{"id":3656,"date":"2025-05-03T04:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/sprague\/?p=3656"},"modified":"2025-12-19T10:02:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T15:02:48","slug":"updates-may-3-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/sprague\/2025\/05\/03\/updates-may-3-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates – May 3, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dear Sprague\/PAWS,<\/b><\/p>\n
Welcome to May and welcome back to school after a well-deserved vacation!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Congratulations to 169 Sprague students\/families as they started their day with a walk\/roll to school! Just one Walk\/Roll-to-School Day remaining\u2026.big footie!<\/b><\/p>\n Please join me in wishing the Sprague staff a Happy Teacher\/Staff Appreciation Week next week!<\/span> Thank you for all you do, Sprague staff. We appreciate all of you.<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n Please have a restful weekend.<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Teacher\/Staff Appreciation Week<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n Monday:<\/u> <\/p>\n MCAS Dates<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n Fifth grade students<\/u><\/span> – Mathematics assessments – Monday, May 5, 2025 and Tuesday, May 6, 2025 <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Fourth grade students<\/u><\/span> – Mathematics assessments – Thursday, May 8, 2025 and Friday, May 9, 2025<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Third grade students<\/u><\/span> – Mathematics assessments – Monday, May 12, 2025 and Tuesday, May 13, 2025<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/b><\/p>\n Annual Kindergarten Orientation and Screening<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n We look forward to welcoming our new kindergarten crew!<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n The Sprague kindergarten team will be hosting our annual Kindergarten Orientation on Thursday, May 15th at 6:00 pm in the library <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n Sprague School Garden Planting<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n Planting Day<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Date: Sunday, May 18, 2025 (no rain date)<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Time: 9:30-11:30 a.m.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Sign up: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/spgarden2025-2<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n A-CAT-emy Awards<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n Please mark your calendars as we need all the mama-razzi and papa-razzi to cheer on students, support the love of reading, and of course, enjoy the show!<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Wednesday, May 21st<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Please arrive no later than 8:45 am<\/u><\/span> in order to see all classes walk the red carpet<\/b> – The ceremony begins at 9:00 am<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n 2025-2026 Placement<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n As we enter May, one of the many spring tasks is placing students for the 2025-2026 school year<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Please, if there is any pertinent<\/u> information regarding your child\/ren\u2019s placement for the 2025-2026 school year, please contact me directly <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n As you know, and I appreciate your respect when adhering to this request, please do not request classroom teachers<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n End-of-Year Dates<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n Please review all dates as the Spring Concert date has been adjusted<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Parent.End-of-Year Dates – Spring 2025.UpdatedVersion.pdf<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n PTO Updates<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n Open Board Positions<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n Co-Presidents<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n SEPAC (Special Education Parents and Caregivers)<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Raffle\/ Auction Co-Chairs<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Yearbook Co-Chair<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Spirit Wear Chair<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Green Team Chair<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Garden Chair<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Staff Appreciation Chair – New Position!<\/em><\/p>\n \tClick to learn more: PTO Board | Sprague Elementary School<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n Dates<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n May 5th and 6th Grade 5 Math MCAS <\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n May 8th and 9th Grade 4 Math MCAS <\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n May 12th and 13th Grade 3 Math MCAS <\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n May 15th and 16th Grade 5 Science MCAS<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n May 15th @ 6:00 pm Incoming Kindergarten Orientation <\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n May 21st A-CAT-emy Awards Assembly @ 9:00 am – arrive at 8:45 am<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n May 26th Memorial Day – No School <\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n June 4th, 5th, and 6th Hale Trip – Grade 5 <\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Gratefully,<\/b><\/p>\n Leigh<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Sprague\/PAWS, Welcome to May and welcome back to school after a well-deserved vacation! Congratulations to 169 Sprague students\/families as they started their day with a walk\/roll to school! Just one Walk\/Roll-to-School Day remaining\u2026.big footie! Please join me in wishing… Continue reading Updates – May 3, 2025<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","","tg-column-two"],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-07-31 23:59:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[0],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/sprague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/sprague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/sprague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/sprague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/109"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/sprague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/sprague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4242,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/sprague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656\/revisions\/4242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/sprague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/sprague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/sprague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} Let\u2019s Celebrate Our Amazing Educators & Staff!
Join Us All Week Long to Show Our Thanks!
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Words of Thanks \u2013 Write a note, card, or draw a picture to share your appreciation.
Tuesday: <\/u> Treats for Our Teachers & Staff!
Wednesday:<\/u> Luncheon @ Noon \u2013 Location: in front of the Sprague library.
Thursday:<\/u> Ice Cream Social \u2013 A sweet way to say thanks!
Friday:<\/u> Breakfast Treats \u2013 Kick off the day with a delicious start.<\/b><\/p>\n
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