Report Card / Parent-Teacher Conferences
It is hard to believe it is December. The students and staff have been busy reading, writing, thinking, creating, inquiring, sharing and growing!
This is the time of year when a written report is sent home showing your child’s progress thus far in the school year. In conjunction with this written report, is a Parent-Teacher Conference. This is an opportunity to discuss your child’s strengths and challenges. I have shared my thoughts about these tools used to communicate with parents and hope they are helpful.
My office looks fabulous due to the wonderful art creations on display. During the past couple of months, I have enjoyed art work from Mrs. Marchildon’s first grade students (Take a Line for a Walk) and Mrs. Power’s fifth grade students (Monochromatic Art in Blue), created under the direction of Mrs. Greenwald. Below are a few examples of the Monochromatic art work done by some fifth graders.
The students and staff have experienced some wonderful Curriculum Enrichment programs this fall. Thank you to PTO for your generous financial support and donations of time, which provide these great experiences for our students. Hopefully you have been reading the wonderful, informative articles appearing in the Dover newspapers about each of these events.
Below is the link to my podcast … enjoy!
We have had a great fall and are looking forward to a great 2012. I wish you all a happy and safe holiday season!
Dr. Theresa Nugent
Welcome Back to School!
We certainly had an interesting start to our 2011-12 school year. This may be the first time that a lot of schools in Massachusetts started the year off with one or more “snow days” in August! I have lots of information to share with you about what’s new at Chickering School this year. We have new building procedures, new academic programs / activities, and new personnel. We also have some great activities returning this year. Please listen to the Podcast, link below, to learn about all the great things happening at school and the programs your child(ren) may be interested in joining.
We had a Back-to-School Assembly and sang our Welcome song to our new Kindergarten students and new students and staff. We had some wonderful 5th grade musicians who accompanied us with our singing. We heard from
Superintendent Spriggs and Officer Harry about the many adventures caused by Tropical Storm Irene. Dr. Reinemann reminded us about the Blue Ticket Program and we set our goal of earning 6,000 tickets this year with our good deeds. We ended the assembly by singing our new Chickering song written by last year’s Student Council members. We are looking forward to a wonderful school year together. Dr. Nugent
April News
It is hard to believe that April Vacation begins tomorrow! We have had a very busy month since we last ‘talked’.
Please enjoy the April Podcast which discusses:
- Insight into how we make class lists
- Children’s developmental differences between grade levels
- Principal’s gallery and other fun school activities
- Look ahead to upcoming events
April Principal Podcast
The 
Student Council members, fifth graders, have written the lyrics for a new Chickering Spirit Song. It is their legacy for Chickering School. Please check out the video, below, so that you can see and hear them sharing this new song.
Wishing you a wonderful and safe vacation,
Terry Nugent
Could Spring be just two weeks away?
We certainly have had a challenging winter, weather wise, this year. But we have been toasty warm at school with our many activites and special events.
Today’s podcast will discuss Principal-March_8_2011 :
- Developing young readers
- MCAS prep
- Student behavior
- Special events or items around the school
- What’s coming this month
We hope you enjoy these wonderful paintings inspired by Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. Mrs. Saunder’s first grade students created these with Mrs. Greenwald, one of our Art teachers, during their time with her.
Happy Listening!
Terry Nugent
Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow!
We seem to be having an unusually snowy winter this year. I hope you enjoy my podcast with a nice hot cup of something to keep you warm.
Today I will be focusing on:
- What it means and how to build a growth mindset or attitude.
- Review of the high points and achievements at Chickering School.
- Looking ahead to some exciting learning opportunities in February.
Happy Listening,
Terry
Happy New Year!
Below, please find my January 4, 2011 Podcast.
January 4, 2011 Principal Podcast
Here is one example of student work inspired by Jasper Johns.
Enjoy!
Publishing Podcasts
Welcome to my first Principal Podcast. What a wonderful way to use technology to communicate with parents, students and residents of Dover.
Please click on the link below to listen to the December Podcast. Enjoy!
A sample of the Art work created by Grade One students entitled “Take a Line for a Walk”.
