Dates to Remember
June 6 to June 8 School Store
June 7 4th Grade State Fair
June 8 5th Grade Field Day (rain date 6/13)
Lynda Richards has been an incredible part of our school community at Cutler for the last eight years. Lynda previously taught at both the Middle School and Buker, and she has supported students at Cutler as a Special Educator. She was amused last week when she was walking with a first grader and he looked up and said to her, “Mrs. Richards, what inspired you to become a teacher?” She has loved every minute of helping children gain confidence and love school, and she says she is ready for retirement as she has a grandchild coming in August and hopes to spend time in nature, camping. We thank Mrs. Richards for all of her service to our students.
Next year, the following teachers will be teaching at each grade level:
Kindergarten: Mindy Drinkwater, Allison Goodchild, Patty Olson
Grade 1: Carey Green, Kelly Gray
Grade 2: Sarah DeCoteau, Emilie Kershaw
Grade 3: Liana Hanson, Rebecca Pinciaro
Grade 4: Nancy Duffy, Grace Valentine
Grade 5: Alicia Anderson, Taylor Purcell-Quarles
Additionally, Jess McCue has taken a position at the Middle School, so she will no longer be teaching here at Cutler. Her contribution to our school, her love of children and her commitment to collaboration on behalf of children is exemplary. We are just grateful that students will get to see her when they finish with us here.
Lynne Nardella, our school nurse, will move into a district position, supporting all of the schools. Lynne has been with us for twenty years, knows every child, and I have been immensely grateful for her support this year. We know that she will be in and out throughout the year, which is also a comfort.
And we wish Lauren Gorse all the best as she, too, continues on to new adventures. Thank you Lauren for a great two years!
Next week, I will plan to share with you more information about our new hires!
Wishing you a wonderful week.
Juliana
From the Health Office, Nurse Nardella:
Please remember to pick up any medications/EpiPens from the nurse's office before the last day of school. Also, please send plenty of snacks (and water) for your children; many classrooms are having extra snack periods, and the kids are coming to the nurse's office looking for food. Thank you!
Absent/Tardy Safe Arrival Phone Line
To report your child absent or tardy (NOT for dismissals), please call the safe arrival line @ 978-468-8472.
Last Minute Dismissal Changes: For last-minute dismissal changes, please call the front office at 978-468-5330.
If at all possible, please let us know by 1 p.m.The end of the day can get very hectic and teachers cannot always check their emails.
§ School begins at 8:25 am.
§ Adult supervision on the playground begins daily at 8:15 am.§ Dismissal is at 2:57 pm. Wednesday dismissal is at 12:45 pm.Please do not drop off your children before then as there is NO supervision.
§ Early Release is at 11:15 am. There is no lunch served on early release days.You may want to pack a larger snack on early release days.
Lunch Menus:
Here is the link to access the lunch menu:
https://www.hwschools.net/district-departments/nutritional-services
Cultural Festival:
What a wonderful celebration on Friday at the 2nd Annual Cultural Festival. Thank you to all who joined and experienced great entertainment and food. A big thank you to Matti Acworth, Laura Studley, and Ashley Serotta for planning this event and thank you to volunteers who supported setup and clean up!
School Store:
The last school store will be held next week on Tuesday, June 6th - Thursday, June 8th! All students are welcome for all three days for an “epic” end of the year sale while supplies last :)
Friends of Cutler Volunteers:
The Friends of Cutler has a number of open positions for the 23-24 school year.
There are 3 open Board positions:
Co-President,
Co-Secretary
Co-Treasurer
Each of these positions plays a vital role in the day to day work of Friends of Cutler and towards achieving the organization's goal of supporting and enhancing the educational experience of the students of Cutler Elementary. These positions will work collaboratively with their counterparts to learn and acquire the volunteer responsibilities. Each of these positions holds a 2 year term.
There are also a number of committee chair positions available:
Hospitality Committee -Hospitality Chairs are responsible for organizing hospitality events that occur throughout the year. This includes Staff Snack Carts (@3 times a year), staff luncheons (@ 2-3 times a year), cookie swap (1 time a year in December) and creating a stock the staff room sign up. Committee chairs rely on the support of hospitality volunteers to create sign ups for set up and snack and refreshment donations, and support with ordering food. Most planning occurs via email and/or zoom meetings. Some morning time hours between 7:30-8:30 are needed for setting up or to drop off items. If a luncheon is occurring, help is needed between 12:30-1 for set up.
Gardens and Grounds Committee -Gardens and Grounds volunteers support the maintenance of the Cutler gardens and grounds throughout the year. Expectations for the group consist of offering project ideas for the gardens or grounds and volunteering some time at one or more of the clean ups and planting times that occur in the fall and spring. The committee meets as needed in person or via zoom in the fall and spring.
Movie Night Committee -Movie Night is an event held on the playground in September/October and is always highly anticipated by the students - a super fun time for the whole family! Chairs are responsible for organizing movie equipment rentals (vendor information available for chairs), creating and sending out invitations, and arranging concessions. Chairs will coordinate volunteers for the day of needs such as set-up, concessions, and clean up.
Volunteer Descriptions: http://www.friendsofcutler.com/board-member-and-volunteer-descriptions.html
Thank you for your consideration and continued support of Friends of Cutler!
If you are interested in any of these positions, please email Rachel Barstow and Taylor Whitcomb with your interest or for more information at friendsofcutler@gmail.com
Annual Meeting:
Come celebrate another fantastic year for HW FOTA! Mix and mingle with FOTA Members, and learn more about what we do. We will have a brief business meeting to review the year and nominate new officers for next year. Curious about FOTA? This is a great way to see what we're all about! HW FOTA will hold our Annual Meeting on Thursday, June 8, 6:30 p.m., at the home of Melissa Keys. Please RSVP via the evite for the address. http://evite.me/fwDFtMK9n3
Melody Miles Recap: As we close out our 2023 Melody Miles fundraiser, we wanted to share a few fun facts: This year we had 293 registrants; that’s 120 more than last year!!! Our oldest runner was 81, and the youngest was 4! We raised over 11k in sponsorships, and when all is said and done we expect our net revenue to be around 16k. That makes this our most profitable race to date, and we are thrilled to be able to give it back to the schools as we fund future grants!
In other news a BIG SHOUT OUT TO Cutler Elementary School which had the biggest school team registered! In 2nd place was Winthrop, and Miles River Middle School came in 3rd. We loved seeing representation from all of the schools and even had a new team in the HW Mother’s Club this year.
