April 8, 2018

Vining News

April 8, 2018

Upcoming Dates
Monday, April 9, 2018

School Committee Meeting at 6pm Parker Cafe

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Grade 4 ELA MCAS

First grade field trip

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Grade 4 ELA MCAS

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Read to a Child

Student Council at 2:15pm

PTO Meeting at 7pm Art/health room

Friday, April 13, 2018

Full Day of School dismissal at 2:05pm

April Vacation begins at dismissal 

Monday, April 23, 2018

School Re-opens

School Committee Meeting at 6pm Parker School
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Grade 3 ELA MCAS
Additional hour of school dismissal begins at 3:05pm
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Grade 3 ELA MCAS

Redistricting meeting and conversation with Superintendent Piwowar at 6:30pm
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Grade 5 ELA MCAS
Friday, April 27, 2018
Grade 5 ELA MCAS

Future Dates

Art and Poetry Night Monday, May 21, 2018 at 6pm Billerica Public Library

April Lunch Menu

Art and Poetry Night
This year's Vining Art and Poetry Night is scheduled for Monday, May 21 at 6:00pm, at the Billerica Public Library. All art and poetry must be submitted to the main office by Thursday, May 17. Please visit the Vining School website for additional information, or contact Mrs. Skelton with any questions at kathskelton@live.com.

Snow Day Make-up Plan Approval Letter from Superintendent Piwowar 4/6/2018

Parents/Guardians:

     I am happy to share that we received word late this afternoon from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) that our plan to makeup three snow days with additional time has been approved.  Our thanks to Commissioner Riley and his team for providing their review and approval of our proposal.

     As a reminder, our plan involves the following:

1.  We will eliminate both remaining district-wide early release days (Friday, April 13 and Tuesday, May 22), and schedule as full days of school.

2.  We will eliminate the half-day on the last day of school (Friday, June 22) and schedule as a full day of school.

3.  We will add one hour to the school day for all students, K-12, for eight consecutive Tuesdays, starting on Tuesday, April 24 and ending on Tuesday, June 12. On these days, schools will follow the regular daily schedule during the course of the "regular" school day, and the additional hour at the end of the day will be designed as a time to provide support/intervention and enrichment opportunities for all students.  Bus transportation will continue to be provided for all students; bus schedules will be pushed back one hour in the afternoon.  More information about specifics at each school will come from the schools directly.

4.  As a result of these changes, the last day of the school year will be Friday, June 22.

     The first day impacted will be next Friday, April 13 - this will now be a full day of school, and not the originally scheduled early release.  

Thank you,

Tim Piwowar, Superintendent