Whole School Mural
Color Birds by our 1/2 day K class
Paper Sculptures by our 2nd graders
Sculptures by our 5th graders
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013
Monster Mash!
What a fun community event on Friday! Thank you to our wonderful PTO for hosting this event. I saw so many creative student costumes. Families seemed to have a great time. Check out a few of the staff pictures below.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
What's the deal with the table?
A few weeks ago I posted a picture of a table in my office and left you wondering what it was... Please see below for a current picture of my table. You will notice student names written on it. As I get to know students through visits to my office, announcements, etc. I am asking them to sign my table. I hope that it will be filled with names of Barrows students by the end of the year!
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Why didn't students have school? What were the teachers doing today?
Today was an In-Service day for teachers and no school for students. So what did teachers do with their time today?
Barrows staff spent their day in a variety of trainings. All K-6 classroom and special education teachers and paraprofessionals participated in trainings on the new math curriculum with trainers from Math in Focus. Additionally they spent time collaborating with district-wide colleagues to create cover sheets for the new curriculum assessments that will be used as a communication tool with parents to indicate how students performed on their end-of-unit assessments.
Other work done today included preparation and planning for the new Health/Wellness curriculum, planning for individual student needs, viewing a presentation by Boston Children's Hospital, preparing for meeting students' social/emotional needs, updating literacy benchmarks, and creating District Determined Measures (DDMs.)
This work is key to your child's day-to-day learning and is not possible to complete in short periods of planning time and requires staff to work with their counterparts across the district. Although our teaching and learning time is our priority, this work will help us do the best job we can!
I encourage you to attend the information session about the Math in Focus program information session for parents that is taking place tomorrow, Wednesday, October 16th at 7:00 p.m. in the RMHS Performing Arts Center and will feature a guest presenter from Math in Focus.
Barrows staff spent their day in a variety of trainings. All K-6 classroom and special education teachers and paraprofessionals participated in trainings on the new math curriculum with trainers from Math in Focus. Additionally they spent time collaborating with district-wide colleagues to create cover sheets for the new curriculum assessments that will be used as a communication tool with parents to indicate how students performed on their end-of-unit assessments.
Other work done today included preparation and planning for the new Health/Wellness curriculum, planning for individual student needs, viewing a presentation by Boston Children's Hospital, preparing for meeting students' social/emotional needs, updating literacy benchmarks, and creating District Determined Measures (DDMs.)
This work is key to your child's day-to-day learning and is not possible to complete in short periods of planning time and requires staff to work with their counterparts across the district. Although our teaching and learning time is our priority, this work will help us do the best job we can!
I encourage you to attend the information session about the Math in Focus program information session for parents that is taking place tomorrow, Wednesday, October 16th at 7:00 p.m. in the RMHS Performing Arts Center and will feature a guest presenter from Math in Focus.
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Friday Assembly & a Thank You!
What an engaging assembly we had on Friday with Hero Artist Rob Surette, his speed painting, and inspiring words to our students. Check out some of our pictures below.
Also - a thank you to the Grant family for hosting me at their house for an evening meet & greet. I enjoyed the time with you and appreciate those that were able to take time to talk with me.
Also - a thank you to the Grant family for hosting me at their house for an evening meet & greet. I enjoyed the time with you and appreciate those that were able to take time to talk with me.
President Lincoln
Einstein
Who believes in themselves and know they will reach their dream?
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Barrows Update
Hello everybody!
I have to say, it really feels that we're off and rolling, students and staff are deep into learning, engaged in interesting lesson, and connected together as classroom communities.
Our all-school assembly on 9/18 students brainstormed lists of rules that would be important for our school community. This past week students had the opportunity to vote on the Barrows School rules and they identified their top 5. Check out the great ideas our students came up with:
BARROWS SCHOOL RULES
Everyday everyone should come to school knowing that Barrows is a safe place to be!
*Give your teachers, classmates, and school respect
*Be nice and include everyone
*No double-d behavior (dangerous/destructive)
*Always try your best
*Have fun
Clearly the Barrows School Community feels it is important to be respectful, be safe, try your best, and have fun! Nice work students!
