Administrator's Corner
Archived Posts
Welcome to the Administrator's Corner. Shawn Gonyaw, Principal of Marion Cross School, and Greg Bagnato, Student Services Coordinator will post their weekly messages here. The intent is to keep you updated on important topics that are happening at school.
These posts can also be found in the weekly Who's Wise Words newsletter, which we highly encourage you to read. We hope you find all this information helpful, informative and fun. We encourage you to reach out to us with questions and comments.
Regards,
Shawn and Greg
Most Recent Post:
Week of April 15 - 19
Important Dates
Wednesday, April 24 - Coffee Talk 8:15-9:00 (playground and Septic updates)
Monday, May 6 - Teacher In-Service - No School
Monday, May 6 - Pre-K AND Kindergarten Orientation, time TBA
Wednesday, May 8th - Walk/Bike/Roll to School Day
Thursday, May 23 - Mayfest, 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Wednesday, June 12 - Field Day 9:45pm- 1:45pm
Message from our Principal
We had a fantastic week back from vacation. Students reviewed our school expectations and quickly followed those expectations with ease. I had the good fortune to spend time with the kindergarteners during their author’s celebration. Each student wrote a book detailing how to accomplish a task. They shared the well-written books to audience members. I learned how to make cookies, fly on an airplane, and vacuum a house!
We will soon be working to create class lists for the coming school year. Much thought is put into placing students where they will be most successful. We work to balance classes on many levels and also use this as an opportunity to place students with different peer groups. One important part of the process is for us to solicit information from families. You know your child the best and can share insights that will allow for successful placements. You can give your input by completing the survey using the link above. I do want to be transparent and share that we can often NOT grant all requests, but we will do our best!
Some of you have reached out about the last day of school for students. With the latest snow day, the last student day of school is Monday, June 17th. Since traditionally our last day of school is a half day and with this last day falling on a Monday, Dr. Badams has requested that the day be forgiven. If that happens, I will keep you informed. In the meantime, please keep your fingers and toes crossed that we do not have any other late season snow storms.
I look forward to each of the remaining 39 days remaining in this school year. They will be filled with many classroom learning experiences, engaging field trips, and a few traditions such as Mayfest and Field Day.
Enjoy the weekend,
Shawn
Student Services Update
Did you know that all 4th, 5th and 6th graders will be taking VTCAP (the State-wide proficiency test) starting the week after break? If you are interested in seeing what this test looks like, feel free to take a practice test. All students will have a chance to take the practice test at school in order to become familiar with the testing interface, so please don’t ask them to take it. Our goal with testing is to make it as normal as possible.
Have a great week,
Greg Bagnato