March 2025 Newsletter

Surprisingly so, here we are starting the month of March! Time waits for no one, our littles are growing, and the weather continues to be temperamental. Please keep sending in those boots, as March graces us with lots and lots of mud. Hats, gloves, and jackets are also still needed. Thank you for your support in lugging those bags back and forth.

Our students will kick off this week full of reading with amazing outfits and creative minds.We are going to set a reading goal through the month of March. For every book that you read with your child, or your child reads to you, please color in a paper chain link and send it in to school. Our goal is to get the paper chain from one end of the hallway down to the other. If we reach our goal, we will have a building wide celebration at the end of the month. If you need more paper chain links sent home, please send a note in to your child's teacher.

February ended with a celebration of Heart Health Month with a schoolwide healthy breakfast from our Food Service Department. Mr. Larry Anthony, kitchen staff, teachers, and our FFA students served heart healthy smoothies, scrambled eggs, and french toast to our students. Hudson Valley Fresh, who provides our school milks, brought a calf to visit! It's not every day that there's a cow in our school. To end our Heart Health Month celebration, we planted seeds with Ms. Wagner, parent and employee of The Rural Refillery in Pine Plains. These can easily be planted in a pot or outside as they are a pollinator seed mix for our pollinators. Healthy bodies and healthy choices make for a healthier world!

Last month our theme was kindness. Thank you for showing kindness at school and at home. We received pictures of our students shoveling the driveway and carrying bags for their grandparents.

During the month of March, our focus is on courage. Coming home are "shout-outs" for you to fill out about your child when they've done something courageous or brave at home. Fill it out, send it in with your child, and we will give them a shout-out here at school! You can help your child be courageous at home by trying a new food for dinner or trying a new activity in your community. Here's a book about courage, and here is a funny book about being courageous.

As we enter the third quarter, please remember to send a handwritten note or email to the Health Office for any student absences upon their return to school. We require a note on file, even when we call to check on absent students. Please be reminded that when ill, your child can return 24 hours after being fever free, diarrhea and vomit free, or with a doctor's note.

PM Pediatrics: Located at 1983 Route 52 in Hopewell Junction, NY, is an urgent care specializing in children, that is open from 10am to 10pm 7 days a week. But did you know that they now offer therapy/mental health services, psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and sleep coaching services for children as well? Many insurances are accepted, and they accept cash for those without insurance as well. They even offer some of these services remotely (through telehealth.) Call 845-897-4500 or visit pmpediatriccare.com to learn more.

March 3-7th- Read Across America kicks Week!

March 5th: Board of Education Meets

March 5-7th: Pre-K and K Registration by appointment only

March 7-9th: Stissing Theater Guild presents Something Rotten!

March 8th- 1st Grade Annual Art Show at the Stanford Library 2-4pm

March 9th- Daylight Saving Time

March 12: 1st Grade Field Trip- please be to school no later than 9:05 am. Buses leave promptly at 9:10 am.

March 12th: PTA meeting via Zoom at 5:30 pm

March 14th: Superintendent Conference Day- NO School or Students and Sparrow's Nest Dress Down Day

March 19th: Board of Education Meets

March 20th: First Day of Spring

March 1st- National Peanut Butter Lover's Day

March 2nd- Read Across America Day- Pick up a good book and read together

March 6th- National Oreo Cookie Day

March 7th- National Cereal Day

March 14th- National Pi Day

March 16th- National Incredible Kid Day

March 17th- St. Patrick's Day

March 22nd- World Water Day

March 30th- National Pencil Day

March 31st- National Crayon Day

Email: k.fischetti@ppcsd.org
Website: www.ppcsd.org
Location: 358 Homan Road, Stanfordville, NY, USA
Phone: 8458687451. 2201