MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL & MAIN OFFICE NEWS
MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL CONDON:
Hello JGW Families,
This is Matt Condon, future principal of JGW. One of my goals is to learn as much about the school as possible. I have already started talking to teachers, staff, and kids when I visited last week. I would love to get input from families about JGW. Survey Link here: JGW Survey- Condon
The goal of this survey is for me to get to know what makes JGW a special place and help me understand the school as I enter the role as principal this July. Thank you for taking time to fill out this document.
Thank you again
Matt Condon
GATEWAY ACADEMY: Please see the attached flyer for information about the new and improved Gateway Academy welcome and information BBQ. This event is open to anyone interested: Gateway BBQ (1)
SUMMER READING LIST: https://www.haverhill-ps.org/summer-reading-lists-literacy-resources/
FIELD DAY: JGW will be holding it’s annual field day on Thursday 6/9 for grades 5-8 from 12:30-2:30pm. All grades will participate in a dodgeball tournament in the gym and take part in other organized game activities outdoors (basketball, volleyball, kickball, badminton, etc.)
8th GRADE NEWS: As we approach the end of the school year, there will be some fun activities for the entire 8th grade to participate in. A permission packet should have gone home with all 8th grade students. The schedule is as follow:
Monday 6/6: Academy Lanes
Tuesday 6/7: Chunky’s in Pelham
Wednesday 6/8: Cedardale in Groveland
Thursday 6/9: Walking trip to Winnekenni Castle & Field Day
Friday 6/10: Canobie Lake Park
Please remind your 8th grade student about our “Good Standing Policy” and expectations. This was shared with all 8th grade families via email on 4/25/22.
8th grade promotion will be held on Tuesday evening, June 14th at 6pm. (Dance to follow 7pm-9pm)
In order to make the dance a memorable one for our 8th graders, we are looking for some 8th grade parents to volunteer to help decorate for the dance. Please reach out to Mrs. MacKinnon if you are interested (lmackinnon@haverhill-ps.org). Thank you!
June News: The final theme of the month for this school year is community. This month, the theme is about embracing and celebrating our community. We are a strong, supportive, and connected community. Everyone here at JGW is an important member and an equal part of making our community what it is. Star Poet Society winners for the month of June will be selected based on this theme.
The Helping Hillie:
BCBA Spring Newsletter – Spanish
HAVERHILL PUBLIC SCHOOLS HANDBOOK (K-8): Please click on the link below to be connected to our up to date handbook for grades K-8: https://www.haverhill-ps.org/hps-student-handbook/
Attendance: A reminder to all families that if your student will be absent for the day, please make sure to call the main office (978-374-5782) to notify the school. Thank you.
Dress Code: We receive many questions about our school’s dress code. We would ask that all families please review the Haverhill Public Schools Dress Code Policy with their students in order to ensure that it is properly being followed. Thank you for your attention to this. Please find a copy of the HPS Dress Code Policy below: Dress Code Policy (HPS)
PTO UPDATES
The PTO meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month from 6:00pm-7:00pm in the JGW Teacher’s Room. The dates are as follows:
2001-2022 PTO Meeting Dates · June 9th
CLUB NEWS:
NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY: Thank you to all who came out to the banquet last Wednesday. I hope everyone had a great time! This week will be Canobie Lake Park field trip on Friday. Please have the kids bring any spending money for lunch and games.
JR VIP: There will be a last Jr VIP meeting on 6/9 after school. Permission slips for an end of the year activity, as well as t-shirts will be distributed.
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS CLUB: The club has finished its final session to complete the campaign and will be riding off into the summer with some great magical items, new fantastic powers, and some fond memories of the year. I hope to see some of the familiar faces of the 5-7th graders returning next year, and that the 8th graders who move on can find a group of their own to keep playing and learning the game! Thanks for being a great group!
DRAMA CLUB: Sail with Moana next weekend at Consentino as The JGW Drama Club & Mr. Gariepy present Moana Jr. as the spring musical this year!! Doors open @ 6:30pm and the show starts @ 7pm on Friday, June 3rd and Saturday June 4th. Sunday June 5th has two matinee performances. Tickets are on sale now at jgwdrama.com and cost $8 Students/Seniors, $10 for everyone else, and $10 to livestream from home. See Mr. Gariepy for more information, or visit www.JGWDrama.com
NEWS FROM OUR NURSES OFFICE:
Hello JGW Families!
As we prepare for the upcoming school year, our nursing office is going through records to ensure we updated orders, up to date medications and physicals/immunizations. If you are able to get this paperwork ahead of time, it would be greatly appreciated for the 2022-2023 school year.
