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August 21 |
New teacher
orientation |
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August 26 |
Staff orientation |
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August 27-29 |
Staff development
(full days) |
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August 29 |
Open House (gr. 4,
8:30-10:00; gr. 3, 10:30-12:00, gr. 5, 1:00-2:30) |
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August 30 |
School closed
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September 2 |
Labor Day – school
closed |
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September 3 |
First day of
school for students in grades 3-5 |
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September 9 |
Open House for
preschoolers |
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September 9 |
Staff meeting |
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September 10 |
First day of
school for preschoolers |
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September 10 |
PTG meeting, 7:00
PM |
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September 11 |
School Fundraiser
begins |
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September 16 |
District
curriculum/grade level meeting |
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September 17
|
Grade 4 – French
Music Demonstration, 9:00-9:45 AM |
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September 17 & 18 |
Grafton
Recreation’s Ceramics Workshop 3:00-4:30 PM |
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September 18 |
Grade 5 first day
of before-school band practice, 7:30 AM |
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September 24 |
French Music
Rental Night, 7:00 PM |
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September 25 |
Fundraiser orders
due |
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September 26 |
Breakfast club
morning |
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September 26 |
Chess Club begins
(runs until Oct. 24, runs again from Jan. 9 – April 17) |
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September 26 |
Destination
Imagination sign up deadline |
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October TBA |
Grade 5 Brown Bag
Opera or BSO |
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October 1 |
Destination
Imagination meeting, 7:00 PM, GHS |
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October 2 |
SAC (School
Advisory Council) meeting, 3:15 PM |
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October 2 |
Progress Reports
issued |
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October 7 -11
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Book Fair Week |
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October 8 |
Grade 3 Back to
School Night |
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October 8 & 9 |
Grafton Recreation
Ceramics Workshop, 3:00-4:30 |
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October 9 |
Fire Prevention
Day (assemblies by grade level) |
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October 9 |
Sped. Staff
Meeting, Annex building, 2:30-3:30 PM |
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October 9 |
Grade 4 Back to
School Night |
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October 10 |
Grade 5 American
Explorers, 9:00 AM |
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October 10 |
Grade 5 Back to
School Night |
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October 10 |
Special Ed. Parent
Advisory Council mtg., SGE |
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October 11 |
School Pictures
Day |
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October 14 |
Columbus Day –
school closed |
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October 15 |
PTG meeting, 7:00
PM |
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Oct. 15-18 |
Student Council
Primaries conducted in homerooms |
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Oct. 15, 16 & 21
(Oct. 22 raindate) |
Grade 3 Grafton
Willard House (OCT. 16 RAINED OUT) |
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October 21 |
Grade 3 Tours
Grafton |
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October 21 |
Staff meeting |
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October 22 |
Grade 3 last set
of classes to Willard House |
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October 23 |
Deadline for
speeches for student council officers to Mrs. Cutler |
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October 23 |
Community Reading
Day |
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October 24 |
School Banking
begins (every Thursday throughout the year) |
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October 24 |
Gr. 3 & 4 students
who submitted summer reading to NGE to have
breakfast with Mr.
Lindberg, here at GES at 9:00 AM |
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October 24 |
District
curriculum/grade level meeting |
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October 24 |
Student Council
posters to be posted outside of art room |
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October 24 |
First day of
School Banking |
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October 24 |
Organizational &
Study Skills Workshop, GES, 7:00-9:00 PM
For parents and
teachers of all students in grades 4 and up |
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October 29 |
First day of
School Store |
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October 29 |
Student Council
Speeches and voting |
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October 31 |
Breakfast club
morning |
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October 31 |
Whole school,
Storyteller Katie Green (9:00 AM and 10:15 AM) |
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October 31 |
Pops for Tops day
(lollipops given to those who bring in box tops) |
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November 4 |
Marks close for
first quarter |
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November 5 |
Deadline for names
of homeroom representatives to Mrs. Cutler |
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November 5 & 6 |
Grafton Recreation
Ceramics Craft Workshop, 3:00-4:30 PM |
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November 6 |
Grade 5 (half)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (other half will go April 30) |
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November 6 |
SAC meeting, 3:15
PM |
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November 7 |
First Student
Council Meeting, 8:00 AM |
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November 8 |
Half day inservice
for staff – half day for students, dismissal At 11:20 |
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November 11 |
Veteran’s Day –
school closed |
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November 12 |
Report Card day |
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November 12 |
PTG meeting, 7:00
PM |
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November 13 |
Special Ed. Staff
Meeting, annex building, 2:30-3:30 PM |
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November 14 |
Grade 4 Mr.
