Windham Elementary School Newsletter
March 31, 2017
Habits of Mind: “Safe, Responsible, Respectful, Ready to Learn”
Playground time can be a matter of debate before we head outside this time of the year. Now that it is getting warmer, the kids do not want to bundle up in heavy winter coats during recess. If they have a spring jacket or sweatshirt they can leave here during the week to wear on warm days they will be more comfortable running around. It is also very important that they have boots or outside shoes. Thank you.
Notice: The children have finished or are almost finished with their poetry books. We would like to have the kids share some of their poems next Friday, April 7. Please join us for a potluck breakfast at 8:00AM, followed by a poetry reading. We should be done by 9:00AM. Graduation for Windham Elementary will be Thursday, June 15th. Mark it on your calendar. The week of April 10th, local artist Christine Mix is here working with students on the history of the town of Windham. We have inserted a few paragraphs from Wikipedia about Windham: Windham was part of Londonderry until after 1792 and was "duly organized" in 1796. The first settler of what was to become the village was Benjamin Pierce circa 1783. Pierce was from Westmoreland, New Hampshire.[3]Being such a small and dispersed mountain village, relatively few men from Windham served with the Union Army during the Civil War. Windham County itself contributed heavily to manning the 4th Vermont Infantry and most of the village's sons joined either Company C or K of that regiment. The 4th regiment saw heavy combat throughout the war.[4] One of Windham's soldiers, Captain Charles G. Gould of Company H, 5th Vermont Infantry, won the Medal of Honor for bravery under fire. I dropped a line to The Grafton Nature Museum to see what was happening during April vacation week: For those of you who have never been, it is a great experience. Every program is very well planned and executed. If you do go, allow yourself and the children time to putter around downstairs and upstairs. There is so much to see!!
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