Aoril 23, 2024
Dear New Field families,
It is an exciting week at New Field! On Thursday, April 26 we look forward to seeing you at our Family Academic Night. Our classrooms will be open from 4:00 - 4:30 for fun, academic-focused family games. Then, we will move into our first-ever Math Festival, hosted by our PAC. As a reminder, ALL children must be accompanied by an adult ages 18 and over. On Friday, April 26 we will host our next round of family engagement workshops for families of students with IEPs and 504s. This month's focus in socio-emotional learning, including topics like social skills and maintaining friendships.
We are also thrilled to announce our winning participatory budget project as led by our Student Voice Committee! Our Student Voice Committee gathered student-perspective data on initiatives that would make New Field an even stronger learning environment. The SVC then led school-wide voting for all PK-4 classrooms. The winning project, with over 240 votes, was increased Visual Art materials - including work with clay and the possibility of a kiln installation. This week, Ms. Andes, our Art Teacher, and I will meet with our SVC to share our next steps for project implementation. We know that when kids are empowered in their school community and can communicate their learning in a variety or ways, that we create life=long learners and citizens. I look forward to increased access to enriching arts instruction and new arts learning for our students.
Warmly,
Mrs. Conrey Callahan
Principal, New Field ES