Please be aware that we are seeing a significant increase in COVID cases in our district. The nurse’s office has plenty of mask supply and testing resources for students.
Have a wonderful weekend!
MEDICATIONS/INHALERS: A reminder to all parents that students cannot self carry medication of any kind without physician orders and an active administration plan in place developed with the school nurse. Please reach out to our nurse’s office with any questions.
CLASSROOM NEWS:
GRADE 5:
Ms. Simes: Thank you to all the families that came to our 5th Grade Gallery Walk on Friday. The students were so excited to be able to share their work from this year. This coming week in math, we will continue working within “Step Up to Grade 6.” In science, students will test their engineering skills as they are given materials to design, construct, and “fly” their product! As always, if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at michele.simes@haverhill-ps.org. Have a wonderful weekend.
Ms. Hogan: In social studies, students spent this week completing a project about a topic from chapter 7. Students chose to make posters about the Louisiana Purchase, the War of 1812, Manifest Destiny, the Trail of Tears, abolitionists, or the Underground Railroad. Many students created beautiful and informative posters. Ask your child about the topic that they chose to make a poster about! Next week, we will learn about important events that happened during the Civil War.
Ms. LaCoste: Thank you to all of the families that came in for our gallery walk. I am so proud of the efforts our fifth graders put into all of their projects. It’s nice to actually be able to share in a “normal” way! This week students have been hard at work progressing through their informational research projects in ELA. They also completed their i-Ready diagnostic tests in both Reading and Math. It’s hard to believe the year is wrapping up! As always, please reach out with any questions or concerns.
Ms. Consolazio: In science, next week we will learn about gravity. We will do some fun stem projects. Thank you for coming to our gallery walks. Please make sure students bring their Chromebook charged every day for class
Mr. Kelly: Thank you to everyone who came to the Gallery Walk. We are going into our last full week of school. We will be continuing to do more math projects to finish up the year. Also, there is field day next Thursday. Make sure the kids wear appropriate clothing for the event.
Ms. Lees: I am out of school this week and miss seeing the fifth graders. The next two weeks will be filled with completion of projects and some fun end of the year events for our kiddos. As always, students who have LEXIA accounts are encouraged to work at home with their reading online as well as to read everyday out loud with someone at home or to themselves. It will help all students to log into iReady for reading or math to strengthen their skills. Getting extra minutes is such a bonus towards learning. Please reach out if after school or before school help will support your student.
Ms. Blanchette: Students worked very hard this past week on the iReady diagnostic assessments in math and ELA. We are very proud of the progress they made. Please reach out with any questions or concerns.
GRADE 6:
Ms. Hamel: ELA: As students are wrapping up GRADE 6, we continue to read through Esperanza Rising. We are also working on some SEL assignments by using the movie “Inside Out” to talk about the importance of our emotions. Students will explore why ALL emotions are necessary for successful function in life. Students will be creative with their Emotion Packets and through strong and honest conversations.
SS: Students are finalizing their geography travels as we wrap up South America. Students are working on the early civilizations of the Incas, Mayans and Aztecs. We are using Myth Busters to find out the truths about these amazing early people.
We will also end our year with some very fun and exciting homeroom events- so stay tuned!
Ms. Silveira: In math, we finally finished our statistics projects this week! We will be presenting them on Monday.
In science this week we found out some very interesting information on how cells are used to solve crimes. This assignment was definitely a mature assignment, and the students did very well showing that they could handle this mature content! They will be presenting their findings on Monday as well.
Next week is our last full week of school! We will be preparing some fun activities for everyone for the last few days.
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email me.
Ashley.Silveira@haverhill-ps.org
Mr. Taylor: Finishing up a long year with some fun planned throughout the last 8 days. Please make sure you keep your notifications on for the Remind app.
Mr. LeGrand: Mathematics: Last week, students worked diligently on completing the third and final iReady Mathematics Diagnostic test. This week, we are proceeding with our final topic on statistics. Students will learn and use procedures for computing the mean, median, mode, and range of data sets.
Social Studies: Students will work on a hands-on geography project during this week. This project will help them understand the concept of where they fit in relation to the world as a whole.
Ms. Lane: Science: This week the students are reading STEMscopedia Fossil Records and learning how fossils tell us about organisms that lived millions of years ago. They will also learn which Scientists study fossils. They are called Paleontologists and they study prehistoric life. They will ask questions like, how can fossils tell us what environments were like millions of years ago?
Social Studies: The students finished and are still presenting their projects in South America. The Students are also learning The difference between relative and absolute location as well as the hemispheres in which South America lies. Students also practice using lines of longitude and latitude to find places on a map. We will start next week with a Me on the Map project about Australia, this is a hands on Geography Project.
