Happy Sunday Groton Dunstable Regional Middle School Families. I hope you had a great weekend. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms, grandmoms, dog moms, and dads or grandparents whom ever is the mom in your home.
Topic for all families:
You should have received an email from me last night about our high school students who are currently working on making “A World of Difference” in our schools. “A World of Difference” is part of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) programming which you can read more about at the following link. A World of Difference® Institute We are excited to share that this program will come to our middle school next year! We are starting to meet with a group of engaged and motivated teachers to make this a success. Although our GDRMS group will be an extension of the high school group, they will be creating their own purpose and goals connected to the culture and climate of our building and the developmental needs of our students. Selected students in the 7th and 8th grade will be trained, and part of their role will be to positively impact the other spaces and grade levels. All students selected will receive a permission slip to take home. Since we are in our first year of creating and implementing a process for selecting students, we want you to know that we are working to be as thoughtful as possible. Be on the lookout for additional updates in a future newsletter.
May is Mental Health awareness month. Our middle school guidance department wanted me to share this flier with you Mental Health Awareness Month.
Multilingual Family Welcome Night May 12th 6-7:30 South cafeteria. If you need more information please let me know.
Multilingual Family Welcome Night Pizza Party
Middle School PTO
Our PTO will generously be setting up a teacher appreciation luncheon catered by Salt and Light on Friday May 13th which is a half day. The PTO has created a Venmo account for families to be able to donate. You should have received an email last week with the Venmo information. If you wish to donate to the PTO please either use the Venmo account or send a check in with your child to their homeroom teacher. Thank you from the PTO
Parents of 5th and 6th grade
Math MCAS is Tuesday and Wednesday with Make-ups Thursday and Friday
Parents of Current Grade 6 and 7 Students
The mathematics course recommendations for the 2022-2023 school year was sent in an email to the primary parent/guardian email listed in Schoolbrains on Monday morning, May 2nd. Please look for this email from kgartland@gdrsd.org, Karen Gartland, K-8 mathematics supervisor. If you did not receive this email in your inbox by May 2nd please first check your spam folder. If you did not receive it, let me know by sending me an email and I will send it to the address that you request. As the information states, if you have any questions about the process please do not hesitate to contact Karen Gartland, M.Ed. K-8 Mathematics Supervisor kgartland@gdrsd.org 978-448-5505 X3810 The deadline for entering your placement request is this coming Friday May 13th.
Parents of Current Grade 5, 6 and 7 students
We want to remind you that the Human Growth and Development lessons will be delivered coed to fifth, sixth and seventh grade students during their science class. The date ranges for each grade level are as follows: Grade 7, May 2 - May 5; Grade 6, May 16-19; Grade 5, May 23-26. We completed the 7th grade this past week.
The initial communication was sent on March 27 informing parents of both of our parent informational meetings held before April break. If you did not have the opportunity to attend either of the parent informational meetings you can locate the overview of the lessons. You are also welcome to schedule a time to preview the curriculum. If you choose to opt your child out of the 2 day Human Growth and Development lesson you may find the Opt-Out Form here.
If you wish to schedule a time to review the lessons please contact myself at wsalvatore@gdrsd.org and Mrs. Pelletier at npelletier@gdrsd.org.
MCAS
Our MCAS schedule for this week is Tuesday and Wednesday May 10th and 11th grades 5 and 6 Math. The Math make-ups are Thursday and Friday.
END OF YEAR EVENTS
Friday night May 20th 7&8 grade dance in the Gym. This dance is not formal. Grade 8 teachers will send out more information.
June 1st 7th grade field trip
June 13th, rain date June 14th 6th Grade field day
June 15th Grade 8 Promotion Ceremony in the PAC 6-7pm.
MCAS/SBIRT SCHEDULE there is a 5th grade schedule change
ELA | SBIRT | ELA Makeups | Science | Science Makeups | Math | Math Makeups | |
Grade 5 | April 7 & 8 | N/A | April 26-28 | May 3 & 4 | May 5 & 6 | May 10 & 11 | May 12 & 13 |
Grade 6 | April 7 & 8 | N/A | April 26-28 | N/A | N/A | May 10 & 11 | May 12 & 13 |
Grade 7 | April 11 & 12 | April 13 | April 14; April 26-28 | N/A | N/A | May 17 & 18 | May 19 & 20 |
Grade 8 | April 11 & 12 | N/A | April 14; April 26-28 | May 3 & 4 | May 5 & 6 | May 17 & 18 | May 19 & 20 |
Community Happenings:
GDRSD Pre-K - 12 Fine Arts Festival Spring 2022
A week of art, music and performances from students of all ages!
Monday May 9th to Friday May13th
All Exhibits and Events at Groton-Dunstable Regional High School
All visual art exhibits grades PreK-12 will remain on display for the entire week, Mon-Fri 4-8pm
Tues. May 10th, 6:00pm
Middle School Drama Presentations &
Performances
Wed. May 11th, 6:00pm: Senior Art Show
Thurs. May 12th, 6:30pm
Swallow Union 4th Grade Singers &
High School Jazz Band
Fri. May 13th, Florence-Roche Music
Performances 4:30-7:30pm
(K 4:40, GR1-5:15, GR2-6:00, GR3 -6:45, G4-7:30)
Sincerely, your Groton Dunstable Regional Middle School Principal Ms. Wendy Salvatore