Daisy Daily for the Week of October 29, 2018

Daisy Friends,

Thanks to all who came together to make "Pink Day" to benefit Breast Cancer Awareness a success at Daisy on Friday!

As we enter the new week:

• Please let me know if any of your students and/or families have indicated that they want their children to participate in an alternative activity on Wednesday from 2:00-2:30 pm during the parade.  Ryan and Joe have generously offered to facilitate movement and art activities during that time.  We really want to encourage all families to keep their children in school all day and by having alternative activities, we hope to accomplish this.  As we want to plan appropriately, we will make a list of students participating in alternative activities to share with Ryan and Joe and all teachers, so please get us that information ASAP.
• We have an offer from a senior student at Oxford Academy who would like to work with our students and/or adults in Spanish.  He visited last week with his adviser, Marti White, and we popped into a few classrooms during the visit and spoke with some of you about this offer.  Please let me know if you would like to explore some volunteer possibilities with this student.
• Please consider supporting our Daisy Dash 5K/Fun Run on November 17.  Here's the link for all the info:  https://www.daisydash5k.com/
• The Early Childhood Community Forum will take place at Daisy on Monday, Nov. 5th, from 4:45 pm-8:00 pm.  Keynote Speaker is Scarlett Lewis, founder of the "Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement."  Please consider joining us for this important evening!
• As always, please check our Staff Calendar for all the scheduled meetings and events this week and for the weeks ahead at:

DAISY STAFF GOOGLE CALENDAR

Wishing all a fabulous week!!!

Ruth

Daisy Daily for the Week of October 22, 2018

"Our Crew"

Daisy Staff,

Wishing you a wonderful week ahead with our students.

A few notes:

• In Grade-Level Meetings this week, we will review student data as planned.
• No staff meeting scheduled for this Wednesday after school, but there will be a PDEC Meeting for PLC Leaders and Administrators.
• We will recognize "Breast Cancer Awareness" this Friday, an annual awareness day that Heather Gersz organizes each October.  Please wear PINK if you are so inclined to support this cause : )
• Please note up-coming events on our calendar, such as:
• Annual Halloween Parade, October 31, 2 pm.
• Early Childhood Forum at Daisy, November 5
• District, as well as Regional Professional Development Day, November 6
• Veterans Day Assembly, November 12
• Daisy Dash 5K, November 17

Again, here is the link to our Daisy Staff Calendar.  Please advise the office of other events that need to be on this calendar for the good of all (field trips, class events, etc.)

DAISY STAFF GOOGLE CALENDAR

Thanks,

Ruth

Thanks so much to Jenna Brady for organizing 

"Down Syndrome Awareness" Day

last Friday and to all those who contributed

to its success.

Leaving you with this thought

as we start a new week.....

Daisy Daily for the Week of October 15, 2018

Walk/Bike to School, October 2018:

What a successful event!!!

Thanks to all of our staff members who joined us!!!

Daisy Staff,

As we look forward to the week ahead, please check our Daisy Staff Google Calendar for all important dates, times, etc., at:

DAISY STAFF GOOGLE CALENDAR

A few highlights:

• Grade-Level Meetings will take place this week, as scheduled.
• Leadership Team will meet on Tuesday at 8 am in my office.
• Department-based PLCs will take place on Wednesday, after school, from 3:15-4:15 pm.  Agendas will be forthcoming.
• Special Area Team will meet on Friday at 8 am in my office.
• We have two valued guest readers from the Westbrook community who would like to continue reading in our classrooms.  Please let me know (via e-mail) if you'd like to welcome Steve Mazeau and/or Lynn Nathan to come into your classroom to read to your class or to read 1:1 with students or in small groups.  They are both lovely and a wonderful addition to our school community.  Here is their availability:
• Mr. Mazeau: Tuesdays, 9-10 am
• Mrs. Nathan: Thursdays, 9-11 am
• If you haven't yet had a chance to join "Sunshine," please consider doing so.  : )
• October is the month for both Down Syndrome Awareness and Breast Cancer Awareness.  We will recognize:
• Down Syndrome Awareness on Friday, Oct. 19
• Breast Cancer Awareness on Friday, Oct. 26
• Details on both to follow.  These are intended to be awareness activities for the adults in the building.  We will plan to recognize International Down Syndrome Awareness Day (March 21) with our students and staff as we did last year with
  "Crazy Socks Day."

