December 2, 2023

Dear Springdale Families,

Connecticut recently passed legislation changing the Kindergarten entrance requirement for the 2024-2025 school year.   Children must be five years old by September 2nd to register for kindergarten.   However, parents who wish to register children who are not yet five but are turning five before January 1 may request an early kindergarten assessment appointment by completing this form.  https://forms.gle/kKmXB15d9UzTMjNK6   Please share this information with friends and family who have children turning 5 next year.  

Springdale will celebrate our diversity this month with our annual Share The Light Campaign.   Students will learn about various Holidays that are celebrated by our students.   If you would like to visit your child’s classroom and teach the children about a special holiday you celebrate, please complete this form by Monday, December 4, 2023.   Share The Light Sign Up

Report Card Conferences are December 11-15.   Online scheduling is now open.  We hope to see everyone this year!   Directions to schedule appointments are below. 

Have a joyful weekend,

Gloria Manna

 

School Appointments - Parent Instructions

1.   Go to our school appointments web site: . https://springdale.schoolappointments.com/admin/

2.   Register for an account by clicking the "REGISTER" menu tab and filling in the on-line form.  Choose a user id and password for yourself and then click the "Register Now" button.

3.   Add your children into the system by clicking the "Add a Student" button.  Click "Insert New" button to add more children.

4.   Click the "date" icon beside each child's name to schedule appointments.

5.   Select the staff you wish to book appointments with. Use the "Ctrl" or "Command" key to select multiple staff to view at the same time.

6.   Select if you would like an in-person or phone conference.   We are no longer holding virtual conferences. 

7.   Then click the "View Calendars" button. 

8.   Click on available time slots to book your appointments to make your bookings.

 To Delete Appointments:

1. Click “View Appointments” from the HOME page.

2. You will then see the list of appointments that you have booked. To delete any of the appointments, click the red “x” icon beside the appointment.

Dear Springdale Families,

I hope you had a joyful Thanksgiving and are enjoying this long weekend with family and friends.    We wrapped up our Gratitude Campaign with a Gallery Walk so students and teachers can read all of the gratitude notes shared on bulletin boards throughout the building. It is a heartwarming tradition here at Springdale.  I know the kids learn a lot from each other and it also helps them to build friendships that I hope will last them throughout their time in the Stamford Public Schools.   Our Turkey Trot was cut short on Wednesday due to the weather.   Instead of trotting outside as we normally do, each class walked around the building to get some exercise and get ready for a big meal tomorrow.   It wasn’t as good as our traditional trot, but we are grateful that we had the opportunity to do a little something to prepare for the Holiday.   

Report Card Conferences are December 11-December 15.    Our online appointment system will be ready for you to start scheduling your conferences on Friday, December 1st and will continue until Friday, December 8th.  To ensure teacher availability, please book your appointment during this window of time.  If you need a translator, please be sure to click that option.    The directions for booking your appointments are below.   

Have a wonderful rest of your weekend.   All my best,

Gloria Manna

 

School Appointments - Parent Instructions

1.   Go to our school appointments web site: . https://springdale.schoolappointments.com/admin/

2.   Register for an account by clicking the "REGISTER" menu tab and filling in the on-line form.  Choose a user id and password for yourself and then click the "Register Now" button.

3.   Add your children into the system by clicking the "Add a Student" button.  Click "Insert New" button to add more children.

4.   Click the "date" icon beside each child's name to schedule appointments.

5.   Select the staff you wish to book appointments with. Use the "Ctrl" or "Command" key to select multiple staff to view at the same time.

6.   Select if you would like an in-person or phone conference.   We are no longer holding virtual conferences.

7.   Then click the "View Calendars" button. 

8.   Click on available time slots to book your appointments to make your bookings.

 

To Delete Appointments:

1.  Click “View Appointments” from the HOME page.

2.    You will then see the list of appointments that you have booked. To delete any of the appointments, click the red “x” icon beside the appointment.

November 18, 2023

Dear Springdale Families,

We had such a joyful week here at Springdale.   Thank you for all of the food and candy donations.   We collected three donation bins of food for the local food pantry and several pounds of leftover Halloween candy for our servicemen stationed in Jordan.   The students have been sharing messages of gratitude with friends and teachers and they are glowing with pride when they do! There are many health benefits to practicing gratitude and positive thinking.   Expressing gratitude is like giving a gift, the person doing the expressing actually gains more joy and satisfaction than the person receiving the gratitude.   Focusing on what we are grateful for rather than everything that is wrong helps us to better cope with all of the problems and negative circumstances we face on a day to day basis.   Research shows that when we resist complaining and speaking negatively about our world, we are significantly more likely to report better mental health.  Brain scans show that grateful people have more activity in their medial prefrontal cortex, which is the area of the brain responsible for learning and decision making.    I know this campaign improves the happiness of our school community and I hope you see a difference at home too.    You have amazing children and it is truly a pleasure to work with them each and every day. 

 

Our Turkey Trot is Wednesday, November 22.   You are invited to cheer your children on from the stands at the little league field as they trot their way around the parking lot to get ready for Thanksgiving.   You will be unable to access the parking lot once the trot begins so please prepare to park on Mead Street, Minivale Road, or Bouton Street  and walk to the field. 

 

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your friends and loved ones.   

Dear Springdale Families,
We enjoyed an abundance of Gratitude for our Veterans on Thursday.  We are so grateful to Mr. Androvic (third grade parent) and Mr. Pender (kindergarten parent) for coming out and sharing their experience as a soldier for the United States Military. We also learned about the Navajo Code Talkers and Tuskeegee Airmen. The students were quite enthralled in the stories of service and I know many of them were emotionally drawn into the moral responsibility and heroism demonstrated by our Soldiers. In addition to the assemblies, students planted a U.S. Flag in the front lawn of the School with their classmates. It was truly a full day of gratitude, caring, and acts of kindness.  Here are some videos I shared with the students if you’re interested.

Tuskeegee Airmen

Navajo Code Talkers

How to speak Navajo

Sacrifices of Veterans and their Families

The Mobile Food Pantry is available to Springdale Families every third Saturday of the month at Cloonan Middle School from 9:00-11:00 am, 11 West North Street, Stamford, CT 06902

Have a joyful weekend!

Best,

Gloria Manna

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