School Community Newsletter- December 2019
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The holidays are fast approaching and once again, the Narragansett School System and the
Jonnycake Center of Peace Dale
are partnering to help brighten the holidays for local children this year.
If you are a family that would like to donate, suggested gifts are clothing, art supplies, games, toys, beauty products sports equipment or gift cards for Walmart, Amazon
, Wakefield Mall retailers, Marshalls, VISA/Mastercard, and/or Game Stop. Please mail or deliver gifts by
December 17th
to the Jonnycake Center of Peace Dale, 1231 Kingstown, Peace Dale, RI 02879.
If you are or know of a family that needs help with holiday gifts, please sign up with Jenny at the Jonnycake Center at 789-1559 ext.15 or by visiting 1231 Kingstown Road in Peace Dale as soon as possible.
If you have any questions, please call Jenny Allen at 401-789-1559 ext. 15 or contact your school secretary.
Thank you in advance and happy holidays!
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School Committee Updates
Each month, our School Committee gathers at Town Hall to discuss the current year, future goals, and initiatives taking place in our school system. We are pleased to share this great information through a
School Committee Summary
. To view our most recent summary, please click below.
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Upcoming Budget Dates
*Please be advised that if dates/times change for any reason, we will be sure to update you.
Budget Workshop:
12/16/19 | 6:30 pm
Budget Workshop:
3/4/20 | 5:30 pm
Budget Workshop:
3/11/20 | 5:30pm
Budget Workshop:
3/16/20 | 5:30pm
Public Hearing on Budget:
3/23/20
Budget Workshop if needed
04/27/20| 6:30pm
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Hidden in Plain Sight: A Quick Learning Opportunity For Parents of Teens
A Message from our Friends at the Narragansett Prevention Partnership:
Parents, do you ever feel like you were a teen so long ago that you no longer understand the world teens live in?
On Wednesday, December 11th , Narragansett Prevention Partnership is pleased to present “Hidden in
Plain Sight” for NHS parents to help you understand how some teens think about substance use.
In the hour before the NHS Winter Concert, NPP will offer three 20-minute parent tours of a mock teen bedroom in a classroom down the hall from the auditorium. Here, you’ll learn some of the clues that a teen might be experimenting with or using drugs or alcohol, and you’ll learn some of the ways adolescent substance users might disguise their use. This tour will help you sharpen your parenting detective skills so you can help keep your kids safe.
If you are attending the concert, this is a great opportunity to fill the time while your student is warming
up for his/her performance! Space in each of the 20-minute
Hidden in Plain Sight
sessions will be limited, so please email your time choice to
narraprevention@gmail.com
to pre-register for this event by noon on Wednesday, December 11th. Your pre-registration will be confirmed via email.
- Session 1 begins at 6:00 pm
- Session 2 begins at 6:20 pm
- Session 3 begins at 6:40 pm
Please note:
this event is for parents only. Students will be asked to wait in the hallway near the auditorium. Parents with younger students can plan to attend a different session than a partner/friend so that children will not be left unattended.
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Assistant Principal of the Year
This month, in honor of our educator highlight, we are excited to announce that Mr. Toby Gibbons has been selected as the Rhode Island Assistant Principal of the year!
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Congratulations Toby Gibbons, RIASP Assistant Principal of the Year!
NHS Principal Dan Warner nominated Mr. Gibbons back in October due to his work at Narragansett High School and how greatly it has influenced the many students and faculty he has worked with over the past 7 years that he has served in this role.
Mr. Gibbons was honored at a ceremony at Narragansett High School this Wednesday morning, December 4th with the entire faculty and student body in attendance. The executive director of the RIASP, Don Rebello, was present as well to announce that Mr. Gibbons was chosen.
Principal Warner shared that the assistant principal is truly the day to day operations for the school. Mr. Gibbons spends a majority of time with students and faculty, helping in whichever ways needed. One of the most recent crucial pieces to his role was how he showed unparalleled support when Principal Warner was on medical leave for 4 months receiving his life-saving kidney transplant last December. Mr. Gibbons stepped in as the interim principal and seamlessly continued Principal Warner's vision so the school didn’t miss a beat.
When Principal Warner was asked, the three words that describe Mr. Gibbons are advocate, personable, and visionary. Students can count on him to meet their needs while holding a strong respect for his discipline, which enables students to continually achieve success.
