- September 11: Back to School Night (5:30-7:30 pm)
- September 13: Early Release
- September 17: PTO meeting (6:00 pm)
- September 25: Early Release
- September 26 & 27: School Pictures (schedule TBD)
There was an update to the Somerset Public Schools Calendar wherein one of the two March early release days (March 26) was removed. This is now posted to the district website, as well as the link found here.
The Back to School gateway is up and running for parents to complete. Only returning students need to fill it out, not Kindergarten, new PreK or new 1-5. Please email birgit.fogg@somersetschools.org if you have any questions
Our Back to School Night is this Wednesday, September 11 from 5:30-7:30 PM. This is an adult only event so that parents/guardians can focus on learning about our school and our classrooms. We have changed our model slightly this year and will be foregoing the whole-school opening session in the gym. Instead you'll have the opportunity to talk to the principals and other support staff during flexible times between sessions and/or during unneeded classroom presentation blocks in your individual schedule.
Classroom teacher sessions will be held at the following times to allow families with multiple children to attend a presentation from each child's teacher (sessions are interchangeable so you will get the same content whether you sit in on session 1, 2, or 3 with a particular teacher):
- Session 1: 5:40-6:05
- Session 2: 6:15-6:40
- Session 3: 6:55-7:20
During the buffer times, we encourage you to come to the main hallway to chat with Mrs. Woodcock and me, our special education facilitator, our SEL staff, our related service providers (speech, OT, BCBA), and our interventionists. You can also find the specials teachers (Art, Music, PE, Technology) in the gym hallway.
Brittney Bettencourt
Mrs. Bettencourt is a new member of our preschool teaching team. She is originally from Wareham and just got married on August 11th. She has been teaching since 2018 and recently went back to BSU to get her Masters of Education in Early Childhood. On the weekends she likes to spend time with her family, go fishing, and play board games. Mrs. Bettencourt loves coffee, cheeseburgers, sunflowers, and math!
- Please remember that all snacks should be nut free to protect our students with allergies in our classrooms. This includes peanut butter and Nutella. (These foods are OK at lunchtime since our students have access to allergen free tables)
- If students bring a football in for recess, it should be a soft, Nerf-type football to prevent injury.
Thank you for your cooperation in keeping our students safe!
A few reminders from Nurse Stephanie in our Health Office to help keep all of our students safe and healthy:
Students with active vomiting, diarrhea, open rashes, crusty/inflamed eyes, and/or temperature > 100 are asked to remain home from school.
Students may return from school when their temperature is < 100 for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.
Illness Specific:
Strep: Must be on antibiotics for 24 hours before returning to school. Students need a note to return.
Pink eye: Must be on antibiotics for 24 hours before returning to school.
Hand Foot Mouth: Fever-free for 24 hours and no open skin lesions. All areas must be scabbed/closed over
Vomiting/Diarrhea: May return when tolerating good amounts of food/water and no vomiting/diarrhea for 24 hours
Please do not send medication to school in your child’s backpack. Anything with an active ingredient is designated a medicine in school. This includes cough syrup, cough drops, ointments, nasal sprays, vitamin gummies, etc. If you would like to have any medications available for your child at school, please notify the Health Office.
Students after surgery, for hurt or broken limbs, sprains, strains, or any student with assistive devices (splints, casts, boots, crutches, etc.) must have a note to be in school as well as MD clearance or restrictions for recess/PE.
Please notify the Health Office if your child has RSV, Covid, Influenza, or Strep.
Grade 4 physicals are due to be updated! Please send in your student’s most recent physical if you have not done so already.
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