The PTO Enrichment Committee recently sponsored a show for the school entitled "Slapstick Science."  Above is a picture of a student lifting Mr. Rossley with a pulley.  The show explored and reinforced important science concepts that students are learning.  This was a terrific program!

Update for Week of December 20th

Vacation

Thursday, December 23 is a full day of school. All schools will be December24, 2010 and reopen on Monday, January 3, 2011.

Cold Weather

Remember to have your children wear hats, gloves or mittens, and appropriate foot wear for the weather.  Children who wear snow pants will be allowed to play in the snow.

New District Positive Climate – Anti-Bullying Policy

Nashoba Regional School District (NRSD) is pleased to introduce our Positive Climate/Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan, which can now be found on the NRSD website.

NRSD is committed to providing a safe learning and working atmosphere for students, employees and visitors, free from bullying.  

The Nashoba Regional School District expects staff, students, parents or guardians, and others who witness or become aware of an instance of bullying or retaliation involving a student to report it to the Principal/Assistant Principal. 

Reports of bullying or retaliation may be made by staff, students, parents, guardians, or others, and may be oral, written or electronic.  Oral reports made by or to a staff member shall be recorded in writing.  NRSD staff members are required to report promptly to the Principal/Assistant Principal, any instance of bullying or retaliation the staff member becomes aware of or witnesses.  Reports made by students, parents, guardians, or other individuals who are not school or district staff members, may be made anonymously. 

NRSD Incident Reporting Forms are available in each school building and on the district website (www.nrsd.net) along with an anonymous online reporting system.  We appreciate your support in maintaining a safe and positive climate for our community.

Mrs. Archambault's "Box Town"

Mrs. Archambault's first grade class made a town out of boxes.  They are studying communities and what goods and services are needed in a community.

Nashoba High School Football in the News!

This Friday, October 8th, Nashoba will be featured on Fox News as the game  of the week.  Here is a link to preview they ran on Tuesday night.

Nashoba Football on Fox News

Last Update from Nature's Classroom

From Ms. Rich:  Last night the students participated in Thursday Night Live skits and roasted marshmallows. Everyone enjoyed the last quiet sing and did an unbelievable job packing and getting ready to go home.

Now the kids are off for their last field group adventure. We will have an early lunch and will be heading home around noon. The rain is holding out and its been good weather today.

We will be in touch when we are about an hour away from school.

Nature's Classroom - Thursday 9/30

Morning update from Ms. Rich:

The kids enjoyed their Night Hike last night. They traveled into the woods with their field group leaders to do "cool stuff" according to the kids. They learned about the stars, cones and rods in their eyes, and discovered if you chew wintergreen mints with your mouth open you can see sparks!!

This morning the kids are going to be heading to breakfast soon-- pancakes yum! Then they will be playing an enormous game of predator vs. prey!

Wednesday Nature's Classroom Update

From Ms. Rich:

The kids are participating in a simulation game called alpha beta this afternoon. Each field group is creating their own civilization.

The weather is sunny and beautiful today!!

Kids had a great time during their hikes this morning-- everyone came back wet from the beach and marsh!

Tonight we are going on a Night Hike and doing cool outdoor nighttime experiments.

Nature's Classroom Update 9/29 8:44am

The students had a good night on Tuesday.  They did team building activities and challenges.  Wednesday is a long field day. They will go on a hike to the marsh and beach.  The students will have a picnic lunch on their hike.

Nature's Classroom Update 9/28 12:14

I have just heard from the Nature's Classroom trip and all is going well.  Ms. Rich texted me, "Kids just got back from getting muddy in the marsh. They are having a blast! We are heading to lunch & then they have classes this afternoon."

21st Century Skills

The two links below deal with what the world will look like for our children when they graduate from school.  The amount and pace of change is increasing all the time.  A focus for the Nashoba Regional School District and for the Mary Rowlandson Elementary School is to provide our students with solid underlying skills, such as reading, mathematics and social skills,  as well as using 21st Century skills of technology, collaboration and critical thinking.

Did You Know? 3.0


Did You Know? 4.0

Intial set up

As a method to improve communication with parents and the community, we are trying to utilize different modes of communication.  As I and school learn how to utilize a blog, we will update it regularly with current information.