Dear Thacher Families,
We could use your help! We are thrilled that so many families are connecting with our teachers via the Rooms app as there is a mountain of evidence supporting the positive impact on our work when families work in tandem with the school. Families are taking advantage of the ease of communication (yay!) to reach out via Rooms when their child is going to be out sick or dismissed from school. The issue with using Rooms in those two instances is that if the message is sent while the teacher is in front of the class teaching, they won't be able to relay it to the office. Or, what has happened more frequently recently thanks to the swirling COVID/flu/stomach bug, is that a family messages the teacher, but the teacher is absent and thereby unable to pass the message along to the office. With this in mind, please send in a hard copy of a note if you know your child will be dismissed. That way, the substitute can pass it along to the office and we can make sure your child is ready when you arrive.
Also, each year, students in grades 3-12 participate in a survey as part of Attleboro's involvement in the Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment (MCIEA) which aims to help schools and the community measure school quality outside of simply relying on MCAS data. Our third and fourth-grade students will be participating in this year's survey between now and February break. The survey takes approximately 15-30 minutes and is done during class. If you would like to see the results of previous surveys/questions, please visit the MCIEA School Quality Measures Dashboard.
Lastly, congratulations to our January Golden Ticket Winners for being "goal getters!"
Frank Rich, Principal
Sarah Desautel, Asst. Principal
