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Smyth Road School Newsletter
January 2025
January News:
Happy New Year! May 2025 be a happy and healthy year for all!
Midyear Assessments: Hard to believe we have almost reached mid-year! All students in Kindergarten through 4th grade will be taking some sort of assessment in the coming days and weeks. These mid-year district assessments will provide some valuable data as we move forward with forming new WIN groups and intervention groups. Our students in Kindergarten through 2nd grade will complete assessments for both Language Arts and Math on the iReady platform while students in 3rd and 4th grades will take an interim assessment on the state SAS testing site. This is a practice test for the end of the year state test. In all cases we will be asking students to just do their best!
PTO: Our PTO will be meeting on Thursday, Jan 9th from 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Additionally there will be a flyer sent home electronically next week with additional dates for monthly meetings to come.
Smyth Road Original Musical Production: Mark the date on your calendars! Smyth Road students will be presenting an original musical for family, relatives and friends on Thursday, April 3rd at 6:30 p.m. This production will be held at Central High School’s Practical Arts Building. ALL students are invited to participate in this performance. Much more information to come, but for now, save the date!!!
Math night: Another save the date! Mrs. Walter will be hosting a Math night at Smyth Road on Wednesday, March 26th. Please also see Mrs. Walter’s monthly Math newsletter! January 2025 Math Newsletter
Vacation days during school: We realize many families take some vacation time when school is in session. Although you may inform us in advance of your vacation plans (which we appreciate), we are unable to turn off the daily notifications that your child is absent from school. We also are not able to excuse these absences. According to district policy, vacation days are considered unexcused absences. Thank you in advance for your understanding!
Progress Reports: We will be issuing the second trimester progress reports at the end of this month. Please be on the lookout for your child’s progress report which will be sent home Thursday, January 30th.
Holiday: Monday, January 20th is the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. There will not be school on Monday for students.
Students of the Month: We had our December Road Runner Rally before the Holiday break. Lots of students were recognized as students of the month because of their positive energy, great work ethic, and kind words and deeds. They also were recognized as being outstanding Smyth Road Runners! (Safe, Respectful and Responsible) This month we had many additional students recognized by staff members for their hard work and dedication in other areas of their day at Smyth Road.
Here are the December students of the month:
Kindergarten: Madeline Allman, Isabella Milligan, Ellie Mora
1st Grade: Chloe Mulligan, Kamdyn Bzdula, Milo Pasley
2nd Grade: Jace Boulay, Maya Cabral, Avery Gullo, Cynthia Giffin
3rd Grade: Russell Rossignol, Aubrey Perry, Kyliee Zimmerman
4th Grade: Jaylynn Bujnowski, Sophia Scadding, Katie Barrios Garcia, Alana Allman
Specials and Self-contained classrooms: Zionell Rodriguez, Aubrey Goodwin, London Vachon, Luca Diaz, Lincoln Dziomba, Marcus Milus, Enzo Mercer-Defillippi
Other Students of Month from additional specialists and instructional coaches:
Mohammad Faiz, Aeris Tucker, Daniela Petrucelli
Congratulations to our students!
January Dates and Events:
Thursday, January 9th: PTO meeting in library, 5 p.m.- 6 p.m.
Monday, January 20th: No School: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Thursday, January 30th: 2nd Trimester progress reports sent home