Dear Winthrop Families,
I am so excited to share with you that Winthrop School will be hosting an artist-in-residence throughout the month of May. The artist, Yetti Frenkel, came to Winthrop at the end of March to meet with students and discuss ideas for creating a mosaic centered on the theme of Sustaining Ipswich Outdoors. During her presentation to students she brainstormed with them about different outdoor sites around town that they interact with; such as Willowdale Forest and the vernal pools, Crane Beach, and Russell Orchards. The students were able to share many special landmarks in Ipswich and Yetti described how they would each create a pencil and paper drawing of their idea in art class with Mrs. Leigh.
Over the past few weeks, Yetti has gathered those drawings and selected some of them to incorporate into her mosaic. During the first two weeks of May, Yetti will work with students to fabricate the mural using glass tiles during their art classes. We will also host an Art in the Park event on Saturday, May 11th from 2-4 PM at Winthrop when all families will be invited to add the finishing touches and tile pieces to the mosaic. This will be coupled with a Winthrop playground community clean-up day (see information below). Mark your calendars ~ this is sure to be a memorable community-building day for our fabulous school.
The final mosaic will be installed in the lobby just outside our cafeteria. Special thought has been given to ensure that the mosaic can be moved to a new location should we have a new facility in the future.
Many special thanks and recognition to Winthrop parent, Ana Laguarda; art teacher, Camela Leigh; and program manager, Meghan Ganley for helping to write the grants to support this project and for their organization and planning.
Creatively Yours,
Amy
- Thursday, April 25th: Grade 5 Workout 8 AM @ Winthrop Gymnasium
- Thursday, April 25th: Grade 4 Field Trip to Joppa Flats
- Thursday, April 25th: Early Release PK @ 1:30, K-5 @ 1:50
- Thursday, April 25th: Free Open Door Mobile Mart at Dismissal
- Thursday, April 25th: No Place For Hate Meeting, 2:00-2:45 PM, Room 25
- Thursday, April 25th: Preschool Information Night, 6:00 PM @ Ipswich Town Hall
- Thursday, April 25th: Kindergarten Information Night, 7:00 PM @ Ipswich Town Hall
- Friday, April 26th: Arbor Day
- Friday, April 26th: Green Team Harvest of the Month @ Lunches
- Tuesday, April 30th: Grade 3 Math MCAS, Session 1
- Wednesday, May 1st: Walk and Bike to School Day, 8 AM
- Wednesday, May 1st: Grade 5 Math MCAS, Session 1
- Wednesday, May 1st: Girls Inc, 3 PM
- Wednesday, May 1st: Grade 4 Spring Concert, 7 PM
- Thursday, May 2nd: Grade 3 Math MCAS, Session 2
- Thursday, May 2nd: Grade 5 SLC Meeting, 2:00 PM
- Thursday, May 2nd: Grade 5 Parent Information Meeting - Human Growth and Development
- Friday, May 3rd: Grade 5 Math MCAS, Session 2
- Friday, May 3rd: Grade 3 Field Trip to Harvard Museum of Natural History
For a complete list of school events, please see the Winthrop School Calendar
Please join Winthrop School in participating in the Massachusetts Walk, Bike, and Roll to School Day next Wednesday, May 1st. Choose from four locations around town to meet up at 8:00 a.m. and walk with a neighborhood group to school to promote healthy habits and safe travel to school:
- Town Wharf
- Southern Heights
- DJ's Variety, Washington Street
- First Church, Town Hill
A Winthrop staff member will be at each location to lead the group safely to school. Winthrop FRIES will be set up on the front lawn to greet all walkers and riders with some refreshements.
Please make every effort for students to be present during their grade level's test administration dates. Scheduling make-up sessions due to absences is impactful on the school schedule and instruction.
Grade 4 ELA - April 11th
Grade 5 ELA - April 8th and 10th
Grade 3 Math - April 30th and May 2nd
Grade 4 Math - May 10th and14th
Grade 5 Math - May 1st and 3rd
Grade 5 STE - May 15 and 17th
Spring Raffle: Thank you to all those who purchased raffle tickets to support FRIES! The money will go to support student programming, school events, teacher requests and more. Congratulations to our winners:
- The Woodward/LaGuarda family, who won a ride to school on the fire truck
- The Roddy family, who won a ride to school in a police car
- The Recinos family, who won Principal for the Day
- The Fessenden family, who won Assistant Principal for the Day
- The Adbullah family, who won a Stuffy Sleepover at Winthrop
April Harvest of the Month - This Friday, April 26th, students will enjoy honey-whipped goat cheese from a local farm in Topsfield! Students will virtually meet the local goats who provided this special treat!
Earth Day Community Clean-up - Join us this Sunday, April 28th, 3:00-4:30 pm at Bialek Park. We'll be teaming up with the Doyon Green Team to pick-up trash at one of our favorite community playgrounds. See you there!
Seedling update - Lots of plants are sprouting in the milk jugs on the backside of Winthrop School! Thanks to GT students for planting these seeds in January! Save the date - we will be sharing these seedlings with the community at dismissal on May 23rd!
Get involved - If you'd like to learn more about ways to get involved with the Green Team initiatives at the school or district level, email Molly Dugdale mduffy345@gmail.com - all are welcome, and we love new ideas.
Chase the Butterfly is back! Join us on Sunday, May 19th for a 3- mile run/walk to raise awareness and money for CureCMT4J. There will be face paint, merch, and live bands! There will also be Riverview and Whoopie Wagon food trucks this year! We’d love to see you there! Find more info and purchase tickets here.
Winthrop School
Email: winthrop@ipsk12.net
Website: https://www.ipsk12.net/Domain/185
Location: 65 Central Street, Ipswich, MA, USA
Phone: 9783562976