We continue to dive deeper into our research on weather phenomena! This week, students explored where and when their chosen weather events occur and began writing about their findings. They are quickly becoming experts on these fascinating topics!

In math, third graders worked with Ms. Nancy in Math Through Art to create their own 3D art pieces—an exciting blend of creativity and mathematical thinking. Fourth graders are beginning to learn the US Standard Algorithm and are building confidence as they practice new strategies.

In celebration of Hour of Code Week, our class also spent time coding and mentoring our Kindergarten buddies, sharing skills and having fun learning together. To top off an eventful week, we enjoyed a special visit from local legend Buddy Dubay on Monday. His seasonal songs brought our 3–4 group together for a joyful musical experience.

We’re getting ready for another amazing season of Girls on the Run at UCS—but we need your help! We’re looking for volunteer coaches to help lead this fun, empowering program for 3rd and 4th grade girls. The season typically begins in March and runs two days a week after school, ending around 3:45 PM. The program wraps up with an inspiring Celebration 5K on Saturday, May 30, as part of the Essex 5K!

Don’t worry if you can’t commit to both days—we’re very flexible and would love to have you join us even if you can only help one day a week!

If you’re interested in coaching, please reach out to Head Coach Abbie Bernier at abigail.bernier@mmuusd.org for more information and fill out the coach volunteer form here.

We’re also trying to gauge interest for this year’s team! If your 3rd or 4th grade girl would like to participate, please complete the interest form here: GOTRVT Participant Interest Form.
Please note: this is not the official registration—just a way for us to plan for the number of participants.

Let’s make this another great season of fun, friendship, and running! 🏃‍♀️💫

We are excited to share that we will be having a special visitor in our classroom soon! Although we don’t have an exact date yet, we are lucky to have Becky Bulaga, who works as an Associate Brand Manager at Ben & Jerry’s, coming to teach us all about her job. She is Mrs. Dolan’s daughter, and she will be bringing Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to share with our class!

If this is something your child cannot eat, please let me know as soon as possible.

We always enjoy learning from members of our community! If you or someone you know would like to visit and share about your job, our class would love to have you come and present.

Please make a note on your family calendar to send your child’s Friday notebook to school each Friday (or earlier if possible!). It means so much to your child to read your response and write back to you. They truly look forward to that connection every week.

Do you have chickens?

Our class, the Green Team at UCS, is working on ways to reduce waste at our school. One idea we have is to send the lunch food waste home with a UCS family who can use it to feed their chickens.

Would you be interested in picking up the compost from the cafeteria each day (or every other day) to bring home for your chickens? The compost would need to be picked up by 3:00 p.m. each day.

If this is something that interests you or if you know someone in the community who might be interested, please reach out to Mrs. Bernier at [email] to make specific plans and discuss the details.

Thank you for helping us make UCS a little greener!