West Street School - Principal for a Day

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Principal: Dana Labb
Guidance: Mrs. Flynn

Proudly Educating First through Fifth Grade Students
of Southbridge, Massachusetts

MCAS

Science and Technology/Engineering (STE) test grade 5 May 14 and 16

All other dates within the testing window will be used for makeup tests.

	Welcome to West Street School
	Click below for updated: School Announcements WSS Newsletter Grand Canyon Paintings Grade four students created paintings of the Grand Canyon in Art with Mrs Cloutier to go along with studies of national landmarks. They learned about the history of the Grand Canyon, its location, depth, width, the river that formed it, and discussed erosion. They learned to mix "earth tones" with tempera paint and also how to create depth in their paintings by creating foreground, middle ground and background. Students painted plateaus (which were called flying pancakes) in the middle ground on their paintings. They are very colorful! Twenty of these paintings were selected to hang at the Jacob Edwards Library until June 6th. Please stop in and see them (and take out a book or two while you are at the beautiful town library). *************************** Toto visits WSS Toto visited WSS with petdad Jonathan Hall of the Boston Animal Rescue League. Mr. Hall is the paramedic who rescued Toto after he was found by a tree worker, he is also the author of the children’s book Toto the Tornado Kitten. Toto. where is Mrs. Lamica? ********************** Westville Dam Tour Mrs. Brigg's and Mrs. Keane's classes went on a wonderful adventure along the West Street Nature Trail. We observed the changes that take place in spring. Then we played "Oh Deer" to demonstrate nature's impact on the deer population. We had a picnic lunch and the we were treated to a tour of the gate house at Westville Dam. Our guide was Ranger Keith Beecher. What a terrific adventure right in our own backyard! ***************** School Lunch Superhero Day May 3rd is School Lunch Superhero Day, a day to thank the people who provide healthy meals to our students. The day was dreamed up by Worcester native and children’s book author/illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka. Krosoczka is the author of the graphic novel series “The Lunch Lady.” The series features a Lunch Lady that fights crime in her spare time. School Lunch Superhero Day has been promoted by the National Education Association (NEA) and Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move program. Students at West Street School have been looking at the Lunch Lady series and writing letters of thanks to our School Lunch Staff ***************** National Parks, Monuments, Landmark, Historic Sites Project Students in Mrs. Keane's class chose a national park, monument, landmark, historic site, or unique features found in the United States. They conducted research to gather facts about the site. Each student completed a poster and a three-dimensional project including the name, location, description, history andexplanation of why the site is important in the United States. Project Creators: Camille Anctil - Arlington National Cemetery, Nicholas Bessette - Grand Canyon, Jacob Burnette - Golden Gate Bridge, Thomas Dupuis - Golden Gate Bridge, Tyler Ethier - Niagara Falls, Tyler Julian - Everglades, Amber Kartman - Redwood Forest, Isabelle Rios - Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Emily Rivera- Statue of Liberty, Savannah Ross - Arlington National Cemetery, Nestor Santos - Hoover Dam, Crystal Rivera-Rodriguez - Lincoln Memorial, Paige Julian - Washington Monument *************************** l.