Coming up on Friday we have another all-school gathering to enjoy an enrichment opportunity hosted by our PTO. We will view "Hero Art" a presentation. More information can be found here: http://www.amazingheroart.com/
I have to say, it really feels that we're off and rolling, students and staff are deep into learning, engaged in interesting lesson, and connected together as classroom communities.
Our all-school assembly on 9/18 students brainstormed lists of rules that would be important for our school community. This past week students had the opportunity to vote on the Barrows School rules and they identified their top 5. Check out the great ideas our students came up with:
BARROWS SCHOOL RULES
Everyday everyone should come to school knowing that Barrows is a safe place to be!
*Give your teachers, classmates, and school respect
*Be nice and include everyone
*No double-d behavior (dangerous/destructive)
*Always try your best
*Have fun
Clearly the Barrows School Community feels it is important to be respectful, be safe, try your best, and have fun! Nice work students!
Students participating in "That's Me!" (Ask your child about it!)
Coming up on Friday we have another all-school gathering to enjoy an enrichment opportunity hosted by our PTO. We will view "Hero Art" a presentation. More information can be found here: http://www.amazingheroart.com/
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Curriculum Night
Click here to provide feedback about our Curriculum Night: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/curriculumnightparentfeedback
Click here to see the presentation by Ms. Leonard and the PTO: http://www.edline.net/files/_sREkO_/2d122d312f9277753745a49013852ec4/curriculum_night_edline_posting.pdf
Click here to view photos from the Barrows Curriculum Night:
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Click here to see the presentation by Ms. Leonard and the PTO: http://www.edline.net/files/_sREkO_/2d122d312f9277753745a49013852ec4/curriculum_night_edline_posting.pdf
Click here to view photos from the Barrows Curriculum Night:
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Monday, September 16, 2013
Happy Monday!
Happy Monday - and what feels like FALL finally! :)
Thank you to the entire community for a wonderful Curriculum Night on Wednesday, September the 11th. I was amazed at the turnout, even with the high temperatures! Pictures will come soon and I will post the presentation from myself and Liz Whitelam (our PTO president) on the Barrows Homepage as a reference or for any family that was unable to make it.
Also, Thank you to Ms. Cashins for hosting a coffee meet & greet and inviting her neighbors over to meet and talk with me about our school. If you are able and interested please contact me to set up a time!
Finally... a little mystery for you. The table pictured below will help me measure how many of the Barrows students I've met. Wondering how? Check back in a few weeks to see!
Have a wonderful week!
~Ms. Leonard
Thank you to the entire community for a wonderful Curriculum Night on Wednesday, September the 11th. I was amazed at the turnout, even with the high temperatures! Pictures will come soon and I will post the presentation from myself and Liz Whitelam (our PTO president) on the Barrows Homepage as a reference or for any family that was unable to make it.
Also, Thank you to Ms. Cashins for hosting a coffee meet & greet and inviting her neighbors over to meet and talk with me about our school. If you are able and interested please contact me to set up a time!
Finally... a little mystery for you. The table pictured below will help me measure how many of the Barrows students I've met. Wondering how? Check back in a few weeks to see!
Have a wonderful week!
~Ms. Leonard
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Congrats Ms. DiGiovanni!
Congrats to our Barrows Special Education teacher Ms. DiGiovanni on the birth of her beautiful new baby girl Ava, born 9/9/13.
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Back-to-school picnic and Jail & Bail
The PTO hosted back-to-school picnic on Friday night was a great way to cap off the start to our school year. Many Barrows families pulled out the blankets and chairs, packed picnic dinners (or bought pizza to enjoy!) I had fun sharing the experience with my own family and watching the relaxed interactions between families and children playing on the playground.
Today at the Reading Fall Street Faire I was locked up in the Jail & Bail to support the Understanding Disabilities program. Thank you to everybody in the Barrows community for their support in bailing me out - even Dr. Doherty pitched in to bail me out. What a fun day and a great cause.
See pictures of both events below.
Today at the Reading Fall Street Faire I was locked up in the Jail & Bail to support the Understanding Disabilities program. Thank you to everybody in the Barrows community for their support in bailing me out - even Dr. Doherty pitched in to bail me out. What a fun day and a great cause.
See pictures of both events below.
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