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Halloween
Late fall means it is time to think about Halloween and the annual pumpkin carving that takes place with all Newton students. This year students will carve pumpkins in their Roadrunner groups at 9:00 on October 31st. The creations are used as a display for the PTA’s Halloween events. Classroom volunteers are welcome to help support students in these groups. If you are interested in coming to school to help, please let classroom teachers or the office know. Thank you to the PTA for continuing to support this event. It began during the pandemic, but has become a cherished school event. Please remember we are not wearing costumes at school this year.
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Newton Athletics
Soon teams will wrap up another successful soccer season. Thank you to all the families, players and coaches who made this possible. This also means it is time to begin to consider winter sports. Linked here is a survey to gauge the interest in basketball this winter. If your child/children are interested in participating in basketball at Newton, please complete the survey below. These results will be used to determine the number of teams at Newton.
Health
A reminder to monitor your child for any signs of illness. In the past two weeks, Newton has seen a significant rise in student and staff illness. Please monitor symptoms of flu, cold or COVID. Test kits are available to families if needed, and you are always welcome to contact the school if you have any questions about illness, symptoms or attendance. Currently our protocol for positive cases of COVID is five days of isolation.
A reminder that there is no school on November 9th for teacher in-service, and we honor Veterans Day on November 10th. The Newton School will be closed both days.
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Public Forum - Strafford School Board and the Strafford Community
The Strafford School Board invites you to a Public Forum on Sunday, October 29 at 1:00 pm at the Rosa Tyson Gym. Childcare will be provided by WRVSU. Drop-off starts at 12:45pm in the downstairs of Barrett Hall. This is an opportunity for the school board to hear from the Strafford community about your current thoughts, feelings, and concerns regarding the Newton School—how it is being run, how it can improve, how the school board functions, changes you’d like to see, appreciations that you have. The forum will be moderated by Kelly Green from Randolph. Kelly has helped the city of Randolph as a town meeting moderator and school board meeting facilitator, as they have worked through recent challenging situations. She comes highly recommended to us by the Orange County Restorative Justice Center. The board is committed to hearing what our community has to say, and to participating in a healing process. This is the first step in that process. Please come and share with us what is important to you. All are welcome—parents, students, teachers, faculty, and concerned citizens. This will be an in person and virtual meeting.
Thank you,
The Strafford School Board
Sarah Root, Dustin Ray, Maggie Hooker, Eric Lopez and Jessica Tidman
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Thursday, October 26
Picture Day
Friday, October 27
Roadrunner Day/12:00 Dismissal
Sunday, October 29
School Board Public Forum, 1:00PM
November 6-8
Student-Led Conferences
November 6
PTA Meeting, 7PM
November 7
School Board Meeting, 5:30PM
November 9-10
No School
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COVID19
Here is a link whereby a family can order up to 4 COVID tests for free; and another link to assist parents in COVID19 infection that allows one to input specific data based on your situation in terms of symptom onset, test date and fever timing.
FLU VACCINES/CLINIC via HEALTH HUB
There will be another flu clinic coming up, held here at Newton School. Please stay posted for the upcoming date. Those that were not able to be vaccinated yet will be added to the list for this next clinic. Please notify Nurse Kerri if you have changed your plans and since received your flu vaccine elsewhere.
BICYCLE SAFETY
As the days get shorter, please remember to wear bright colors when riding bikes during the morning and evening hours!
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Kindergarten
Ms. Kicza
Here is what we’ve been up to in kindergarten:
• We read Where Are You Going Manyoni?, Running the Road to ABC, and My First Day, all books about children in different parts of the world getting to school in different, exciting ways.
• After reviewing the many books we’d read about school, everyone wrote and illustrated to tell which was their favorite book about school and why. They did great at their first writing project!
• At forest day we used our coyote noses to smell herbs, then had a story, snack, and playtime.
• The first graders built us a coat and backpack hanger for the forest classroom! They wrote us a note about it, and we wrote back to say thank you for their hard work and that we loved it.
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First Grade
Ms. Fisk
This week we started to make our Magnificent Things. We are making mindful boxes with the help of Mr. Hunter Grossman, sand timers, stuffed animals, and fidgets for focus. We have had to use our habits of character. On Thursday we went to the outdoor classroom and set it up for the day! Thank you to all of the families who helped gather supplies and a special thank you to Hunter for volunteering in the classroom.
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Second Grade
Ms. Giampietro
This week in second grade, students participated in a few team building activities, and created a class book about Fred the frog. We started a new unit in math that connects to the tale of Jack and the Beanstalk to help second graders practice counting and place value.
We had so much fun exploring on the Hike for Hunger. Our class is also excited to share that we won the golden trashcan last week for having the cleanest classroom!
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3/4 ELA & Social Studies
Ms. Denney
Last week, third graders constructed a response to a choice text they read about a learning challenge. Students then shared what they've enjoyed and found challenging about their text with the class. Fourth graders have continued to analyze poems mentioned in Love That Dog. After discussing what they noticed and wondered about the poems "The Tiger" by William Blake and "dog" by Valerie Worth, students began to analyze the differences between prose and poetry.
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Spanish
Ms. Katie
¡Hola familias! In Spanish class, we have been starting to learn about the alphabet, numbers, and Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). We will be celebrating Día de los Muertos as a group by making crafts and learning about various traditions surrounding this amazing holiday. We will have an altar (una ofrenda) as a class. Here is an awesome photo of students dancing along to "Soy Yo" by Bomba Estéreo!
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Library/Media
Simone
The fifth grade received a visit by Max Seidman of Resonym Games, a board and table top game company out of Hanover. Max talked to students about the game design process, and the process of bringing a game from idea to market. Then, the students play-tested one of Resonym's newest games, called Avant Card. Not yet on the market, Max observed and noted their game play, which he and his team will use to make the game even better before it goes into production.
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