Plainfield Memorial School

Community Events & Family Engagement

Project Pin Food Drive:  PMS students collected 4,466 items this year!  Thank you to all of our families for supporting our local community.

Balloons over Broadway:  Our 4th graders brought the magic of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to life by reading Balloons Over Broadway! After learning how the parade tradition began, students used their STEAM skills to engineer their own unique balloons. They celebrated by marching through the hallways while staff and 5th graders cheered them on, turning a lesson on history and science into a festive community event.

Student Council is leading the way with the new "Pawsitive PRIDE Paws" initiative! Students are recognizing their peers for demonstrating our core values: Perseverance, Respect, Independence, Dependability, and Excellence. These accolades are being displayed on paw prints throughout the building, and we are celebrating specific shout-outs during the morning announcements to build community spirit.

Student Council also organized a school wide Spirit week:  December 15th-19th.

Upcoming Events:  

Chorus Concert:  Thursday, December 11th.  4th Grade at 5:30pm and 5th grade at 7pm.

CCMS PJ Day PJ Day for the Kids: December 12th a statewide fundraiser benefiting the Connecticut Children's Medical Center (CCMC).

School Wide Sing along: December 23rd.

Student Life & Learning

Upcoming Events:

Holiday Shop: November 15th-22nd

School-wide sweet treat delivery: December 19th

Announcing This Month's G.O.A.T. Trophy Winners! 

• We are excited to celebrate the classes with the best attendance for the month! The G.O.A.T. (Greatest Overall Attendance Trophy) is awarded to the homerooms that have shown a fantastic commitment to being at school and ready to learn.

4th Grade: Mrs. Stamper’s Class at 95.7%

5th Grade: THERE WAS A TIE! Mrs. Gilkenson’s Class and Mrs. Nicholson/Grant’s class at 96.9% (we will need to make an additional trophy, not a bad problem to have)😊

To ensure a supportive environment where every student can thrive, PMS staff recently analyzed our school climate data to set three strategic goals: strengthening peer-to-peer relationships, improving the student experience on the bus, and increasing family survey participation. We view a positive school climate as the foundation of academic success, and our team is already implementing targeted action steps to address these areas while sustaining the excellent culture already present in our building.

Thank you for your ongoing support!

Warmly,

Melissa Curran

Mrs. Dempsey’s 5th Grade Class Thankful Pumpkin. 

Each day in November, the students reflected on what 

they were thankful for. They added a word a day! 

Such a cute and easy idea that brought our 

classroom community together! 😊