On May 20th, 2020 at 5pm, a formal recognition dinner is planned in Cranston where Mr. Gibbons will join the new Rhode Island Principal of the Year as well as all the first year principals across the state to celebrate this well-deserved accolade. Tickets will be available for purchase as the event nears if you wish to join in the event!
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Narragansett Elementary School
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Important NES Dates!
December 10th & 12th-
Parent Teacher Conferences (3:45-6:45pm)
December 11th-12th
- Holiday Bazaar
December 12th-
After School Movie Night hosted by NHS (3:45-6:45pm)
December 19th-
Storyteller performance for students
December 23rd-January 1st-
NO SCHOOL- Winter Break
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2019 Holiday Bazaar Donations
It's time for our annual holiday bazaar! Every year, Grade 1 - Grade 4 students shop for their parents and family members at this NES event.
We are accepting donations to make this event successful. Each grade is assigned a category to donate from.
First Grade
- Any Holiday themed items
Second Grade
- Pets and children's toys such as-small stuffed toys,puzzles action figures etc.
Third Grade
- Beauty and Bath items like lotions, soaps,nail polish, tea towels, jewelry, candles, healthy living items, cooking and kitchen etc….
Fourth Grade
- Cold Weather Items such as snow scrapers, hats, gloves, scarves, hot chocolate, coffee mugs, kitchen/cooking supplies etc.
Please drop off all donations by December 6th.
Either you or your child can drop them off in the main office.
Shopping days will be scheduled for December 11th and 12th during school. Be on the lookout for an envelope with your child's date for shopping.
Proceeds from this event will benefit cultural experiences and assemblies for students. As always, thank you for your support!
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NES Grant Award Winners!
Recently, two NES teachers were awarded grant funding to provide learning supplies for their classrooms.
Congratulations to Michelle Haskell and Kristin Gerard for successful grant applications!
Kristin applied to DonorsChoose.org to fund literacy and math stations in her kindergarten classroom. She has written 3 grants and been awarded two so far.
Michelle was awarded a $450.00 WCCU Teachers Grant to "Rev Up STEM" (science, technology, engineering and math) in her first grade classroom. This grant was sponsored by Westerly Credit Union.
Congratulations to our educators who are making such a positive impact in their classrooms!
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Upcoming PTO Meetings
The PTO provides the school community with many student and family friendly events. If interested in joining the PTO, please join them for their meetings every other month at 7:00.
Place to be Determined.
January 14th
March 10th
May 3rd
There are many ways you can support by lending a hand at any one of the events.
Please contact President, Sherri McNeice: smcneiece1112@icloud.com
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NES Adult Learning
Teachers are always working to expand their knowledge and strategies.
Each month, the staff is learning about building a better school family. Everyone on staff has received the book
Creating the School Family
by Dr. Becky Bailey. On their own and with monthly professional development, they are working to increase teaching time, foster academic success and decrease behavior issues through components of Conscious Discipline.
Teachers and staff are working this into their daily routines to show students how much they are cared for and how the classroom and school is a part of their family.
Both staff and students are learning the value of being in a safe environment for living and learning.
Coming this Winter- Parent Workshop
Stay tuned for information on an upcoming workshop for parents called
Introduction to Conscious Discipline for Parents.
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Narragansett Pier Middle School
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Important Pier School Dates!
D
ecember 11th-13th
PTO Holiday Gift Shop
December 12th-
Winter Concert 7-9
December 23rd-January 1st-
NO SCHOOL- Winter Break
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Still Time To Buy Your Yearbook!
Yearbook Club is off and running and yearbooks can be ordered online directly through Lifetouch by using the link below. You can also fill out a form available in the office or in your students' homeroom.
When ordering, please use
Yearbook ID Code: 11927120
Purchase yours today to guarantee your student receives one as quantities are limited!
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Students Performing at Statehouse
On Tuesday, December 17th, the 6th, 7th & 8th Grade Chorus will be performing at the RI State House for the holidays. The Pier School has been chosen to perform each holiday for more than 15 years.
Students will be performing at 10:30 AM and it will be broadcast live on Capitol TV, which is Channel 1061 on Cox Communications, on Cox and Full Channel on Channel 15, and on Channel 34 on Verizon FIOS.
It will also be streaming live online, which you can access on event day by clicking the button below.
