Rose L. MacDonald School

April 9th&11th-Grade 3 ELA MCAS

April 8th-School Committee Meeting 6pm MSHS

April 10thH Half Day of School Dismissal at 12pm

April 15th- Patriot's Day No School

April 16th-19th- Spring Break No School

April 22nd-School Improvement Council Meeting 3:15

April 22nd-April 26th- Grade 3 Wax Museum

April 24th-Student Council Meeting

Delilah swam by the Rose L. on March 22nd to visit with our second graders. Delilah is a life-sized inflatable North Atlantic Right Whale. Her measurements are based off of a real whale! They got to go inside the whale to learn all about its body and what it eats. They also looked at, and touched, real whale vertebrae and baleen (whale teeth). It was definitely a whale of a time! A big thank you to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation as well as the WBPTO for another amazing presentation!

On April 2nd the Power Squad from The National Theatre for Children performed for our Grade 3 students. During the show students learned the importance about energy efficiency. This 25-minute show featured two engaging actors performing a fun story that kept students laughing and learning. Theater has the ability to capture imaginations and educate at the same time!

Energy Academy: The Power Squad taught students about the following educational points:

· What energy and electricity are

· What energy resources are

· How energy is used unwisely

· How we can use energy efficiently

Get ready to step back in time! Each third grader selects a historical person born in Massachusetts and/or important to Massachusetts history. They research their person, fill in a poster with their facts, and plan to dress up as their person at the wax museums. Class wax museums will take place the week of April 22nd. Parents/Guardians are welcome to join us on their child's wax museum day as history comes alive!

Spots are still available in our 5 day program!

Preschool Information for the 2024-2025 School year is now available. Please click the link below for more information:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RCn0ZSi9ONrrGXbXZepCfZfpC3G9T_yngAMXDN97TcE/edit?usp=sharing

We are happy to announce that we will be offering an April Vacation Surround Care Camp at Spring Street School for children in grades K-4. The program will run from Tuesday, April 16 through Friday, April 19th from 7:30 AM till 4:00 PM. The cost is $80/day or $275/week.

Daily or weekly registration is available.

Join us for arts & crafts, outdoor play, movies, walking trips to the park and more!

Register at: April Vacation Surround Care Registration

RLM Student Council has been hard at work on various goals they have set for themselves this year.

The math subcommittee hosted their very first March Math Madness Challenge where each student was challenged to practice grade-appropriate math facts and increase their math fluency over the month. The winning class will be announced this week as members are double-checking their corrections and spreadsheets!

Our student leaders also facilitated a fundraiser to raise money for cancer research in memory of our former and beloved students, Jase Russell and Bella DuBois. Their efforts also supported a member's cousin, Kash Doughty. I am very happy to share that their efforts collected over $1,600 that will be donated to Dana Farber and The Jimmy Fund.

The garden subcommittee met with Mrs. Grinder, Director of Food Services, to participate in a taste-testing and to discuss plans for a school garden to grow our own produce for breakfasts and lunches. StuCo leaders were excited to see a preferred selection already make its way on this month's lunch menu. The rainbow bagels were a hit! They will also be planted seeds after the vacation break!

RLM Student Council looks forward to sharing more of their accomplishments at the 2024 Academic, Technology and Fine Arts Showcase on May 9th!

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The SECOND ANNUAL PLEDGE WALK FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER will take place on Saturday, May 4th from 4-7pm. Hosted by the MSHS student-run Committee for Childhood Cancer Awareness, this event raised over $18,000 last year for the Jimmy Fund Clinic at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and their goal this year is to top $25,000! It will be a fun day with food trucks, music, games, a chance to dunk Mrs. Page and to just be with the community to help an important cause. Please contact the MSHS with any questions. We hope to see you there!

Please fill out this form to register for the walk: https://forms.gle/h16onUbUbuqyNKnF8

*Join us at our next PTO meeting on May 1st at 7pm in the RLM Cafeteria*

We have some great events coming up! See the flyers below for details

Stay connected on facebook @WBridgewaterPTO

April and Spring are upon us! Many of the new menu items we tried out last month were a hit and you'll see them again on this month's menu!

In addition, our Student Council taste tested a fun Rainbow Tye Dye Bagel and gave it a thumbs up so we will be bringing that to our breakfast menu this month also!

Also watch the menu for special treats for students getting school lunch throughout the month!

Monthly Menus - Click on WB Food Services to find March's menus. Locally grown apples from CN Smith Farm are still being served each week.

Cafeteria Taste Testing- We are bringing back taste testing! On March 5th we will give out samples of tomato soup which is a new item being paired with grilled cheese on 3/12.

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

WB SEPAC is a group of West Bridgewater families whose children have IEPs and 504s. We offer webinars and events to support families with special needs. If you'd like to learn more, please email us at InclusionMattersMA@gmail.com to join our private email list.

See our upcoming events below and on our Facebook page at @InclusionMattersMA and our website at www.InclusionMattersMA.com

Keitha Goulet

Principal

Email: kgoulet@wbridgewater.com
Website: https://www.wbridgewaterschools.org/o/rose-l-macdonald
Location: 1 Steppingstone Drive, West Bridgewater, MA, USA
Phone: (508)894-1240
Facebook: facebook.com/RoseLMacDonaldSchool
Twitter: @rlmschool