February 2022
Dear Great Falls Families,
I hope you all enjoyed the February break with your children. The winter vacation is always a nice time to re-energize for the next stretch of our school year. There are a lot of things happening in the next few weeks that I will detail below for your planning purposes.
February 28th - March 4th is Read Across America Week: This week we will celebrate Read Across America Week with some fun spirit days and school events.
Check out the Read Across America website which hosts many links to activities for the entire year.
Explore our Diverse Books Read Aloud Classroom! We created this last year. It's been updated with a few new titles.
Join us for book-themed spirit days!
Monday, February 28th - Bad Case of Stripes Day, wear stripes!
Wednesday, March 2nd - I Want My Hat Back Day, wear your favorite hat!
Friday, March 4th - Book Character Day, dress as a book character!
Incoming Kindergarten Registration Night: On Tuesday, March 1st at 5:30 pm, the Great Falls administration and staff will be hosting our annual incoming Kindergarten registration night. Please pass the word about this event on to any families with students entering Kindergarten in the fall! If you have a child that will be entering Kindergarten in the Fall of 2022 at Great Falls, please complete this Kindergarten Survey if you have not already: https://forms.gle/tynZ877fgWAhFjDQ6
Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences: Virtual conferences will be held on March 16th and 18th. The general purpose of our virtual conferences is to connect with your child’s teacher, as well as obtain an update on academic progress and “skills for life.” These progress checks may include students sharing their work products, goal reflection, and the presentation of other assessments and work by the student and/or teacher. As your child will be present, it is understood that issues that are private and confidential require a different forum for communication. It is expected that issues that are of serious concern would have been discussed prior to and outside of these conferences. IEP meetings, even in close proximity to conference dates, do not take the place of student-led conferences.
Please expect to receive an email from your child’s teacher on Wednesday, March 2nd with directions on how to register for the conference.
Monday, March 14 is our Parent Connection Meeting with the School Committee: Join the Great Falls admin and School Committee members during our next in-person Parent Connection meeting on Monday, March 14th at 6pm in the Great Falls Library.
Wednesday, March 16th is the In-Person Book Fair: It’s time for the Great Falls Book Fair! This time it will be online and in-person! Even though conferences will be virtual, families can come to the Great Falls library and shop in-person on Wednesday, March 16th from 1:00 - 6:00 pm. Revenue from the book fair helps support our library collection as well as our One School One Book school-wide project.
March Early Release Days: Students will be dismissed at 12 pm on Wednesday, March 9th, 16th, and 23rd.
As always, please feel free to reach out to me at any time with questions and feedback. I am available through email at becky.fortier@gorhamschools.org and by phone at 222-1050.
Take care and be well,
Becky Fortier, Great Falls Principal
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