Gladstone Community Message # 34

Email: avachon@cpsed.net

Website: https://gladstone.cpsed.net

Location: 9 Beachmont Avenue Cranston, RI 02905

Phone: (401)270-8081

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

Today we celebrated our students who had perfect attendance for the months of April. We had 77 students who received a perfect attendance award! We are very proud of all, keep up the great work!

Next week is reading week at Gladstone! We are very excited to have our students participating in different activities throughout the week. We had a town hall today to discuss all of the different events. They students all seemed very enthusiastic and excited about what is to come.

We have a few permission slips out right now to families for different field trips and events. Please sign and send them back to us as soon as possible. You may want to check your student's backpacks this weekend!

If you are dropping students off and picking up at school you CAN NOT park on Beachmont Avenue between the NO PARKING signs. This interferes with our buses. If you are dropping off a student and getting out of the car on Netherlands, please ensure you are NOT blocking the neighbors driveways.

We have started our Krispy Kreme Fundraiser! Every student received an order form, if you do not have one or need another, please contact the school. Please fill out the order form and sell as many dozen of donuts as you'd like! The form is due MAY 16th! We will have your orders here at school for pick up on May 27th.

All students who are in the after school program will have to be picked up by 5:15. If for any reason your child is unable to attend the after school program you need to notify the main office by 12:00 or send in a written note. Please remember to communicate with us on talking points for the after school program. Using this group we will send you important information about that program.

*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.

*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 send a refillable water bottle to school with your child.

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

May 12th-16th- Gladstone Reading Week

May 26th- NO SCHOOL Memorial Day

May 27th- Grade 5 Basketball Game @ East (5:30-6:30)

May 29th- Field Day (Rain date: May 30th)

Please join our Parents and Teachers of Gladstone Page on Facebook! Our next meeting is May 14th on google meet @ 5:00 pm.

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.