Clayville Elementary School

On October 25th we held a district-wide pink out day! Our football and boys soccer team raised money during their games, and the middle and high schools sold pink donuts and collected donations. All elementary schools also helped to raise funds and all together the district raised $1,675 to donate to the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Foundation! Way to go Spartans!

Clayville Wildcats worked with buddy classes to make Veterans Day cards in preparation for their Veterans Day Celebration on Nov 8th!

Clayville Elementary students wore orange on October 16th for Unity Day! Unity Day helps to promote kindness, acceptance, and inclusion!

Congratulations to Sergeant Parenti for receiving the Officer of the Year Award from the Rhode Island State Grange!

We love seeing our Clayville students enjoying their class activities!

Here is a link to our Clayville October newsletter: https://secure.smore.com/n/4y9cg

Check out Clayville's back-to-school newsletter! https://secure.smore.com/n/vft3q

Summer camp is around the corner!

To end the year, PE students at Clayville played games related to chasing, fleeing, and dodging! Additionally, students played manipulative skill games. All students had tons of fun!

The 4th and 5th grade Clayville Chorus had a fantastic performance during the month of May at the Herbert Nursing Home!

Preschoolers at Clayville sang songs and demonstrated their letter, sound, and number knowledge during celebration ceremonies on May 24th!

Clayville students made such special memories during the last month of school! 5th grade students had a blast during their field trip to Boston.

On Wednesday, Clayville Elementary had a special visit from Len Cabral, from Rhode Island Black Storytellers (RIBS). Students were amazed by the stories he told, and asked fantastic questions at the end of his visit. Thanks for visiting Len! https://ribsfest.org

In April, Clayville students in 5th grade took a field trip to Rhode Island College (RIC) where they participated in an all-elementary team-building field trip!

Our wonderful middle school and high school band and chorus come to the elementary schools to perform and demonstrate instruments for the 5th-grade students! After the event, 5th-grade students get to decide whether they want to do chorus or band next school year when they enter the middle school!

During the month of April, Kindergarteners at Clayville learned about the importance of environmental conservation and sustainability. In support of Earth Day, each student came up with a way to help our planet. Most students pledged to help by picking up trash and recycling in an effort to not only protect our planet but our animals, too. Their projects are on display in the hallway leading into the classroom for others to read as they walk by! Nice work everyone!

Students in Grades K-5 had the opportunity to view the Solar Eclipse that occurred over RI on April 8th! Glasses were purchased so that all students had the opportunity to explore this special event with their teachers and classmates. Thank you to those families who sent their children's glasses back to school. They have been donated to Eclipse Glasses USA, who will be distributing them to children in Latin America who will also have the opportunity to enjoy the Solar Eclipse in August 2024!

Our entire school community has been deeply affected this week by the recent passing of our Director of School Counseling, Dan Casey. We extend our condolences to the Casey family, and all students, staff, and Teachers, who are working through this difficult time. Mr. Casey dedicated himself to Scituate Middle/High School for the past five years, first as a school counselor before taking on a bigger role as our Director of School Counseling. He was also our head wrestling coach and played a crucial role in building our program up to where it is today. Mr. Casey connected with nearly every student in our school in some way. In a school community as close-knit as ours, his loss will continue to be deeply felt. Please know that we are doing everything we can to support students, families, and the entire Scituate community with additional resources and counseling during this time, and we encourage anyone who has been affected by this news to reach out to support services, including those available through our schools. RESOURCES https://www.therapistaid.com/worksheets/stages-of-grief-education https://www.hebronhawkeye.com/infographics/2023/09/06/infographic-coping-with-grief-as-a-teenager/?return https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-article/grief-rituals

Clayville's fifth grade team finds so much success in and out of the classroom building on each other's strengths and ideas! Their ongoing collaboration brings out the champion in each and every one of them.

The Audubon Society of Rhode Island visited Clayville Elementary on Friday, March 22nd with Great Horned Owls and a Screech Owl! Students learned biofacts about the structure and functions that help these birds survive, the predator/prey dynamics, and the importance of habitat.