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We are gearing up for our 5th Annual Fairy Gnome Discovery Walk on Saturday & Sunday May 4 & 5, 2019.

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UPDATE 2/5/2018

On Monday 2/5/2018,  Ms. Pema Chodin Bhutia returned to SES and made a dynamic presentation to 250 SES students about Sikkim, which is the Himalayan state of India. Wearing her traditional clothing, Ms. Bhutia met with all the 4th, 5th and 6th graders according to their grade levels. Students had an opportunity to watch her Powerpoint, ask her questions about her life in Sikkim and to see handmade items from that region. Ms. Bhutia is an administrator at Taktse International School near Gangtok, Sikkim, India. She is in the USA to study US teaching techniques and strategies . She spent a week at SES in January 2017 and was eager to return to see the staff and students again! This is the 6th consecutive years that educators have visited SES from the Taktse International School in Sikkim, India. We hope the educators from Sikkim will return in 2019. They are hosted by Barbara Oswald and her family in Newburyport, MA. 

SES hosted two teachers from Taktse International School in Sikkim, India this week.The two visitors stayed with Mrs. Oswald for five nights while they visited SES. Ms. Kunzang is a preschool teacher in India and focused on observing and working in Kindergarten and Preschool. Ms. Pema is an administrator in India and focused on learning about the organization and administration of SES. They were so touched by the warm welcome they received from the SES community and had an opportunity to learn about so many things going on at our school: Visits with Mr. Montanari  and Mrs. White,  Collaboration, Lively Letters!, PBIS, PTA, Wilson Reading, Fundations, Responsive Classroom, Nursing services, Social Thinking, WIN , Lunch Bunch, Lunch Group, Kids Inc, Mentoring,  Visiting Authors, Unified Arts, Breakfast and Lunch Program to name a few! They gave a presentation to the entire SES sixth grade on Friday, 1/20, about their school and Sikkim , which is one of the Himalayan states. The sixth grade is studying the Himalayan region at this time.

SES PTA is thrilled to announce that we have been awarded a grant from the Salisbury Cultural Council to fully fund the wonderful performances of Odds Bodkin. “A published children’s author and award-winning recording artist, Odds has toured Great Britain, performed twice at The White House, been called “a consummate storyteller” by The New York Times for his Off-Broadway shows at Lincoln Center and been a Featured Teller at the National Storytelling Festival. Museums like the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston hire him to tell stories about works in their collections, while companies and organizations like IBM and Target commission original performances and voice-overs for outreach and educational media. His recordings and books have won Parents’ Choice, Indie, Golden Headset, Storytelling World, Pick of the Lists, Editors’ Choice and Dove awards.”
SES PTA gives a warm thank you to the Salisbury Cultural Council, our LCC, for the continuous support offered to the children in Salisbury and furthermore to our town to make such experiences engaging folks in art, humanities, and science accessible to all.

“The Local Cultural Council (LCC) Program is the largest grassroots cultural funding network in the nation supporting thousands of community-based projects in the arts, humanities, and sciences annually.

The program promotes the availability of rich cultural experiences for every Massachusetts citizen.

Administered by 2,400 municipally appointed volunteers, the LCC network consists of 329 councils serving all 351 Massachusetts cities and towns. Each year, local councils award more than $3 million in grants to more than 5,000 cultural programs statewide. These include school field trips, afterschool programs, concerts, festivals, lectures, theater, dance, music, and film. LCC projects take place in schools, community centers, libraries, elder care facilities, town halls, parks, and wherever communities come together.” Massachusetts Cultural Council

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rISdBiNhzb0

2016 SES Performance

Third grader, Nate S., teaches his class about the dreidel game and Hanukkah. As vacation nears, students have been sharing various traditions throughout the last few weeks.

Third grade students compare their lives, with children from the 1600s.  Mrs. Marshall’s class tried their hand at candle-making, as just one chore people long ago had to complete so that they had light for cooking, reading and cleaning. Though the students enjoyed the outcome, they did say their “arms were tired.” They talked about having to do a long list of chores each day with minimal school….they concluded that the 21st century was a bit more their style!