Principal's Message

Friday, April 29, 2016

Week Ending April 29, 2016

Today was the first day of scheduled Kindergarten Screenings for our incoming Kindergarten students! There is nothing that compares to seeing the excitement and anticipation in the eyes of these young children as they approach the building! Some of them come with backpacks and pictures they have drawn and we absolutely love the opportunity to welcome them into Wawaloam School.

A special thank you to Mrs. Chris Petrarca, Mrs. Tammie Cash, Mrs. Pat Rheinberger, Ms. Sharon Callanan, Mrs. Lin Patty, Mrs. Olga Lerner and Ms. Kayla Caron for preparing for screening appointments and welcoming our new friends!

If you know of friends, neighbors, cousins etc. with children that may be eligible to register (5 years old by September 1) but have not done so as of yet, please send them to Wawaloam School and let them know that now is the time!

This afternoon, we had the distinct pleasure of meeting with Rhode Island Commissioner of Education, Dr. Kenneth Wagner who visited Wawaloam School today. He had a tour of our school, visited classrooms and talked with some teachers and parents. We were very happy that he came to see us and hope he will come back again soon!

Thank you to Jenn Spira, Tami Depietro, Christina Boudreau and Alicia Cranston for carving out some time in their busy schedule for an afternoon to participate in an informal conversation about Rhode Island education.

Hope you all have a great weekend! Maybe I will see you at the Family Science Expo!

Respectfully,
Melissa Marino
#ewgrsd

P.S. Looking forward to seeing all of the teacher pictures on Monday!

Community Information

Little League Fundraiser

Don't Miss This Event:

Family Science Expo

Saturday April 30

10:00 -2:00

Ryan Center at URI

Come and Celebrate Science!!

PLANT SALE

Friday, April 15, 2016

Wawaloam Updates and School Vacation Week Ideas

Reading week was so much fun!

Reading Week Storybook Character Day!
Nice collaboration Kindergarten!

Grade 1 Crazy Hats

Mrs. Millards's Class

Silly Kids!

A Message from PTA

Please continue sending in your registration forms for the Keep Calm and Get Your Country On dance! There is plenty of room left in all 3 sessions, and we have lots of awesome raffles for you to win: Bounce U passes, paddleboard rentals, passes to Santa's Village and Seekonk Speedway, movie tickets, Trinity Rep tickets, gift cards to Orange Leaf, Dan's Place, Woods Tavern, Cornerstone Pub - and lots more!!! Admission is just $10 per family, and children are invited to attend with ONE adult of their choosing.

We are still in need of volunteers to help set-up the dance on Friday, April 29th, and to work the event on Saturday, April 30th. Please email us at ewgpta@yahoo.com if you're interested, or sign up on the registration form that went home. Many hands make light work!

A Message from Nurse Larkin

Due to the unexpected snow day on March, 21, the state mandated hearing screening by the staff at the RI School for the Deaf Hearing Center was rescheduled to today for our students at Wawaloam.

Mrs. Larkin, RN

Rhode Island Certified School Nurse-Teacher

Welcome students from URI

This spring four University of Rhode Island students will complete their health practicum in the kindergarten to grade two classrooms with Mrs. Breene and Mrs. Guglielmo.

Wawaloam welcomes graduate student Michail Seminario, senior Julianne Dulude, and juniors Brendan Spavold and Steven Ascola as they shadow, observe and assist during health education specials.

How do you get healthy?

Wawaloam students have created posters with their favorite healthy foods and fun ways they like to get moving to educate their families and community about the importance of a healthy heart! Healthy food options include water, fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean meat. Move 60 minutes everyday in ways kids love like jumprope, soccer, swimming and dancing to build self-esteem and encourage positive social interactions.

16 kindergarten students, 34 grade one students and 20 grade two students have agreed to send their finished poster to the American Heart Association Get Healthy! contest. Thank you for teaching the community and your family to have a healthy heart! Good luck!

Mrs. Breene and Mrs. Guglielmo

We really appreciate all of the responses to our school improvement survey! The comments are especially helpful as we work together to improve our school. Thank you to everyone who sent these in!

Once we return to Wawaloam after the vacation week next week, the time really flies by! The weather improves and we are in the home stretch for the 15-16 school year. Please remember to continue the nightly routine of reading to or listening to your child read so that your child can reach their fullest potential.

However you decide to keep busy next week, enjoy your children!
Sincerely,
Melissa Marino

@Melissa Marino9
# wawaloam #ewgrsd

VACATION WEEK IDEAS

*Think about making a recycled item project for our Earth Day Museum! It is always so much fun to see all of the creative projects that come in! Get creative and try to participate in this "just for fun" whole school community project!

