Dear Families,

What a wonderful turnout for the Fall Festival on Saturday — thank you to all our families who braved the rainstorm to join us and make this such a successful event!  And thank you to the PTO fall festival committee who worked so hard on everything and the volunteers who made it all happen.  The teacher treat raffle winners will be announced at school on Monday — good luck to everyone who participated!

Thank you also to everyone who made Walk and Roll to School Day a success on Thursday, especially our Safe Routes to Schools Coordinator, Wendy Lennon.

Quick reminder that we have an early release day this Thursday, November 1st.  Students will be dismissed at 12:30.

The PTO and the school also wanted to express our thanks to Rebecca Schmidt for organizing our Understanding our Differences program.  Understanding Our Differences is a nonprofit organization working in partnership with the Newton Public Schools to provide a unique and creative disability awareness program for elementary school children in grades 3-5.  This past Wednesday, the third grade students learned about low vision/blindness through a series of small group exercises, including making their own Braille messages.  And coming up on Friday, the fifth graders will be doing a unit on intellectual disabilities.  Thank you to all our parent volunteers who come in to assist with this valuable program.

Please mark your calendar:

* Thursday, November 1st:  Early Release Day — 12:30 dismissal
* Sunday, November 4th:  Daylight Saving Time: Turn your clocks back one hour
* Tuesday, November 6th:  Election Day (volunteers needed for the Election Day bake sale)
* Monday, November 12th:  Veterans Day observed — No School
* Tuesday, November 13th:  PTO meeting from 6:30-7:30pm in the library
* Wednesday, November 21st:  Early Release Day — 12:30 dismissal
* Thursday, November 22nd & Friday, November 23rd:  Thanksgiving Recess — No School

Thanks very much, and have a great week!

Principal Morrissey