Taft Calendar

November 20, 2019

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM PTO Meeting
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM School Council Meeting

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2019 - 2020 PK Lottery & K Registration

Student Registration

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Positive Behavior Intervention & Support

(PBIS) #kidsdeserveit

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Taft Tidbits (click title to read more)

Taft Update 11/11

A special thank you to all members of our military in all branches past and present! Thank you for serving our country and protecting our freedoms!

This week at Taft:
Friday, November 15th - ½ day, Dismissal begins at 11:30 am.
Parent Teacher Conferences - November 13th in the evening and November 15th in the afternoon

Donate A Book:
Thank you to all the generous Taft families who have supported our Donate-A-Book program. Because of your support we will be adding an amazing 57 new books to the Taft Library. Keep your eye out for another round in January and help us reach our goal of 100 new books this year!

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Taft Update 11/3

This week at Taft:
Friday, November 8th - ½ day, Dismissal begins at 11:30 am.
Social-Emotional Learning - 5 Core Competencies
SEL (Social - Emotional Learning) is a big buzz but what does it really mean. There are 5 core competencies for social-emotional learning: Self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making.

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Taft Update 10/27

This week at Taft:
Thursday, October 31st will be BLACK and ORANGE day. We do not allow costumes for Halloween, but please join us by having some fun with Black and Orange:)

Thank you PTO!
A huge thank you to the PTO for a fantastic Old Fashioned Halloween Costume Party Friday night. We would also like to thank Dean Hirtle from High Hoops for $1000 donation.
We had many fantastic pumpkins! The winners of the pumpkin content:
Scariest Pumpkin - Woodall Family
Cutest Pumpkin - DeMarco Family
Best Pumpkin - Turcotte Family

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Taft Update 10/20

This week at Taft:
PTOs - Old Fashioned Halloween Costume Party - Friday, October 25th from 6-8 pm, Sensory Sensitive Time from 5:30-6 pm
Item drop off for Old Fashioned Halloween - pumpkins and baked goods 6 am - 4 pm.

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Meet the PTO

Please see the attached flyer introducing our PTO!

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Promising Practices in Education Award

Whitin teachers Jillian Burr, Brian Dubuc and Linda Simonds received the Promising Practices in Education Award.

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Project Lead the Way Honors UHS Program - Engineering Teacher

Uxbridge High School was recognized for having more than 25 students earn qualifying scores on PLTW End-of-Course assessments.

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Uxbridge School Committee Vacancy

The Uxbridge Board of Selectmen and the Uxbridge School Committee are currently accepting Talent Bank forms from citizens.

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Aerial Spraying for Mosquitoes

Aerial spraying for mosquitoes is tentatively scheduled for all of Uxbridge beginning tonight at 7:15pm and will continue for several evenings. Visit www.uxbridge-ma.gov for more info.

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UHS Earns Skills Capital Grant

Uxbridge has earned a Skills Capital Grant in the amount of $175,000 to support its Innovation Pathways Program.

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