A Message from Ms. Shea ~
April 12, 2019
It is hard to believe how quickly this year is passing. Upon our return from April vacation, we will only have 8 short weeks left in the school year and there are many exciting events and field trips during that time. If you have a child in Grades 3, 4 or 5, please check their folder for information on our upcoming Smarter Balanced Assessment which will begin when we return from vacation. Please encourage your children to simply take their time and do their very best. As you will see in this newsletter, we have had some extra reasons to celebrate here at Great Neck over the recent weeks.
Mrs. Linda Brailey has been awarded the CONNECTICUT PTA TEACHER
OF THE YEAR and FUND FOR TEACHERS that will
Mrs. Wendy McCabe has been awarded a $3,000 grant from allow her to travel to Colorado this summer for a purposeful, professional development opportunity that will significantly benefit our students and staff.
A tremendous thank you goes out to our Music Department --- Mrs. Milukas, Mr. McCleary, Mrs. Nelson and Mr. Chiappetta for putting on an amazing Spring Concert! Our students have worked so hard this year and delivered a top notch performance!
Thank you to Mrs. Paquette for coordinating the display of student art to coincide with the Spring Concert. She leads our students through the creation of many wonderful pieces and we are thrilled that you had the opportunity to stop by to see what our students are working on in Art Class. Thank you to all of our families for your support!
A big thank you also goes out to our Grade 3 teachers --- Mrs. Dempsey, Mrs. Rahr and Mrs. Degiacomo for hosting a very informative Biography Night. The student presentations were fantastic! I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very relaxing April vacation. See you all back at school on Monday, April 22nd. Enjoy!
Billie
Waterford students and staff participated in Unified Sports Day hosted by Waterford High School on Saturday, April 6th.
4/12/19
GREAT NECK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES April 15—19 April 22 April 23 April 24 April 25 April 26 April 30 May 1 May 3
S pr in g Br ea k ~ G r a d e PK — 12
No School
Grade 5 Trip to Garde Arts Center Drama Club w/ Mrs. McGuire—Grades 1 & 2 (last) Drawing Club w/ Mr. McGuire—Grades 4 & 5 (last) Girls Running Club w/ Mrs. Guetti Grade 1 Trip to Waterford Town Hall Boys Running Club w/ Mr. Kinder Chess Club w/ Mr. Seltzer—Grades 4 & 5 Nature Play w/ Mrs. Wheeler—Grades K & 1(last) Nature Play w/ Mrs. Wheeler—Grades 2 & 3 (last)
9:00 3:10 3:10 3:10 9:00 3:10 3:10
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11:00 4:15 4:15 4:30 10:45 4:30 4:00
3:10 3:10
- 4:00 - 4:15
Grade 2 Trip to Mystic Seaport Girls Running Club w/ Mrs. Guetti Grade 5 to Garde Arts Center Boys Running Club w/ Mr. Kinder Chess Club w/ Mr. Seltzer—Grades 4 & 5 Grade 4 Project O Trip Jump Rope For Heart
8:45 3:10 11:30 3:10 3:10 9:30 1:45 -
2:15 4:30 1:00 4:30 4:00 12:00 2:45
Must pre-register for after-school activities.
Thank you to everyone who has brought in aluminum can tabs. Another jug has been filled to the top! Let’s do it again! Congratulations to Mrs. Brailey’s 2nd graders for winning the Box Top$ for Education contest and earning an extra PE class with Mr. Kinder! They submitted a grand total of 614 Box Tops in a tough competition!
Congratulations to the following students who
received a Pride Star for earning 3 Pride Cards! Boden Fagan Chloe Butler Mathew Hays Gabriella Dielli
Marina Matsas Caroline Bassett Niahya Gerhart Isabella Freeman Natalie Ververis Max Hunter Maya Smith Alexander Seltzer Alexis Cooley-DeGrasse
From left: Erica Benvenuti, GN PTA Co-President; Erica Baumgartner, GN PTA Secretary Linda Brailey—GN 2nd Grade Teacher; Michele Devine, GN PTA Co-President GN Principal Billie Shea presents CT PTA Teacher of the Year Award to Linda Brailey.
Former GN Principal, Pat Fedor
Proud husband, David Brailey.
Mrs. Wendy McCabe, longtime Special Education teacher at Great Neck School, is the proud recipient of a “Fund for Teachers” fellowship. Mrs. McCabe will be traveling to Colorado this summer to attend several days of intensive training on the “9 Essential Skills for Working with Challenging Students.” We congratulate Mrs. McCabe on this impressive achievement and look forward to the valuable knowledge she will be sharing with her colleagues in Waterford. From left: Christopher Boots, GN Special Ed teacher Melanie Wettlaufer, GN Special Ed teacher and 2018 FFT Fellowship recipient Dale Bernardoni, Fund For Teachers CT Managing Director Wendy McCabe / GN Principal Billie Shea Linda Stenz and Laurie Startz, GN Special Ed paraprofessionals
Thank you to WPD Youth Officer Dan Lane, WPD Canine Officers Pat Epps and Pat Flanagan and Waterford Youth & Family Services Program Coordinator Jim Trelli. Special thanks to WPD Canines Tonka & Neo!
April 15—19
SPRING BREAK
No School
May 9
NEW KINDERGARTNER VISITING DAY
2:00
May 27
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED
No School
June 5
5TH GRADE PROMOTION
5:30
June 6
5TH GRADE PICNIC
6:00 - 7:30
June 7
FIELD DAY
Rain date: Monday, June 10
June 13
EARLY DISMISSAL
12:25
Breakfast is served/ Lunch is not.
June 14
LAST DAY—EARLY DISMISSAL
12:25
Breakfast is served/ Lunch is not.
For more information, please visit www.waterfordschools.org