NOVEMBER IMPORTANT DATES

Canned Food Drive NOV 1 - Nov 17

• NOV 1 Parent Teacher Conferences 3:15-5:15
• Nov 7 No School - Election Day
• Nov 8 Picture Retakes
• Nov 9 - PTG Meeting @ 6:30
• Nov 10 - Popcorn & School Spirit
• Nov 13 - No School Veteran's Day
• Nov 21 Grade 2 Musical
• NOV 22-Nov 24 Thanksgiving Recess
• Nov 28 & Nov 29 Vision Screening
• Nov 30 Parent Teacher Conferences 3:15-5:15
• Dec 1st - St. George's Visit Aquidneck for Culture Day

AQUIDNECK SCHOOL

ATTENDANCE REPORT

Currently Aquidneck has 27 students that are on the track to be chronically absent.

That is 8.9% of our students.

Aquidneck is ranked 32 out of 271 schools in RI.

Lets work to make Aquidneck #1!!!!

Please make sure that your child is coming to school each and every day.

ATTENDANCE RESEARCH

• School attendance is a powerful predictor of student outcomes. 
• Rhode Island defines chronic absenteeism as the percentage of students who miss 10% or more of school days during the year (or two days per month).
• Research shows that chronic absenteeism is associated with a number of negative consequences for students
• including lower achievement
• disengagement from school
• course failure
• increased risk of dropping out.
• Attendance each day is even more critical to help get students on track in the wake of the pandemic. 
• We know some absences are unavoidable, but any absence makes it more difficult for children to keep up with the daily learning needed to grow and succeed.

AQUIDNECK SCHOOL

SNACK CABINET

Please help our school start

a snack cabinet!

Looking for parents to donate peanut free snacks to students that don't have a daily snack.

Donated snacks will be put into a basket in each classroom for students that need snack.

Some healthy snacks include pretzels, fruit cups, animal crackers, popcorn, goldfish, applesauce, etc

ALL DONATIONS CAN BE SENT TO THE MAIN OFFICE

REMINDER

Students should not be bring cell phones to school. Also smart watches should not be used during the school day. This is clearly stated in the Aquidneck handbook.

Please don't call your child's cell phone or text them during the school day, as this is disruptive to the class.

If you need to get a message to your child, please call the main office.

Thank you for your help with this issue.

Grade Level

Behavior Assemblies

Coming up in the next week or so, I will be meeting with each grade to discuss the school rules.

BE SAFE, BE RESPONSIBLE, AND BE RESPECTFUL

Please during this time, reinforce our school rules at home. Please look our handbook or click below to see the behavior presentation. Please read over the rules with your child and discuss ways that your child can be safe, responsible and respectful at school.

SHARKIE GEAR SALE

Please use the links below

to order your Sharkie Gear

The online store will be open until November 1

Orders will be delivered by 11/16 to school

When filling out the order form

please include your child's name and classroom

Example - Erica Bulk - 1S or 1 Silvia

PICTURE RETAKES ARE SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 2023

PLEASE EMAIL MRS. GROFF AT mgroff@mpsri.net IF YOU PLAN ON HAVING YOUR CHILD'S PICTURE RETAKEN.

OUR PICTURE ID # IS EVTCDHNJP

POPCORN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!

PLEASE SIGN UP ON THE LINK BELOW.

Check out our school website

for important back to school information

Last week our students had a special visitor in the Cafeteria during all 3 lunches.  Chartwells new Resident Dietician came and shared a healthy recipe with our students. Taylor Puls MS RD LDN, made a salad focusing on locally grown fall apples. Most of the children wanted to try it and ALL of the students who tried it LIKED IT!

I was so happy to hear several children ask for the recipe so their families could make it at home.

So here it is- l hope you try it!



Nurse Rosa