Ellis School - SAU 83

Exciting news! Our hydroponics class is officially growing veggies! First up: lettuce!

One of our favorite staff traditions is the Golden Apple. Staff award each other the Golden Apple a couple of times a year to recognize each other's achievements and contributions. Last week, Mrs. Kelly presented the Golden Apple to Mrs. MacArthur. Way to go, Mrs. MacArthur!

Have you heard the news about our newest club? After multiple student requests, Ms. Sonia has formed our new Anime Club for students in Grades 6-8. Have questions? Email her at ksonia@sau83.org

Our new Wee Deliver mail program has already brought so much joy to our students and staff this winter. We want to extend a special thanks to Mr. Beaudoin for implementing and facilitating this mail delivery process. We are currently in the middle of a stamp design contest. Students and staff are competing against each other to design the best stamps to represent our theme of the 25-26 School Year: "Make Our Mark!" Please see the attached Google Document for more information about how your child can compete to be one of two winners in their grade level!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IC2v64BFTKmVRQICd3yKQxRiwgau_hSe4WoPWCrzPSk/edit?usp=sharing

We had such a wonderful time with our students and families last night at our annual Winter Concert. Thank you all for attending, and a special thanks to Mrs. Bolduc and Mr. LeTendre for organizing such a beautiful night of music.

We will never stop highlighting how impactful it is for our learners to collaborate across grade levels in our PK-8 school! Recently, Mrs. Clark's class had a visit from an older student, who read a Pigeon book to them! It was a great experience for our learners and our educators!

Due to the icy conditions, Ellis School will have a two hour delay today, January 7, 2026. There will be no early release as originally scheduled. The school day will end at the normal time. 

Hello, Fremont!

We are asking Fremont caregivers, community members, and educators to provide their feedback through the grant funding needs assessment survey (linked below) by February 6th, 2026. This will help us and our ESEA Stakeholder Advisory Council make essential grant funding decisions for the 2026-2027 school year.

Thank you for your participation!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScld4sckan8-QORInxqfof8JNhPVW-sMXiZmM7yGMRI96xrLw/viewform

Good Afternoon,

Please click this link for our January News From the Nest: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K6UXiMM1sIOc33r8tCMOrfmerne4CXf4/view?usp=sharing. Please note, this newsletter details a change to our pick up and drop off procedures that will start on January 5th, 2026. Please read the first and second pages for details.

Thank you,

Mrs. Rosenberg

Please see below for a message from Mrs. Gibb and Mrs. Gauthier. We are so excited to showcase this video of the Great Teacher Power-Up!

Dear Ellis Community,
We had the opportunity to work with the Great Teacher Power-Up team during the second half of the 2023-24 school year to create an interactive writing unit for our students. The GTPU team created a documentary-style video of our process, product and steps along the way.
We want to thank the wonderful small business and community-members who made this project possible. Also a huge shout out to the Great Teacher Power Up team and Ellis School for providing us with this opportunity and acknowledging all the hard work teachers do every day!

We hope you take a moment to watch!
Jess Gibb and Amy Gauthier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=xATcG_0JYFTyilxk&v=l471WJ1zmXc&feature=youtu.be

Our student ambassadors and their peers had an amazing Getting to Y Data Retreat Day last week, thanks to Mrs. Diorio and Mrs. Sonia. They began the day with an overview and an icebreaker activity, followed by the Circle of Courage exercise. This framework encouraged students to reflect on the strengths within our school and broader community. Following this activity, students divided into six groups to review the results of last year’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey completed by students in grades 6–8. Each group rotated through different topic areas and classified each survey item as a strength, concern, or neutral. Through this process, students identified their top three areas of concern. Students then participated in a root-cause analysis by circulating through stations and adding their ideas to each topic. They concluded the day by generating potential solutions to address their identified root causes. Their goal is to continue brainstorming the solutions and developing multiple action plans to present to the community!

Mrs. Diorio, Mrs. Sonia, and our student leaders would like to extend a special thank you to the Fremont Police Department for allowing us to use their space, to Fremont Pizzeria for donating a pizza lunch, and to SoRock for their collaboration and for purchasing a tray of fries! We could not do this work without generous support from our community!!!

The Music Room is abuzz with preparation for the upcoming Winter Concert! Mr. Letendre and Mrs. Bolduc have been very busy getting students prepared. Come see our Grades 1-4, chorus, and band on December 17 at 5:45pm at The Stockbridge Theatre at Pinkerton Academy.

Thank you to our Ellis School current and former students who caroled at our Fremont Tree Lighting on Friday! And thank you to Mrs. Bolduc for organizing such a fun caroling experience!

Mrs. Rosenberg had so much fun in one of our co-taught math classrooms this morning! During this lesson, Mrs. Kane and Mrs. Pysarenko led students in problem-solving tasks related to the Pythagorean Theorem. In these pictures, you can see our students working together to solve a range of problems on their vertical dry erase surfaces!

The day before Thanksgiving Break, we had a number of exciting learning opportunities taking place
1. Dr. Profeta visited eighth grade science to discuss her role as a Principal Scientist and how she provides chemometric support for unknown material identification. Students were able to learn about these devices and used them to identify materials.
2. After training with Suffolk University's Center for Restorative Justice Program, Mrs. Diorio led her first circles with middle school students to discuss bullying, what it is, our policy, and how to respond to it.
3. Our kindergarteners visited all of our classrooms for their annual Silent Turkey Parade!

A reminder that 3L and 3G are doing a drive for Poplin! Please see the flyer attached for more details.

On Wednesday, 12/3 Ellis School will have a 2 hour delay to give our town road crew time to clean up from last night's snow and ice.

Dear Families,

Unfortunately, Purple Bus broke down. As a result, Purple Bus students are now riding with Orange Bus. As a result, we anticipate that there will be delays to Purple and Orange drop-off times.

Thank you all for your flexibility and patience,

Mrs. Rosenberg