Peter Woodbury School News

Many parents are looking for ways to keep their child's academic skills sharp over the summer. If you would like to do this, we recommend using the Summer Skills Sharpeners Book from Tri-C Publication. You should order your child's current grade level if you choose to order. http://www.summerskills.com/books

Field Day activities for grades 1-4 will take place on Thursday, June 7 th with a rain date of Friday, June 8th. The third and fourth grade field day will take place in the morning from 8:30 to 11:00 and field day for first and second grade will begin at 12:00 and end at 2:00. Sunscreen and appropriate dress are suggested. Please have your child wear cool comfortable clothes such as: sneakers, shorts, a class color or theme appropriate shirt, and a hat. Your child should also come to school with sunscreen and bug repellent already applied at home. Children should bring a water bottle and an extra change of clothes and towel just in case they get wet at the water stations. Water coolers will be available to refill their water bottles. A snack of Popsicles is often provided by the room parents or teachers at the rest station as well. Field day is always looked forward to by students, teachers and parents. It's a day filled with fun activities! Parent volunteers are one rea

Does your son play football or does your daughter cheer for the Bedford Youth Bulldogs? If so, be sure to fill out a raffle ticket for a free registration. The tickets are free and can be found by the main office. The winning ticket will be pulled on Friday, May 18th. 

Join us for the spring concert on Wednesday, May 16th at 7:00pm. Our fourth grade chorus, led by Mrs. Curran, will open the evening followed by the strings club. 

Destination Imagination Fundraiser - Duct Tape Mr. Mitchell to the Wall! As you know two of our DI teams are fundraising to help defray the cost of traveling to Knoxville, TN later this month.  They have a very creative fundraising idea - for just $1, a student can buy a strip of duct tape to tape Mr. Mitchell to the wall.  Teachers will be collecting the $1 and will write the student's name on a list to receive the strip of duct tape at a date TBD.  Students may buy a maximum of 5 strips.  Please help us make this a successful fundraiser for our teams. Collection will happen for one week starting, Monday, May 14th.  

PWS is pleased to welcome author/illustrator Aaron Becker on  Monday, May 16  courtesy of Gibson's Bookstore in Concord.  Mr. Becker will be sharing his new wordless book,  A Stone for Sasha  with the 3rd and 4th grade students. We have long loved his other wordless books: Journey, Quest, and Return and are excited to hear about the process of writing a wordless book. "A wordless book?" you might ask. "Isn't that for much younger children? What is the point of a wordless book?" Mr. Becker's sophistication and imagination are inspirational and a great reminder for any age, that thought can be represented in more than just words.  It is the reader's task to "read" the pages for detail and context, observing main characters, plot, setting, and dialog. Having read these books many times, there is always something new to be found in the story of every page.  Readers of all ages will find the meaning of these stories within the context of