Final Coffee and Conversation Session and Upcoming Veterans Day Observances

The last of our fall series of Coffee and Conversation with the Superintendent gatherings will take place on Tuesday, November 5th, at 6:00 pm in Cold Spring School. We will continue our conversations about our new curriculum, new math series, and assessments - particularly the DIBELS and the Work Sampling System that are being implemented at the Kindergarten level. We hope that you will join in the conversation. The four previous sessions have resulted in good dialogue about curriculum, technology, and assessment. We will also offer a time for parents and guardians to raise any other questions and concerns they may have in general. Mr. Cameron, Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning, and Mrs. Bremer, Cold Spring School Principal, will be joining me. If you are able to attend, please call my office at 413.323.0423 or send an email to superintendent@belchertown.org so we will be sure to have enough refreshments and handouts for you.

Veterans Day Observances

On Friday, November 8th at 8:45 am, the BHS community will gather together to observe Veterans Day. Mrs. Vigneux, BHS principal, always coordinates a wonderful event with a guest speaker, music by the band and choir, and a time to observe, with staff and students, the service and sacrifice of our veterans and active duty personnel.

On Monday, November 11th at 11:00 am, there will be a town-wide observance of Veterans Day in the BHS auditorium. Our CHCS grade 6 band and chorus will present musical selections as part of this observance. This event is open to our entire community. This is also a reminder that our schools will be closed on Monday, November 11th, in observance of this day. 

Please be sure to take the time to thank both veterans and active duty military personnel for their service as you encounter them in your travels over the next couple of weeks. We are blessed to enjoy the freedoms that we have as Americans because of their and their families' sacrifice. As the sister of a Vietnam Veteran, I know first-hand what this sacrifice entails.

As always, if you have any questions or comments about this blog, feel free to call me at 413.323.0423 or send an email to superintendent@belchertown.org. Congratulations to the Belchertown Orioles Boys' and Girls' Soccer teams on a successful season and best of luck in your quarterfinal games on Monday and Tuesday!

Best regards, Dr. Judith Houle, Superintendent of Schools