Kool’s Liquid Air Show, 9:00, 10:00 |
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November 14 |
Special Ed. Parent
Advisory Council mtg., SGE |
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November 15 |
Parent conference
day – no school for students |
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November18-22 |
Celebrate
Childrens Book Week |
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November 18 |
Staff meeting |
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November 19 |
Parent conference
evening |
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November 21 |
Breakfast club
morning |
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November 25 |
District
curriculum/grade level meeting |
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November 25 |
Whole School,
Johnny the K, 9:00 and 10:00 |
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November 26 |
Holiday Gift Shop
gifts due in by today (voluntary) |
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November 27
|
Half day for staff
and students (dismissal at 11:20 AM) |
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November
28-29 |
Thanksgiving break
– school closed |
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December 2 |
Staff meeting |
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December 3 |
Gr. 5 Colonial Day
Volunteer meeting, 6:30 PM, Media Center |
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December 3 |
Gr. 3 Prairie Day
Volunteer meeting, 7:30 PM, Media Center |
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December 3 & 4 |
Grafton
Recreation’s Ceramics Workshop, 3:00-4:30 PM |
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December 4 |
Gr. 3 Petticoat
Patriot, 9:00, 10:00, and 1:30 |
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December 4 |
SAC meeting, 3:15
PM |
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December3,4,& 5 |
Holiday Gift Shop |
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December 5 |
Student Council
Meeting, 8:00 AM |
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December 6 |
Lifetouch picture
make-up / retake day |
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December 10 |
PTG meeting |
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December 11 |
District
Curriculum/grade level meeting |
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December 11 |
Special Ed. Staff
meeting, annex building, 2:30-3:30 PM |
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December 12 |
Progress Reports
issued |
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December 12 |
Special Ed. Parent
Advisory Council Mtg., SGE |
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December 12 |
Winter Concert,
7:00 PM (5th grade band & chorus) |
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December 17 |
Pre-K Music
Program |
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December 19 |
Breakfast club
morning |
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December 19 |
Grade 3 Holiday
Programs, 9:30 AM and 1:30 PM |
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December 23-31 |
Winter break
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January 1 |
New Year’s Day –
school closed |
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January 6 |
Staff meeting |
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January 6 |
Grade 3 Vision &
Hearing testing |
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January 7 |
Whole school
Slapstick Science 9:00, 10:00 |
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January 7 & 8 |
Grafton
Recreation’s Ceramics Workshop, 3:00-4:30 PM |
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January 8 |
Grade 3 Vision &
Hearing testing |
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January 8 |
SAC meeting, 3:15
PM |
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January 9
|
Grade 3 Vision &
Hearing testing |
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January 9 |
Chess club begins
again (runs until April 17) |
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January 9 |
Gr. 4 Greek Day
Volunteer Mtg, 6:30 PM |
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January 9 |
Student Council
Meeting, 8:00 AM |
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January 10 |
Special Ed. Parent
Advisory Council mtg., SGE |
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January 13 & 14 |
After school
rehearsal for grade 4 musical |
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January 14 |
Grade 3 Hazard
Hamlett Presentation (Campbell, Clifford, McDonough, Warwick, Reed &
Carlson) |
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January 14 |
Grade 5 (half)
Bugman (Kelly, Petrowski, Byrnes, Leger & Fontecchio) |
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January 14