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We are excited to share with you this year's RI All-State Music results! Please congratulate the below Pier School students who were accepted to this year's All-State Band, Orchestra, Jazz, and Chorus ensembles:
Junior All-State Band
Luke Laplante
Raymond McConnell
Sydney Raynes
Maggie Taplin
Junior All-State Chorus
Kathryn Bootle
Skyelyn Bozzi
Arianna Hughes
Ava Irarragorry
Jaelin Lindsey
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Important NOVEMBER High School Dates!
December 11th-
NHS Winter Concert
December 23rd-January 1st-
NO SCHOOL- Winter Break
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NHS Robotics Update
Earlier this month, the NHS Robotics Team had their first scrimmage of the year, leading up to the qualifier in January.
After 5 rounds of qualifying matches and 5 finals matches, the team finished in 2nd and also scored the most match points overall!
Congratulations to the teams on this wonderful achievement and enjoy this video of one of their last matches by clicking on the image.
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Students Headed to Science Conference in San Diego Need Your Help!
On February 16th-20th, 2020, thirteen high school honors students are planning to attend a conference in San Diego to showcase their poster projects.
These Juniors submitted abstracts to the American Geophysical Union's
Ocean Sciences Meeting
and found out in early November that their projects were accepted for a special
K-12 Student Poster Presentation
. The abstracts and experiments the students are currently conducting all relate to the environmental impacts that affect a coastal state such as ours. One example of a project is focused on photodegradation, which is the alteration of materials by light. Students placed plastics in 4 different tanks full of saltwater where UV lights act as the sun and show various forms of the plastics breaking down slowly as they would in an ocean.
These projects are driven under the leadership of Science Teacher Kathy Couchon. She introduced the Ocean Sciences Meeting to the Eco-Club, then to the AP Biology Class where student groups formed and began working on projects tailored for presentations and opportunities like these. At the event, students will join students from across the country to present their scientific posters in a fair-like setting and speak with career scientists, grad students, undergrads, and other K-12 presenters to share an overview of their research and findings.
The students shared that they are excited to see opportunities like these available through the school and through teachers who help provide programs that will be beneficial in college essays, college applications and in future careers.
Help support the trip!
The high school will be leading fundraisers between now and the trip to help finance travel. So far, the students have in-school snack sales planned and are in the process of planning additional ways to raise funds. We'll be sure to share as they are planned! If you would like to help support or have a fundraising idea, please contact Kathy Couchon.
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We are excited to share with you this year's RI All-State Music results! Narragansett High School students once again represented our school so very well. Please congratulate the below students who were accepted to this years All-State Band and Chorus.
RI All-State Chorus Students:
Selina Amargo
Charlie Baer
Noah Boldt
Juhree Casey
McKenzie Gardner
Alex Gould
Josh Hanby
Mackenzie Killilea
Evan Marley
Isabella McElroy
Shayelin O'Connor
Kimberly Perry
Gabriella Pimental
Natalie Portillo
Nathanael Richard
Georgia Schiffer
Sofia Sweet
RI All-State Band Students:
Rianna Dunne
Ava Orabona
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NHS Athlete of the Month- November
The athletics department has developed a way to share the many successes of their athletes. The new Athlete of the Month campaign highlights a student who exemplifies sportsmanship, dedication, and standout participation in any sports offered at the school. Students receive a certificate as well as their head shot featured on the wall in athletics for the entire month.
Congratulations to the November athletes of the month!
Lauren Aldrich, Junior, Girls Volleyball
Lauren helped push the girls volleyball team into the playoffs for the second year in a row. In the quarterfinal match, Lauren led the team in Kills, Digs and Aces.
Brian Vaganek, Senior, Football
Brian scored 2 touchdowns during the Turkey Bowl Game against Exeter West Greenwich/Prout. One of which was an interception that was returned for a touchdown. Brian's touchdowns and defense not only helped his team to a victory, winning 41-18, but he was also personally awarded with Defensive Player of the Game.
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Narragansett Elementary School
55 Mumford Rd, Narragansett, RI 02882
(401) 792-9420
Narragansett Pier Middle School
235 S Pier Rd, Narragansett, RI 02882
(401) 792-9430
Narragansett High School
245 S Pier Rd, Narragansett, RI 02882
(401) 792-9400
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