Spring Street School

December 11th-Half Day of School Dismissal at 11:30

December 14th-Santa's Breakfast (Details Below)

December 18th- School Improvement Council Meeting

December 23rd-January 3rd-Winter Break No School

January 6th - Students Return to School

Thank you to the families who responded to the recent questionnaire about bullying. School administrators have spent time reviewing the responses from families, students, and staff. While the majority of respondents feel that WB Schools respond appropriately to allegations of bullying, we've found some areas where we can improve. Below you'll find a slide from our presentation to School Committee identifying our proposed next steps.

One important step is making the reporting of suspected bullying easier for students and families. All school websites now feature an easy-to find, easy to complete "Bullying Reporting Form." You'll also be able to find a button to report bullying included in every school newsletter. I've included it below in this newsletter, and plan to put it at the bottom of every future newsletter.

Traffic and School Parking Lot

Reminder that all traffic should be entering the Spring Street Parking lot from Spring Street and exiting towards the High School towards Howard Street. Please DO NOT exit on to Spring Street. This will ensure all traffic flows in the same direction. Thank you!!

Our Raising Multicultural kids lesson focused on embracing diversity in others by accepting different skin tones. The Kindergarteners learned all about melanin and how it gives skin its color and then used different colors of magic clay to highlight what happens when different colors mix together!

We are looking for parent volunteers to be part of our Spring Street School Improvement Council. If you have a child at the school, please consider being part of the continuous effort to improve our school. Community input is needed in determining the direction of education for our young people. Meetings generally last an hour or less and take place after school. It is a good way to be involved in the improvement of our school.

Please reach out to Mrs. Ellis at mellis@wbridgewater.com if interested.

The next meeting will be on 12/18 at 2:45.

Kindergarten celebrated the 50th day of school with an old fashioned sock hop at the West Bridgewater Council on Aging. They enjoyed dressing up and dancing to the music of the '50's!

Mr. Bodwell has been spending full days at each of the schools the past month. He spent the day on 12/3 at Spring Street School visiting classrooms, going to snack/lunch, reading and even participating in a Phys Ed class!

Farm to School! We are partnering again this year with C.N. Smith Farm, Langwater Farm, and Vineyard Farm to provide fresh and local fruits and vegetables for our school meals and at test testing events in the cafeteria. The list includes local corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, melons, potatoes, red and yellow beets, lettuce, carrots, and of course several varieties of apples! The RLM school garden harvested butternut squash to be served district-wide!

Monthly Menus - Click on WB Food Services to find December's lunch and breakfast menus. Both meals are free to all students!

Food Assistance- Project Bread Food Source Hotline , West Bridgewater Food Pantry.

Positions available- Great at social media and interested in food photography? There is a stipend available for an individual to promote our School Nutrition program on social media. Hours are very flexible and variable but the applicant will need to be available during the day.

We are also looking for cafeteria substitutes!

Questions, concerns, suggestions? Contact Ann Marie Grinder, Food Service Director at agrinder@wbridgewater.com or (508)894-1220.

Please follow us on Facebook for updates!

Join us on December10th for our next PTO meeting at RLM 7pm

Save The Date

December 14th Santa's Breakfast (Details Below)

BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION - Please scan your shopping receipts! Every little bit helps our school! The program transitioned to a new digital format. You can now scan your shopping receipts from any store (like Market Basket, Trucchi’s, Target, Walmart, CVS, etc.) to earn money for our school. Download the app today or send your receipts to school. We are happy to scan them for you!

West Bridgewater Police Department, Public Schools and Fire Department Seek Donations for Holiday Toy Drive WEST BRIDGEWATER — Police Chief Timothy Nixon, Superintendent Mark Bodwell and Fire Chief Lincoln Thibeault are pleased to share that their departments are partnering to collect toys and gift cards for their annual toy drive. New, unwrapped toys and gift cards for children ages 5-17 are being collected to directly assist West Bridgewater families for the holiday season. Toys and gift card donations can be dropped off at the Police Department or Fire Department, both located at 99 West Center St. School-aged children can also bring donations to any West Bridgewater school building for collection. Donations can be dropped off until Dec. 20. Last year, donations from the toy drive assisted approximately 50 West Bridgewater families. Questions regarding the toy drive can be directed to West Bridgewater Police Sgt. Timothy Pope, at tpope@wbpd.com or at 508-586-2525 ext. 5119. A message from the West Bridgewater Police Department, West Bridgewater Fire Department and West Bridgewater Public Schools

Mrs. Reed's Garden and Mud Kitchen

Keitha Goulet

Principal

Email: kgoulet@wbridgewater.com
Website: https://www.wbridgewaterschools.org/o/spring-street
Location: 2 Spring St, West Bridgewater, MA, USA
Phone: 508-894-1233
Facebook: facebook.com/SpringStreetSchool
Twitter: @SpringStreet_WB