It’s not the years in your life that count; it’s the life in your years--Abraham Lincoln

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.--Leo Aikman

Remember to click on the page tabs at the top of this blog, particularly "This Week" to see this week's scheduled happenings.

GROWTH MINDSET: WITH TIME AND EFFORT I CAN IMPROVE!

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.  Never stop challenging yourself.

DEAR QUASHNET SCHOOL COMMUNITY,

       “We are not counting the days; we are making each day count.” It is so important to continue to be focused on learning as we wind down this school year.  Every day is valuable, and best effort and excellence must be the norm—academically and behaviorally.  With June being such an event-filled month, it is important that we emphasize to our students and their families that participation in many year-end activities is a privilege.  Almost all of our students are excellent role models who consistently follow the “FALCON FIVE” each and every day.  They are respectful, responsible, ready, caring, and safe.  They continue to give their best effort during the school day as well as on their homework.  We are thankful to them for making the right choices and for making our school a better place.   While we recognize that no one is perfect and misbehaviors may occur on occasion, the few students who, ON A REGULAR BASIS, display disrespectful and non-compliant behavior will not be allowed to participate in one or more of the upcoming events. First and foremost our purpose is to make sure that every student receives the best education possible.  We will not tolerate a student’s behavior choices that regularly interrupt his/her own learning, the learning of others, and/or a teacher’s ability to do his/her job.  Parental support is greatly appreciated as we help to guide our students to become better decision-makers, to accept responsibility for their actions and words, and to learn lessons that will shape them as they move forward and eventually become productive adult members of our society.  Learning from each small step (or misstep) taken during the journey through school is very important and can make positive differences down the road.
     Last Friday's Career Day was an outstanding event!  Thank you to all of our guests for volunteering their valuable time sharing their careers with our students.  Thank you also to Mrs. MacIntire for her above-and-beyond efforts on this project/event.  She was pretty much 100% responsible for every aspect of this very special day.  Our students and staff are very grateful.  (Don't forget to click on the pictures tab above.  We have a separate Career Day folder filled with many wonderful memories from the day.)

THE TIME YOU SPEND WITH YOUR CHILD LEADS TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS

          What if someone told you they knew about an investment that was sure to pay off?  Well, there is one:  Research has shown that the very best investment you can make as a parent is to spend time with your children.  A recent study followed more than 10,000 children.  It looked at what factors were most important in helping them achieve—both at school and at home.  Surprisingly, they found that what happened at home was much more important than what happened at school.  They noted that families could help children develop positive attitudes and skills that could help them be successful in school.

     To build these positive attitudes and help your child achieve:

Talk about school and why it’s important.  Show your child how what he/she is learning now will help him/her later in life.
Visit the school.  Continue to attend as many school activities and meetings as you can.

Check homework.  Be sure your child does the work and then gets the homework back to school the next morning.

     What happens in school is important, too.  And when schools and families work together, kids are most successful.  The researchers said that both school and family are important.  But “the role of family involvement is stronger when it comes to academic success.”

 Source:  “Parenting More Important than Schools to Academic Achievement, Study Finds,” Science Daily, www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121010112540.htm.

 Mrs. Kathy Webb is pictured here with Guidance Counselor Greta McCue.  Mrs. Webb is the Quashnet School's "Volunteer of the Year."  We are so grateful for all of Mrs. Webb's efforts to make our school better for our students, their families, and our staff.  She is the best!!  In addition to Mrs. Webb, we have many other wonderful volunteers who work very hard to make our school the best that it can be.  We truly could not do what we do without them.

Sixth grader Diana Geoffrion is pictured here with Mark Balestracci the newly appointed Assistant Principal for grades 7-9 at the Mashpee Middle School/Mashpee High School.  Diana was the winner of an IPAD at last Thursday's Step-Up Night for sixth graders and their families.

Parent and maternity nurse Heather Lakatos participated in last Friday's Career Day.  She is pictured here with her fifth grade son, Camron.

 

Fourth grader Jordan Willis is pictured here with her father Jamie Willis on Career Day.  Mr. Willis is an EMT who shared his career with our students.

 

 Quashnet School students are pictured above with our very special Mr. Palmer at the Special Olympics held last Thursday at the Dennis-Yarmouth High School.  Congratulations to all of our student athletes.

  

PARENTS:  ALL MATH REFERENCE BOOKS ARE DUE BACK BY JUNE 13TH.

Brownie Troop 80730 is collecting new and gently

 used books to benefit a Habitat for Humanity family.  A book collection box has been placed outside of Quashnet's main office.  Your support of this project is greatly appreciated.  

 

Girl Scout Troop 80786 is collecting worn or damaged American flags for proper disposal on Flag Day, June 14th.  There is a box outside of Quashnet's main office for this collection.

 

Don't forget to click on the "SY13-14 Pictures" tab at the top of this blog to view all the pictures taken last week.

With Gratitude,

Patty DeBoer, Principal  

 

YOU COME TO LOVE NOT BY FINDING THE PERFECT PERSON BUT BY SEEING AN IMPERFECT PERSON PERFECTLY.  Sam Keen