NEW - Floral PTO is hosting the second annual all-school Fun Run!
As our biggest fundraiser of the year, your pledges and donations will provide enrichment programs, supplemental field trip funding and classroom resources for the Floral Street School Community.
Thursday Oct 10, 2024; 2-3:15PM
(rain date: friday, Oct 18)
Go to: https://www.99pledges.com/fund/floralstreetfunrun2024 to sign up, donate and share!
*To create your child’s individual fundraising page, scroll to the bottom to “Add Participant.”
To VOLUNTEER: CLICK HERE
Questions? E-mail: floralstreetpto@gmail.com
It’s our first grade level prize week — fidget toys for the win!
Sign up to win for your grade! The grade level with the highest percentage of individual fundraising pages created by the end of the day on Thursday, Sept. 26 will win fidget toys for each student.
NEW - The Harvest Hoedown is Back at Floral this Year!
A favorite Floral event is the Harvest Hoedown! This event (on October 31st this year) takes place every other year and engages all Floral students and staff in celebrating the fall season. Held during the school day, classes will join together in the gym and dance to songs (several of which integrate square and line songs/dances that they will learn in music and PE classes.) Specialists are hard at work planning lessons that prepare students for a day of dancing, singing, arts, and fellowship.
On the day of the Hoedown, students and staff are invited to dress in hoedown attire- jeans, denim, checkered/gingham shirts, cowboy boots and hats, bandanas...the ideas are endless!
The specialist team will turn the gym into a true hoedown setting- complete with hay bales, cornstalks, pots of fall flowers, and plenty of pumpkins. We need your help. If your family or friends are able to donate or lend any of these decorative items, please reach out to Amy Smith (PE teacher) or Lindsey Buccella (Music teacher) as soon as possible for planning purposes. Their emails are below. Thanks in advance for your support.
asmith@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us (Amy Smith)
lbuccella@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us (Lindsey Buccella)
NEW - Welcome to a New Season of Destination Imagination at Shrewsbury Public Schools!
Destination Imagination is a Challenge Experience program for pre-K, K-12 and university students. Challenges are the prompts or guidelines for what a team creates. Teams develop solutions to project-based STEAM challenges and then present their solutions live at tournaments. All Challenges are open-ended, allowing teams to express themselves creatively and take full ownership of their solutions. Challenges are designed to teach the creative process—a system of learning that is at the root of innovation and a child’s ability to bring an idea to life.
If you are new to DI and want to know more, click on the "Shrewsbury Destination Imagination Learn More" and sign up for a virtual or in person meeting.
Registration for all interested students looking for a team or already in a team, click on this link to register. There is no cost to participate. If you have questions, please contact Rajani Vijayakumar Rvijayakumar@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us
Parent Drop-Off Reminders
If you get out of your car in the morning to unbuckle your child/children, please do not park in front of one of the four cones. Instead, stay in the car line, pull ahead of the cones when it's your turn, and park your car to assist your child. This enable the car line to continue running smoothly and efficiently. It also reduces the number of parents and students walking near moving cars.
For our youngest and smallest students, the goal is working towards independence in getting out of the car on their own in the parent drop-off line. Thank you for working with the staff in that effort and ensuring the safety of all students.
Attendance at School
As we start a new school year, we want to remind everyone of the importance of consistent attendance. As you may know, consistent attendance at school is a key factor in students’ overall learning success, including their likelihood of reading proficiently by the end of third grade. Being at school every day matters. The Department of Education monitors student attendance and considers any student who has been absent for 10% of the school year to be chronically absent.
Some absences are necessary, such as student illness, medical conditions or appointments, religious observances, or family emergencies. Absences such as family vacations,sporting events, or taking the day off from school for reasons unrelated to illness, medical appointments, emergencies, or religious observances are considered to be unexcused. Please avoid planning family vacations during the school year.
Please click on the link to review the infographic for more information about the importance of school attendance and some ways that you can maintain a healthy habit of school attendance for your child.
STEM After School Class: Registration for Fall Session Now Open
This after-school offering is a popular one at Floral Street School. Part of the proceeds goes directly to the Floral Street School PTO to offset coasts for enrichment programs and field trips. Please click on the attached flyer or scan the QR code below to learn more and to register. Classes start on Thursday, October 3rd. Registrations are due by Sunday, September 29.
Notes from the Floral Nurses
Welcome Families! Here is a list of helpful information regarding safety & health protocols:
Medical Info: If there is a medical condition that the school should be aware of, please contact the school nurse.
Safety: Please log into the PowerSchool Parent Portal to ensure all phone numbers, email addresses, and Emergency Contacts are up-to-date. Here’s the link to access PowerSchool or set up an account: PowerSchool Parent Portal | Information Technology.
Medicine: Also in your PowerSchool account, please indicate the medicines listed in the Nursing Consent Form you allow us to administer to your child as needed. Students may not carry cough drops, allergy pills, nor any medicine in backpacks as it is not safe for students to self-medicate, and another child may find it, consume it, and there may be adverse effects. For all students’ safety, please do not send any medicine with your child to school.
Illness: Before school, if your child has a temperature over 100.0 degrees, is vomiting, or has diarrhea please keep them home. Rest is vital so they may return strong and able to do their best. They should remain home until symptoms have resolved and they’ve been fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medicine. Here is the district’s Health Information page.
Injuries: Please report any significant injuries, surgeries, or emergency room visits. If your child is wearing a brace, boot, cast, or using a wheelchair, please first send documentation showing they have been cleared to be in school and we will immediately put appropriate supports in place at school.
Food allergies: SPS schools are ‘Allergy Aware’ and students are taught not to share food at lunch nor snack time. As a reminder, the cafeteria serves a wide variety of food including items with the nine major food allergens. Please speak with your child about making safe food choices if getting a school lunch. See this link to the SPS Food Services page. Food may not be sent in for birthday celebrations.
Contagious diseases: Please notify us if your child tested positive for strep, pink eye, or other infectious diseases. Students must take antibiotics for 24 hours before they return to school.
Wet clothes: pack a change of clothing & underwear in your child’s backpack. Clothes get wet in school due to bathroom accidents, liquid spills, or splashing in puddles. Changing into their own clothes provides extra comfort.
Annual check-ups: Please email us your child’s yearly physical exam, or place a hard copy in a sealed envelope labeled ‘School Nurses’ in your child’s backpack.
Resources: Click on the link for more health information: Nursing & Health Services Department.
We look forward to a great year and please reach out with questions or concerns.
Maureen Pellizzari, BSN, RN, BA
Stephanie Nazarey, MSN, RN
Phone: 508-841-8729 floralnurses@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us
Child-Safe Procedures
If your child is going to be absent or late to school, we require that you telephone us either the night before or first thing in the morning on the day of the absence at 508-841-8720. The answering machine for our child-safe procedure is on 24 hours a day. If we have not received a call to report an absence, the school will be in contact with the parent or emergency contact to confirm the child’s safety. Please help our busy office staff by always calling us when your child will be absent or tardy.
Extended School Care Program
Floral's Extended School Care program offers before-school and after-school child care for students in grades K-4. We are now accepting registrations for the 2024-2025 school year.
You can learn more about enrollment options, program hours, monthly fees, policies and registration instructions on our website. https://schools.shrewsburyma.gov/extendedlearning/extended-school-care
For more information contact Karen Isaacson, Director of Extended Learning.
kisaacson@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us
508-841-8727
