The Weekly Spin for Students/Families

Plouffe Academy
Home of the Championship Wolves and the Leaders of the Pack
March 28th(A), 29th(B), 30th(A), 31st(B)
& April 1st(A)
Theme of the Month ~BALANCED~
Good Morning to You!
Every Week of Learning Counts:
Days 121, 122, 123, 124, & 125
of School

Weekly Brain Teasers: ~Got an ItCH~

All answers end with ~CH~

1. Seaside summertime playground

2. This will make your collar stand up
3. People from the Netherlands
4. The sound you hear when biting into celery or chips
5. Zip, zero, nada
6. A sidewalk game using only chalk and a stone
7. Satisfy your thirst
8. A hot iron can do this to clothes
9. Another name for Bigfoot
~Answers Can Be Found in Next Week’s Spin~
 Term III Ends on April 7th.
Students, work on, complete AND submit
all missing assignments, tasks, and projects
to your teachers by the due dates they set.

~Highlights from Last Week~

Kudos to Addie S, our Grade 8 Project 351
Ambassador, for spearheading a school-wide
effort to collect pajamas and socks for
people in need. Please consider supporting
this most worthy cause!

Mr. Pasciucco rocked his

socks in support of National
Down Syndrome Awareness
Day…wicked cool!

Congratulations to Mr. Morgan and Members of the Newspaper

Club who completed the very first edition of Plouffe Paper!
The Plouffe Paper is now posted on our social media sites and
was sent to each student’s BPS email. KUDOS to Team Plouffe!
 MATHia Update for
Last Week!
Congratulations to
ALL HRs for showing
increased participation!

Close-Up View…..

LOOK AHEAD TO THIS WEEK’S Extracurricular Activities from

March 28th to April 1st. SHARE TIMES AND DAYS WITH
YOUR FAMILY AND MAKE ARRANGEMENTS IN THE MORNING FOR
the HOW’s and WHEN’s for PUNCTUAL PICK-UP!

Afterschool Programs
are from 2:35 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
MONDAY
• Co-Ed Volleyball Practice with Coach Fortes in the gym until 5:00 p.m.
• Intramural Basketball only for students on the following teams: the
SUNS vs. BLAZERS and BULLS vs. HAWKS with Coach Hayward and
Coach Fortes in the gym from 2:45 to 4:00 p.m.

TUESDAY
• GAME DAY! It’s Plouffe vs. East at
3:15 p.m. at East
• Mural Art Club with Ms. Lopes in Room 336
• The GAME Plan with Mrs. Vallon and Ms.
Furlong in Room 224
• School Newspaper with Mr. Morgan in Room 223

WEDNESDAY
• Co-Ed Volleyball Practice with Coach Fortes in the gym until 5:00 p.m.
• Intramural Basketball only for students on the following teams: the
WARRIORS vs. NETS and JAZZ vs. BUCS with Coach Hayward in the gym
from 2:45 to 4:00 p.m.
• Book Club with Ms. Evangelista in Room 209
• Newcomers Book Club with Mr. Flores in Room 209
• Running Club with Mrs. Wood in Room 303
• Greenhouse Gardening with Mr. Mack in Room 304
• Film Club with Dr. MacDonald in the café
• Yearbook Club with Mrs. McMenamy in Room 144
• Student Council with Mrs. Creedon and Ms. Rodenbush in Room 102

THURSDAY
• GAME DAY! It’s Plouffe vs. North at 3:15 p.m. at Plouffe
FRIDAY
THERE ARE NO AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS
EVERYONE GOES HOME ON TIME…SAFE AND SOUND…

Students must be in
GOOD STANDING
in order to participate in any
Afterschool Programs.

Upcoming Events and Important Dates

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Instagram @PlouffeAcademy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlouffeAcademy/

Mar 29th It’s Plouffe vs East for Volleyball at 3:15 p.m. at East

Mar 31st It’s Plouffe vs North for Volleyball at 3:15 p.m./the Wolves
have home-court advantage at Plouffe

Apr 4th It’s Plouffe vs West for Volleyball at 3:15 p.m. at West

Apr 6th It’s Plouffe vs South for Volleyball at 3:15 p.m./the

Wolves have home-court advantage at Plouffe

Apr 5th & 6th ELA MCAS for students in Grades 6, 7, & 8

Apr 7th Term III Ends

PK-12 In-Service Day / Half-Day and Early Release for all

students by 11:30 a.m./details are forthcoming

Apr 11th It’s Plouffe vs Ashfield for Volleyball at 3:15 p.m./the Wolves
have home-court advantage at Plouffe
Apr 14th Term III Report Cards posted to each student’s
BACKPACK on Infinite Campus

Apr 15th Good Friday / Early Release for all students

by 11:30 a.m

Apr 18th – 22nd April Recess / No School

May 5th PK-12 In-Service Day / Half-Day and Early Release for all students by
11:30 a.m./details are forthcoming
May 18th Mid-Point for Term IV

May 17th & 18th Math MCAS for students in Grades 6, 7, & 8

May 24th & 25th Science MCAS for students in Grade 8 only

May 26th Term IV Progress Reports posted to each student’s

BACKPACK on Infinite Campus

And finally, Happy April, which brings a wide array of celebrations and

acknowledgements: April is Mathematics Awareness Month,

Month of the Young Child, National Autism Awareness Month,

National Card and Letter Writing Month (this is how people

communicated in the old days), National Donate Life Month,

 National Fun Day, National Humor Month,

National Kite Month, National Knuckles Down Month,

National Poetry Month, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month

National Youth Sports Safety Month,

National Child Abuse Prevention Month,

and National Donate Life Month.

"Let the rain kiss you

Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby"
~Langston Hughes~

~Let’s have a FOCUSED 28th Week of School~

Answers from Last Week’s Brain Teaser

Weekly Brain Teasers: ~THUMBS UP~

All answers begin with ~TH~

1. Venue for a play THEATER

2. Archaic word for you THEE/THOU
3. Seamstress’s finger protector THIMBLE
4. A person who studies religion THEOLOGIAN
5. A baker’s dozen THIRTEEN
6. A roof covering of straw or a similar material THATCHED
7. Synonym finder THESAURUS
8. Bangkok’s country THAILAND
9. An algebraic statement that has been proven to be true
THEORUM