Ms. Tarbox: In ELA, both Yellow and Orange groups are finishing their fourth novel study of the year! We have been reading “Esperanza Rising.” In Math, both groups are diving into working with data in various ways. This includes displaying, describing, and summarizing data. As always, please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns, mtarbox@haverhill-ps.org.
GRADE 7:
Mrs. Berthiaume: In ELA, we are halfway through our class novel, Hidden Figures. It has been such a great experience reading together! In Social Studies, students did a super job with their Roman gods and goddesses accordion books!
Mrs. Trombly: Math classes will be finishing up this year with statistics and probability. Please check school brains for any missing work with your child.
Mrs. MacKinnon: We will be finishing up heat triansfer. The kids will be doing activities on conduction, convection and radiation. By the end they will be professionals at those. I hope everyone got to enjoy the ice cream lab and had a special treat at the end. If anyone would like the recipe please email me at lmackinnon@haverhill-ps.org
Ms. DiGloria: In our last full week, students in Blue and Green English will be finishing The Giver and completing a wrap-up activity for the book. In Social Studies, we will complete our last writing assignment about the Roman Games, and wrap up Ancient Rome with a look at their major achievements. All work from this week and any missing work in due this Friday, June 10th, by the end of the day.
Mr. Auger: Hello Everyone! I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend! This week in my 7th grade science class, students continued learning about thermal energy and heat transfer. We conducted a lab activity outside this week with the entire 7th grade class where we used our knowledge of heat transfer to make ice cream! Next week we will finish up this unit and have our final test of the year. In my 7th grade social studies class, students continued to learn about Ancient Rome and completed a small project on the structure of government in ancient Rome. Have a great weekend!
Mr. Harris: students are still working to end the year! Students will be working on some geometry concepts such as scale drawings, angle relationships, and circles (if time).
Ms. Bilmazes: In ELA, the blue group continues with their reading of The Giver and have been completing a short essay, regarding a key question, following every 3-4 chapters. The yellow and orange groups are 2/3 of the way through the book Hidden Figures and have been discussing segregation. In Math, blue group students are working on compound probability, while the yellow and orange groups are working on surface area of a cylinder. We have been meeting, during the success block, with those students who have pull-out support in Math and ELA. This time is spent working on a variety of interventions, such as iReady, additional practice, help with homework and classwork support. In addition, Mrs. Holmes and I are supporting students within the classroom. As always, feel free to reach out with any questions.
GRADE 8:
Mr. Lewis: English class is finishing working on H.G. Wells’ classic sci-fi story War of The Worlds.
Ms. Deblasis: We wrapped up our unit on Volume of Cylinders, Cones, and Spheres last week. All 8th graders will be going on their field trips this week.
Monday 6/6 Academy Lanes; Tuesday 6/7 Chunky’s – Pelham, NH: Wednesday 6/8 Cedardale – Groveland; Thursday 6/9 Winnekinni; and Friday 6/10 Canobie Lake Park.
Mr. Marinella: ELA/Civics– As we being to finish out the year, our priority in ELA is finishing our current story “Anne Frank”, and wrapping our our Supreme Court unit in Civics with a Mock Trial, we are also working on preparing the current 8th Graders for high school. But, the end of the year for 8th grade is filled with some much needed breaks from curriculum and loaded with fun activities and field trips. This has been a challenging year for all, and letting the students enjoy their final days at JGW will be the main focus in the waning days.
Ms. Sullivan: This week we will be going on our 8th grade field trips. This will be a great week for our students!
Monday- Bowling
Tuesday- Chunky’s Cinema
Wednesday- Cedardale
Thursday- Winnekenni Castle
Friday- Canobie Lake
Mr. Blaustein: We took our final quiz of the year this Tuesday. We will be completing our LELA and MAth iready testing this week. Next week will be a field trip week. Mr. Betty has sent a schedule of events home. so check his email for the list of activities. If you have any questions please email or call the school. Thank you.
Mr. Harris: students have finished their iReady diagnostic and other end of the year activities. This week we will enjoy some field trips and make memories to end the year!
Ms. MacKinnon: We will be enjoying the week of fun activities planned. Monday will be bowling with lunch provided afterwards back at the school. Tuesday will be chunkys too see the new Top Gun movie. Wednesday will be Cedardale. Thursday will be Winnikinnee and field day, and Friday will be Canobie Lake Park. For any students staying behind they will be working on the different types of mutations.
