Pocasset Elementary School

Good Morning Pocasset Families, I hope you all had a great weekend! Here is the latest copy of the WWW. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at swordell@tivertonschools.org. Thanks, Dr. Suzette Wordell, Principal

Pocasset's Winter Service Project with the Izzy Foundation (Hasbro Children's Hospital).

Good Morning, Please see the attached flyer about our School-Wide Winter Service Project. We're very excited to be partnering with the Izzy Project from Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence for this project. Children who are receiving long-term or significant medical assistance will receive from Pocasset art supplies the children can use to help pass along the long hospital days and nights, especially during the holidays. We are collecting items this week and next week. Our last collection day will be Friday, December 8, so our coordinators (Nurse Duarte and Mrs. Simmons) will have time to deliver the items to Hasbro during this holiday season. Thank you for all your help, Dr. Suzette Wordell, Principal

Good Morning PTO Families, I'd like to thank all our PTO volunteers and our many families who helped to support our PTO BookFair before Thanksgiving break. It's always such a wonderful, successful event that our students love and remember fondly. I am attaching the latest WWW for 11.29.23 and will be sending along in a separate email information about our School-wide Winter Service Project. Thank you for your support, Dr. Suzette Wordell, Principal

Good Afternoon Pocasset Families, Some quick reminders: 1. Parent Teacher Conferences are tonight 5-8 pm and tomorrow 3:50-5:30 pm. 2. Scholastic BookFair is open tonight from 5-8 pm. 3. BCI checks will be done tonight at Parent Teacher Conferences. Paperwork is available - cost is $5. BCI will be valid for 1 year and is needed to volunteer at any school events (RI law). 4. Tomorrow (Tuesday) is our student's favorite day - Pocasset Pajama Day!! Pajamas must be school appropriate and no slippers allowed for student safety. 5. No school Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (Thanksgiving Break). I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving break! Dr. Suzette Wordell, Principal

Good Afternoon Pocasset Families, The Pocasset PTO Fall Scholastic BookFair will be tomorrow, Friday November 17. All classes will be visiting the Book Fair. Students will go home today with a list of books they would like. If you are sending in money for the BookFair, please note the following: 1. RI State Sales tax is charged on all purchases (7% sales tax - this is a requirement of Scholastic BookFair); 2. Many books are limited in supply. The PTO will do their best in filling Book list requests, but sometimes books are limited in supply and may be sold out before your child comes to the Book Fair. Thank you for understanding. 3. We have a change in Book Fair visit order: Mrs. Foster's grade 3 class will visit at 10 am, and Mrs. Giorgi's grade 4 class will visit at 1:30 pm. Thank you, Dr. Suzette Wordell, Principal

Good Afternoon, Pocasset PTO Cupcake orders are in!! Please pick up Cupcakes in the Library (not office) tonight between 5:30-7:30 pm. Thanks! Dr. Wordell

On Monday, November 20th and Tuesday, November 21st all Tiverton Public Schools will hold Parent/Teacher Conferences. Please select your child's school to sign up for a Parent/ Teacher conference using this link provided: https://www.tivertonschools.org/page/parent-teacher-conferences

Good Evening Pocasset Families, We're looking forward to a busy, fun week at Pocasset! If you haven't yet, please sign up for Parent-Teacher Conferences, which are in person next week. On behalf of Pocasset School, thank you for all your support! Dr. Suzette Wordell, Principal

Good Morning Pocasset Families, Here are the Dress Up Days for November and December - all chosen by vote by Pocasset students! Thanks, Dr. Suzette Wordell

Please read the below flyer regarding SELAC. Thanks, Dr. W

Halloween Party tonight! 6:15-8:15 pm. Parent/Guardian must be present. Food/Water for purchase: $2 per slice of pizza; $.50 per baked goods item; $1 for juice and $.50 for water. Thanks and hope to see you there! Dr. W

Good Afternoon, This is your last chance to volunteer for our AWESOME PTO Halloween Party: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0C4EACAD2DA5F49-45269344-halloween/41854835#/ Hope to see you tomorrow night at the Party 6:15-8:15 pm! Dr. Suzette Wordell, Principal

Please join us for the Annual Pocasset Halloween Party 2023! Refreshments will be available for purchase. VOLUNTEERS needed, and a Sign-Up Genius will be sent out shortly for volunteers to set up, clean up, work during the event, and donations of food/pastries. This is a YOUNG CHILD party - created for students in grade K-4. This event may be too overwhelming for PreK or younger children. Please use your discretion in bringing children under age 5 to this event. For student safety, shoes/sneakers need to be worn at all times. School-appropriate costumes encouraged with no accessories (No light sabers, guns, knives, weapons, etc). Students MUST attend school on Friday, October 20 in order to attend the nighttime Halloween Party event. Hope to see you there! Dr. Suzette Wordell, Principal

Good Afternoon Pocasset Families, I am attaching the latest issue of Wordell's Weekly Words. I hope you have a great night! Thanks, Dr. Suzette Wordell, Principal

Good Evening Pocasset Families, Due to the impending rain on Friday night, the PTO Family Movie Night will be canceled and rescheduled to a later date. Thanks, Dr. Suzette Wordell, Principal

Good Afternoon Pocasset Families, Be Green Consignments will be hosting their annual event in LongPlex September 29-October 1. There is a ton of children's clothes, toys, sport equipment, and more in all children sizes available - all at a very low price. Please see the flyers for more details. Thanks, Dr. Suzette Wordell, Principal

Good Morning Pocasset Families, This morning at 9:18 am, we hosted our first "Sheep, Shepard, and Wolf" drill (the elementary version of a lockdown drill). Members of both the Tiverton Police and Tiverton Fire Departments were onsite to offer support and feedback. The drill lasted 10 minutes total, and we were universally complimented by both departments for how our students and teachers/staff performed the drill. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Thanks, Dr. Suzette Wordell, Principal

Good Morning Pocasset Families, Each year we practice safety drills with our students. The most commonly know are fire drills (which we have completed 3 so far). There is another drill that we practice with our students: lockdown. We use the ALICE protocols that every adult in Pocasset (including all teachers and teacher assistants) have been trained in to unify our approach in a very child-centered way. Since we are dealing with elementary students, I read the ALICE recommended children's book to all classes this morning, called "I'm Not Scared, I'm Prepared". In this book, we teach our elementary students that our lockdown drill is called a "Sheep, Shepard, and Wolf Drill". The students are the sheep, the adults are the shepards that will lead them to safety, and the wolf is the unexpected visitor. We ensure that when we perform the drill, we use age-appropriate language and have social-emotional personnel here to support any students who may need it. I also will send an email home at the conclusion of the drill so you are aware of what happened and how our practice went. Last school year, we practiced 4 lockdown drills with no incidence. I am including a link here: https://youtu.be/F4vmSsgkhHc of a video that explains ALICE to families. Thank you to Mrs. Simmons for the video link. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at swordell@tivertonschools.org. Thanks, Dr. Suzette Wordell, Principal

Good Morning Pocasset Families, Attached is the Wordell's Weekly Words for this week (9.25.23). Thanks, Dr. Suzette Wordell, Principal