Dates to Remember
Parent Teacher Conferences, Early Release, 11:15
(No Lunch) October 25 & November 1
October 31 K-2 Halloween Parade, 9 AM
Holiday, No School November 11
Ski Skate and Board sale November 19-November 20
From the Principal
Dear Cutler Families,
Over the next couple of weeks, you will attend your child’s Teacher Conference. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about how your child is doing in school. Teachers will be presenting evidence to support their academic strengths and identified areas for growth, as well as share information about how your child is progressing socially and emotionally. We appreciate this home/ school partnership and are committed to working together to support every child in unique ways.
As I mentioned last week, on October 31 (next Monday), the K-2 children will participate in our annual Cutler School Halloween Parade along the driveway at 9AM. Please note this is purely optional and if you have any questions or concerns please contact me. You are invited, with your cameras of course, to line the “parade route” and cheer us on! We stress the wonderful world of “childhood pretend.” No costumes representing violence or weapons of any kind are allowed. Please send your child/ren to school dressed in as much of his/her/their costume as is comfortably possible. Please send a change of clothing as all costumes will come off immediately following the parade. Please label EVERYTHING! This is a weather dependent event and if it is raining, the event will be canceled.
Review of Materials
Please log into your Aspen Parent Portal (where you go for report cards) to review your data! Once in, under “Start a new Returning Student Registration,” Click "Initiate", then NEXT to follow through the tabs. Instructions for completing the form are included on the first page.
If you have more than one student in the district, you will need to complete the forms for each student.
If you need help getting into Aspen, you can email aspenhelp@hwschools.net.
Thanks for helping us ensure all our information is correct.
Lunch Menus:
From Lynne Nardella, Health Office News
As above, please review your child's health record in Aspen (see above)!
Teal Pumpkin Season Returns!
CVS Pharmacy® is partnering with FARE to help support the food allergy community and will have Teal Pumpkin Project-approved, non-food trinkets at approximately 4,000 locations and on CVS.com. And, as always, Teal Pumpkin Project resources and downloadables for all your Halloween needs are available on our Teal Pumpkin Project headquarters. Happy hauntings!
From Wenham Tea House:
Donations: Friends of Cutler recently donated a new portable sound system to Cutler! This sound system will be used by both staff and administration as well as the Friends of Cutler volunteers for many different school events and activities. Thank you to Matti Acworth for spearheading this donation.
Gardens and Grounds: Thank you to the Cutler Gardens and Grounds Committee for their cleanup of the Zen Garden! They are working on additional seating and plantings for the garden as well.
Playground Update: In the summer of 2019, a considerable amount of equipment needed to be removed from the existing playground for safety reasons. While the school and students are fortunate that many pieces of the playground, including the swings, rock wall and monkey bars, remain, the center structure was an important part of it, and we hope to find a piece that can be enjoyed by all students in its place. Parents generously donated towards a playground fund to support the purchase of new equipment. Due to the pandemic, the purchase and installation was put on hold, but after a long 3 years, we are thrilled to announce that we have purchased the equipment! The equipment, which consists of a 4 seat seesaw, chimes, metallophone, drums, learning wall, color splash panel, and rain sound wheel is scheduled to be delivered in late March with a tentative installation date of April or May!
Ski Skate and Board Sale: Save the date for the 2022 Ski Skate and Board event! This year’s event will take place November 19th & 20th at Cutler. There are many ways to get involved with the Ski, Skate, and Board Sale:
· CONSIGN- earn money for your previously used equipment. Consignors earn 60% of sales!
All items must be tagged prior to drop off
· SHOP- Find great new and gently used equipment and apparel at incredible prices!
· DONATE- Donate your gently used items to our sale! If your items value $50+, you are eligible for a pass to our pre-sale! Donations are encouraged and tax-deductible!
· VOLUNTEER- Give us 2 hours to earn a pre-sale pass! Sign up coming soon!
See the SSB website for more details: skiskateandboard.com
Cultural Enrichment: The Cultural Enrichment committee is busy behind the scenes organizing some great experiences for the students such as field trips, author visits, and donation drives. Thank you to the committee for their work and collaboration with the principal and Cutler teachers!