|
PTG meeting, 7:00
PM |
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January 15 |
Grade 5 (half)
Bugman (Borci, Jonis, Hanley & Tieu) |
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January 15 |
Special Ed. Staff
meeting, annex building, 2:30-3:30 PM |
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January 15 |
Grade 4 Musical
“DIG IT,” 7:00 PM |
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January 16 |
Grade 4 Musical
“DIG IT,” 10:00-10:45 AM for GES students |
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January 17 |
Half day inservice
for staff – half day for students |
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January 18 |
Worcester Ice Cats
Night, 7:05 PM |
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January 20 |
Martin Luther King
Day – school closed |
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January 21 |
Grade 3 Hazard
Hamlet Presentation (Brown, Fanning & Morrison) |
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January 21 |
Grade 4 Exploring
Energy Presentation (Sogigian, Michalowski & Fernandes) |
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January 22 |
Grade 3 to
Worcester Art Museum (Warwick & Brown) |
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January 23 |
Grade 4 Exploring
Energy Presentation (Hunnewell, Howe, Hammond, Dado, Trainor & Gallo) |
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January 23 |
Grade 3 Worcester
Art Museum (McDonough & Clifford) |
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January 24 |
Marks close for 2nd
quarter |
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January 24 |
Grade 3 Worcester
Art Musuem (Morrison, Reed & Carlson) |
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January 27 |
District
curriculum/grade level meeting |
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January 28 |
Grade 4 Exploring
Energy (Akillian) |
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January 30 |
Breakfast club
morning |
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January 31 |
Report Card day |
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January 31 |
Grade 3 Worcester
Art Museum (Fanning & Campbell) |
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February 3-7 |
Scholastic Book
Fair Week (Feb. 5 Family night, 6-8 PM) |
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February 3 |
Staff meeting |
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February
4 & 5 |
Grafton
Recreation’s Ceramic Workshop, 3:00-4:30 PM |
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February 5 |
SAC meeting, 3:15
PM |
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February 6 |
Student Council
Meeting, 8:00 AM |
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February 7 |
GES Student
Yearbook orders due |
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February 10 |
District
curriculum/grade level meeting |
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February 11 |
Grade 4 Pyramids &
Pharaohs, 9:00 AM, Cafetorium |
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February 11 |
PTG meeting, 7:00
PM |
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February 12 |
Special Ed. Staff
meeting, annex building, 2:30-3:30 PM |
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February 12 |
Grade 3 Prairie
Day / Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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February 17-21 |
February break |
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February 27 |
Breakfast club
morning |
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February 28 |
GEA Community
Spelling Bee, 6:00-8:30 PM Municipal Center |
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March 2 |
Worcester Ice Cats
Afternoon, 3:05 PM |
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March 3 |
Read Across
America Day |
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March 3 |
Grade 4 Eddie
Eagle Firearms Safety Course
(Fernandes,
Michalowski and Dado) |
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March 3-14 |
Millionaire for a
Day contest |
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March 5 |
Whole school NE
Percussion, (9:00 AM & 10:00 AM) |
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March 5 |
Progress Reports
to be issued |
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March 5 |
SAC meeting, 3:15
PM |
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March 6 |
Student Council
meeting, 8:00 AM |
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March 10 |
Grade 4 Eddie
Eagle Firearms Safety Course (Trainor / Hammond) |
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March 10 |
Staff meeting |
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March 11 |
Grade 4 Field trip Boston Museum of Science “Quest for
