Wentworth Family News

• Friday, March 8 ~ Trimester 2 Ends
• Friday, March 15 ~ Staff Day - No School for Students

Third and Fourth Grade Music Concerts, 6 PM in the Wentworth cafe:

• Red LC - March 7
• Blue LC - March 13

See below for more information about these lovely evenings of music!

• Wednesday, March 27 ~ Incoming 6th Grade Presentation 6 PM - see below for more information
• March 27 - April 5 ~ Spring Parent/Teacher Conferences
• Tuesday, April 2 ~ Storytelling Evening Performance at 6:15 PM in the Learning Commons
• Wednesday, April 3 ~ Early Release at 1:45 PM
• Wednesday, April 3 ~ PTA Meeting at 6:30 PM
  
• Friday, April 12 - April 19 ~ No School, Spring Break

2023-2024 School Calendar

Dear Wentworth Families,

While you are welcome to request to meet with a teacher regarding your child’s progress at any time throughout the year, Wentworth designates time as a school in the fall and spring to offer formal conferences. This year, Spring Conferences will be held between Monday, March 25 - Friday, April 5. We find these conferences to be valuable, and an opportunity to learn more about your child’s progress in addition to their work and teachers’ individual communications that occur throughout the year. We look forward to meeting with you.

We are pleased to offer in-person conferences to all families, right here at our beautiful school. If you are not able to make an in-person conference, please reach out to your child's teacher. They will be happy to make other arrangements with you.

Wentworth School will use Conference Manager by SchoolSoft to schedule conferences. We ask that you please coordinate between parents/guardians the date/time that works best for both of you to meet together. Instructions are included below for how to create an account (or use an account you have already created) to log on to Conference Manager scheduling system where you may select dates and times that are convenient for you and your family. Registration for conferences will begin on Sunday March 10 at 6:00 AM through Sunday, March 24 at 6:00 PM. Once you have completed your requests, an email confirmation will be sent to you.

• Please sign up for a conference with your child’s homeroom teacher

• We encourage you to also sign up to meet with one or more Allied Arts teachers

• Additionally, please sign up with your child’s case manager, math/literacy support teacher and/or student advocate; they are looking forward to discussing your child’s progress toward their goals!

Here is the link for parents to register click here or copy and paste this address to your browser: https://scarboroughschools.schoolsoft.com/login.jsf. The images below are instructions from SchoolSoft for improved access to Conference Manager via your smartphone. If you do not have computer or internet access or have questions regarding this process, please contact LyndaLee Landry at 730-4609 from 8:00 – 3:00, Monday-Friday. Our teachers are available by telephone or email if you have questions or have a unique scheduling situation. Thank you for your continued support; we are looking forward to the opportunity to discuss your child’s successes and goals together!

Sincerely,

Kelli Crosby

Principal

For Return Following Respiratory Illnesses Including COVID-19.

The recommendations, as of March 1, 2024, suggest returning to normal activities when, for at least 24 hours:

• symptoms are improving overall

• if a fever was present, it has been gone without the use of a fever-reducing medication (ie: Ibuprofen/Motrin or Acetaminophen/Tylenol)

Upon return to school/activities it is recommended that you do the following for the next 5 days:

• Continue to practice good hand hygiene

• Wear a well-fitted mask

If you would like to read more, click here: CDC Press Release

A Musical Review by Theresa Jennings

Remaining Performances for

Red LC March 7th, Blue LC March 13th

6:00 PM

Wentworth Stage in the Cafeteria

Dear Friends and Families of Mrs. Goodall’s and Mr. Fletcher’s 3rd and 4th Grade Students,

We will be very excited to present our musical review “Big World Small World” to you after many weeks of hard work and preparation.

That evening of the child’s LC concert, (please see above) families can drop off their students at 5:45 in Mr. Fletcher’s Band room (no earlier please). We will warm-up our voices, line up, and walk down from there to enter the stage.

Students are encouraged to dress up for this special performance.

There will be an “Art Walk” in the main hallway for everyone’s viewing that evening as well.

Musicians in the Green and Purple Learning Communities have already taken place and were fabulous! We are looking forward to seeing families for the Red and Blue Learning Communities soon for a wonderful evening of music and art!

Kristin Goodall and Christopher Fletcher

Wentworth School Music Teachers

kgoodall@scarboroughschools.org

cfletcher@scarboroughschools.org

Last Friday, Cybil Kipp, MOT,OTR/L (Occupational Therapist) planned and led a very Fun Friday activity in the OT Classroom with Ms. MacKenzie's students. Check out the photos of the life sized "Hungy, Hungry Hippos" game they played together. They built core and upper body strength while working on gross motor skills and teamwork goals. A great time was had by all!

SCHOOL ORDER DEADLINE APRIL 11, 2024

ONLINE DEADLINE APRIL 22, 2024

Wentworth Yearbooks are on sale now. Order forms are available in the main office. You can complete the order form with payment and return to your student’s homeroom teacher or you can order online at ybpay.com and enter the Yearbook ID Code: 11561924. Yearbooks are $16.00 and checks are made payable to Wentworth School.

Wednesday, March 27th

6:00 pm

Scarborough Middle School Cafeteria

A Question and Answer Session will follow the presentation.

Parents and Guardians of current 5th graders are invited to a meeting wherein we will share information about what to expect at the middle school and to share information on transition opportunities for students. This meeting will be recorded and a link to the recording will be shared on our SMS website under the School News section.

Next Friday, March 15th, the PTA will be sponsoring a “Lucky Leprechaun” Snack Shack for all of our K-5 teachers! Help us keep our community-wide staff happy and energized with drinks and snacks for the day! Please consider donating to our Venmo @Wentworth-PTA!

SCARBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL and SCARBOROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL have been recognized NATIONALLY as UNIFIED CHAMPION SCHOOLS! The award is in recognition of the work Scarborough students have done to make our community more INCLUSIVE for all. Come join the community wide celebration on FRIDAY, MARCH 8th, 6PM-8PM at the SHS gym. SCARBOROUGH UNIFIED BASKETBALL TEAMS will be playing against Scarborough Fire Department, Scarborough Police Department, Scarborough Staff and Scarborough Parents in a basketball round-robin. Both NATIONAL BANNERS will be unveiled as part of the evening's celebration and fun! All families, students, and community members are encouraged to attend!

Here is the schedule...

6:30 SHS Unified vs Fire Dept

6:45 SMS Unified vs SMS Teachers

7:00 Banner Presentation

7:15 SHS Unified vs SHS Parents

7:30 SMS Unified vs Police Dept

7:45 SHS Unified vs SHS Teachers

*please update dismissal plans before 1:30 PM*

Email: kcrosby@scarboroughschools.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/scarboroughschools.org/wentworth/
Location: 20 Quentin Drive, Scarborough, ME, USA
Phone: (207)730-4600