Plympton Family Update

Dear Families,

This was a quick week back! We have lots to look forward in the upcoming weeks including many visiting artists.

Enjoy the weekend!

Go Penguins!

Vamos Pinguinos!

Adrienne Norris and Amanda Brennan

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January 6, 2025 -- Monday: Maple Pancakes

January 7, 2025 -- Tuesday: Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Sandwich with Tater Tots

January 8, 2025 -- Wednesday: Hot Chocolate Chip Muffins

January 9, 2025 -- Thursday: Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Sandwich with Tater Tots

January 10, 2025 -- Friday: Dutch Waffles

Ms. Halley, the Plympton School Library Teacher, is hosting a comic club after school on Mondays from 3 pm to 4:15 pm from January 6 through February 10 in the Plympton School LIbrary. Each week Plympton students explore a different aspect of creating comics, spend time developing ideas and creating their own comics. The Plympton Comic Club is open to students in 3rd to 5th grades.

Registration: Students who are interested can get a registration form from me, Ms. Halley, or their teacher. Please register by January 3. I can only accept 20 students. I will also create a waiting list if we have more students sign up than I am able to accept. Return registration forms to Ms. Halley.

Contact Ms. Halley at elizabethhalley@walthampublicschools.com with any questions.

Special Invitation: Parents and caregivers are invited to join us for the last half hour of the workshop on February 10 to see all of our beautiful work.

The WPS Multilingual Department is committed to building on the strengths of students. We value the cultural and linguistic knowledge your child contributes to our school community.

ACCESS testing will begin on January 6 and continue through February 14 in Waltham Public Schools. This evaluation is required for students who are English language learners. It will give us information about the progress of students. There are four sections to the test: listening, reading, writing, and speaking.

The score report will be sent home in June. Please call us if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Sara Hamerla, Ed.D.

Administrator of English Language Learners

Waltham Public Schools

781-314-5498

January 9, 2025: Grade 5 Fundraiser at Tempo

January 20, 2025: No School

January 21, 2025: PTO meeting at 6:30

January 23, 2025: MONDAY schedule

January 29, 2025: Early Release

January 31, 2025: Wizards Game!

Absences: We have a separate phone number if a child is going to miss school. Please don't call the office directly; leave a message on the absentee line at 781-314-5770.

Dismissal plans: Please communicate any changes to your student's dismissal plan at the start of the day. Students may only ride the bus they are assigned and that assignment is based on home address.

Email: Adriennenorris@walthampublicschools.org
Website: https://www.walthampublicschools.org/o/plympton
Location: 20 Farnsworth St, Waltham, MA, USA
Phone: (781) 314-5760

This link has lots of great information about our school!

English Handbook

Spanish Handbook

Haitian Creole Handbook

Portuguese Handbook