Mark your calendars and join us virtually for the first meeting of the 2021-2022 school year on Wednesday 9/29 at 7:30pm. This initial meeting will go over our budget for the school year as well as our plans to fundraise within the district’s distancing standards.
As always we welcome new members, new ideas, and a chance for all of us to meet to raise funds to continue to support this wonderful school. Below is the link information for our google meet and you can also find the link in the front page school calendar.
PTG Meeting Wednesday, September 29 · 7:30 – 9:00pm Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/ntb-piow-voh Or dial: (US) +1 334-472-8197 PIN: 522 844 478# More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/ntb-piow-voh?pin=7497264116574
We can’t wait to “see” you there! -Flagg Street PTG
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With the holiday season upon us, and all of us missing the normalcy of a Flagg Street holiday concert, our wonderful music teacher has put together a holiday sing-a-long for our students and their families. On Wednesday, December 23, let us dress in holiday attire as Mrs. Blankenship leads a 50 minute program aiming to spread holiday cheer! This will be a virtual experience and a link will be provided as we get closer to the event date. Please read the outline below to plan your family’s time to sing.
Wednesday, December 23
9:30 a.m. – Intermediate Grades 3-6
1:00 p.m. – Primary Grades K-2
(50 minute programs)
*Family photos can be e-mailed to Mrs. B at wagmerm@worcesterschools.net
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Flagg Street School invites you to shop our Online Book Fair and support our school! The Fair runs from 11/23 – 12/6. Our Fair will feature a Virtual Fair walk-through so you and your kids can experience the magic of the school shopping experience: Browse titles by grade, meet popular authors, and much more! All purchases will benefit our school directly (25% back in rewards!). Don’t miss these two weeks of events, fun, and books.
Our First Day of School at Flagg Street School is 100% remote and starting
Grades 1-6 start Tuesday September 15
Kindergarten Starts September 17
From Mrs. Lubuski:
We are currently coordinating the distribution of Chromebooks for our students in grades 1 through 6. Any Flagg Street student who does not have a device currently is entitled to borrow a District Chromebook. You must call us this week to reserve a Chromebook.
Students in kindergarten will be receiving iPads this year. These are on order; we will contact kindergarten parents just as soon as they are available for pick up.
We also have a limited number of hotspots that are available only for families who do not have any internet service. We must reserve these for families most in need.
Finally, we are currently putting together “tool kits” for our students with school supplies, math workbooks, grade-level readings and other tools for remote learning. Each student will need to pick up one tool kit.
If your student needs to borrow a Chromebook for use in remote learning, please call Karen Johnson, School Secretary at (508) 799-3522 beginning Tuesday, Sept. 1st. Karen will be available in the office from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. through Thursday.
The distribution of Chromebooks and Tool Kits will be as follows: Tuesday, September 8: Grades 4, 5 and 6 for Chromebooks and Tool kits from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Grades 1, 2 and 3 for Chromebooks and Tool kits from 12:30 TO 2:30 p.m. Kindergarten students for Tool kits only from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. We will also be available on Wednesday, September 9 for make ups.
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This past March PTG meeting we were able to hear from our partnership specialist, Jermoh Kamara, MPH, CHES, from the 2020 Federal census. She has forwarded along this information about the vital 2020 census:
As we all know billions of federal dollars are needed to support key programs at the State level and without the funding, low-income and communities of color will be greatly impacted over the next 10 years.
Welcome to the Flagg St School Driveway! We are so happy you are here!
If you would like to drive in the school driveway, please plan ahead so you won’t be tempted to break any of our morning drop off driveway rules:
1. Students must get out the right side of the car.
2. You must stay in the car. That means you must not get out of the car. It’s two ways of saying the same thing. Because it is important.
3. You must not pass anyone in the driveway.
4. You must turn right out of the driveway. You must. Even if you want to turn left. You can’t. You must turn right. It’s a rule and please don’t be that one that thinks it doesn’t apply to you. Because it does. It applies to everyone. Turn right. There’s even a sign to remind you. To turn right.
If these rules don’t suit you, please park (not in the driveway) and walk in. Our Lauren (crossing guard) keeps us all safe crossing Flagg.
If you’re still reading this, you probably aren’t a rule breaker. 🙂 So can you spread the word? Thanks!
