Sheffield Spotlight

February 17, 2023

Thank you TEAM Sheffield! Happy Valentine's Day!

3rd Grade Science with Ms. Neeley

This month 3rd grade scientists are starting their work on life cycles. Scientists in Ms. Thurston's class spent science class observing meal worms! They looked to see which stages of the meal worm life cycles were present. Ask your scientists what their opinion on the worms was.

Kindness with Ms. Lofland

iReady Geometry Challenge

And the winner is...

Ms. Ducharme's class. They won a framed certificate after completing a total of 106 passed lessons!

Thirteen names (one from each classroom) were pulled to win gold coins at the All School Meeting yesterday. Each student received mulitplication flash card and a gold token to purchase a book from the vending machine!

Since February 1, Team Sheffield learned 15 new mathematical vocabulary words & passed 844 iReady lessons!

Thank you, Henderson, for your dedication and passion! We appreciate the daily effort you took to review iReady data, deliver tickets to each classroom, and update the bulletin board!

Cup stacking Relay Races

In PE with Mrs. Tyler, student participated in cup stacking relay races for Heart Healthy Month.

Friends of Sheffield (FOS)

Teacher & Staff Appreciation

March 9 & 10 are Parent/Teacher Conferences and very long days for all of our Sheffield teachers and staff. Let's show them how much we appreciate them, and let's provide some tasty and nourishing snacks and treats to help power them through the day.

Once again we're looking for pre-packaged foods and drinks as well as plates, cups, napkins and plasticware. Please sign up to donate something from our list which can be found at https://tinyurl.com/4wruf7xv or by clicking HERE.

All items can be brought to the main office beginning Monday, March 6.

Thank You!!

Friends of Sheffield Meeting

The next FOS meeting will be held Monday, February 27, from 6-6:45 in the staff lounge at the school or virtually using this meeting link.

You can view our next meeting agenda HERE. We'd love for you to join us!

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February's All School Meeting led by Grade 2

Black History Month - Olivia J. Hooker, Pioneer and First Black Woman in the Coast Guard

In November 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law a bill that established the United States Coast Guard Women’s Reserve. Known as SPARS, this new law allowed women to serve in the Coast Guard Reserve for the duration of World War II plus six months. Two years later, in October 1944, the ban on Black women becoming SPARS was lifted and in February 1945, Olivia Hooker joined four other women as the first class of Black SPARS.

An Oklahoma native, Olivia didn’t know anything about boats at the time she enlisted in the Coast Guard Reserve. Joining her fellow SPARS at boot camp in Manhattan Beach, New York, a month after enlisting, she went on to spend her service time in Boston where she worked at a Coast Guard separation center. When the war ended, the SPARS program was disbanded and Olivia returned to civilian life having earned the rank of Petty Officer 2nd Class, as well as a Good Conduct Award.

Following her military service, Olivia earned her master’s degree in psychology and in 1961 she received her PhD. When President Barack Obama spoke at the United States Coast Guard Academy commencement ceremony in 2015, Dr. Hooker, 100 years old at the time, was sitting in the front row. As the cadets listened, President Obama called her “an inspiration” for the remarkable life she had led, and shared with the graduates her belief that, “It’s not about you, or me. It’s about what we can give to this world.”

In September 2018, At 103 years old, Dr. Hooker sat down for a StoryCorps interview with her goddaughter Janis Porter, to talk about what it was like to be a groundbreaking part of military history, and to share what her time in the service has meant to her. She passed away two months after this interview.

https://storycorps.org/stories/olivia-j-hooker-pioneer-and-first-black-woman-in-the-coast-guard/

Save the Date!

Monday, February 20 - Friday, February 24 - February Vacation - No School

Thursday, March 2 from 5:30 - 6:30 pm - Read Across Sheffield - See flyer below!

Thursday, March 9 - Early Release at noon - Parent/Teacher Conferences

Friday, March 10 - Early Release at noon - Parent/Teacher Conferences

Friday, March 10 from 11:30 - 11:50 - All School Sing

Friday, March 17 from 2:15 - 2:45 pm - All School Meeting

Wednesday, March 22 - Early Relase at noon

Friday, March 24 from 6-7:30 pm - Bingo for Books - See flyer above!

Wednesday, April 5 - Early Relase at noon

Tuesday, April 11 - ELA MCAS testing for grades 3-5

Wednesday, April 12 - ELA MCAS testing for grades 3-5

Monday, April 17 - Friday, April 21 - April Vacation - No School

Wednesday, April 26 from 6-7:30 pm - GMRSD math night hosted at Sheffield - See flyer below!

MCAS testing dates:

ELA MCAS testing (grades 3-5) - April 11 & 12, 2023

Math MCAS testing (grade 3-5) - May 9 & 10, 2023

STE MCAS testing (grade 5) - May 16 & 17, 2023