Our Core Values
The Deerfield community is one that truly cares about all students, families, and staff members. We strive to align our actions and behaviors with the following core values: Cooperation, Academic Excellence, Acceptance, Respect, Responsibility, and Effort. Forming the acronym CARE, our core values help us create an environment in which all students can learn and grow.
Dear Deerfield Community,
This Thursday, January 27th is the 90th day of school and the official “halfway point” of the school year. In addition, students’ January Report Cards will be available at the end of the day on Friday, January 28th through the Aspen/X2 Portal. Instructions on how to access your child’s report card will be sent to all families later this week.
This time of year provides an excellent opportunity to take stock of the teaching and learning that has taken place so far this year and set goals for the second half of the school year. Often, students begin applying new concepts and challenging skills with increased clarity and consistency. Students increase their stamina, allowing them to extend their learning by digging a little deeper and working a little harder on a given topic or in a certain content area. In addition, teachers and students operate within the strong learning communities they have built throughout the fall to support and collaborate with one another in ways that help all students learn.
An essential component of the teaching and learning process is strong communication and partnership between school and home. Once parents and guardians have received and reviewed the January Report Card, I encourage you to reach out to your child’s teacher(s) with any questions and/or to share your own observations and insights into your child’s learning and discuss learning goals for the remainder of the school year.
In addition to individual conversations between teachers and students’ parents and guardians, it is important for us to continue to provide windows into the teaching and learning that happens throughout the school. I will continue to use the Principal’s Message or Weekly Announcements to keep you up-to-date on our school happenings. In addition, I will begin highlighting some of the specific teaching and learning that occurs each week in the Deerfield school through the Deerfield Twitter account (@deerfield_ps). I welcome your feedback on these methods of communication and suggestions for additional ways to share the wonderful work students and teachers are doing in our school.
Be kind. Work hard. Have fun!
Sincerely,
Joshua Baumer
Principal
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Joshua Baumer
Principal
Deerfield Elementary School
72 Deerfield Avenue
Westwood, MA 02090
781-326-7500 x8201