Immortality” |
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March 11 |
American Express Rep. presentation for parents 6:30-7:00 PM |
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March 11 |
PTG meeting, 7:00
PM |
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March 11 |
Grade 3 Starlab:
Mrs. Clifford, Mrs. Carlson, Mrs. Morrison,
Mrs. McDonough and
Miss Campbell |
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March 11 & 12 |
Grafton
Recreation’s Ceramics Workshop, 3:00-4:30 PM REVISED |
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March 12 |
Grade 3 Starlab:
Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Warwick, Mrs. Brown, and
Miss Fanning |
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March 12 |
Special Ed. Staff
meeting, annex building, 2:30-3:30 PM |
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March 12 |
Shakespeare for
Kids, Grafton Middle School |
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March 14 |
Special Ed. Parent
Advisory Council mtg., SGE |
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March 17 |
Grade 4 Eddie Eagle Firearms Safety Course (Sogigian, Gallo
& Akillian) |
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March 17 |
Grade Level
Curriculum meeting |
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March 19 |
Special Ed. Staff
meeting |
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March 20 |
Student Council
Meeting, 8:00 AM |
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March 20 |
Pizzeria Uno
Night, Westborough (Fundraiser) |
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March 21 |
Half day inservice
– half day for students |
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March 24-28 |
CPR |
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March 24 |
Eddie Eagle
Firearms Safety Course (Hunnewell & Howe) |
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March 24 |
Profiles Due |
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March 25 |
Administrators
meeting |
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March 27 |
Breakfast club
morning / Principal’s Coffee |
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April 1 |
Grade 3 MCAS
Reading |
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April 1 |
Grade 3 David
Coffin’s Recorder presentation, 2:00 PM |
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April TBA |
Pre-K Theme
program |
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April 2 |
Grade 3 MCAS
Reading |
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April 2 |
SAC meeting, 3:15
PM |
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April 1 & 2 |
Grafton
Recreation’s Ceramics Workshop, 3:00-4:30 PM |
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April 3 |
Student Council
meeting, 8:00 AM |
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April 3 |
Grade 3 MCAS
Reading |
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April 4 |
Grade 3 MCAS
Reading |
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April 4 |
Parent Input
sheets due |
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April 4 |
Marks close for 3rd
quarter |
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April 8 |
Grade 4 MCAS ELA
Composition test (May 8 make-up date) |
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April 8 |
Administrators
Meeting |
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April 8 |
PTG meeting, 7:00
PM |
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April 9 |
Special Ed. Staff
meeting, annex building, 2:30-3:30 PM |
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April 10 |
GES to host
Building Committee party |
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April 11
|
Report Card day |
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April 11 |
Special Ed. Parent
Advisory Council mtg., SGE |
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April 14 |
Curriculum Grade
Level Meeting Scheduling |
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April 16 |
Millionaire For A
Day winners limousine / luncheon |
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April 16 |
Special Ed. Staff
Meeting |
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April 17 |
Breakfast club
morning |
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April 17 |
Grade 3 Gymnasium
Geography, 9:00-12:00 (4 sessions / 35 mins each) |
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April 21-25 |
April break |
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April 27-May 3 |
National Volunteer
Week |
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April 28 |
Staff meeting |
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April 29 |
Administrators
Meeting |
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April 30 |
