{"id":3273,"date":"2025-03-14T13:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T20:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/fiske\/?p=3273"},"modified":"2025-12-02T16:13:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:13:37","slug":"friday-fiske-news-3-14-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/fiske\/2025\/03\/14\/friday-fiske-news-3-14-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fiske News 3\/14\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fiske Families,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Another great week at Fiske! The ice is gone and the Fiske Falcons are enjoying the warmer weather days. Have a wonderful weekend full of sunshine and fun.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u200b\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>March 18 & 27th: Online Speaker Series Supporting Students\u2019 Mental Health <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 无尽资源采集 and the 无尽资源采集 Education Foundation are pleased to present two more informative events supporting students\u2019 mental health. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>New: The March 27 event has been moved online (link below)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n On March 18 from 1-2 p.m, <\/span><\/span><\/span>WPS families are invited to a<\/span><\/span><\/span> lunchtime webinar, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Empowering Parents\/Caregivers with Strategies for Helping School-Aged Children<\/span><\/span><\/span> led by <\/span><\/span><\/span>Hart MacDur, Psy.D.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, and McLean Hospital School Consultation Services. The topic is<\/span><\/span><\/span> Introduction to School Avoidance<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> (<\/span><\/span><\/span>Link to join<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n On March 27 from 6-7 p.m at the 无尽资源采集 High School auditorium<\/span><\/span><\/span>, join us for a workshop on Distress Tolerance: Supporting Your Child in High Intensity Moments. <\/span><\/span><\/span>Yudelki M. Firpo-Perretti, Ph.D.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> from McLean will share skills for helping children learn to<\/span><\/span><\/span> tolerate distress and big feelings<\/span><\/span><\/span> without making the situation worse, including a skills coaching protocol for parents to use at home. (<\/span><\/span><\/span>Link to join<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n MCAS Schedule 2025<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Each Spring the Third, Fourth and Fifth grade students take the state tests, MCAS, online. For your planning purposes, the dates of these assessments are noted below. Please make every effort to have your third, fourth and fifth grade children at school by 8:30 a.m. on the testing dates. If your child is absent on the day of the assessments, make up sessions will be held the day they return to school.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Grade 3<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n Thursday<\/span><\/span><\/span> April 10th <\/span><\/span><\/span> English Language Arts Session 1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Friday<\/span><\/span><\/span> April 11th<\/span><\/span><\/span> English Language Arts Session 2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Monday<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> May 12th<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Math Session 1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Tuesday<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> May 13th<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Math Session 2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Grade 4<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Monday<\/span><\/span><\/span> April 7th<\/span><\/span><\/span> English Language Arts Session 1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Tuesday<\/span><\/span><\/span> April 8th<\/span><\/span><\/span> English Language Arts Session 2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Thursday<\/span><\/span><\/span> May 8th<\/span><\/span><\/span> Math Session 1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Friday<\/span><\/span><\/span> May 9th<\/span><\/span><\/span> Math Session 2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Grade 5<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Thursday<\/span><\/span><\/span> April 3rd<\/span><\/span><\/span> English Language Arts Session 1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Friday<\/span><\/span><\/span> April 4th <\/span><\/span><\/span> English Language Arts Session 2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n
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