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From all of us at the Ditson to you and your family, we wish you a very joyous holiday season filled with health, happiness, peace and goodwill!

• As a reminder, we will continue to have outdoor recess as often as the weather allows. We follow the Child Care Weather Watch chart to help guide our decisions. Please ensure that your children have the proper clothing to wear outside during the colder days and advise them to dress properly when heading out to recess.

🐝🐝🐝November 2024 Bee of the Month🐝🐝🐝

Kindergarten - Fernanda Payes Molina

Grade 1 - Maanvi Pudasaini

Grade 2 - Logan Trellopoulos

Grade 3 - Parker Eng

Grade 4 -Brady Thomsen

Specials - Mackenzie Darcy (Health)

🐝🐝🐝November 2024 Shout Outs🐝🐝🐝

Kindergarten - Levi Melzard, Aubrey Burns, Olivia Bennett, Finnegan Boutwell

Grade 1 - Brody Columbus, Patrick Mailoux, Ameera Sheikh, Mia Oliveira

Grade 2 - Arya Mason, Hunter Palesek, Ryleigh Bertrand, Kaithlyn Mendoza

Grade 3 - Olivia Zimmerman, Faye McLaughlin, Riley Haas, Grace Cronin

Grade 4 - Angelina Magnisalis, Emily Tran, Avery Walklett, David Brazda

Billerica Public Schools complies with applicable state and federal laws regarding records of public school students, including the Massachusetts Student Record statutes (including MGL c. 71 §§ 34A, 34D, 34E, 34H, 37L) and regulations (603 CMR 23.00 et seq.) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and regulations (FERPA, 20 U.S.C. §1232g and 34 CFR Part 99).

Under the law, student records are divided into multiple parts: the transcript, the temporary record, and directory information. The transcript contains the student’s name, address, course titles, grades, credits, and grade level completed. The school keeps the transcript for at least sixty years after the student leaves the school. The temporary record may consist of standardized test scores, class rank, school-sponsored extracurricular activities, evaluations and comments by school personnel, and disciplinary information. The temporary record is destroyed within seven years after the student leaves the school system. Among other rights accorded to parents and eligible students under the law are: the rights to inspect and review student records upon request, to receive copies of these records, to seek amendments to the records if they are inaccurate or violate a student’s privacy rights, and to meet with the Principal or the Principal’s designee to discuss the contents of the student record.

Please be advised that the district must release directory information about students to certain third parties, including military recruiters, institutions of higher learning, and charter schools, pursuant to 603 CMR 23.00, et. seq., unless a parent objects in writing,

According to MGL 603 CMR 23.07 (4)(a) such “directory” information may include, but is not limited to name, address, telephone, activities, sports, degrees and honors, etc. Unless a parent/guardian or the student notifies the principal on or before December 20, 2024, that they do not wish to have a student’s information released, this information may be released without further notice or consent in response to appropriate requests for directory information. Please be advised that the parent or student has the right to refuse release of this information at any time, but that until the request is made in writing, the information may be released.

Except for the provisions of 603 CMR 23.07(4)(a) through 23.07(4)(h), no third party shall have access to information in or from a student record without the specific, informed written consent of the eligible student or the parent. When granting consent, the eligible student or parent shall have the right to designate which parts of the student record shall be released to the third party.

On February 10th the Mobile Dentist will be visiting the Ditson School. Please access the attached link for more information. Mobile Dentist

On February 7th, The Billerica Scholarship Foundation will hold its annual Trivia Night. Please access this link to learn more about the event.

Please click on the links below to learn what is happening in your child's specials class during the month of October.

Art - Ms. O'Rourke

LiTe - Mrs. Mari

PE - Ms. O'Shei

Health - Mr. Pierce

Music - Ms. McGillicuddy

Improving student learning outcomes is the top priority for all of us here at the Ditson Elementary School. We know that parent and family engagement is one of the biggest factors in student success, and our new Ditson Elementary School App will allow parents to easily connect with what is going on at the school. From in-app translations to push notifications for urgent messages, we know this will be an impactful addition to our existing methods of communicating with families.

Victoria Hatem, Principal - Email: vhatem@billericak12.com

Matt Lutinski, Assistant Principal - Email: mlutinski@billericak12.com

Website: https://www.billericak12.com/schools/ditson-elementary

Location: 39 Cook Street, Billerica, MA, USA
Phone: 978-528-8510
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DitsonDSA/

Twitter: @weareDitson