A note from Principal Stetson
Dear Rochester families,
This week, student learning has been full speed ahead! In library class students are learning how the library is organized and making their own book spines. Stay tuned for photos of our whole school organized as a library! With the second trimester of the school year coming to a close next week, please watch your email and Thursday folders for more information around Parent Teacher conferences.
Winter Wellness Week 5 Reminders:
Tomorrow will be week 5 of winter wellness at Pico and on campus. This is our last week of Winter Wellness! As a reminder please make sure of the following:
- Your student arrives to school promptly at 8 a.m.! The bus departs @ 8:10!
- Your student arrives dressed for the outside - this includes with snow pants, winter jacket, hats, glove & winter boots!
- If your student is bringing their own equipment - make sure it is labeled with their name!
- Students should bring their helmet if they have one!
- If they have their own Pico pass they should bring that with them as well.
Thank you to all the parent volunteers who have helped make our program a success!
Please note: Students will bring home their Pico passes this week for continued use for the duration of the season that Pico is open, scheduled through April 2 (snow conditions could change the closing date). They can access the resort on any operational day for the remainder of the season, with their student pass. If your child had rental equipment during Winter Wellness, they can continue to use this as well by visiting the rental office. On Sundays adults get half priced tickets with VT student passes.
Enrichment block starts tomorrow!
Friday, following Winter Wellness, students will have their first opportunity to experience enrichment blocks - before signing up for specific areas in the future. Over the course of March 10th and March 24th students will have the opportunity in multi-age groups to rotate through the following areas: crafts, cooking, science and games. Stay tuned for recipes, science projects and more coming home!
Have you noticed?
Have you noticed an improvement in your student's spelling ability? Starting in November with grades 1-6 we began implementing the program Spelling Mastery for all students. Students take a quick ten-word spelling quiz and then are placed in the appropriate level based on their success on the quiz. Spelling Mastery focuses on explicit and direct instruction as well as asking students what sounds they hear in a word before the student spells a word. We do not move on until students have met mastery of spelling sounds and words. Throughout the school day now we frequently hear students sounding out words and spelling words correctly instead of asking how to spell a word. Do you see this at home? When your student asks you to help spell a word ask them what sounds they hear first, and prompt what letters make those sounds, then try and spell the word together that way.
As always if you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
Ms. Stetson
(802) 767-4632
lstetson@wrvsu.org
