Early May Update

Hi all- I know none of us have time to read lengthy messages so I'm putting some quick and important updates here:

1. Thank you to all the families who came to our "Spring Reset" Night of Mindfulness last Thursday.  This was put on, and announced, by the School Council, and our class was featured because we've been using it so successfully this year.  The students made me so proud! Here is a picture:

2. ​Thanks to everyone for sending in coins and small items for our Yard Sale last Friday.  It was a big success!  Thank you to Liane Hicks and her daughter Lily Rose for helping us manage the sale!  It was really fun, and despite the surprise fire drill everything went really smoothly! We are donating the coins to Children's Hospital via a Service Learning Project, run by Emily and Eliana from our class, and Callie from Ms. Morrison's class.

3. I hope everyone has received the Interview Homework and can help their child with this project that is such a great kick off to our Community unit. If you have any questions please let me know.

4.  As soon as the details are worked out we will send you a Permission Slip for our last field trip- to the North End of Boston!  This is a favorite among students and parents.  Any chaperone may join us, as long as they have contacted Leslie Corner to check their CORI status.  It is on May 26 from 9 to 2.  

5. The other VERY IMPORTANT event coming up is the Open House!  Please plan to join us in Room 6 on Friday, May 19 from 8:30-9am.  All family members are welcome.  A reminder will come home soon.

6.  A messages from our Guidance Counselor: 

From the Guidance Counselor

Dear Parents,

I am offering a six-session Changing Families group this spring for children whose parents are separated or divorced.  We will meet for one half-hour per week during the school day, reading books together, writing, drawing, and talking in a semi-structured format.  I have found these groups to be enormously powerful for kids.  Even if other students’ situations and responses do not mirror their own, it is healing and comforting to know that peers have had some similar experiences.  If you are interested in having your child participate or you have further questions, please contact me at (508) 358-8650 (my direct line) or at joann_kline@wayland.k12.ma.us.

Thank you,

JoAnn S Kline, Ph.D.

School Psychologist/Guidance Counselor

7. LAST!  Here is an exciting an fun event coming up:

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That's it!  Enjoy the spring weather!
Deborah Niles