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Bullying Policy - The Smithfield Public Schools' bullying policy is easily found on our webpage by clicking "explore." You can also find it through this link: http://bit.ly/2I1MxF2

Smithfield High School is one of 20 RI high school teams to receive a $25,000 XQ+RI Planning Grant!!! From now until December, a Smithfield Design Team will work together to rethink high schools and create a school redesign proposal. "Let's build a super school!" #XQRI http://ride.ri.gov/InsideRIDE/AdditionalInformation/News/ViewArticle/tabid/408/ArticleId/581/20-RI-High-School-Teams-to-Receive-XQ-RI-Planning-Grants.aspx

Town of Smithfield Paw Sox Scholarship, one of the many scholarships awarded to SHS seniors tonight

SHS Honor Night begins! Congrats to all!

Mrs. Martel's Readers' Theater gave LaPerche first graders a chance to show off their reading skills!

Join us on June 6th at 6:30 in the high school media center to learn more about the Academic Honors Proposal and provide input. The full proposal can be found at http://bit.ly/shsacademichonors.

The June District newsletter is now available on the district website as well as through this link: http://bit.ly/2XeQ2gI. The next newsletter will probably be put out in mid-July, followed by one in mid/late-August, then back to the first of the month in October.

GMS National Junior Honor Society inducts 57 new members who show scholarship,citizenship, leadership, service, and character

The SHS students and staff evacuated the building this morning for a short time due to an odor observed. The fire and school departments worked together to determine the source of the odor, an exhaust fan with a faulty belt, and remedy the situation. Thanks @SmithfieldFire !

SHS Teacher Preparation CTE Pathway includes real teaching experiences for students. Preschool students participating in the playschool program "graduated" to the delight of their parents and aspiring teachers alike.

Budget update slides from last night's Smithfield School Committee meeting is available on the district website. Explore --> Departments --> Business Office --> Budget Info --> Budget Update Slides & through this link: http://bit.ly/2HUl6vV

Mrs. Friel's Class

The SHS Evening of the Arts featured beautiful artwork and live performances!

Great instruction takes planning, good routines, a repertoire of strategies, and hard work! Mrs. Friel has it all and does it all!

The District Improvement team meeting is scheduled for May 20th at 4:30pm at the PD Training Room. Our goals for this meeting will be to assess the progress on each of the action steps for our DIT, review data, and set action steps for next year. This year, we have a new tool at our disposal - the District Dashboard. For each of the "strategies" listed, we can determine the percent completion (I did estimates a month or so ago just as a start) and we can also look at the data on the indicators tab and discuss what other data should be included. Please checkout this dashboard (go to district webpage then to explore then to District Dashboard). There's much to celebrate and much to do. Please send an email to jpaolucci@smithfield-ps.org if you are interested in joining this team.

Please join us at the annual Evening of the Arts at Smithfield High School on May 16th from 6-8 pm. This event features the breathtaking artwork of the Fine Arts Department, two comical performances by the World Language Department, the exciting Playschool Open House, student work displays from the Family and Consumer Science Department and much much more! There will be a silent auction sponsored by the Class of 2021 during the event. Gift baskets and gift cards will be auctioned off to the highest bidder.

Relay for Life of Northern RI - June 15th at SHS For more information go to www.relayforlife.org or contact northernrirelay@yahoo.com.

New Smithfield superintendent blog post: Technology Learning; Technology for Learning https://judypaolucci.edublogs.org

Members of SHS Rotary Interact participated in the Earth Day 2019 Community Clean-Up event this past Saturday at Deerfield Park. Thank you for serving our community!

Do you know a family with a child ready to go to kindergarten next year in Smithfield? Remind them to register. As of this date, 123 students are registered to attend kindergarten next year. Last minute registrations may result in last minute hirings and revised class lists!