Grade Six Welcome Letter
August 1, 2011
Dear Maple Street School Sixth Grade Students and Parents:
It is with great excitement that I write to welcome you to the 2011–2012 school year at Maple Street School. In just a few short weeks, the faculty, staff, and I will be greeting you as you arrive for your first day of the new school year, and I look forward to sharing with you your last year at Maple Street School.
Last year at our closing ceremony, the faculty and I reminded you that, as a sixth grade student, your role will again shift in our community. As the most senior members of our student body, I know you all will live up to the responsibility of being the best role models for our newest students in grade four and to our returning students in grade five. Many of you will recall how intimidating the move to MSS can be for the new students and even for our returning fifth graders, and we hope that you will lend them a helping hand whenever possible. Knowing your classmates, I am confident that you will all be terrific role models and guides for the rest of the school and will be a big part of helping them to have a terrific year.
As sixth graders, you will find that you have many choices you can make to explore new interests, share your talents, and to help your school community. We look forward to seeing how you will contribute your best to our school in the coming year. The sixth grade year represents the halfway mark in your educational experience in Hopkinton, and I know you will make the most of it.
Parents, as we approach the new school year, I am again reminded of the importance of communication between MSS and home. I encourage you to take a moment to think about your child’s upcoming experience at MSS, and to feel free to drop me a letter or email with any information you feel that I could share with your child’s teacher that may be significant in helping to make the transition to his or her new classroom go smoothly. I will make certain that the information you share gets to the teacher or appropriate staff member before the start of school. Additionally, if you have yet to register for the school’s email listserv, a critical aspect of our communications network, I would ask that you do so by visiting the “Principal’s Page” at: www.hopkintonschools.org/mss and clicking the “Listserv Sign Up” tab.
In closing, I speak for all faculty and staff when I say how much we are looking forward to the start of the new school year on August 30th. Please feel free to visit the school in the interim or contact me at 746-4195 if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Michael Bessette
Principal, Maple Street School
