ASHBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Mrs. Anne Cromwell-Gapp, M.Ed., Principal

911 Main Street ~ Ashby, Massachusetts 01431

Phone (978)-386-7266 ~ Fax (978)-386-0973

 

 

 

 

August/September, 2007

 

 

Dear Parent/Guardians,

 

Welcome to Ashby Elementary School and the 2007-2008 school year.  To our returning students, your teachers and the staff are excited to see you and are amazed at how much you have grown over the summer.  We have enjoyed watching you grow both educationally and as people and we look forward to being part of that process again this year.

 

For those families who are new to AES, welcome! We are looking forward to getting to know you and hope you find your time here at AES to be both exciting and rewarding.  We encourage you to take full advantage of all the opportunities that are available to you here.  We believe that a solid education will be the key to your success in the future.  It is our goal to provide you with the best education possible.  Please remember the motto painted in my office, as well, as the main hallway that states: All students can learn and succeed, but not on the same day in the same way – William G. Spody.

 

We have high expectations for all of you, both academically as well as socially.  Respect for each other and adult is our number one priority.  With roughly 260 students here at AES, it is important that all students have the opportunity to learn in an atmosphere that is welcoming and one in which they can feel safe. 

 

The purpose of this handbook is to explain the philosophy, policies and procedures that allow us to achieve these goals.  Please take some time to read it carefully so that you are clear about the expectations that we have for your child (ren).

 

Together, we strive to ensure that every student achieves their full potential.  Students who come to school everyday, make an honest effort to do their best work, and who treat others with respect will find their efforts rewarded with academic success and personal growth. 

 

My e-mail address is as follows: agapp@nmiddlesex.mec.edu and the school website is www.nmiddlesex.mec.edu.  We are looking forward to a wonderfully productive and successful 2007-2008 school year!

 

Sincerely,

Mrs. Cromwell-Gapp, M.Ed.

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

 I dreamed I stood in a studio

And watched two sculptors there.

The clay they used was a young child’s mind

And they fashioned it with care.

 

One was a teacher –

The tools he used were book, music, and art.

The other, a parent, worked with a guiding hand

And a gentle, loving heart.

 

Day after day, the teacher toiled with touch

That was careful, deft, and sure.

While the parent labored by his side

And polished and smoothed it o’er.

 

And when at last their work was done

They were proud of what they had wrought.

For the things they had molded into the child

Could neither be sold nor bought.

 

And each agreed they would have failed

If each had worked alone.

For behind the parent stood the school.

And behind the teacher, the home.

 

Unknown

 

PHILOSOPHY.. 3

SCHOOL MISSION STATEMENT.. 3

DISTRICT MISSION STATEMENT.. 3

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL SERVICES.. 7

School Committee. 7

District Schools. 7

District Administrative Personnel. 7

SCHOOL CALENDAR.. 8

SCHOOL COMMITTEE CALENDAR.. 9

AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM... 10

ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL PROCEDURES