Thank you Wintonbury PTO for providing a delicious lunch to our staff to kick off Teacher's Appreciation Week. It was such a treat to have a buffet of salad, sandwich and dessert offerings for our dining pleasure. We are grateful for your thoughtfulness and for making us feel appreciated!
At Wintonbury today we also danced and hopped at the same time to the song Can't Stop that Feeling. We did this as part of Project Aces (All Children Exercise Simultaneously) and the MDA (Muscular Dystrophy Association) Hop-a-Thon.
Students in Mrs. Guidice's class (room 106) filled cardboard vases with dandelions. Extra dandelions were picked and crushed to create dandelion paint.
Also on Earth day, Ms. Cole's class (room 301) collected garbage on the school grounds. This will help keep our Earth clean and healthy.
Happy Earth Day! Today, every child at Wintonbury is planting two sunflower seeds. After they sprout, one will go home and one will be planted in Wintonbury's outdoor spaces.
Mrs. Hein's class (room 201) was excited to discover 19 tadpoles hatched from eggs laid by their South African frog. Students are lining up to observe the tadpoles and anticipate their transformation into frogs! More to come.
At Wintonbury today we tasted tomatillos for our Friday Try day!
Students in Mr. Turner's class (room 304) worked together to build an intricate structure with cups.
Mrs. Lomnicky's class (room 203) has a theater! Students take on roles such as selling tickets, serving "popcorn" and "soda" and being an audience member. This puppet theater is used as an opportunity for students to retell familiar stories.
Please be aware that we have an outage in our Outlook mail system. Currently, we unable to send or receive emails. Please call the school for communication regarding absences, changes in dismissal plans or any other pressing issues that need to be communicated today. Be assured our technology department is working diligently on restoring our email service.
Student's in Ms. Mellady's classroom (205) experimented with balls and ramps in the building area.
Students in Mrs. Hein's room (201) were whipping up some "cakes" in the water table!
Traffic was heavy in Mrs. Mancini's classroom (206) when the Dunkin' drive up window opened up. A lot of conversation was generated by the selection and purchase of goodies.
Hello Bloomfield Public Schools Community,
At the Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, March 12, the Board of Education voted to amend the 2023-2024 school calendar.
Due to the Presidential Primary on Tuesday, April 2, all schools, with the exception of Wintonbury Early Childhood Magnet School, will be closed. The last day for all schools will now be on Friday, June 14.
Thank you
Check out this past week's Bloomfield Messenger with stories about our Literacy Week Celebration, JROTC coming in 1st Place in a State Drill Competition, and our SOAR Students competing in the State History Day and some qualifying for the State Finals! There is also a letter from Acting Superintendent Dr. Bethany Silver regarding the Board of Education's Proposed 2024-2025 Budget.
Mrs. Hein's class participated in our STOP, DROP and READ activity this morning, closing out Bloomfield Public School's celebration of literacy week.
The Board of Education will be holding a meeting tonight to vote on the Superintendent's Proposed Budget at 7:00. The meeting will be at the Board of Education and on Zoom. The link for Zoom is below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86774831202?pwd=UXlpeXV0cDU2aUR0OGo4N3ZVQTBYdz09
Students celebrated Bloomfield Literacy Week today by wearing Wintonbury shirts on Wednesday!
Thank you to the Vocational Agricultural Center at Bloomfield High School for acquiring ten lemon tree plants for our classrooms. These plants helped to bring to life the story told by our visiting author, When Grandma Gives you a Lemon Tree.
We were thrilled to welcome author Jamie L. B. Deenihan to Wintonbury today! She read her book When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree and demonstrated the life cycle of a lemon tree.