I'm going to the zoo, zoo zoo how about you, you you? Next week, every day they are scheduled to have a "Party for the Planet" with extra special events on April 22 (Earth Day).
http://www.rwpzoo.org/386/party-planet

Another little hidden gem worth visiting is The Kettle Pond Visitor Center in Charlestown, RI
The inside center has extremely worthwhile learning stations and the outside is surrounded by short, manageable hikes to do together with your children. There is no charge to visit but donations are appreciated. Pack a picnic and take a hike!

Rhode Island Children's Museum is also bursting with planned activities, check out the link to see the hours, admission fees and calendar of events.

At The Louttit Library in West Greenwich:

Monday, April 18 at 11:00 Project Chick with Casey Farm All ages are invited to learn about eggs and chickens and will be able to hold baby chicks during the program.

Wednesday, April 20 at 10:00 K-1 students are welcome to participate in story time.

Thursday, April 21 there will be a "Drop- in Kite Craft" from 6:00-7:00 PM

The Exeter Public Library is ready and waiting for friends to visit next week too! Check out this information taken from their web page:

Tuesday, April 19 All Ages Open Art Studio from 11:00-4:00 - they are emptying out the art closet and inviting you to stop by to create any art you want!

Wednesday, April 20 from 6:30-7:30 Cupcake Wars! Families are invited to bring in 12 of their best cupcakes and they will be voted on for appearance, taste and overall winner! Please do not include nuts. No registration required.

Friday, April 22, 10:30 am Project Chick with Casey Farm All ages are invited to learn about eggs and chickens and will be able to hold baby chicks during the program.

Community Announcements

Hiandloland Volunteer Fire Department Chowder and Clamcakes and Craft Show Information Here

Friday, April 8, 2016

Weekly Updates for Wawaloam School

Don't forget to vote for the school department budget at the All Day Referendum on April 11.

The Little Mermaid performances will take place this weekend, the play is OUTSTANDING!
At the Senior High School Fri. Sat. at 7:00 and Sun. at 2 PM

Congratulations to the Wawaloam School Winners of the
Jr . Duck Stamp Placements!

Evelyn K. 2nd place K-3

Lila S. 3rd place K-3

Honorable mentions K-3:

Amanda A.

Makenzie B.

Dominic M.

Isabella P.

Skylar R.

Madelyn R.

KINDERGARTEN SCIENTISTS

BIRD WATCHING IN KINDERGARTEN

READING WEEK EVENTS

Keep it simple....do what you can.

April 11-15th

Monday April 11-Bring your favorite book and stuffed animal to school

(must fit in backpack)

Tuesday April 12- Favorite Team Colors Day!

Wednesday April 13- Crazy Hat/Crazy Hair Day

Thursday April 14-Pajama Day

Friday April 15- Crazy Socks Day

There will be a friendly competition to see how many books we can read next week!

One more week for the Warrior Bags Collection.

Thank you all so much for all of the incredible support for this collection that will make a big difference to pediatric hospital patients.

Reminder: T-Shirt sales will continue throughout next week!

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

HEALTH FAIR

http://s3.amazonaws.com/EWGRSDweb/contentweb/CommunityAnnouncements/Health%20and%20Wellness%20Presentations%20May%202016%20REVISED.pdf

Friday, April 1, 2016

Wawaloam School News

Math Night

Thank you again to Mrs. Gina Kilday for organizing a fantastic, fun-filled family night of math and learning! We hope those of you who attended had a great time!

Thank you to the cast of THE LITTLE MERMAID for our special sneak preview this week! SO much fun for our students! You can meet them this Saturday at the Exeter Library at 11:00.
Showtimes: April 7, 8, and 9th at 7:00 and April 10th at 2:00 PM at the High School

Thank you Mrs. Scheff for sharing~ Mrs. Donnelly's Class with a pentatonic improvisation:

Wawaloam School T-Shirt Sales

Coming Soon! An opportunity to order Wawaloam School T-Shirts

Check out this design!

Thank you to Andrew Cornell from Pride Martial Arts

"Warrior Bag" Collection

A notice is coming home today for a special collection we will be having for the next 3 weeks. A local woman is collecting the items listed on the flyer that was sent home so that she can create care bags for children and families that are coping with illness in the hospital. Please consider helping by sending in one item for her collection. This is one small thing that can make a big difference.

Reading Week Coming Soon

April 11-15th

Monday April 11-Bring your favorite book and stuffed animal to school

(must fit in backpack)

Tuesday April 12- Favorite Team Colors Day!

Wednesday April 13- Crazy Hat/Crazy Hair Day

Thursday April 14-Pajama Day

Friday April 15- Crazy Socks Day

Have a fantastic weekend!
Melissa Marino

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

http://s3.amazonaws.com/EWGRSDweb/contentweb/CommunityAnnouncements/2016Westwood-SummerCampBook-web.pdf

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Happy Spring

GRADE 1 & 2 ARE YOU COMING TO MATH NIGHT?

