! Our goals this year are to continue to improve our social-emotional initiatives and our strategies and instruction to improve our students’ academic achievement. We have prioritized students' academic and social emotional skills so that they are prepared to succeed in their futures. Our goal is to promote a safe school environment that is based on respect, kindness, and high academic achievement. We also strive to provide fun and enriching opportunities for our students, such as field trips and school events that involve our parents’ participation. In addition to our focus on SEL and student achievement we are working on building our knowledge of and comfort in 21st Century Learning Environments. This includes flexible seating, changing the traditional classrooms, and PBL. These changes will prepare us for a smooth transition to the new Gladstone! We are not only a team at Gladstone, but we are also a family. Together, our dedicated staff and remarkable students are proud to be Gladstone Elementary School Huskies!

Amy Vachon

Good afternoon Gladstone @ Waterman families,

I hope you all have a nice long weekend. There is no school Monday September 2nd due to Labor Day, I wanted to take a minute and thank all of you for feedback, compliments and patience in this first week of school. Students were excited to be back together and really showed politeness and kindness in the first few days of school. I wanted to share some important words that we use at Gladstone, our school words, that we will be practicing and using daily with your children. Respect, Responsibility, Safety and Kindness. I call these the Gladstone keys to success. Many of the students of Gladstone already know these words and the meaning of them. Please help us teach your children the meaning of these words and to practice using them everyday whether at home, in school or in the community.

I would also like to introduce some new staff members to all of you. Mrs. Chek, is our new second grade teacher, Ms. Maggiacomo is our new speech and language teacher, Mr. Perez is our new PE teacher, Mrs Phelps is our new special educator and Mrs. Pan is the new librarian. You will have the opportunity to meet all of the staff members on September 19th from 5-7pm for Gladstone's Open House & Back to School Carnival.

If you are dropping students off and picking up at school you CAN NOT park on Mapleton Avenue this interferes with our buses. If you are dropping off a student and getting out of the car please park on Tennyson Road.

*Please arrive on time for school. We are only serving breakfast to students from 8:35-8:50am.

*Please make sure your students know if they ride a bus or are getting picked up. All dismissal changes need to be entered into this form by 2:00.

* Please do not park in our staff parking lot. We have limited parking and only enough parking for our staff. If you need assistance with your child in the morning please contact the school and we will try our best to accommodate.

*Please send a refillable water bottle to school with your child. It is still very warm outside and we want to ensure all students are hydrated.

*Please return the emergency care cards and update your ASPEN accounts to reflect the proper phone numbers and people who can pick up your child. We will NOT dismiss to someone who is not on the emergency care card and we will NOT dismiss without a written note if a student is leaving early. Please return lunch applications and Parent Compacts as soon as possible.

*We are not dismissing students after 2:30pm.

* Please review the district family involvement policy as well as our parent engagement plan.

August 31st - Pizza Party for Back to School Papers

September 10th - No School - Primary Election Day

September 19th - Open House/ Back to School Bash (5:00-7:00)

Please join our Parents and Teachers of Gladstone Page on Facebook!

Our Family Center Liaison is Grace Swinkski: gswinski@cpsed.net

The Family Center/COZ works directly with all Title I schools in the district. Title I is based on the free/reduced lunch population. We provide help & guidance with resources for you & your family. We also sponsor family events both in the schools and in the community. Our office is open year round, please reach out with any questions 270-8078.

We have a Facebook account for Gladstone Elementary School. This will be another way we'll be able to communicate information to you all quickly. If you use Facebook we recommend that you follow us.