Happy School Vacation!
OUR ICICLES!!!
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY XOXOX
Report cards are coming home today with your child. Please
take the time to review the progress that your child is making. At Wawaloam
School, we celebrate the Growth Mindset- we believe that all children can learn
and we have systems in place to monitor the progress of our students and plan
for their individual learning needs. In the next paragraph, you will read about an example of how we collaborate to meet the needs of all students, your children may have already told you about this!! They know all about this amazing news!
We are excited to inform the population of Wawaloam School that sometime in the month of March you will notice a new addition to our student body! This one will have four legs and a tail!!!
Through fundraising and faith, a family in our school has been granted the gift of a very special dog who will be working to help our Kindergarten friend, Lilly Steiner, have the best days possible!
Her special dog will be here as a working dog and will be able to detect seizure activity in Lilly and will offer a sense of calm and comfort during her school day.This service dog has gone through intense training and has been specially matched to meet her specific needs.
As a school, we are preparing our student body for this exciting new canine friend. In order to plan for this, we talked about how to behave around this dog and created our school wide expectations for when you see the dog in our school. There is a short video clip from the Today Show with a student who presently works with a service dog and how the dog helps him.We shared this with all of our students this week and offered the opportunity for students to ask questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY1kcnhL0b0&app=desktop
We believe wholeheartedly in the “whatever it takes” philosophy for all of our students and we are very proud of the opportunity to support Lilly and her family with this outstanding miracle. A special thank you to the Steiner family for giving us permission to share all of this information with you.
Speaking of meeting the need of children, Lineham Early Childhood Learning Center will be holding an OPEN HOUSE for those interested in the Preschool program. The date for this is March 27 and will be held at 9:15-10:00 for 3 year olds and 1:30-2:15 for 4 year olds. If you would like to attend, you can call 397-3771 to RSVP by March 20th.
As we end this week and approach our school vacation, I
would like to wish all of you a week filled with opportunities to enjoy each
other. There are lots of FREE opportunities for making fun memories with your
children.
The Exeter library will be open 10-8 Tuesday –Thursday and 10-5
on Friday and Saturday. They are having
a beach party on Saturday, February 21 at 2:00, games, music, limbo, crafts and
snacks!
Brainwaves in South County Commons will offer free crafts
10:30-12:00 ages 2-8 Monday through Friday.
The West Greenwich Library will be open 10-4 Monday and Friday
and 10-8 Tuesday-Thursday!
The Kettle Pond Nature Center in Ninigret/Charlestown is a
little hidden gem. If the weather is decent, you could plan a short hike. On
Wednesday they will have a Wild About
Reading event. They will read a nature based story and do an activity to go
along with the book at 10:30.
Last week I posted all of the opportunities that the Feinstein card offers to you like the Children's Museum and Mystic Aquarium.
Other inexpensive ideas are:
The Roger Williams Zoo is half price admission during the
month of February and it is great to see the cold hardy animals in the winter
setting.
Audubon Society asri.com
for the full calendar of events but I noticed that on Wednesday you can
meet a live owl at the Smithfield location if you register on line. Admission
is 14.00 for an adult and 7.00 for a child.
If you are at home, definitely check out Gonoodle.com. The
kids will love it and you will LOVE that they are moving around and getting the
Wiggles out!
Try to have an unconnected/ TV free day and see how you can plan
for ways to stay busy and have fun. You could create a family art project, work
on a “big” puzzle, have a family Lego competition, have an indoor picnic right
in the family room, make cards or letters for special people like grandparents
or elderly neighbors. Do anything that brings you all together, talking and
laughing with one another!
Phonics Centers in Kindergarten
Art in Kindergarten working on Painted Elephants and learning about India
Rolling Sight Words and Recording the Data
Don't forget to begin to think about SPORTING EQUIPMENT IN GREAT CONDITION THAT COULD BE DONATED FOR OUR SPORTS RE-SALE EVENT! This is a good week to do this! We will start to take donations on Monday February 23. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask.
Have a great week off of school together!
PS Be sure to check out our updated webpage! ewg.k12.ri.us/wawaloam/
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