Newsletters

The Nonotuck Newsletter informs the Nonotuck community about the monthy doings of the school. It includes a letter from the director and articles from each classroom as well as event postings and informational bulletins.

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June-August 2010

Meet the new "kids" at Nonotuck - new Director, new Board President, and new Polliwog co-teacher...

May 2010

You may have noticed a lot of student/volunteers at Nonotuck lately. We are lucky to have students from many different programs join us throughout the year. Students and volunteers enrich our program in many ways...

March 2010

I have been thinking of our name lately - especially the community part of it. What does that community signify, why is it in the middle of our name, where did it come from, and how are we a community school. To answer the why, what, and where I think we need to look back to the beginning of Nonotuck...

Winter 2009

Nonotuck is licensed, as are all Massachusetts early care and education programs in private centers and schools and family child care homes, by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC).

Fall 2009

We can predict that this time of year will be unpredictable and that there will be excitement and acceptance about change mixed with a few (and sometimes many) tears.

Summer 2009

This is the time of year when we seem to look both forward and backward simultaneously...

April 2009

As you know, even though the snow has barely melted, we have begun thinking about the upcoming summer and fall transitions. Children who will be going to kindergarten next year visited their new schools in February, and my phone begins ringing off the hook in January with parents who hope their children will be attending Nonotuck in the Summer or Fall...

February 2009

An important part of creating a classroom community is making connections between home and school. I can certainly see this principle in action as I look around the classrooms at Nonotuck...

November 2008

One day recently I couldn't find any Polliwogs, Frogs, Possums or Chameleons in the classrooms at Nonotuck. I could, however, find penguins, ladybugs, an elephant, and a skunk. Not to mention pirates, superheroes, an ice princess, and Viola Swamp-as well as a room full of children in their pajamas!...

September 2008

We have reached the middle of September, and this morning it definitely felt like the whirlwind of change that started at the end of June had calmed. Children who are new to Nonotuck or new to a classroom and the peers they are joining are becoming a cohesive group ready to embark on new adventures together...

Spring/Summer 2008

"From fundraising events and the annual meeting to the Chameleon graduation and other end-of-the- school-year celebrations, this is the time of the year when we get to see "the community" of Nonotuck Community School in action..."

February-March 2008

"We love Nonotuck...It's been a great school for our children and a wonderful community for our family," wrote one of the parents in the annual program and classroom evaluation.

November 2007-January 2008

"Play is the exultation of the possible."-Martin Buber

During circle time in the Possum room the other day, several children could hardly wait for the "dance party" part to start...

September-October 2007

I would like to welcome or welcome you back for another year at Nonotuck. And a very exciting year it is, as it is our 30th anniversary this year! While Nonotuck is a year round program, September definitely feels like the beginning of the year...

June-August 2007

It was so great to see everyone at the annual meeting and to once again have everyone participate in the important co-op responsibility of electing new members to the parent board...

March-April 2007

When the snow begins to melt and the sap begins to flow, I have to start thinking about more than the maple syrup and sugar on snow I have been making with the 5:30 kids. I am also deep in thoughts and paperwork as I "do enrollment" for the summer and September...

February 2007

I would like to thank parents for returning the annual Program and Classroom Evaluations. In addition to informing annual teacher evaluations and board policies, the feedback we received will also help us to prepare for our NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) re-accreditation...