SWS Newsletter
November 8, 2023
Dear SWS Community,
Thank you to all our Veteran's who joined us today in our special Veteran's Day Tribute ceremony. Our students created and shared beautiful and heartfelt tributes to our veterans. On behalf of the SWS faculty and staff, we were grateful to be with our veterans today to honor everyone. The service and sacrifice of our veterans represent the best of us and the best of America. We salute you and appreciate the great costs that often come with serving.
Fall Conferences
Fall Parent/Guardian conference letters were emailed home on Sunday, November 5. Please reach out to your child's teacher if you have any questions about conferences.
NEXT WEEK! World Kindness Week Programming
We're very excited to announce that we will be celebrating World Kindness Week this coming Monday, November 13. We'll have a spirit week and assembly programming. World Kindness Week was first launched in 1998 by The World Kindness Movement. There are currently more than 28 nations involved in The World Kindness Movement. The mission of the World Kindness Movement and World Kindness Week is to create a kinder world by inspiring individuals and nations toward greater kindness.
- Mon. Nov. 13 - Kindness Ties Us Together - wear a tie or bowtie
- Tues. Nov. 14 - Work Out Problems With Kindness - wear work out clothes
- Wed. Nov 15 - Team Up for Kindness - wear sports gear
- Thurs. Nov 16 - Ride the Kindness Wave - Wear Hawaiian beach and surf attire
- Fri. Nov. 17 - Peace Love & Kindness - wear tye dye
For our Kindergarten through third grade, students will enjoy a character education assembly called Pinocchio. In this show, the adventures of life teach a puppet about honesty and humanity. A master craftsman lovingly creates a little wooden marionette... but what a bad little puppet he turns out to be! He's selfish and greedy, and he lies. He doesn't listen to the good counsel of anyone: his father Gepetto, a philosopher Cricket, or a Blue Fairy. After many hair-raising adventures, Pinocchio finally learns what it takes to become human... kindness, compassion, loyalty, hard work, and selflessness.
Our grades four through six will enjoy a three-day character education program with local motivational speaker Brian Thomas. Working in small groups, motivational speaker and coach Brian Thomas will work with students on role play, game play, and open discussion about self-awareness, gratitude, empathy/respect, communication, kindness, and passion/purpose. Students will meet with this speaker on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of World Kindness week during their PE periods.
Thank you to Ms. Nina Vasallo for her help in securing this programming for our students!
Sincerely,
Brooke Phillips
Principal/Supervisor of Special Education
Dates to Keep In Mind:
Thurs., Nov 9 & Fri., Oct. 10 - School Closed NJ Teacher Convention
Mon. Nov. 13 - Grades K-3 Character Ed Assembly - 9:30-10:20 am
Mon., Tues., Wed., Nov 13-15 - Grades 4-6 Character Ed Assembly during each grade’s PE period
Friday, Nov. 17 - Pizza Lunch Day
Mon. Nov. 20 & Tues. Nov. 21 - Early Dismissal for Conferences, no lunch served
Wed., Nov. 22 - Picture Retake Day
Fri. Dec 1 - Tree Lighting, 5:30pm
Mon. Dec. 4 SEPAG Meeting - 6:30pm - Guest Speaker Michelle Lockwood on Inclusive Education
Mon. Dec. 4 - PTO Meeting, 7pm