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November 18, 2024homepageby Prerna Arora

HSA Minutes – November 2024 Meeting Minutes

HSA Meeting November 15, 2024 Attendance: 13 in person, 9 online School Updates – Dr. Oates presented ESL teacher visit Ellen Ramido –We have a growing ESL population at Somerville. Ms. Ramido discussed how to best to support families with English Language needs, including translation of documents. Ms. Ramido is working on building conversational English with kids. School Theme – …

October 23, 2024homepageby Prerna Arora

HSA Minutes – October 2024 Meeting Minutes

HSA Meeting October 23, 2024 Attendance: 10 in person, 6 online Meeting called to order at 9:05am School Updates / Dr. Oates Continuing with School Theme. In October, the focus on safety – discussing volume inside, listening to directions the first time, and walking inside. Teacher Representative – K Bielicky. Discussed Heggerty program and instruction on phonemic awareness. Curriculum corner …

September 22, 2024homepageby Prerna Arora

HSA Minutes – September 2024 Meeting Minutes

HSA Meeting September 20, 2024, 9:00 Attendees: 25 in person, 12 online Meeting called to order at 9:03am School Updates (Dr. Oates) Total number of students Somerville – 285 families, 393 students in 2024-2025 year School Theme is Stay Gold – Activities have included focus on developing best learning behaviors, developing best interpersonal skills, signing of Golden Rule pledge Monthly …

April 26, 2024homepage, Meeting notes, newsHSA Meetingby HSA Editor

HSA Minutes – April 2024 Meeting Minutes

HSA Meeting April 19th, 2024, 9:00 Attendees: 15 in person, 8 online Updates from Dr. Oates Teacher Representative – Ms. Droske Kindergarten is working on writing personal narratives. Students are starting to use punctuation and full sentences. They are also using phonetics to sound out words. Social Services Donations – Cake mix and icing. Donations can be …

April 2, 2024homepage, Meeting notes, newsHSA Meetingby HSA Editor

HSA Minutes – March 2024 Meeting Minutes

HSA Meeting March 15th, 2024, 9:00 Attendees: 15 in person, XX online Updates from Dr. Oates Teacher Representative – Ms. Finnegan on Executive Functioning Skills & Parent Book Club This year 5th graders will start to receive executive functioning training, not to be confused with study skills. Fifth graders are at an age where they are able to …

March 12, 2024homepage, Meeting notes, newsby HSA Editor

HSA Minutes – February 2024 Meeting Minutes

HSA Meeting February 15th 2024, 9:00am Attendees: 19 in person, 10 online Updates from Dr. Oates Teacher Representative – Beth Fischetti (4th Grade) This year each grade will be using Second Step Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) programs to teach students techniques to thrive in school and life. The first unit is growth mindset and goal setting. The lessons culminate …

January 30, 2024homepage, Meeting notesHSA Meeting, minutesby HSA Editor

HSA Minutes – January 2024 HSA Meeting Minutes

HSA Meeting January 16th 2024, 9:00am Attendees: 11 in person, 12 online Updates from Dr. Oates Teacher Representative – Mrs. Kaplan One school, one book (OSOB) has launched with Big Tree by Brian Selznick. Each household has received a copy and will be reading along with the schoolwide schedule. Please remember to email a picture of your family …

December 11, 2023homepage, Meeting notesHSA Meeting, minutesby HSA Editor

HSA Minutes – November 2023 HSA Meeting Minutes

HSA Meeting November 16th 2023, 9:00am Attendees: 17 in person, X online Updates from Dr. Oates Teacher Representative – Katie Bielicky – Mrs. Bielicky and Mr. Dembin run student council which is open to 4th and 5th graders. The club meets every other Tuesday at lunch. The group works to help the school promote events such as the Pink Out …

November 1, 2023homepage, Meeting notesHSA Meeting, minutesby HSA Editor

HSA Minutes – October 2023 HSA Meeting Minutes

HSA Meeting October 13th 2023, 9:00am Attendees: 24 in person, 19 online Thank you to the Board of Education candidates that presented at our meeting. Updates from Dr. Oates Food Drive – The school theme for the year is “All Better Together” so donation items will follow the theme. Last month was Peanut Butter and Jelly and …

November 1, 2023homepage, Meeting notesHSA Meeting, minutesby HSA Editor

HSA Minutes – September HSA Meeting Minutes

HSA Meeting September 15th 2023, 9:00am Attendees: 33 in person, 15 online Updates from Dr. Oates Teacher Representative Ms. Finnegan – Students in all grades participate in age appropriate Social and Emotional Learning. This year a new program, “Open Circle”, will be used daily to teach students about topics such as kindness and empathy, emotional management, relationship skills …

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