At about 1pm today, a 4th grade, female, Old County Road student with long brown hair in a black coat left school grounds. As of this time she has not yet been found. Smithfield police and fire are searching the neighborhood and parents are on site. We will keep you informed when this student is found. If you have any information about her whereabouts, please contact Smithfield police.
The 2nd school budget workshop was held on February 3rd and updated budget information was shared and discussed. The slides from the workshop are available on this link: http://bit.ly/3939Vg1
National School Counseling Week is February 3-7. School counselors have a tremendous impact in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. Thank your local school counselors and learn more about their work. #NSCW2020
A new Super Scoop blog post focuses on "Managing Change." To access this blog, go to: judypaolucci.edublogs.org
Congratulations, McCabe Elementary School, for being named a National Unified Champion School!
Important steps are now being made to complete the elementary renovations and additions on time and on budget. Read all about it. http://bit.ly/2GzLTgz
Congratulations to the American Heart Association postcard contest winners for Smithfield 2020!
Great food, great fun, and great people at the wellness celebration tonight! Thank you to our food service provider, Chartwells, for the delicious and nutritious foods!
Smithfield's February district newsletter is now available on our website as well as through this link: http://bit.ly/2RurEXT
Kindergarten registration opens on February 6th! Please see our website for more details. https://www.smithfield-ps.org/o/smithfield-public-schools/page/registering-a-new-student
Smithfield students design community change! Principal Kelley presents the high school's plan at the XQ+RI celebration today. #XQRI
If you see establishments selling flavored vaping products to minors or to anyone in general, call the complaint line
at 401-462-3441 to report the incidents.
Five Smithfield Public Schools administrators are spending their Saturday taking a FEMA (emergency management) course at the police department's training room.
Our "Cyber Sentinels" team competing in the semifinals for CyberPatriot XXII Silver Tier Division. Go Sentinels!
The FY21 budget process is underway. Keep abreast of how this budget evolves by going to our finance webpage (http://bit.ly/30IeXfc). For the slides from the first budget workshop, see this link: http://bit.ly/2RNcMTE
We are ready to go to RIDE for approval and then out to bid for construction services for elementary school renovations and additions. This link provides detailed drawings and information about what will be in the base bid and what will be in bid alternates. http://bit.ly/2RAhrYE
Join us on January 29th for a Family Wellness Celebration! Stop in to the SHS cafeteria anytime from 5:30-7:30 PM to sample nutritious foods, take part in activities, and celebrate our student postcard winners!
We have parents and community members who are essential for getting us to where we need to be. Support the music boosters to help us renovate the high school auditorium. Read all about it: http://bit.ly/30qbLoe
The District Improvement Team met last week & updated our progress percentages on our district strategic dashboard, which is available on a link on our website. Look through our indicators & strategies to understand what we're doing and where we need to go. http://bit.ly/2u6TiB2
Listening to Michael Horn, author of Choosing College, and excited to learn more about how to support our students as they make the decision about steps they plan to take after graduating high school. This is a great book for parents of SHS students!
