From the Desk of Mrs. Francis:
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your loved ones. Trimester 1 flew by and Trimester 2 began on December 1st! Teachers are currently preparing report cards, which will be available for parents via Skyward on December 8th at 3:30 p.m. Directions for accessing report cards can be found below. In the meantime, please reach out with any questions.
Steere Farm Elementary continues to prioritize giving back to our greater community. Thank you to all who donated to our Thanksgiving Food Drive. Through your generosity, we were able to provide food baskets to SFE families! In addition, SFE staff members are contributing to holiday support in partnership with Between the Cracks, an organization supporting our local families. Thank you for your continued support! SFE is a special place.
Happy Holidays to you and yours!
Courtney Francis
Safety is a Top Priority! Steere Farm will continue to stay vigilant with regards to school safety each and every day. We will continue our fire and lockdown drills, we will continue to check identification of all who enter our school.
The Importance of Attendance School attendance is super important to the academic achievement of our students. The school year is 180 days, and if a student is absent 18 days, he or she has missed 10% of the school year! That's a lot of time! That's 18 days of missed instruction, hands-on experience, and important discussion about learning. Absences should be used for illnesses, which are inevitable. While family vacations are great fun, missing school immediately puts students behind. Please plan vacations for times when school is not in session - this will help our kiddos to stay on track!
What do we mean by Respectful, Responsible, and Ready to Learn? These are our school rules. We are a Positive Behaviors and Instructional Supports (PBIS) school, and we work to highlight positive behaviors in order to change negative behaviors. Our students earn SuperStar tickets throughout the various areas of the school, and they can use those tickets to "purchase" small items or activities each week. There is a home matrix as well, so that our families can use these same structures in the home.
Please see Burrillville School Department's policy on bullying.
To report a bullying incident, click here for the BSD Bullying Form.