Daisy Daily for the Week of December 18, 2017

Our fourth-grade students and their teachers enjoyed a very successful field trip to the State Capitol last Friday.

Thanks so much to Kim Godfrey for envisioning 

"It's SNOW wonderful to be here"

and for creating a wonderful, seasonal bulletin board,

 featuring staff members in "snow globes."

You all look utterly magical!

Daisy Friends,

Hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful weekend!

Here's a look at the week ahead.  (Don't forget it's Spirit Week!)

• Monday--Red/Green Day
• PTO Holiday Fair in Rm. 7
• Tuesday--White-Out/Snowflake Day

PTO Holiday Fair in Rm. 7

 No Grade-Level Meetings

Wednesday--Festive Sweater/Hat Day

• Ruth to Admin. Meeting @ C.O. (10 am-noon)
• PTO Luncheon for All Staff in Staff Lunch Room
• Grade 1 Team Meeting re: Math Data (2:05-2:45 pm)

• Thursday--School-wide PJ Day; Dismissal at 1 pm
• No Grade-Level Meetings 
• School-wide Sing-a-long at 12:15 pm in Gym
• (Please see revised lunch schedule for this day)

Please remember:

• Morning Bus Duty starts at 8:20 am.
• There is coverage for students being dropped off in the morning from 7:45 am on, in the cafeteria.
• Students from the cafe and buses are sent down to classrooms at 8:25 am in the morning.

Westbrook Public Schools will be closed for the following holidays:

• December 22, 25, 26 & January 1.

Daisy Ingraham School Office will be OPEN and Vacation Camp will take place (from 7 am- 6 pm) on the following dates:

• December 27, 28 & 29.

School will resume for students and staff on Tuesday, January 2nd.

As always, please click on our Daisy Staff Google Calendar for all events and details:

DAISY STAFF GOOGLE CALENDAR

Thank you.

Wishing you and yours the happiest of holidays!!!

Warmly,
Ruth

Santa made a surprise visit at our

Staff Holiday Get-together on Friday.

Many thanks to Jackie for spearheading

the planning of this special event.

Thanks to all who came out : )

Daisy Daily for the Week of December 11, 2017

Daisy Staff,

Hope that you are all enjoying the snow-filled weekend.

Here's a quick look at the week ahead:

• Daisy Leadership Meeting on Monday, Dec. 11 at 8 am.
• Board of Education Meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 12, at 7 pm at Westbrook High School.  One of the agenda items will include a report on the SBAC Growth Model and state standardized evaluations, presented by school administers.
• Department-Based PLC Meetings on Wednesday, Dec. 13, from 3:15-4:15 pm.
• Grade 4 Field Trip to State Capitol on Friday, Dec. 15.
• Staff Holiday Party on Friday, Dec. 15, from 4-7 pm at Mediterranean Bistro in Westbrook.
• Please note the Spirit Days as noted on our Daisy Staff Google Calendar for the week of December 18th.
• Please also remember that the Holiday Sing-A-Long for Thursday, Dec. 21, will take place at 12:15 pm in the gym, prior to the 1 pm dismissal.  Lunches will be adjusted for that day so that all student lunch periods will be completed by 12:15 pm.  A special lunch schedule will be e-mailed out on Monday to all staff.
• The PTO Holiday Fair will take place on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 18-19 in Room 7.  As always, please consult the Daisy Staff Calendar for all events:

DAISY STAFF GOOGLE CALENDAR

• Thanks to all for the mountain of work that you put into producing our students' Report Cards for the first trimester, with special thanks to Ben and Tiffini for all the attentive technical expertise throughout the process.  Please be sure to share comments from families with me re: the new format and content and I'll do the same.
• Please note: Nurse Ed Albrecht will be with us on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 11-12, while Bianca is away at Professional Development.

Let's make it a great week!

Ruth

Thanks so much to our staff members, Ellen Tucker and MaryJo Noonan, who organized our fourth-grade students from the garden club and their families to be involved in a community project to beautiful our town center.  On a beautiful day before the snow flew, they planted more than a thousand bulbs so that we will all be able to enjoy the
 beautiful flowers in the spring!  
Hope springs eternal : )

Thanks so much to our students and their families for their participation in this after-school event, connected with our local service groups.

Daisy Daily for Week of December 4, 2017

Greetings from the North Pole.....

Hoping that everyone had a wonderful weekend.

Our family kicked off the holiday season with our annual trek to the "North Pole," which was even more enjoyable this year 

with three grandchildren.

Daisy Staff,

Welcome to a full week of school ahead!

Here are a few highlights:

• Grade-level meetings, per usual schedule
• Staff Meeting on Wed., Dec. 6, 3:15-4:15 pm
• Report Cards to go home on Fri., Dec. 8.  (Please let me know any specific concerns that you have and I'll let you know as soon as the formatting is complete for printing.)

As always, please consult our Daisy Staff Google Calendar at the following link:

DAISY STAFF CALENDAR

Thanks and let's make it a great week!

Ruth

Our first-graders are enjoying their weekly

swim lessons at the "Y" in Westbrook,

a long-time tradition at Daisy,

made possible through a grant.