If you’re participating in the Spelling Bee, look for your team name. Please arrive at W.M.S 20 min prior to your hive time. Good luck to all our spellers!

Cunniff is participating in Stop & Shop's A+ Rewards. This programs earns cash for our school for all purchases made on registered Stop & Shop cards. Registration only takes a minute and never expires. This does not impact gas points or any other rewards programs. Just grocery shop as normal and support Cunniff!

To register your card, click here and follow the prompts to create your online account. You'll need your 13-digit Stop & Shop Card number and the School ID# - Cunniff is #08018. 

If you don't know your Stop & Shop Card number, call 1-877-366-2688 Option #1
Then just use your registered Stop & Shop card each time you shop at any Stop & Shop, and you will earn cash for Cunniff. Family and friends who register their cards for Cunniff will also help support our school.

Register now for this year's Bee. Registrations are due by January 16.

As we approach the winter holidays, we are grateful for the wonderful Cunniff community. Thanks to the support from families like yours, so far this year the PTO has been able to:

• Purchase 35 books for our school library AND 47 books for classroom libraries
• Fund field trips to Plimouth Plantation, Tougas Farms, and more
• Sponsor in-school enrichment programs including Urbanity Dance, with more to come
• Hold community events like the Fun Run and Halloween Party
• Provide teachers with a range of classroom supplies to enable interactive and enriching lessons
• Support Juan Domingo en Accion, a school in Puerto Rico, by funding care packages of food, hygiene items and other necessities for students and families impacted by Hurricane Maria

Our teachers have many more field trips, enrichment programs, and innovative classroom projects planned for the second half of the year.  Please consider making a gift, of any size, to the Cunniff PTO today.Your generosity will help ensure that we can continue to provide our students with these important educational opportunities. Don't forget to check and see if your company has a matching gift program to help maximize the impact of your donation.

Thank you, in advance, for your support!

A medida que nos acercamos a las vacaciones de invierno, estamos muy agradecidos por tener a la maravillosa comunidad de Cunniff. Gracias al apoyo de las familias como la suya, en lo que va de año la PTO (Organización de Padres y Maestros) ha sido capaz de:

• Comprar 35 libros para la biblioteca de la escuela y 47 libros para bibliotecas de aula
• Financiar viajes a la Plantación de Plymouth, Tougas Farms, y más
• Patrocinar programas de enriquecimiento dentro de la escuela, incluyendo Urbanity Dance , con más por venir
• Organizar eventos comunitarios como la carrera Fun Run y la Fiesta de Halloween
• Proporcionar a los maestros con una gama de materiales de clase para permitir lecciones interactivas y enriquecedoras
• Apoyar a Juan Domingo en Acción, una escuela en Puerto Rico, mediante la financiación de paquetes de alimentos, artículos de higiene y otros artículos de primera necesidad para los estudiantes y familias afectadas por el huracán María

Nuestros maestros tienen muchas más salidas de campo, programas de enriquecimiento y proyectos de aula innovadores planeados para la segunda mitad del año. Por favor considere hacer una donación, de cualquier tamaño, al PTO de Cunniff hoy. Su generosidad ayudará a asegurar que podamos continuar ofreciendo a nuestros estudiantes con estas importantes oportunidades educacionales. No se olvide de verificar y ver si su empresa tiene un programa de donaciones complementarias para ayudar a maximizar el impacto de su donación.

¡Gracias de antemano por su apoyo!

Last week was World Soil Day - ‘Caring for the Planet starts from the Ground’ Soil is the upper layer of earth, a mixture of organic and inorganic matter, in which plants grow. So many lessons on life chemistry, water and erosion, rocks, compost food webs, so much more, come through our experience with soil. But funds for soil improvement materials and soil testing for our gardens are not yet in our school budget.

Please help your school gardens to have healthier soil to grow healthier, more knowledgeable students. This is just one example of how our SeedMoney funds will be used,  there are many more. To learn more and to donate go to our campaign please visit:

https://donate.seedmoney.org/1743/growing-watertown-s-learning-garden-programs-in-grades-k-12


you can also check out what's happening at your school in the garden by visiting the new WPS School Gardens website:

https://sites.google.com/view/wps-gardening-website/home

Cunniff students have raised $12,558 for their school!!  There was an energy in the school Friday, a Superhero principal, a gym teacher basking in the heart and effort of the students, and kids smiling, walking, running, skipping, dancing, even cartwheeling around the course.  Mrs. Cameron estimates the 5th graders ran 2 miles,  and a little less per younger grade. 

DONATIONS ARE ACCEPTED THROUGH FRIDAY, OCT. 20th, which means there is still time to earn prizes and raffle tickets.  Prizes will be handed out on October 20th. Log in here:   www.thegetmovincrew.com

Did you know...

• Mrs. Lacy's class is $10 away from meeting their class goal and earning a roll of stickers.
• There are 17 students who are $20 or less from collecting $100 in donations, which earns them 1 raffle ticket.
• "What could the raffle tickets WIN?", you might ask.  There are 24 prizes:  12 Cunniff ball caps and 12 Superhero bundles that include a color scratch figure, a pencil box, erasers, and dog tag necklace.