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Winter is Here
News from GRAIS
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Happy New Year from GRAIS
Welcome 2025
Dear Intermediate School Families,
We hope you all enjoyed the holidays and made some great memories with your children over their vacation. We are back to the business of learning, growing, and having fun here at the intermediate school. In just three weeks we will have hit the halfway point in the year!
On Thursday morning, I met with each grade level separately to welcome them back and to review our core values of respect, responsibility, and safety, as well as to remind them of our expectations for effort and behavior. The boys and girls were a wonderful audience and are looking forward to the second half of the year, which we are swiftly approaching!
On the subject of the year whizzing by, we are fully into winter now, yet we plan to get the children outdoors for recess as often as possible. Please consider dressing them in layers to accommodate for the fluctuation in our New England weather!
Math and Reading Winter Assessments:
In the coming weeks, our students will be participating in the iReady winter assessments for reading and math. We look forward to seeing some wonderful gains. This is always an exciting time to see academic growth.
Campus Programs:
We are offering a GRAIS home alone safety class.
We are also offering a GRAIS dodgeball program with Mr. Lestage.
Please click on the link below to sign up!
Campus Programs
Diane Czapiga at 508 923 2000 extension or 1719 or dczapiga@freelake.org
First Student Bus Company
Ken Rezendes at 508 763 9260 or kenneth.rezendes@firstgroup.com
Extended Day Programs
Lisa Pacheco at 508 923 2000 extension 1730 or lpacheco@freelake.org
Dates to Remember:
January 20th - No School
February 7th - 11:30 a.m. Dismissal
February 17 - School Break Begins
February 24th - School Resumes
Spring Anticipated MCAS Dates:
March 31 and April 1–Grade Five ELA
April 2 & 3–Grade Four ELA
May 12 & 13–Grade Five Math
May 14 & 15–Grade Four Math
May 19 & 20–Grade Five Science
*Subject to Change
Respectfully,
Dr. Sullivan
508.923.3506 x 3150/esullivan@freelake.org