Category: RK Finn Ryan Road School

Principal Madden’s Weekly Update—Week of November 25
November 24, 2019November 24, 2019
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Principal Madden’s Weekly Update—Week of November 25

Photos This week’s photos show our first All-School Walk. We went up to the new Rocky Hill Trail at the end of Overlook Drive. We had great walkers, and it was fun for all of us to be out walking together. Did you know that members of our school community provide dessert to the homeless...

Principal Madden’s Weekly Update—Week of November 18
November 18, 2019November 18, 2019
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Principal Madden’s Weekly Update—Week of November 18

Chilly November Greetings! Photos This week’s photos show some of the fabulous time we had at our first Harvest Celebration. It was really wonderful. We had Ms. Hope from SchoolSprouts and Michael Skillicorn from Grow Food Northampton helping to make this event delicious and educational. Many classes made harvest-full food for us to sample and...

Principal Madden’s Weekly Update—Week of November 12
November 12, 2019November 12, 2019
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Principal Madden’s Weekly Update—Week of November 12

UNICEF Donations Thank you for everyone who donated to UNICEF for Halloween. Our school raised $436.63, which is fabulous! Halloween Halloween brought to my attention the need to send a reminder to NOT send candy with your child to school. We are really working towards healthy habits, and candy is not very good brain food....

A Day in the Life:  Kindergarten at RK Finn Ryan Road Elementary School
November 12, 2019November 13, 2019
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A Day in the Life: Kindergarten at RK Finn Ryan Road Elementary School

Becca Herskovitz and Kath McCusker, parents of students in the Northampton Public Schools, have been creating video projects to promote the amazing schools in our district. Producing these videos for School Local, these filmmakers focus on what daily life is like at our lovely, inclusive and caring school, RK Finn Ryan Road Elementary. Enjoy!

Principal Madden’s Weekly Update—Week of November 4
November 4, 2019November 4, 2019
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Principal Madden’s Weekly Update—Week of November 4

November Greetings! Can you believe it is already November?!  Halloween Party We had another fabulous Halloween Party on Friday night. Thank you to party planner, Lauren Fleit (and her family!) and to all the other parents who volunteered or contributed to make this such a fun event for our students and families. Photos This week’s...

Principal Madden’s Weekly Update—Week of October 28
October 28, 2019October 28, 2019
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Principal Madden’s Weekly Update—Week of October 28

Parent Conferences It was wonderful to see so many parents at our conferences last week! Please stay in touch with teachers if you have any concerns or appreciations. Our teachers here work very hard to meet the needs of the wonderful learners in their classrooms. Our partnership with parents helps to nurture progress and happiness...

Principal Madden’s Weekly Update—Week of October 21
October 21, 2019October 21, 2019
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Principal Madden’s Weekly Update—Week of October 21

Parent Conferences Teachers are looking forward to meeting with parents this week. Every day this week is an early release day for students with a 12:20 dismissal. If you do not have a conference scheduled, please contact your child’s teacher or call the office. Meeting with parents is an important part of our partnership. Conference...

Principal Madden’s Weekly Update—Week of October 15
October 14, 2019October 14, 2019
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Principal Madden’s Weekly Update—Week of October 15

Photos Photos this week show some of our great team work (milk delivery) here at school, some fabulous kindergarten drummers at recess, and hard-working second grade gardeners (you never know what you are going to find in the garden!). Also, we are very fortunate to have yoga every Friday for many of our classes. Ms....