Welcome Ms. Bayard, thrid grade teacher

I am pleased to announce and welcome our new third grade teacher - Ms. Ashley Bayard.   

 

Ironically, Ashley is not new to Southeast.  Just two years ago, Ashley successfully completed her student teaching with Mr. Maheu in first grade. From there, she gained experience during her UConn fifth year internship teaching Literacy in third grade at Naubuc School in Glastonbury. She fosters relationships with adults and children exceptionally well, she has strong content knowledge, excellent classroom management techniques, asks thoughtful questions, and is willing to do anything she can to make her students successful.   Plus, she absolutely loves Southeast!  We couldn't ask for a better fit to our dedicated staff and school. 

 

Our committee was comprised of representatives from central office, administration, parents, students, teaching staff, and support personnel.  We reviewed 49 applications, conducted 10 interviews, and observed 2 demo lessons and we are so happy to have ended the search with Ms. Bayard. 

Welcome Ashley!  We look forward to watching you grow with us. 

Retirement Announcement-Ms. Liebman

After 11 years of service to Mansfield Schools at Southeast, our beloved school psychologist, Ms. Marie Liebman, has retired. We feel grateful for the years Ms. Liebman spent helping our students adapt to new situations, creating academic reports and education plans, guiding colleagues, and supporting families.  We will miss her tremendously and wish her the best of everything as she embarks on this new journey.

Last day of School

Tomorrow is our last day of school.   We are feeling proud if our fourth graders and the growth they made this year. I wish them a great start to MMS!  Please visit and stay in touch. 

Tomorrow we have a brief introduction to your child's teacher for next year. We call it Step Up Day. Our staffing for next year is as follows:  

Pre K:  Mrs. Harakaly

K:  Mrs. LaBella, Mrs. Robichaud

1:  Ms. Hathway, Mr. Maheu

2:  Mrs. Cackowski, Mrs. deVecchis, Ms. Kamienski

3:  Mr. Hendricks, Mrs. Villar, and a new teacher who will be determined by a committee by early August

4:  Mrs. Sangree, Mr. Warinsky

Our office is open most days in the summer, but we recommend you call before you come in to visit. Sometimes vacation schedules might prevent us from opening our office on certain days.  

Please take time to set up a daily routine for your child to practice math facts, reading and journaling this summer. It's well known that summer regression will occur if students don't continually work on their skills. It was such a successful year, we would love to see continued growth over the summer!!

Enjoy your summer months. Please don't hesitate to reach out if I can be of any help to you over the summer. 

Fun in our own Backyard

It was a "perfect" day in every way...today we celebrated the traditional Fun in Our Own Backyard. The day started with the opening ceremony highlighted by our own Southeast Drum Line and a core group of students who performed a hysterically funny play. We cheered, chanted, and clapped. Then students headed outside for water games and other activities. The afternoon consisted of stations with the ever-exciting bubble blowing and a homemade play dough station for the younger students. The older students played "Capture the Frisbee" and that, they did.  After the fun-filled day, Ms. Parker surprised everyone with a guest appearance by EOSmith's drum line. Everyone was amazed!  The finale was a three bucket dump over my head to the "winning" team....team 15!  Congrats to our fourth grade team leaders of the lead team,  Lucas and Ben!  It was a great day for everyone involved. 

Many thanks to the parents who volunteered their time, and the teachers involved in the planning, preparation, and execution of a noteworthy day. 

Mansfield Teacher of the Year 2014 Announced!!

We are so proud to announce that our very own Mrs. Erika LaBella has been selected as the Teacher of the Year for Mansfield Public Schools. Those who have had the pleasure of working with her, and even those who haven't, know of the many talents she brings to our students each and every day. Southeast is fortunate, in my opinion, to have the lion share of outstanding staff members. It's just another great reason to celebrate all we do here at SE. We look forward to a formal ceremony in the Fall. In the meantime, please help us celebrate with Mrs. LaBella!

Mrs. Shay Day

We were fortunate to have the expertise of Mrs. Shay as our district Literacy Consultant. After 15 years in this role, she is retiring. We are sad to see her go, but celebrated in true SE style. Special thanks to the MANY teachers and students who were involved in our celebratory play written by our very own, Ms. Kamienski. What a show!

Fourth grade wax museum

What a stellar display the fourth graders put on for us in their wax museum. Amazing job....some great photos below of Annie Oakley, Anne Frank, Louie Armstrong and others. Take a peek!