Also- if any parents would like to help decorate for the end of the year promotion, we could REALLY use your help. Please email me at lmackinnon@haverhill-ps.org
Thank you
Ms. Senior: Students in Grade 8 are working on their iReady Diagnostic testing in both Mathematics and English Language Arts. “The War Of The Worlds” was shown in a different format and students responded favorably in ELA class. Volume measurement of geometric shapes is being studied in Math class.
Ms. Blanchette: Students worked very hard this past week on the iReady diagnostic assessments in math and ELA. We are very proud of the progress they made. Please reach out with any questions or concerns.
SPECIALISTS:
Physical Education: (Mr. Demarais): We are continuing our teams sports unit.
Art (Ms. Boulger): The students in the purple and yellow groups are working on a variety of art projects such as drawings, sculptures, earthenware and murals.
The art department is still looking for donations of the following:
new/used sports equipment (specifically footballs, and basketballs)
new/used frames
new/used/ unused plastic or glass jars of any size to store mixed paint and glazes.
new/used T-shirts to use as smocks.
Artwork by Zoe
Health (Ms. Reynolds): All grades will be finishing their units on Puberty and/or the Reproductive Systems. Students will be given extra time to finish up any Health work missing at the end of classes, as grades will be coming to a close.
Music (Mr. Gariepy): In Middle School Music Class, students have been having open studio time to practice guitar, piano, or Soundation to further develop their musicality. For the last few weeks we will also spend some time playing guitar outside!!
Library (Ms. Michitson): Good Day Whittier Friends. The students have completed their book contest and the pizza parties will be next week. We have had a great year learning about the world, and recent current events. Newspapers were introduced as well as the stock markets from around the world. It was a great year. I hope your summer is a safe and healthy one.
Technology (Mr. Gordon): All grades continue to complete projects and preview skills for next year.
SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF
Guidance (Ms. Vlahos): For any 8th grade student participating in the HHS Loop program, there will be NO Loop program on 6/7 and 6/8 due to MCAS testing at the High School.
I continue to be available to connect with and support all students and families throughout the school week. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me at jvlahos@haverhill-ps.org. I look forward to our continued work in support of a healthy, safe, and successful finish to the school year!
Student Support Coordinator (Mr. Newell): I am available to help support students and their families in any way possible. Please email me with any questions, thank you.
Student Adjustment Counselor (Ms. Midolo): Social groups help us feel supported and help build self-esteem as we might expect, but they also help us feel capable. A social group is any grouping of two or more interacting students who recognize their relationship with each other as a distinct social unit. Social groups play an important role in daily life and help our students make meaning of the world around them.
Student Adjustment Counselor (Ms. White): I continue to be available to connect with and support all students and families throughout the school week. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me at shelby.white@haverhill-ps.org. I look forward to our continued work in support of a healthy, safe, and successful end of the school year!
Middle School Support Program (Mrs. Leydon & Mr. Diffin): It has finally arrived…NO, not the end of the school year…But 8th grade activities week! Full week of activities planned (bowling, movies, Winnekini, Cedardale, Canobie) for our 8th graders to enjoy each other’s company, and activities for the last time as a group! Other grades are finishing up, and preparing for next year. All should be in good shape moving forward.
The staff in the MSSP, Mrs. Leydon, Mrs. Beckwith, Mrs. Credit, Ms. Lopez, and myself fully enjoyed working with our gifted children throughout the school year…and look forward to the next year. Enjoy your summer!
Parent Liaison (Ms. Arias-Reyes): El martes 14 de junio es el día de la promoción de los estudiantes del 8 grado, después de la ceremonia hay un baile para los estudiantes. El tema del baile es una noche en los Oscars. El último día de clases es el miércoles 15 de junio y es mediodía, los estudiantes serán despachados a las 11:05am. Que tengan un buen fin de semana.
ELL (Ms. Khakali & Corporan): Level 1 & 2 ELs will be finishing up unit 6: Who’s at Home with a family project. Students will be writing about 5 – 10 people in their family and presenting their paragraphs on a google slide presentation. Students are welcome to include pictures of their families if they would like. Level 3,4 & 5 ELs have finished up analyzing folktales and will be writing and illustrating their own folkales.
Student Support Center (Mrs. Greenwood): SSC is here to continue to support all students as we approach the end of the school year!. Please reach out to Mrs. Greenwood or Ms. House with any questions. Have a great weekend!
Reading Intervention Team (Ms. Guthrie, Ms. Carney, Ms. Trovato): The literacy team is busy helping to finish fifth grade benchmark testing. We continue to push into classrooms and pull small groups during the success block. We hope everyone had a chance to visit the bookfair and a big thank you to everyone who helped make the book fair possible! Have a great weekend!