Dear Sprague/Hunnewell,

Happy New Year!  I hope everyone enjoyed a restful vacation.  It is lovely to have the students back and the routine up and running again.

We kicked off the new year with a brisk walk/roll to school on Friday!  As always, thank you to the parent volunteers and Margaret Flitsch for their dedication to the monthly initiative.  Thank you to the 210 – wow! – students/families that braved the cold January air!

 

Standards-Based Report Cards (SBRCs)

  • Parent access available on Friday, January 26th at 3:00 pm

  • Our Standards Based Report Card website has many useful links and information

  • A FAQ document is available for families

  • Paper copies of the report card are no longer provided by each school

  • The Standards Based Report Card can be accessed using the Parent Portal

  • Please click here for those directions

 

Sprague Annual Safety Training with WPD

  • Annually, WPS staff engage in a safety training facilitated by the Wellesley Police Department

  • This is an internal training for staff only and is done after school hours

  • Having said this, it is important to me to make you aware of this annual training and to ask for your support specifically pertaining to the playground during after school hours

  • On Wednesday, January 31st the training will be held beginning at 1:00 pm inside of Sprague

  • The training involves use of “blank shots” in order for all staff to be familiar with the sound 

  • This training will be held indoors but never do we want students to hear anything that may cause them alarm – therefore, asking for the playground to remain empty between the hours of 1:00 to 3:00 pm would be most appreciated

  • As always, it pains me that these training sessions are part of our routines.  Having said that, they are also important for awareness, safety, security, and protocols during an emergency event

 

PTO Updates

 

Dates

January 15th                          Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – No School

January 31st                          Staff Safety Training with WPD – 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm playground closed

February 7th                          Walk/Roll-to-School Day

February 19th – 23rd             February Vacation

March 7th                               Walk/Roll-to-School Day

March 29th                             Good Friday – No School

April 2nd                                Walk/Roll-to-School Day

April 2nd                                Parent/Teacher Conferences – ½ Day Dismissal at 12:00 pm 

April 15th-19th                      April Vacation

May 1st                                  Walk/Roll-to-School Day

June 5th                                 Walk/Roll-to-School Day

 

Gratefully,

Leigh

 

Updates – January 6, 2024