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Taylor Made News April 2016

Principal’s Message:

Thankfully it seems that weather has finally changed and matches the Spring season! April seems to be author month for our students. Yesterday author and poet Jeff Nathan visited our third grade classes and worked with our students and teachers on the writing process. I hope families enjoyed last night’s fun filled evening of Jeff’s entertainment, word games, songs, and book signing.

We celebrated another Breakfast of Champions in March! Our fourth grade champions, were Ryan Flaherty, Isabelle Chamberlin, and Molly Conger nominated by the teachers for demonstrating trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, effort, fairness, compassion, and citizenship. Congratulations to our Champions!

Reminder of our State Testing dates in the upcoming weeks for grades 3 and 4:

Grade 3 Grade 4 ELA Math ELA Math 4/27 5/11 4/26 5/10 5/3 5/17 4/28 5/12 5/5 5/19 5/4 5/18 5/26 5/24 Children may have a schedule change on these dates for Library, Art, Music, Spanish, and Wellness.

Taylor Made News April 2016 Thank you to Elizabeth Kessock and Melanie Yates for coordinating an exciting Spring Fling! The tradition continued with an amazing community and filled with family fun.

Many families have plans for the vacation week ranging from exotic trips to staycations in Foxborough. During the school break there are still plenty of opportunities to have your children practice their reading, writing, and math skills. This coupled with your plans meets the goal of having your children think over the break! Please remember to have your child demonstrate their reading stamina and play math games over the break to keep their skills sharp. Please keep this information from William Nagy and Patricia Herman in mind. This also hold true for mathematics!

…Pete Regan…

Wacky Wednesday

Thank you to all the Taylor students that participated in the Life Is Good Kids’ Art Contest! It was fun to see the children and staff dressed in “wear what makes you feel happy”. We received eighty- nine T Shirt entries, and for each entry, Life Is Good will donate $1 to help kids in need. Great job!

News from Guidance

Hello! Congratulations to all of the 3rd and 4th graders for their hard work on entries for this year’s MARC Bullying Awareness Contest through Bridgewater State University! I’m proud to announce that we had several award winners.

Third Grade Poster Awards

- Presley F. and Farizeh N. – Honorable Mention - Cate N., Mandy F., and Hannah H. – Honorable Mention - Teaghan P., Adriana P-A., and Leah P. – Third Place Fourth Grade Poster Awards

- Macy Q. and Emily S. – Honorable Mention

There will be an awards ceremony on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 10am at Bridgewater State University for all award winners and their families and teachers. Students who received an award will bring home detailed information about the awards ceremony as well as a permission slip. Please contact us with any questions!

Pictures of all of the posters and poems can be found on my website! Mrs. Lazur

Kindergarten Leprechaun Traps

The kindergarteners did an amazing job creating Leprechaun Traps using the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) design process. They had to design a plan and think of a solution to the problem; catching the Leprechaun in hopes of getting his pot of gold. They drew their ideas on paper to come up with a trap design. Then with the help of their family members, students used critical

Taylor Made News April 2016 thinking and problem solving skills to build a model of their design. Many students used gold coins, rainbows, and shamrocks to lure the leprechaun into their trap. The final step was to put their traps to the test. Each student explained and demonstrated how their trap worked before setting it strategically around the classroom. We thought for sure we would catch him this year with one of these great traps. On March 17th, we checked each trap but once again the Leprechaun was not fooled. He did leave a note, a mess and a lucky coin for the students. We will give it another try next year! We are proud of all the

kindergartener’s hard work and their creative ideas. It was a lot of fun! A big thank you to our families for their support in completing this project.

PARCC Testing Schedule The following is a schedule for the PARCC Testing for Grades 3 and 4: April 26 Grade 4 ELA April 27 Grade 3 ELA April 28 Grade 4 ELA May 3 Grade 3 ELA May 4 Grade 4 ELA May 5 Grade 3 ELA May 10 Grade 4 Math May 11 Grade 3 Math May 12 Grade 4 Math May 17 Grade 3 Math May 18 Grade 4 Math

Taylor Made News April 2016 May 19 Grade 3 Math May 24 Grade 4 Math May 26 Grade 3 Math

Art News Taylor School Student Art Show

Thursday, May 5th 2016

6:30-8:00pm

The Taylor School Art Show is here again! Volunteers are needed to help set up and take down the art show on May 5th and the week of May 9th. If you are interested in volunteering please contact Sarah Hoyt [email protected] or Ms. Schuster at [email protected]

Please come on May 5th and see all the wonderful artwork made by Taylor School students!

Thank you,

Ms. Schuster

ALSO…. from ART…. The Foxborough Street Painting Festival will be taking place on May 21, 2016. This is a fun activity to view and participate in. If you would like to participate, please visit http://foxboroughstreetpainting.com

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¡Hola amigos! Thank you to all families who attended and participated in our 3rd annual World Language and Culture Night at the Foxborough High School on April 11th. What a success! We are so lucky to be a part of such a generous and involved community; it was a perfect reflection of what the World Language Department is all about here in Foxborough. In Spanish class this month, students continue to work hard on the following concepts...

Grade 1: Students continue to practice the days of the week and months of the year. We practiced how to say our birthdays in Spanish! We are also learning about family members and pets.

Grade 2: We just finished our unit on weather and the four seasons. This month, students are focusing on La Ropa (clothing).

Grade 3: Students are working on La Comida (food). Grade 3 is finishing up their culminating project "Los Menus." Each student is creating their own restaurant menu to showcase all of the different types of food vocabulary we've learned.

Grade 4: Students continue to learn about Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries. Ask them to sing the countries song for you!! Grade 4 students are also working on La Comida (food) and will be focusing on food deriving from Spanish speaking countries (especially tropical and non-tropical fruits). As a grade level, we continue to read the chapter book Las Aventuras de Miguelito and I must admit that I am THOROUGHLY impressed with their listening comprehension! Way to go, Grade 4!!

Taylor Made News April 2016 Thank you to all of the students who participated in the Poster Contest for our 3rd annual World Language and Culture Night! The posters brought about great conversation and admiration during the event and they all encompassed our theme, Languages Connect the World, so well! One winner will be chosen from the elementary schools, middle school, and high school on April 15th. No matter what, you are all winners in my eyes! I am so amazed at your incredible art work and dedication to this project! Way to go, Taylor School!! Sincerely, Señora Silva Missing from photo: Fiona Dunn & Cameron Lucas-Pelletier

The Burrell School Presents………………….

All the kids have been working really hard preparing for this year’s show “The Lion King Kids”. There will be 3 performances on the following dates and times. Tickets will be available in advance and at the door for $5, if we don’t sell out in advance. For now mark your calendars and prepare to be amazed by these talented kids!!

Friday May 20 at 7:00pm Saturday May 21 at 6:00pm Sunday May 22 at 2:00pm For tickets contact: Kim Davies at [email protected]

The Lion King KIDS tells the story of the epic adventures of a curious cub named Simba as he struggles to accept the responsibilities of adulthood and his destiny as king. Along the way, the young lion encounters a colorful cast of characters including spunky lioness Nala, charismatic meerkat Timon, and loveable warthog Pumbaa. To claim his rightful place on the throne and save his beloved Pridelands, Simba must find his inner strength and confront his wicked Uncle Scar. The Lion King KIDS features classic songs from the 1994 film such as “Hakuna Matata” and the Academy Award ®-winning “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” as well as additional songs penned for the Broadway production.