May 13, 2019
Dear Burr Families,
I hope all Burr moms were completely spoiled yesterday and had a wonderful Mother’s Day. I’m sure many of you were recovering on Sunday from all the work done to plan and organize the very successful May Fair! The weather on Saturday cooperated, and children and adults all had a fun time. I want to thank Kara MacNeill, Lian Gersh, Dan Diaz, and Allison Shriner, the brave Burr staff members who signed up to be in the dunk tank this year. It was a popular activity.
I want to thank you all for providing the Burr staff with such an amazing Teacher Appreciation Week. The school was overflowing with delicious foods, flowers, and tokens of appreciation. On Tuesday, we enjoyed a fantastic breakfast spread, and on Thursday, we had a taco/burrito luncheon. I know it takes a lot of planning and organizing to pull off such events and I want you all to know your kindness touched the staff.
Going into the last weeks of school, we have a few community activities with which we hope you’ll support us. The Student Council members voted to use some of the proceeds from Move-a-thon pledges towards meeting our school goal of donating $1,000 to the Iron Giraffe Challenge. This challenge helps provide fresh water to villages in South Sudan. We currently have $650, so we’re close!
A Burr School alum, who is currently at Newton North, has asked us to help her collect gently used clothing for children in Nigeria. The clothing should be for children ages 6 to 12. We have a collection box in the lobby. You can send your donations into school with your children, or drop them off yourself. Please keep this in mind as you Spring clean.
Lastly, I have some staffing news to share. This year we will be losing two teachers at Burr due to a decrease in enrollment. Next year, we will have three sections of 5th grade and two sections of 3rd grade. We currently have four 5th grade teachers, so Ms. Bordman will not be at Burr next year. Our current 2nd-grade classes have low enrollment numbers for next year, which means we will have two sections in grade 3. Unfortunately, this means that Ms. McConnell will not be at Burr next year. Ms. MacNeill, currently a grade 3 teacher, will join the 2nd-grade team next year.
The classroom teachers at each grade level will be:
Kindergarten: Ms. Frail, Ms. Mc Mahon, Ms. Russo
Grade One: Ms. Espinal, Ms. Fitch, Ms. Golden
Grade Two: Ms. Field, Ms. MacNeill, Ms. Roberts
Grade Three: Ms. Canning, Ms. Oh
Grade Four: Ms. Bapat, Ms. Li, Ms. Tice
Grade Five: Ms. Cooley, Ms. Harris, Ms. Robinson
Please feel free to email me if you have any question or concerns. The next Parent Principal Coffee will be on May 24 at 8:30 AM in the Burr Cafetorium. I hope you can join me for a discussion about planning for next year.
Best,
Mindy
Dear Burr Families,
I hope all Burr moms were completely spoiled yesterday and had a wonderful Mother’s Day. I’m sure many of you were recovering on Sunday from all the work done to plan and organize the very successful May Fair! The weather on Saturday cooperated, and children and adults all had a fun time. I want to thank Kara MacNeill, Lian Gersh, Dan Diaz, and Allison Shriner, the brave Burr staff members who signed up to be in the dunk tank this year. It was a popular activity.
I want to thank you all for providing the Burr staff with such an amazing Teacher Appreciation Week. The school was overflowing with delicious foods, flowers, and tokens of appreciation. On Tuesday, we enjoyed a fantastic breakfast spread, and on Thursday, we had a taco/burrito luncheon. I know it takes a lot of planning and organizing to pull off such events and I want you all to know your kindness touched the staff.
Going into the last weeks of school, we have a few community activities with which we hope you’ll support us. The Student Council members voted to use some of the proceeds from Move-a-thon pledges towards meeting our school goal of donating $1,000 to the Iron Giraffe Challenge. This challenge helps provide fresh water to villages in South Sudan. We currently have $650, so we’re close!
A Burr School alum, who is currently at Newton North, has asked us to help her collect gently used clothing for children in Nigeria. The clothing should be for children ages 6 to 12. We have a collection box in the lobby. You can send your donations into school with your children, or drop them off yourself. Please keep this in mind as you Spring clean.
Lastly, I have some staffing news to share. This year we will be losing two teachers at Burr due to a decrease in enrollment. Next year, we will have three sections of 5th grade and two sections of 3rd grade. We currently have four 5th grade teachers, so Ms. Bordman will not be at Burr next year. Our current 2nd-grade classes have low enrollment numbers for next year, which means we will have two sections in grade 3. Unfortunately, this means that Ms. McConnell will not be at Burr next year. Ms. MacNeill, currently a grade 3 teacher, will join the 2nd-grade team next year.
The classroom teachers at each grade level will be:
Kindergarten: Ms. Frail, Ms. Mc Mahon, Ms. Russo
Grade One: Ms. Espinal, Ms. Fitch, Ms. Golden
Grade Two: Ms. Field, Ms. MacNeill, Ms. Roberts
Grade Three: Ms. Canning, Ms. Oh
Grade Four: Ms. Bapat, Ms. Li, Ms. Tice
Grade Five: Ms. Cooley, Ms. Harris, Ms. Robinson
Please feel free to email me if you have any question or concerns. The next Parent Principal Coffee will be on May 24 at 8:30 AM in the Burr Cafetorium. I hope you can join me for a discussion about planning for next year.
Best,
Mindy