February 23, 2018

PWS PrinciPal’s News

PWS Families,

We love to continue to share the experiences we have with our students. This week, while we were at lunch, we found ourselves with K Plus students. Without prompting, one of the K Plus students came up to us and asked if we wanted to see how he could pretend to cry. He then demonstrated this cry and then very proudly stated, “ This is how I get my mom to do things for me.” We were quite entertained and are sure this mom is very proud of his acting abilities.

We began this week with Third and Fourth graders participating in their Invention Convention. We were able to get around and judge the many wonderful inventions and Rube Goldberg contraptions. A special thank you to Mrs. Kara Speaker for putting together this event. In the end the winners were:

Grade 3

Rube Goldbergs

David Bergeron - Roll a Dice

Wilson Quick - The Water Dumper

Akshara Kilari - Raise a Flag

Challenge:

Cam Finnerty - Slow Stop Skis  

Liam Shannon - Hip Hip Hooray

Inventions:

Jake LaCroix - Shower Signal

Aaria Ahdi - Smart Feet

Grade 4

Rube Goldbergs

Logan Kundert - Saving the Rat

Original Inventions

Mary Suozzo:  Healthy Desk Pack

Luc Caouette:  The Fridge Pumper

Colby Therrien:  Puppy Umbrella

Finally, as you know this week we celebrated PWS Spirit Week with students wearing their favorite sports team items, dressing up as adults, their wackiest attire, favorite characters, and  finally their most comfortable pajamas. Here are some of our favorite pictures from this week’s Spirit days and today’s Third and Fourth Grade combined TInker Day.

Have a great vacation,

Cheryl Daley (Principal)

Dan Mitchell (Assistant Principal)

Upcoming Dates to Remember

Monday, Feb. 26- Friday, March 2	February Vacation
Wednesday, March 28 7:00- 8:15	“Understanding How to Parent So that Children Can Succeed:  Addressing Childhood Anxiety and its Potential Pathway towards Substance Abuse” with Jessica Lahey BHS Auditorium

News from PWS

News from Mrs. Clark, School Counselor

Conflict versus bullying!  Check out the PWS School Counselor's link below to find out how to tell the difference, and how they are managed at school.

https://sites.google.com/a/bedfordnhk12.net/peterwoodbury_clarkr/

From the Superintendent

No Announcements at this time.

From the PTG

The PTG and BeBOLD ARE EXCITED TO CO-SPONSOR A PRESENTATION FOR ALL PARENTS & GUARDIANS

Wednesday, March 28th from 7-8:15 pm at BHS Auditorium

“Understanding How to Parent So that Children Can Succeed:  Addressing Childhood Anxiety and its Potential Pathway towards Substance Abuse”

Special guest speaker Jessica Lahey veteran teacher, journalist, and author of The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed.

Jessica Lahey will provide insight on how to raise kids who are happy and healthy and less likely to turn to destructive coping strategies, including ways to prevent childhood addiction. Lahey will also share research on the most effective ways to parent and support the psycho-social and emotional needs of our children.  Additionally, she will outline risk factors, explain which positive interventions can overcome those risk factors, and offer parents and teachers actionable, useful tools for raising happy, resilient children who will be less likely to turn to unhealthy behaviors when faced with the increasingly toxic stress and anxiety they face at home, in school and in our society. This event is open to all parents/guardians.

The 45-minute presentation will be followed by a 30-minute question and answer session.

PANERA & PTG

Planning a stay-cation next week…take a night off from cooking and join us at our Bedford PTG Night at Panera (Colby Court) on Thursday, March 1st anytime between 4-8pm.  Be sure to bring your Panera Flyer with you.  

COLOR BLAST FUN RUN COMMUNITY EVENT…

Save the date Sunday, June 3rd! Registration opens in March. Check out Color Blast Fun Run for more information.

STAY CONNECTED to PTG

Please visit our PTG WEBSITE and be sure to “like” our  FACEBOOK PAGE to see all the exciting things happening at our schools. Thank you for your support!

HAVE A WONDERFUL FEBRUARY VACATION!

From the Community

No Announcements at this time.

Repeated News & Messages

Bedford Early Education Program  (BEEP) is accepting registrations for the 2018-2019 School Year.  We have space available in many of our 3 and 4 year old classrooms.  Please contact Roberta Keane, BEEP Coordinator at (603) 627-1776 x23216 or keaner@sau25.net.

BEEP  is a regular early childhood program  providing the opportunity for typically developing three and four year old children and children identified as having special needs to learn and play together.  We believe active participation and concrete learning experiences make learning more meaningful for the children and best serve their development and learning.  All the children are provided a multi-sensory learning environment in which they utilize all senses in learning new concepts.  Language development and social skills are emphasized throughout the integrated curriculum.  Implementation of specialized intervention within natural situations occurs without disrupting the curriculum and educational routines of the classroom.

Staff:

Classrooms are staffed by certified educators with a background in early childhood and special education.  In addition, our staff includes a licensed speech and language pathologist, a speech assistant, licensed occupational therapist, occupational therapy assistant, licensed physical therapist, classroom assistants and a program coordinator.  Educational consultants are available as needed.  Throughout a BEEP day, each classroom has a teacher and assistant at all times, and other therapists and paraprofessionals may join the classroom periodically.

Programs:

·Classroom programs for 3 and 4 year olds are provided two, three, four, or five days a week for 2 ½ hours a day.

·The Intensive Needs program offers the opportunity for an individualized self-contained, or partially self-contained program..

·For more specifics, contact the BEEP Program Coordinator.

Class Times:

Morning session:  8:10 to 10:40 am

Afternoon session:  11:40 to 2:10 pm

Contact us:

Bedford Early Education Program  (BEEP)

Memorial School

55 Old Bedford Road

Bedford, New Hampshire 03110

603-627-1776 X23216

Snow Day Lunch Info./Announcements

Some parents across the district have asked if there is a rule of thumb when determining the lunch menu on the day following a snow day.  There is no rule, as the menu for that day is dependent upon what was on the menu the day of the snow day, what prep the kitchen had to do, and what fresh produce the kitchen had ordered.  Therefore, our district’s Food Service Director (Emily Murphy) has decided to provide an announcement on the SAU’s website (www.sau25.net) in the District News box, which will detail, by school, what the hot lunch offering will be the day following the snow day.  This information will be available the day of the snow day.