Congratulations and best of everything to the graduates in the

class of 2012. You should be

proud of all your accomplish-

ments and achievements during

your time at Squan-

tum School

Your class proves

that Squantum is “a

great place to start”

and I cannot thank

you enough for the

incredible mark you

have left on both the school and

your teachers over the years.

Squantum is certainly a better

place because of all of you.

This was a great year for your

class as you all led the way on our

first multicultural journey of

learning and celebrating diversity

in our school community. You

all continued to embrace so

many new technologies and

curricular programs in the

classroom and many of you

even solved a

“Mastering Math”

mystery for the

school as part of

an exceptional

performance in the

school play. We

are proud of all of

you on so many levels for your

contributions in helping to

create such a positive culture

and climate at the school.

We have all been im-

pressed each and every day this

year with the level of energy

and enthusiasm from which

you approached your academics,

your community service efforts,

and the thoughtfulness you

showed to your teachers and

classmates during the course of

the school year.

You are all prepared to make

the transition to middle school

and hope that you will take

some time these last few weeks

to say thanks to your parents

and teachers for supporting you

along the way.

Congratulations and best of

everything in the future.

Mr. Sylvia

Congratulations to the Class of 2012 Volume IV, Issue 7

The Squantum Report

Upcoming Events:

• Reminder to send in Box Tops: Special thanks to parent Maura Mayo for co-ordinating this pro-gram

• Field Day: June 12th (rain date)

• Last Day of School June 15th (1/2 day)

• Summer Library Dates: 6/20,6/27, 7/18, 7/25, 8/1, 8/8 (9:00 to 11:00)

“A great place to start!”

May/June 2012

5th Grade Promotion Please contact

Tim Libby by

email at

tlibby@nyl.com

or by phone at 781-398-8561 to

learn more about planning the

educational future of your

The promotion ceremony will

be held in the gymnasium at 8:30

on Thursday, June 14th. Awards

and certificates will be distributed.

During the ceremony and Mr. Glen

Buscher will present the American

Legion Award to two students and

the Frank Buckley Award will also be

presented to two students. After the

ceremony, students and parents are

invited to the media center for re-

freshments.

Summer Library

begins

Wednesday

June 20th

(9:00 to 11:00)

Reading Counts: Abigail Coughlin, Ceana Tran, Margaret Power, Vincent O’Leary, Lea Bergin, Tiffany Phan, Paula Day, Nicholas Enbar-Salo, Allyson Liu, John Le, Jingen Chen, Kayla Lew, Isabella Enbar-Salo, Carson Chan, Aidalee Giordano, Harshita Srivastava

The following students were

chosen to be bus helpers for

demonstrating mature and

responsible behavior for March

& April: Jeffrey Diep, Sally Cai, Michael Golden, Kelsey

Coughlin, Danielle LaColla,

Alina Dunham, Samantha

Smith, Claudia Mirshak, Shan-

non O’Brien O’Brien, Aiden

Foley

Bus Helpers are Role Models!

1st grade student Ava

Knops on field trip to the

fire station

Over the last few weeks the

Squantum School Junior Gar-

deners Club have been busy

spreading mulch and planting

planting both annuals and per-

ennials in the school gardens.

This not only helps to improve

the school grounds

but supports both our environ-

mental and science curriculum

at the school. Thanks for all the

hard work!

Seaside Gardeners join with Squantum Students & Staff

Congratulations to 4th grade students Emily O’Regan, Benja-

min Fehan, Susu Shuman, Tommy McGovern, Connor Kulig,

Adam Higgins for winning the catapult contest!