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$25 per person, all are welcome but must be 21+. All proceeds will support enrichment programs at Flagg Street School and if you are supporting this event from another school just let us know when you buy your ticket and $5 from each ticket you buy will go back to your school.
Join us for Parents Night Out at Wormtown. A fun night to see friends, meet new ones and join in some FUNdraising for Flagg Street School. All proceeds will benefit school improvement, enrichment programs for students and classroom funding. If you would like to help or have a great raffle item contact us at PTG@flaggstptg.org. We can’t wait to see you on the 7th!
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Add up your pages, collect your pledges and turn in your Reading Logs and pledge money by February 14th to see if you and your class win!
Scholastic Gift Certificates: $25, $15, and $10 gift certificates to spend at the Scholastic book fair this spring for the 3 students who read the most pages at each grade level (K, 1st, 2nd, etc.)
Medals: Award medal for the student who reads the most pages in each class (1 winner/class)
Certificates: Award certificate for every participating student – regardless of if you collect pledges or not.
Knockout Basketball Game: for Grade 5 and 6, participants with both students and teachers for a grand prize (must read minimum pages to be eligible).
Pledges: Check can be made out to “Flagg Street PTG” or pay by credit or debit card through PayPal here. (Be sure to email ptg@flaggstptg.org with the name of the student you are pledging so we can properly record it, thanks!)
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Join us for a restaurant fundraiser supporting the Flagg Street School PTG for restaurant nights at our neighbor West Side Steak & BBQ, a locally owned business!
When placing your order, let them know you’re from Flagg Street School for us to receive 15% of sales!
West Side Steak & BBQ
Wednesday 2/26 AND
Thursday 2/27
Noon-8:30pm
2A Richmond Avenue, Worcester
(508) 756-6328 or (508) 756-6317
Dine In or Take Out Available (seating is limited)
It’s time for the Read-a-thon Competition! This is a friendly way to encourage Flagg students to read both independently and with their families while also serving as an important fundraiser for the PTG. Our goal this year is to have 150,000 pages read at Flagg Street School between December 20th and January 31st with 100% participation! Students can read or be read to. Please consider pledging!
Here is how it works:
1) Set your goal for the number of pages you are going to read during the Read-a-thon. THINK BIG!
2) Ask parents, relatives or neighbors for a per-page pledge (e.g. $.05, $.10, $.20 per page you read) or a specific donation amount if you reach your reading goal. (If you don’t get pledges, it’s okay, you can still participate and have a chance to win.)
3) Write the names of the people who pledge and the amount pledged on the pledge sheet.
4) Every time you read, write down the date, the name of the book and the number of pages you read in your reading log.
5) On February 1st, add up the total number of pages you read and tell your sponsors.
6) Collect your pledges and bring them in to your teacher by February 15th. Sponsors may also pay via PayPal on our website, make sure they make a note of which student they are sponsoring for the Read-A-Thon. If you don’t have any pledges, still bring your reading log in and we’ll count that towards the prize-winning totals.
PRIZES 🏆
SCHOLASTIC GIFT CERTIFICATES for use in the book fair this spring for the 3 students who read the most pages at each grade level (K, 1st, 2nd, etc: Three winners per grade level.)
AWARD MEDAL for the student who reads the most pages in each class. (One per classroom.)
KNOCKOUT BASKETBALL GAME for Grade 5 and 6 participants with both students and teachers for a grand prize (must read minimum pages to be eligible.)
BOOKMARK for every participating student with a coupon for our local sponsor, Root & Press, to use at their shop during the duration of the Read-a-thon. *NOTE: the bookmark states for use through 1/31/19 but that is in error – its 1/31/20*
THE RULES: What counts and what doesn’t
What counts:
✅ Reading a book, magazine, online article or story
✅ Reading silently or out-loud
✅ Reading in your classroom during school
✅ Being read to by someone
What does not count:
❌ Reading social media, the mail, cookbooks, songbooks, directions on how to put something together
❌ Texts on a phone, movie subtitles
❌ Directions on how to get somewhere
In order to win a medal or Scholastic gift certificate students must read a minimum number of pages:
Kindergarten- 50 pages
1st grade- 100 pages
2nd grade- 200 pages
3rd grade- 300 pages
4th grade – 400 pages
5th grade- 500 pages
6th grade – 600 pages
(For reference, 600 pages is 3 Diary of a Wimpy Kid books.)
Happy Reading!
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