Weekly Bulletin

FRANCIS WYMAN SCHOOL - WEEKLY BULLETIN

March 1, 2013

Important Dates:

March 7           9am Parent Coffee at True North, all welcome!!

March 4 -22     Pennies for Patients, Student Council Fundraiser

March 4 – 8      Book Fair in the FW library

March 9         11th Annual Francis Wyman Family Carnival, 10:00am-2:00pm

March 12          1:30pm – Incoming K Story Hour

March 13        Report Cards go home

March 15      Grade 5 DARE Pizza Party, Fox Hill School, 6pm – 8pm

Francis Wyman Book Fair – March 4 - 8   8:30 – 2:30 (Friday closes at 12:00)

The book fair is a family event, so check with your child’s teacher to determine when the class is visiting the fair so you may join in the fun.  Look for the flyer to come home this week.

Carnival – We Need Your Help Desperately!

Attention Francis Wyman Elementary School PARENTS:

We NEED MORE PARENTS TO HELP OUT on Saturday, March 9^th from  11:30-1:30pm (second shift) at the annual school carnival. We need help with selling tickets at the ticket tables, running games in the auditorium, helping out at the game prize tables, and helping with food and raffle sales in the cafeteria. It’s a fun, social event for teachers, parents and kids alike, AND WE’D LOVE TO SEE SOME NEW FACES THIS YEAR! Please sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dEZSMEFIamk5X0tidjNhY1RJN3NJZWc6MA#gid=0

Email Kim Morin, our Volunteer Coordinator at kmorin33@bentley.edu with any questions.

We also need more kids to decorate and bring in cakes for the Cake Walk Game at the Carnival. Please email Tracey Stevens, our Cake Walk Game Coordinator at fwcakewalk@gmail.com  Tip: See examples of students’ decorated cakes from last year at: http://www.franciswymanpto.org/carnival/cakewalk.html

 It’s also not too late to donate a prize or a gift basket for the Carnival Raffle – Please email Deb Cote at dptvnews@yahoo.com with any questions.

 We look forward to seeing you at the Carnival on March 9… Thank you!!

Hairspray

You can’t stop the beat when Burlington High School performs the Tony Award-winning musical Hairspray. A family friendly show, performances will take place in the Fogelberg Performing Arts Center of BHS on March 15, 16, 22 and 23 at 7:30 and March 24 at 2:00 pm. For best seat selection buy your tickets now: online at www.BurlingtonTheatre.com or by phone with a credit card @ 781-A-FUN-TIC:  $10 for students/sr. citizens, $15 for adults.

Burlington PAC

The Burlington PAC would like to invite everyone to our annual Basic Rights presentation. Monday March 4 at 7:00 P.M. in the School Committee Room at Burlington High School. The room will open at 6:30 to allow parents to network, Maureen Ryan will present for the Federation for Children with Special Needs. Here is a little more information from the Federation:
 Basic Rights in Special Education: This workshop provides families with an introduction to their rights and responsibilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Massachusetts Special Education Law and No Child Left Behind (NCLB). It is designed to help parents learn how to be effective partners with their child’s school to decide the child’s eligibility for special education, and to plan, make decisions and monitor their child’s progress in school.
 For more information on this event or the Burlington PAC please contact Dennis McCarron at dandmmccarron@hotmail.com or 781-273-5663 or Lisa DeRosa at lmderosa@yahoo.com or 781-365-0124.

COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE PROGRAM IN BURLINGTON

Burlington Presbyterian Church and Farmer Dave’s, a sustainable farm in Dracut, MA, continue to bring locally-grown, fresh fruits and vegetables to the town of Burlington with a Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. In the CSA program, consumers receive a share of freshly-harvested produce throughout the growing season. Shares are picked up on Monday afternoons from 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. at Burlington Presbyterian Church, 335 Cambridge St.  The Spring season starts on March 18 and runs 12 weeks. Farmer Dave’s also offers vegetable shares (June-October), fruit shares (July-October), and late fall shares (November-December). For more information about 2013 CSA membership, contact Ginger Turner at (978) 349-1952 or visit www.farmerdaves.net to register.