Tonight is the Smithfield HS Academic & Vocational Showcase beginning at 6 p.m. @SHS. All are welcome.
Reminder: Thursday, December 15th, is a Professional Day. There is no school for students.
Join us for the SHS Winter Concert, "Songs of Solstice", featuring Chorus, Band, Jazz Band, Sentinel Singers and soloists. We even have some tap dance and theatrical staging! Bring the whole family for this FREE concert on December 21st at 7 PM.
On Saturday, December 10, our amazing fifth grader, Jillian, was one of three illuminators who lit up the Smithfield town tree!!
Jillian’s warm smile and kind heart is a perfect fit for the integral part that lightening of the tree signifies - bringing people together to celebrate friendship, kindness and love.
We are so proud of you, Jillian!
Sentinel Showcase
Calling all future Sentinels! We are excited to provide GMS families, out of district families interested in our CTE programs, and the Smithfield community an opportunity to learn more about Smithfield High School. Please join us on December 14th, from 6-8 pm at Smithfield High School!
LaPerche Elementary has a warrior in our school!! Our first grade student, Lorenzo, was recently diagnosed with Leukemia and he in at Hasbro battling strong! On Friday, December 9, a group of LaPerche families joined Lorenzo's teacher, Mrs. Martel, and Smithfield Police and Fire to visit Hasbro and wave hello to Lorenzo! They brought signs, lights , smiles and cheers and did all they could to brighten Lorenzo's night.
Lorenzo's parents are so amazing in the way they are supporting their son. Lorenzo will win this battle and be back at LaPerche!!!
On Friday, dad joined the group outside Hasbro and passed out candy canes and glow sticks from Lorenzo! What a generous family. We love you, Lorenzo, and can't wait for you to return!
Thank you to Senator Tikoian for donating The Travels of Edith and Eddie, written by Smithfield author, Paul Borrelli, to each of our elementary school libraries! Thanks to both for visiting our schools.
The Smithfield Public Schools School Committee Meeting has been rescheduled to Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. in the Smithfield High School Library/Media Center. We apologize for any inconvenience.
The school committee meeting originally scheduled for tonight (12/5) has been rescheduled to Tuesday, December 6th, at 6:30 PM in the high school media center. Sorry for any inconvenience.
LaPerche hosted our annual Thanksgiving feast today during lunch. A huge shout out to Chartwells for the delicious food including many local options. So many wonderful LaPerche families were able to come in and volunteer, helping to set up, serve and clean up. Thank you, Melissa Worcester, for leading the volunteers! We hope everyone enjoys their feast tomorrow with their families and friends!
It’s open gym time at LaPerche! Kindergarten friends are able to move from one station to the next when they are ready. They are climbing, building, tumbling, swinging and dribbling! Everyone loves open gym time!
Thursday, Nov. 17 is a Professional Development day. There is no school for students.
LaPerche students and staff celebrated Veterans Day during a special ceremony yesterday at LaPerche. Sixteen Veterans who are related to LaPerche students joined us and each answered a question from the students and shared their experience being in the military. We heard about the sacrifice soldiers and their families make when someone is deployed. It is hard for the soldier to leave and for the family left behind waiting but still living.
The Veterans talked to the kids about teamwork and democracy and how they put their country before themselves. We are so thankful to live in a free country and we know that is because of the brave men and women in our military.
The students sang to the Veterans and the first graders delivered letters they had written. When our last Veteran spoke, there was not a dry eye in the house.
Happy Veterans Day to all. We are so thankful for your sacrifice and service!
Check out this alum for more photos from our celebration:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Y5nrPKBKkQCJFctX6
Smithfield is featured several times in RI Healthy School Coalition's newsletter this month. Check it out! https://mailchi.mp/rihsc/nov2022
The fifth-grade classes at LaPerche planned, designed, and created centers for our annual Halloween Spooktacular. They thought carefully about creating a Spooktacular where all children could participate. Our students in Mrs. Hayward and Ms. Feeley's classes along with other LaPerche students were invited to participate and the fifth graders hosted. Spending time together having fun in school deepens friendships. Students at LaPerche understand the importance of including all students everyday.
Check out more pictures in the Valley Breeze:
https://www.valleybreeze.com/laperche-elementary-halloween-spooktacular/collection_57e72700-5951-11ed-8364-3b65c74e2ffd.html#1
The Feinstein Junior Scholar Food Drive is in full swing at LaPerche! LaPerche families have donated 179 items so far. The November student council is excited to see that number grow each morning as they collect items at Morning Meeting.
Here are the details:
From November 1st to November 18th, R.C. LaPerche is holding a food drive to help benefit our LaPerche community and others in need. With the items we collect, we will be putting together Thanksgiving food baskets for our families. The LaPerche PTA adds a $50 Stop and Shop gift card and a delicious pie to the basket to help supply a wonderful Thanksgiving meal. Mr. Feinstein has challenged the LaPerche Feinstein Scholars to have our own food pantry so the remaining items will be kept at school and available to our families until the winter recess. Then all items will be donated to the Smithfield Food Bank.
We are asking you to please donate to help support our food drive. This is a great opportunity for the kids to use their own money and to shop with you. Our November student council will keep a tally of the items we collect and if the school collects 600 items, they will earn extra recess with Mrs. Dorsey.
PreSchool-Instant Potatoes/Pasta
Kindergarten - Stuffing or Rice
Grade 1 - Instant Potatoes/Pasta
Grade 2 - Peanut Butter/Boxes of Cereal
Grade 3 - Cranberry Sauce/Canned Vegetables
Grade 4 -Peanut Butter/Boxes of Cereal
Grade 5 - Gravy (Plastic Bottles or Cans Only Please)/
Granola bars and snacks for school
Thank you for your continued support and generosity.
On Friday, November 4, 2022, students in kindergarten through fifth grade visited the LaPerche garden to taste all that they had planted in September! We tasted radishes, spinach, pea greens and oat leaves! We made “salad bowls” out of the spinach leaves and learned why plants get sweeter when the weather gets cooler! Thank you to Annie Bayer from Revive the Roots for educating and encouraging us!
Some of the grades helped with planting tulip bulbs donated by the local flower farm Wicked Tulips, while others planted and mulched garlic that will be ready to harvest next July.
Please feel free to stop by the garden with your family and ask your child to show you what is growing. We encourage everyone to taste away!
Visit this google album to see many more photos from Friday:
LaPerche Garden-November 2022
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Lydstmk1kf6vuDY67
To see all that we have accomplished in the garden since summer, check out What's Happening in the LaPerche Garden!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wXHm7nqbrmrS6-CawuvIcTlMryTuJ9wCSHjSORseqEQ/edit
Today in first grade at LaPerche, students were writing opinion pieces. After reading a story, the class brainstormed characteristics for each character from the story. They discussed the reasons why each character behaved the way they did. Then, each student chose a character and wrote an opinion piece about their attributes. Students stated “In my opinion….” And followed that with “One reason is…”First graders are learning how to build a paragraph!
Themed activities are taking place all over LaPerche. Adding in holiday fun keeps the kids engaged and learning. Mrs. Hegarty’s group was playing eyeball bingo. They tapped out and searched for sight words and practiced all of the skills they have learned to help them become grade level readers!
It's not too late to join us for the free concert at SHS tonight at 7:00!
