Ridge Hill School is currently enrolling for afternoon programs only. Spaces are limited and are available on a first come first serve basis. Please contact the Director Vicki DeFreitas if you are interested in enrollment for next school year or fill out an application via our website to be put on our waiting list. To reach Vicki DeFreitas please call 781-871-0018.

Hello Families,

What a terrific and fun filled month that April has been for the upstairs class. We are watching spring pop up all around our playground. Everyone has spring fever and luckily we have had a lot of great weather to play outdoors.

Finally, April brought the long awaited arrival of Cooper Robert Driscoll. It is hard to keep Ms. Stacey away from all the children here at school, so some have been lucky enough during her visits to sneak a peek at just how adorable he is. As much as we have missed Ms.Stacey, we are so fortunate to have had our incredible and talented new teacher Ms. Jill. The children have given her such a warm welcome. They all have been extremely well adjusted too, especially for a time of transition. It feels like she has been teaching here all along.

Learning about pond life was surely exciting. We learned the life cycle of frogs. There are many interesting facts about bullfrogs you may not have known that your child can be sure to tell you all about.

We had all kinds of different predictions for our experiment of putting unblossomed Forsythia and Pussywillows in water. We planted grass seeds in a ceramic frog to chart the growth. We named him Manukuppi, which means egg shaped.

The birds nests were a big hit, it was so much fun scavenging around outside like the birds do to weave their nests in preperation to lay eggs.

There were some special Earth Day activities even though we celebrate Earth Day everyday. We decorated some brown grocery bags and returned them to Shaws for their customers to appreciate our positive messages about doing our share. A fun song along that theme was Reduce, Reuse, Recycle by Jack Johnson.
Here are the important dates for the month of May before we talk about our month:
May Dates:
VIP’S FOR THE MONTH OF MAY:
May 4th: Danielle
Ryan
May 11th: Luke H.
Luke C.
May 18th: Delaney
Sean
May 25th: Alyssa
Preston
June 1st: Elizabeth

Grandparents Day:
May 20 and May 21
10-11 for morning classes 2-3 for afternoon classes
We will be celebrating with a typical choice time with our grandparents and making some great crafts.

RHS Closed: May 25th

As always, please feel free to sign up with any of the upstairs teachers to join us for a story, project or participate in our class in anyway.

We look forward to a great month, singing and practicing our Sound of Muic Production in June.

Sincerely,
The Upstairs Teachers