Wampatuck Wave ~ 10/26/23

We Need Your Help

Attendance Matters: We are in full swing at Wampatuck with a year FULL of academics and social emotional learning to accomplish. Teachers and staff are collaborating, planning, and working hard to ensure that every student receives a high quality education. With that being said, it is vital that students are in school everyday. Ensuring that every student is available and present to learn is a focus of our school this year. We need your help, parents, guardians, and caregivers. Please make sure your child(ren) are in school everyday. If you have questions you can reach out to Mrs. Bennett (nurse) or Mrs. Riordan (principal) or your child’s teacher. 

Smartwatches and Phones: Smartwatches and phones are a distraction in elementary school for a variety of reasons. Students are distracted when they receive text messages and phone calls during the day and there is temptation to videotape and take pictures of peers. Ideally it would be best to not send smartwatches and phones to school however, if a student does have one of these devices they will be asked to keep it in their backpack during the school day. Please help us by having a conversation with your child on not using their device and keeping it in their backpack. 

Character Strong

This month we are talking about Responsibility. One way to define Responsibility is “taking action and understanding the impact of our choices.” Taking action can mean doing the right thing or completing the tasks you have been assigned. Understanding the impact of our choices means that our actions matter. Positive and responsible actions can help people and irresponsible actions can hurt others. Responsibility is 1 of 3 traits we will focus on throughout the year that helps students Be Strong. Across grade levels students will be developing skills like focusing, organizing, and goal-setting.

As a family, think of ways in which you might make someone’s life a little easier by helping a neighbor or family friend with 1 of their Responsibilities. Could you bring the garbage to the chute or out to the curb? Could you carry things in from the grocery store? Could you invite someone over for a meal or a show? 

Review Responsibility as a family! Responsibility is taking action and understanding the impact of our choices. Choose 1 household chore (or more!) that requires multiple steps. Then have each member of the family select 1 step to complete to help get the job done! Maybe it’s washing the dishes, doing laundry, cleaning the living room, or unloading the groceries – whatever it is, see who can be the quickest or most effective at their task!

PTO Sponsored Extreme Science Event

Will Street experimenting with electricity

Cian Sunderberg experimenting with electricity

Scituate Fire Department Visits Wampatuck

Mrs. Culbert’s ECC class learning about fire prevention.

DEI Director jamele adams and Little LIT visit the ECC

Mrs. Sparzo read A Long Walk To Water with her students