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Note: Author Katie Bass is a second-grade classroom teacher, who also serves as PES’s Responsive Classroom Lead Teacher. She taught grade four for her first four years at PES. In looking back at my five years here at Pittsfield Elementary, I can easily say that I have come a long way in my communication with parents….

Dear families:  Each year, students in grades 3 through 8 participate in the New Hampshire Statewide Assessment System (NH SAS).  Due to the school closure in the spring, students didn’t take the assessment scheduled. So the NH Department of Education is providing guidance and support to public schools by requiring students in grades 4-8 to…

Schoolyard Habitat Program Project Home is an initiative program that helps school communities look at their school grounds and develop a plan for habitat enhancement. On Wednesday, December 1, from 3:00-5:00 p.m., there will be an introductory session for staff and interested community members. Marylyn Wysga of the New Hampshire Dept. of Fish and Game…

    This is Mrs. Bass’s fifth year teaching at Pittsfield. For the past four years, she has taught fourth grade, and she is very excited for a new adventure teaching second grade! She loves living here in New Hampshire, but is originally from upstate New York. She attended Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY, where she…

Note: The following article summary is shared with permission from Kim Marshall, a former Boston principal, author, and nationally recognized educator. This is from his weekly educator e-newsletter, The Marshall Memo. In this New York Times article, sixth-grade teacher Sara Mosle says some parents are overly intrusive, which robs children of the opportunity to solve…

Grades 1-3 Works Featured at the PES Music and Arts Festival.