Math Night Rocks!

Come to Math Night! Cool!

Hope to see many of you on Tuesday, March 29 from 5:30-7:00

Come for some or all of the event, your time of arrival does not matter!

*Thank you to Mrs. Gina Kilday for organizing this event for our school!

MATH GAMES! ESTIMATION! PRIZES! FUN!

Hoping you will all enjoy the long weekend! Start to save items that could be recycled and turned into something FABULOUS for our EARTH DAY RECYCLED PROJECTS MUSEUM! More information coming soon, this will take place the week AFTER APRIL VACATION.

Community Announcements:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/EWGRSDweb/contentweb/CommunityAnnouncements/ESWURI%20Color%20Run%20flyer%20%281%29.png

Friday, March 11, 2016

Wawaloam Updates

Save the date for some hands-on family fun investigating science! Saturday April 30th URI’s GEMS-Net project is hosting a Family Science Expo at the Ryan Center on the University of Rhode Island's Kingston campus from 10 AM to 2 PM.

GEMS-Net partners with our schools, and others around the state, to help teachers bring cutting edge science education to all classrooms. Dig in with hands-on investigations from our kindergarten through 8^th grade science curriculum.

Let your children lead the way- teaching you what they know and exploring what’s to come! Visit the inflatable planetarium, get up close to hissing cockroaches, design and build the tallest tower and connect with URI students to explore STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) majors offered at URI. The Family Science Expo offers free admission and parking, and concessions will be open.

We hope you'll save the date to explore with us!

PTA Book Fair Family Night is tonight, from 6-8 in the cafeteria at Metcalf. Lots of great books for sale (including Rooster Games titles), free refreshments, and entertainment by a professional hula hooper who will get the kids moving and having fun! We can accept cash, checks or credit cards.

Fliers are going home this week for the Kids Choice Bowling event, coming up on Sunday, April 3. All students PreK to Grade 6 are invited to bring an adult of their choice for the fun Rock n Bowl, pizza, refreshments, and raffles at Kingstown Bowl on Post Rd in North Kingstown. Admission is just $10 per person!

We also have our next dance planning meeting next Thursday, March 17th from 6:30-7:30 in the Metcalf library. We'll be finalizing decorations, food and more for the dance, which this year is themed "Keep Calm and Get Your Country On." It will be happening on April 30 at Metcalf and is also open to all students PreK to Grade 6 with an adult of their choice. Just $10 per family!

COMMUNITY INFORMATION

http://s3.amazonaws.com/EWGRSDweb/contentweb/CommunityAnnouncements/EWG%20Little%20League%2004-08.pdf

Friday, March 4, 2016

“Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way!”

What a great week this was at Wawaloam School!!

Dress Like Cat in the Hat Day!

“You have brains in your head; you have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”

Peanut Butter Collection for Washington Trust Bank

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”

Our Field Trip Today!

How to Make a Mistake Review

The "How to Make a Mistake" show is about becoming good mistake-makers by learning that admitting your mistake as soon as it happens is always best.

If you find yourself in front of your classmates and make a mistake that causes you to feel embarrassed, double tap your heart. This tells the teacher and the class that you acknowledge your mistake and feel a little silly. Your class can then silently respond by using the Ooch point and a double head nod that tells you that it's all good and that they understand. After all, EVERYONE makes mistakes and mistakes are okay.

Sometimes mistakes are bigger and require more from us. Here's what you do when you make a mistake that requires some cleaning up -

Admit it ("My mistake", double tap your chest over your heart)
Own it (Pull it in)
Clean it up (Table cleaning gesture)
Forgive yourself (Hug yourself)
Learn from it (Point to your brain)

When we make a mistake it always ends up better for us if we admit it RIGHT AWAY by saying, "My mistake". Putting it off, lying or blaming someone else will make it worse. Admitting it right away doesn't mean that we will not be embarrassed or get in trouble but it does mean that the damage (if any) will be minimal.

Owning it means that we fully accept responsibility for our mistake. It means that we don't make excuses or blame someone else.

Cleaning it up is a two step process -

The first step is to apologize (and really mean it.) Sometimes our mistakes require an apology and if we aren't sincere with our apology it does no good.

The second step is to ask how to fix the mistake and then do it. Often times there is something we can do to make it better. Sometimes there isn't but by asking we are letting others know that we are willing to clean it up.

To forgive yourself means that we don't continue to feel bad about the mistake. If we admitted it, owned it and cleaned it up then we have done all we can and can move forward. Sometimes we hold on to our embarrassment or shame and continue to punish ourselves long after the mistake has been made. It's important to remember that EVERYONE makes mistakes and that mistakes are NORMAL and OKAY.

To learn from our mistakes is of the utmost importance because if we truly we learn from our mistakes then we don't repeat those mistakes. When we learn, we become better people.