Grade 5 (half)
Boston Symphony Orchestra |
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May 1 |
Student Council
Meeting, 8:00 AM |
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May 2 |
Grade 5 Scott
Padeni visit |
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May 4-10 |
Teacher
Appreciation Week |
|
May 5 |
Grade Level
Meeting |
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May 6 |
Administrators
Meeting |
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May 6 |
Grade 4 Physicals |
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May 6 & 7 |
Grafton
Recreation’s Ceramics Craft Workshop |
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May 7 |
SAC meeting, 3:15
PM |
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May 8 |
Grade 4 ELA
Make-up |
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May 8 |
Grade 5 Musical,
7:00 PM |
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May 8 |
Grade 5 Colonial
Day |
|
May 9 |
Half day inservice
for staff – half day for students |
|
May 9 |
Special Ed. Parent
Advisory Council mtg., SGE |
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May 12 |
Grades 4 & 5 MCAS
and Terra Nova |
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May 13 |
Grades 4 & 5 MCAS
and Terra Nova |
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May 13 |
DARE. rehearsal
1:45 PM |
|
May 13 |
PTG meeting, 7:00
PM |
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May 14 |
Grades 4 & 5 MCAS
& Terra Nova |
|
May 14 |
Special Ed. Staff
meeting, annex building, 2:30-3:30 PM |
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May 14 |
Progress Reports
to be issued |
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May 15 |
Grades 4 & 5 MCAS
& Terra Nova |
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May 15 |
Grade 5 DARE
Graduation |
|
May 16 |
Grades 4 & 5 MCAS
& Terra Nova |
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May 19 |
Grades 4 & 5 MCAS
& Terra Nova |
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May 19 |
Staff meeting |
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May 20 |
Administrators
Meeting |
|
May 20 |
Incoming Grade 3
Parent Orientation night at GES |
|
May 20 |
Grades 4 & 5 MCAS
& Terra Nova |
|
May 21 |
Grades 4 & 5 MCAS
& Terra Nova |
|
May 21 |
Grade 3 Memorial
Day Program for grade 4 & 5 students, 1:30 PM |
|
May 22
|
Grades 4 & 5 MCAS
& Terra Nova |
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May 22 (rev.) |
Grade 3 Memorial
Day Program for Parents & Pre-k, 9:00 AM |
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May 23 |
Grades 4 & 5 MCAS
& Terra Nova |
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May 26 |
Memorial Day –
school closed
Parade –
participants to gather at Norcross Park at 10:30 AM |
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May 27 (rev.) |
Grade 5 Sturbridge
Village (extended day) |
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May 28 |
Breakfast club
morning |
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May 28 |
Biodiversity Day
(tentative date) |
|
May 28 |
Grade 5 Parent
Orientation Night at GMS, 7-8:30 PM |
|
May 30 |
Grade 4 Greek Day
|
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May 30 |
Grade 4 Myth
Masters, 9:30 AM, Cafeteria |
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June 2 |
Grade 4 Rail Road
Safety Presentation (6 classes) |
|
June 2 |
Staff meeting |
|
June 3 & 4 |
Grafton
Recreation’s Ceramics Workshop, 3:00-4:30 PM |
|
June 3, 4 & 5 |
Field Days (grades
3, 4 & 5 respectively) Rain dates June 6, 10 & 11 |
|
June 4 |
Mrs. Fontecchio’s
class visits Grafton Community Barn, 9:00-1:15 |
|
June 4 |
SAC meeting, 3:15
PM |
|
June 5 |
Student Council
meeting, 8:00 AM |
|
June 9 |
Grade Level
Meeting |
|
June 9 |
Grade 4 Rail Road
Safety Presentation (4 classes) |
|
June 10 |
Whole School Scot
Cannon: Classics with a Twist, 9:00, 10:00 |
|
June 10 |
PTG meeting, 7:00
PM |
|
June 11 |
Special Ed. Staff
meeting, annex building, 2:30-3:30 PM |
|
June 11 |
Grade 2 visits GES,
9:30 – 11:30 |
|
June 12 |
Spring Concert &
Art Show, 6:45 PM |
|
June 13 |
Special Ed. Parent
Advisory Council Mtg., SGE |
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June 16 |
Firefighter Phil
Program, 8:45 AM, 9:30 AM and 10:15 AM |
|
June 17 |
Administrators
Meeting |
|
June 18 |
Special Ed. Staff
Meeting |
|
June 19 |
Breakfast club
morning |
|
June 20 |
Marks close for 4th
quarter |
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June 20 |
Awards |
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June 23 |
Talent Show (5th
grade participants) |
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June 23 |
Last day of school
(includes 2 snow days) half day |
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June 23 |
Report Card day |
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