Broken Ground School Newsletter May 4, 2015

Broken Ground School Newsletter
May 4, 2015
Dear Broken Ground School Families,
Congratulations to the entire Broken Ground School community, students and staff for completing
the first year of the Smarter Balanced Assessments March - April. May is a very busy month for our
school. Students in grade 4 will be taking the NECAP science tests on May 11, 12 and 13 from 9:45- 11:45.
If your child will be absent from school that week, please contact me at your earliest convenience to
schedule a make-up session. In addition, all students will complete reading and math assessments
before the end of the year. Students have already taken the spring writing performance tasks in all
classes and teachers will be scoring these samples through May 15th.
The fourth grade concert is scheduled for Monday, May 11th in the Mill Brook multi-purpose room
and the fifth graders will present their chorus, band and string concert the following week, Mon. May
18th in the BGS gym. The concerts will be held at 1:15 and 6:30. Our fifth grade students will visit RMS
for move-up day on Friday, May 22nd and fifth grade parents are invited to RMS on Tuesday May 26th
at 6:00 pm. Krypto is in full swing with in-school tournaments. All in all it can be a hectic time of year
for families to juggle all the school events plus sports and music/dance recitals. Please try to help your
child by planning ahead and building in some time for homework, relaxation, sleep and fun!
We will begin the formal placement process the week of May 19th; all family input should be sent to
me by May 5th. There will be six sections of grades 3 and grade 4 and five sections of grade 5 for the
2015-16 year. Students and their families will find our about their fall placement on move-up day June
15th. Our last day for students is scheduled for June 18th.
It is that time of year when we ask you to help out with the PTA. You can volunteer to coordinate
one or more specific events like the ice cream social, Walk –a -thon or the fall fundraiser. We also are
looking for parents to join the PTA board. In fact, we desperately need someone willing to assume the
role of President. That might seem daunting but there are so many parents and teachers who pitch in
throughout the year. Please consider how you might lend your talents to our school.
Happy Spring to all!!
Susan Lauze, Principal
UPCOMING EVENTS
May 5
Parent input letters for placement are due to Mrs. Lauze
May 11
May 11, 12, 13
May 18
May 19
May 22
PTA, 7:00 pm
Grade 4 Concert 1:15 pm and 6:30 pm @ Mill Brook School
Grade 4 Science NECAP testing 9:45 – 11:45 am
Grade 5 Concert, Chorus, Band & Strings & BGS Gym 1:15 pm and 6:30 pm
Grade 2 Parent Night, 6:30 pm; Building Tour 6:10 – 6:30 pm
All School Meeting Hosted by Grade 4, Gym 8:00 am
May 25
May 26
June 2
Grade 5 visits Rundlett Middle School, 11:30 am – 2:15 pm
Memorial Day, No School
Grade 5 Parent Night at Rundlett Middle School – 6:00 pm
PTA, 7:00 pm
June 3
June 5
Title 1 Literacy Café, 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Grade 3 – Tour of Concord Field Trip
June 10
Sue Ann Martin Walk-a-thon
June 12
June 15
June 16
June 17
June 18
ELL Family Night, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Suziki violin concert, 1:15 pm
Move Up Day, 9:15 – 10:00 am
All School Meeting Hosted by Grade 5, Gym 8:00 am
Grade 5 Field Trip to Elm Brook
Super Kids Day Activities, school-wide
Warm Weather Thoughts:
With the warm weather on the way, students may have questions about appropriate clothing for
school. Dress and grooming should be clean, in keeping with good health practices and appropriate
for the learning environment. (Parent/Student Handbook page 11). That means that shorts should be at
least as long as the finger tips stretch when hands are resting at the child’s sides and undergarments or
midriffs should not be showing. Bathing/showering needs to be more frequent also. Thanks for your
cooperation in helping students develop good habits!