With 15 days left of the school year, my message to the team is.. plan for solid engagement from now to the end, because this is the time that students can get a little "messy" if they don't have something concrete and engaging to work on. I know that at the end of the year, sometimes we want to "go easy" on kids as we wind down.. Well I say, wind it UP and have some fun at the same time!
Use up left over supplies in the art room with a fun art challenge. Do a mash up in music- those are super popular with kids on TikTok! I am sure you can plan waaay better tasks than I can list here. Just think about your time left (15 school days), and how you can use that time for kids to learn, play, and love what they do with you. At the elementary level, you may only see your kids a few more times, so plan for that.. do they need to make a cool art portfolio to take things home with at the end of the year? At the middle, you may see kids maybe a half dozen more times- what end of year tasks can you plan that get kids making, singing, playing, performing, that culminate the year meaningfully? Go for it!
In The News This Week:
- Middle School Concerts are ALLLLmost done! Morton will perform on June 7th, and their Morton's Got Talent will be on June 2nd! Break a leg, Morton!
- Henry Lord and Doran will be performing on 6/7 together! So excited for this in-school event!
- Durfee had their concert last week, and Talbot and Kuss were this week. A great job by all!
- Talbot had their own art exhibit outside of the auditorium! Great work, Linda and Kendra!
- Durfee brought back the PEP RALLY this year- we had the Marching Band, Chorus and a Rock Band perform at the event.. super cool to see the range of performance outlets we provide for kids.. so cool!
- The Small FRY (Fall River Youth) Concerts will be happening on 6/1 and 6/2- so excited to see our "littles" perform. We ordered them Small Fry stickers- soon to be another fun tradition we do with our kids..
On the Calendar:
- 6/3- Durfee Graduation
- 6/7-6/8- Durfee Science MCAS
- 6/14- Durfee Faculty Meeting
- 6/15- Durfee June Department Meeting
- K-8 June Department Meeting- your Lead teacher will email you!
- 6/20- Juneteenth no school
- 6/21- Early release for students
- 6/22- Early release for students- Last day of school
Thanks everyone. I know this year has been hard. I want you to know that this system would NOT RUN without you. Each and every one of you make this city school system work. Your kids need you. They love you. And so does this lady.
-Jackie
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