As always, please let me know your concerns and needs.  Let's make it a great week, as we are finally enjoying some fall weather!

Warmly,

Ruth

Positive messages at the October 

Board of Education Meeting.......

Daisy Daily for the Week of October 8, 2018

Thanks to Helen Sweet for another fabulous

"Enchanted" Book Fair!

Daisy Staff,

Thanks to ALL for all you put into making Parent/Teacher Conferences so worthwhile and successful for our students'

families last week.  All the work, energy and time that you put into each conference is so appreciated!

Also, many thanks to Helen (and volunteers) for a most fabulous, magical, enchanted Book Fair.  Each successive, successful Book Fair always seems to top the previous one.  EVERY child went home with a brand-new book, thanks to the generosity of those who helped support our scholarships.  Again, thanks to Helen for making this all happen!

A few notes about the four-day week ahead:

• Tuesday, Oct. 9, is a "B" Day.  (Remember, we skip over holidays so that we don't miss a day of rotations.)
• Grade-Level Meetings will take place as scheduled this week.
• No Leadership Meeting this morning.  We will resume with our "every other" Tuesday meetings NEXT Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 8 am in the office.
• Swim Classes at the "Y" begin today, Oct. 9, for Jeff Sullivan's class.  These classes will take place weekly on Tuesdays and Jeff's first-grade class will leave the building at 12:45 pm and return by 2:00 pm.  These lessons will conclude on Nov. 27.
• Homework Room starts today (Oct. 9) and will run Mondays through Thursdays in Room 13 from 3-4 pm.  Cathy Dowler is coordinating this and a list of those participating will be confirmed today with all teachers and the office.
• The monthly Board of Education Meeting takes place this evening, Tues., Oct. 9, at 7 pm in the WHS Library.
• "Bike/Walk to School" takes place this Wed., Oct. 10.  Staff members who would like to join in, please meet families at the Ted Lane Parking Lot @ 8 am.  (Raindate is Thurs., Oct. 11).
• We will have our regularly-scheduled Faculty Meeting on Wed., 3:15-4:15 pm in cafe.

As always, please check our Daisy Staff Calendar for all the events of the weeks ahead at:

DAISY STAFF GOOGLE CALENDAR

Wishing all a wonderful week!

Ruth

Daisy Daily for the Week of October 1

Daisy Staff,

Welcome to October with continued warm weather : )

Hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful weather this weekend!  Here are a few important updates for the week ahead:

• This is Parent/Teacher Conference Week as well as Book Fair Week.
• Early dismissal on Tuesday and Thursday at 1 pm.  Updated, early dismissal schedule to follow.
• Please give updated Conference Schedule to the office so that we can support your conferences.  If anyone would like to use "Language Line" to assist in translations (for any language) in conferences, please schedule these in the office conference room and we will assist.
• Family Night at the Book Fair is Tuesday, Oct. 2, 4-8 pm.  Helen Sweet has great things in store for our students, families and staff!  Thanks so much to ALL who stayed after school last Friday to help with Book Fair set-up!
• No after-school meetings on Wednesday, due to conferences.
• Also, no grade-level meetings this week due to Conferences.  Teachers, please use this time to complete online trainings for Mandated Reporter, Bloodborne Pathogens and Health Training.
• As always, please check our Google Staff Calendar for ALL updates.
• NO SCHOOL next Monday, October 8/Columbus Day.  (Please remember that we skip the "letter" day in the rotating schedule so that we don't miss specials, etc.)  To help all stay on track with A, B, C, D, E Day, please remember that this is noted on our Staff Calendar.

Wishing all a wonderful week and please let me know your concerns : )

Ruth

Ruth W. Rose
Principal