Reeds Road Elementary

  Our Mission is to educate the students of the Reeds Road Elementary School, affording them significant opportunities suited to their age.  We will instruct them in Study Skills to achieve mastery of subject matter.  We will recognize individual kinds of educational experiences to meet the needs of each pupil.  We will instruct to meet the interest and needs of our children which bear a meaningful relationship to the present and future.  We will provide resources to be used with maximum efficiency in an environment in which any competition among our students is positive.  We encourage opportunities for teaching staff members and students to make recommendations concerning the operation of the schools.  We will provide diverse forms of constructive cooperation with parents/guardians and community groups.

First marking period report cards will be sent home with students on Tuesday, December 21, 2010.

ATTENTION Parent/Guardian

Drop-Offs:

Important!  Important!

        For the Safety of your children, please do not park in parking lot and allow students to run across lot/through-traffic lanes unescorted!

        Please drop children off at the curb—or park and walk them across areas with traffic.

Thank you……

       Mr. Terrence O’Connor

       Assistant Principal

The Reeds Road School will be conducting a can food and dry food drive beginning November 1st.  This is an effort to promote altruism and continue with the Reeds Road School’s Project H.O.P.E. (Helping Others Through Public Education).  There will be boxes in each child’s classrooms for the products.  Please have your children bring in non-perishable food items for families that live in our area beginning November.  Pick-up of holiday food will take place in late November.

Students must be in school (4) hours or more to be considered present for the day.  If you come to pick up your child before 1:00pm, and they do not return to school, your child will be marked absent. 

If your child does return to school, they must be present (4) hours to be counted for the day.

Preparing Your Child for School  -  Talk to your child about school.  Tell them about positive experiences you remember from your first days of school.  Talk to them about what they will learn in school.   Never use school as a threat, such as, “You can’t go to school today because you are bad.”  Parents and schools should be perceived as people and places that show unconditional love.  If the teacher sends a nice letter welcoming children to the classroom, share this letter with your children.  They will probably want to read it over and over.  Read to your child on a regular basis and let your child “read” to you.  Explain that in school the teachers will read to them and they there will be so many good books at school for them to read.  If you see a few tears when you are leaving the classroom, don’t worry.  The tears disappear once Mom or Dad leave.  A few tears may return if you meet your children after school, but be assured; that most tears disappear almost the minute parents are out of sight.   School personnel will identify children who continue to display anxiety about coming to school and who may need extra help in dealing with those anxieties.  The vast majority of children experience no difficulties with coming to school.  They are looking forward to being part of  a school population and the new adventures and experiences this milestone brings.  They will enjoy reading and learning and will express that joy.  Keep in close touch with your child’s teachers.  School is an ongoing partnership between teachers and parents.  You should continue to reinforce positive feelings about school by talking with your child about learning and achievement.  Model this advice by showing them that you are still learning, too.

We would like to congratulate our new 5^th grade Peer Mediators!  They are:

 Etezaz Ahsan

Sean DeMauro

Jessica Lin

Lauren Quinn

WHAT IS MEDIATION?

              Mediation is a way to settle differences caused by misunderstandings, name-calling, gossip, teasing and arguing. A neutral mediator helps students in the 4^th, 5^th, or 6^th grade who are in conflict to talk about the problem and cooperatively work out their  differences in a way that satisfies both parties. Mediation is a win-win process.

 WHO ARE THE MEDIATORS?

                The mediators are students who were selected by  their  peers and teachers, who have completed a training program in mediation techniques.

               A school counselor is present during the peer mediation session, but does not participate.

 WHAT IS THEIR JOB?

               Mediators help the students involved in a conflict understand each other’s point of view so that they can solve their problems themselves. Mediators do not decide who is wrong, but they are there to help the disputants find creative and workable solutions to their conflicts and disagreements. 

 WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM?

                To provide a positive process for solving student conflicts in the school community.

                To teach our students a practical life skill that will enable them to responsibly and constructively solve their own problems.

 Congratulations again to our new Peer Mediators!