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.
Joshua C. Baumer, Principal
Dear Deerfield Families and Staff,
It was a pleasure seeing so many of you on Friday evening at our Welcome Back Community Picnic. Thank you to the PTO board and parent volunteers for organizing such a fun and relaxing social gathering. It was the perfect way to finish out the first week and kick off the school year.
We began our second week with an all school assembly, during which we discussed Deerfield’s Core Values: Cooperation, Academic Excellence, Acceptance, Respect, Responsibility, and Effort. Many of our students, including some of our youngest, were able to provide specific examples of what living each of our core values looks and sounds like in various school settings and situations. Our fifth-grade students served as excellent role models throughout the entire assembly. They were respectful audience members and are clearly taking their emerging role of our student leaders seriously and responsibly.
We care deeply about our core values at Deerfield. They help guide how we behave and how we treat each other. As Deerfield students, staff members, and families, the Expected and Never Allowed behaviors help to ensure that Deerfield remains a school where every student is safe and every student can learn. I encourage you to discuss these behaviors and our core values with your children. Help them to recognize the specific ways they stay safe and learn throughout the school day. In addition, help them identify how they can support and promote the safety and learning of all students by living our core values throughout the school year.
Thank you so much,
Josh
Joshua Baumer
Principal
Deerfield Elementary School
72 Deerfield Avenue
Westwood, MA 02090
We would like to officially welcome you to the 2017-18 School Year!
During the last week of August, your Deerfield PTO Welcome Packets are mailed home.
The Welcome Packet includes lots of useful info about your PTO including:
- Your PTO Mission Statement
- A listing of your PTO Board Members and Parent Reps
- Meeting Dates
- Tentative Calendar of PTO Events
- A breakdown of PTO Per Pupil Spending & Funding Sources
- A Financial Snapshot of the 2016-17 School Year
- Your PTO Membership Form (Due September 15th)
To access an electronic version of these documents, click HERE.
We are looking forward to another wonderful school year together!
Our first meeting for the school year is on Wednesday, October 4 at 7:00 pm. Please join us in the Deerfield Gym to learn more about:
- Welcome back & updates from Mr. Baumer
- Review and approval of 2017-18 PTO Budget and Special Initiatives
- Updates on ongoing PTO Initiatives including: Enrichment, Mini Courses, SCRIPs, Original Works and more!
Hope to see you there!
We are currently seeking nominations to fill one remaining board vacancy. In order to keep your PTO running smoothly and hitting its goals to support our kids, we need to fill this vacancy:
Volunteer Coordinator
- Connect with parents who express interest in volunteer opportunities on their PTO membership form to help them find a position that best fits their skills and situation
- Create and update online signups to support Committee Chairs with committee and event volunteer recruitment
- Lead volunteer recognition and appreciation
- Shadow and assist the current Volunteer Coordinator to learn the ropes for year 2 of term
If you are interested in learning more about one of this position, please email us at DeerfieldPTO@westwood.k12.ma.us or reach out to a member of the board.
The Board of Directors provides the leadership and management to ensure that the PTO consistently achieves its goals and that it remains financially solvent. The Board of Directors is comprised of parent volunteers in the following positions:
- 2 Co-Chairs (First and Second-Year Chair)
- 1 Treasurer (plus an Treasurer-in-Training as necessary)
- 2 Secretaries (Communications & Recording)
- 2 Volunteer Coordinators (Lead & Assistant)
Members of the Board of Directors serve a two-year term with the terms of volunteers in each function overlapping by 1 year. For example, in any given year, the board will have one Chair in the second year of his/her tenure and another in his/her first year. Terms run July 1-June 30.
For a full description of the Executive Board including specific job descriptions, please click here. If you have more questions feel free to reach out to a current member of the board or one of your parent reps. We hope that many members of the Deerfield community will consider being part of this rewarding experience.
To learn more about your PTO, please visit our Welcome Packet and the PTO section of the website which includes information about how to Get Involved, Keep In Touch, and Support Your PTO.
Email us at DeerfieldPTO@westwood.k12.ma.us.