Thank you State

Representative

Bruce Ayers for

donating a bike as part of our

annual summer Race to Read

Program

Squantum students cer-tainly have talent! Stu-dents took the stage re-

cently to perform a variety of talents for the entire school community as part of our annual talent show at the school. The capacity crowd applauded loudly for the fol-lowing students. Congratula-tions to all the performers. Ruby Ahern, Sophia Fab-rizio, Elle Blahut, Madeline Smith, Jana Alamleh, Cian O’Donovan, Angelica Anou-ris, Michael Phinney, Gavin Geraghty, Liam Kelliher, Ava Moran, Jamie Moran, Bri-anna Alvarado, Charlotte Kelliher, Harshita Srivastava

Abigail Coughlin and Marybeth Smith,Angelina Bertoni – Holmes, Maggie and Madeline Powers, Bridget Capone, Marissa Tolini and Shayla Goba, Kathryn Boylan, Shannon Boylan, Maria Geary, Maddie Mayo, Orla O’Driscoll, Dawn Folan, Olivia Kosinski, Fintan Murtagh, Heather Griffin, Molly Phinney, Emily Hardiman, Nicholas Brink,Charlotte Airosus, Aisling Kelly, Melanie Tran, Lauren Manning and Olivia Keaney, Ivan Lee, Ciara O’Connor, Brigid Norris, Mary Loney, Caitlyn Buckley, Fiona Smith, Talah Alamleh, Melissa Myers, Aoife O’Donovan,

Congratulations to

the following Math

WOW Winners!

Salwa Shulman, Marisa Riley,

Taylor Burgess, Ainsley Walsh,

Gavin Toland, Erin Buckley,

Ben DeBisschop Page 2 The Squantum Report

Courtney Ross, Ainsley Walsh, Audrey Duclos, Jennifer Small, Marisa Riley,Olga Kosinski Emily and Caitlyn O’Regan, Benjamin DeBisshop, Isabella Enbar-Salo,Tamara Cowham, Alina Dunham, Katherine Li, Rowan Sloan, Maria Theodore, Grace Kelliher, Claudia Mirshak, Saman-tha Smith, Jillian Harring-ton, Mari Salmanowich Special thanks to Mrs. Walsh,

Mrs. Salas & Mrs. Hourin for coordinating this program

The last day of school for stu-

dents will be on June 15th. This

will be a release day for both ele-

mentary and middle school stu-

dents.

Elementary students are receiv-

ing a release day due to the full day

of school on March 20th 2012 dur-

ing which time 4th grade students

took the MCAS Long Composition

test.

Mr. Sylvia is

proud to recog-

nize the follow-

ing students

for strong

character and

citizenship this

month:

Leah Bergin

(1st Grade)

Jeffrey Diep

(5th Grade)

Killian Sloan

(Kindergarten)

The Squantum School

PTO Scholarships were

awarded to Valerie O’Dris-

coll, graduating from North

Quincy High School and

Samuel Doody, graduating

from North Quincy High

School. The Squantum

School PTO Scholarships are

provided by the Squantum

School PTO to graduating

seniors who attended Squan-

tum School.

The Virginia Marie

Squantum library and com-

puter lab will be open again this

summer on Wednesday’s from

July 11th to August 8th thanks to

our PTO. Students will be able

to check out books to fulfill their

QPS summer reading require-

ments and to also participate in

our annual Race to Read Pro-

gram sponsored by Rep Bruce

Ayers.

Last Day of School

Congratulations to Mrs.

Painter’s class and Ms.

Boss’ class for winning

this year’s BoxTops for

Education Contest. The

winning classes will re-

ceive Lemon Italian Ice

or Hoodsie Party before

the summer break

Please check out and sign up for the new Squantum PTO website at www.squantumpto.com

Squantum Students Shine during 3rd annual Talent Show!

PTO Board (2012/2013) President: Brian Henderson

Vice –President: Paula Glynn

Beth Hardiman

Treasurer: Tanya Adamson

Secretary: Deidre Small

City Wide: Chris Hollatz

Kathy Brink

Did you know?

Sean Toland was

Principal

for the Day

recently

Summer Library

The Virginia Marie Whalen Schol-

arships were awarded to Kelly

Yovino and Colin Kulig. Both of

these recipients are

graduating from

North Quincy High

School. The Virginia

Marie Whalen Schol-

arship is provided by John Whalen

in memory of his loving wife who

worked as a lunch matron at

Squantum School for thirty years.

Squantum School Scholarships Awarded

Please remember to visit the

Donorschoose.org site to look

for projects posted by Squan-

tum teachers. This is an easy

way to make a tax deductible

donation to help support our

technology initiatives at the

school. Thanks in advance for

your help in supporting our ef-

forts to enhance classroom

learning.