Gladstone Community Message # 12

Email: avachon@cpsed.net

Website: https://gladstone.cpsed.net

Location: 9 Beachmont Avenue Cranston, RI 02905

Phone: (401)270-8081

Facebook: Gladstone Elementary School

Our Gladstone team has made it through year one in our transition to Barrows and Waterman. This was not any easy move for any of our students, families, or staff but we survived and are moving forward! Our goals this year are to continue to improve our social-emotional initiatives and our strategies and instruction to improve our students’ academic achievement. We have prioritized students' academic and social emotional skills so that they are prepared to succeed in their futures. Our goal is to promote a safe school environment that is based on respect, kindness, and high academic achievement. We also strive to provide fun and enriching opportunities for our students, such as field trips and school events that involve our parents’ participation. In addition to our focus on SEL and student achievement we are working on building our knowledge of and comfort in 21st Century Learning Environments. This includes flexible seating, changing the traditional classrooms, and PBL. These changes will prepare us for a smooth transition to the new Gladstone! We are not only a team at Gladstone, but we are also a family. Together, our dedicated staff and remarkable students are proud to be Gladstone Elementary School Huskies!

Amy Vachon

Please be advised on November 27th we have an early release day for all students. Students will be in school from 8:50-11:50. Students will be served a grab and go lunch on this day. They will be bringing this lunch home with them. All students will have their normal transportation that day. Please make arrangements for your child to be met at the bus stop earlier this day, or to pick up your child at the school at 11:50.

Good afternoon Gladstone @ Barrows families,

Families, we just want to make you aware that we had our first lockdown drill today. The students did a great job remembering the procedure when we have these types of drills. We will continue to practice safety protocols throughout this school year.

Our handbook permissions are now going to be completed through ASPEN. Here is a guide to help you through the permissions in ASPEN. If you need help logging in to ASPEN please call the main office 401-270-8080.

If you are dropping students off and picking up at school you CAN NOT park on Beachmont Avenue between the NO PARKING signs. This interferes with our buses. If you are dropping off a student and getting out of the car on Netherlands, please ensure you are NOT blocking the neighbors driveways.

*Please arrive on time for school. We are only serving breakfast to students from 8:35-8:50am.

*Please make sure your students know if they ride a bus or are getting picked up. All dismissal changes need to be entered into this form by 2:00.

* Please do not park in our staff parking lot. We have limited parking and only enough parking for our staff. If you need assistance with your child in the morning please contact the school and we will try our best to accommodate.

*We will NOT dismiss to someone who is not on the emergency care card and we will NOT dismiss without a written note if a student is leaving early. Please return lunch applications and Parent Compacts as soon as possible.

*We are NOT dismissing students after 2:30pm.

*Please send a refillable water bottle to school with your child.

* Please review the district family involvement policy as well as our parent engagement plan.

Gladstone is in need of TISSUES! If you can donate a box to the school, we would greatly appreciate it!

11/22 - Grade 4 Field Trip to the State House

11/27 - Early Release Day

11/28-11/29 - NO School Thanksgiving Recess

Our Gladstone Swag is back !!! Go to www.spiritwear.com

1. Go to the fundraising tab

2. Then click on find my e-store

3. Then find Gladstone PTG Everyone will need to REGISTER and then LOGIN before they are able to place items into their shopping carts.

IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL CONFIRMATION OF YOUR ORDER PLEASE Call : 866-583-6886

Thank you to all of the families and teachers that attended our meeting on Wednesday. Please be sure to join us on December 9th for our next meeting.

Please join our Parents and Teachers of Gladstone Page on Facebook!

Our Family Center Liaison is Grace Swinkski: gswinski@cpsed.net

The Family Center/COZ works directly with all Title I schools in the district. Title I is based on the free/reduced lunch population. We provide help & guidance with resources for you & your family. We also sponsor family events both in the schools and in the community. Our office is open year round, please reach out with any questions 270-8078.

We have a Facebook account for Gladstone Elementary School. This will be another way we'll be able to communicate information to you all quickly. If you use Facebook we recommend that you follow us.