Game Night rocked at Ross Woodward! Thank you to all our families for coming out and playing games of all variety at tonight's event. We played literacy and math games to kick off the evening and finished with a school wide bingo event! Prizes were won by all and pizza from Cappetta's in West Haven was delicious! Shout out to our coaches for putting together the Math and Literacy game packets as take home prizes for us to all play!!! Save the date for our last school event on June 4th - Americana Summer Literacy Night!
about 6 hours ago, ELIZABETH FINN
MATH Madness is HERE! 🏀This month, Ross Woodward is officially kicking off iReady March Madness Competition.
26 classrooms are going head-to-head in a bracket-style tournament to see who can pass the most lessons!
Check in with your student to see who their classroom is "playing" this week and help them cheer their way to the Sweet 16! 🏆
Who will take home the prize? Stay tuned for weekly bracket updates!
P.S. You can support your student by finding a quiet 20-minute window for them to work on their lessons at home this week!
3 days ago, ELIZABETH FINN
Rock your Socks Day in honor of Down Syndrome Awareness today on March 21st! Thank you to all our staff and students this week who wore Crazy Socks on March 19th to celebrate together.
Shout out to the Jolly Family who helped Ross Woodward gain new libraries books about Down Syndrome for our library.
"Down syndrome is not a barrier. It is a part of me, but it does not define me." — PADS (Positive About Down Syndrome)
4 days ago, ELIZABETH FINN
The School-Based Health Center (SBHC) is excited to announce a special program for 2nd - 4th grade students with asthma! This education program will be run by staff from the SBHC , will take place during school hours, and is free of charge. Students must be in good academic standing, must have parental permission, and must be enrolled in the SBHC.
Our small group will meet once per week for four weeks over lunch to discuss many aspects of asthma control including: What is asthma? The different between rescue and controller inhalers, how to properly use your inhaler, common asthma triggers, and signs of an asthma attack. Prior to the start of the program, the nurse practitioner will meet with each student individually to assess their asthma control. At the conclusion of the program they will have another visit with the nurse practitioner.
All eligible students were sent home with a permission form this week. Please sign and return to their teacher. Students must be enrolled in the SBHC to be in the program. To enroll, please register online: https://nhpsorientation.net/health-center-permission-form/
If you have any questions, please feel free to call.
Sincerely,
Maranda Gourley, APRN
Ross/Woodward SBHC
475-220-3140
4 days ago, Maranda Gourley
No School Today!
See you all on Monday at 9 AM!
5 days ago, ELIZABETH FINN
NO SCHOOL TOMORROW - March 20th for Eid!
See you all on Monday March 23rd at 9 AM!
5 days ago, ELIZABETH FINN
The School-Based Health Center (SBHC) is excited to announce a special program for 2nd - 4th grade students with asthma! This education program will be run by staff from the SBHC , will take place during school hours, and is free of charge. Students must be in good academic standing, must have parental permission, and must be enrolled in the SBHC.
Our small group will meet once per week for four weeks over lunch to discuss many aspects of asthma control including: What is asthma? The different between rescue and controller inhalers, how to properly use your inhaler, common asthma triggers, and signs of an asthma attack. Prior to the start of the program, the nurse practitioner will meet with each student individually to assess their asthma control. At the conclusion of the program they will have another visit with the nurse practitioner.
All eligible students were sent home with a permission form this week. Please sign and return to their teacher. Students must be enrolled in the SBHC to be in the program. To enroll, please register online: https://nhpsorientation.net/health-center-permission-form/
If you have any questions, please feel free to call.
Sincerely,
Maranda Gourley, APRN
Ross/Woodward SBHC
475-220-3140
7 days ago, Maranda Gourley
Early Release on March 18th 2026
School dismiss at 1:24 PM
No LEAP program
Please send all pick up notes for pick up students!
Any questions, please call the Main Office at 475-220-3100
7 days ago, ELIZABETH FINN
ALERT ALERT - WINNER IN THE HOUSE!!! Ross Woodward showed up at the NHPS Fact Bee to win! Congrats to our second grade finalist along with all our finalists who were so close in each of their grade levels! Knowing your facts matters to help with quick math computation, and accuracy in problem solving especially as students get older and drive into multi step problems. Check out our Game Night - March 24th - for fun take home Math games (and literacy!) for all students!
7 days ago, ELIZABETH FINN
Our 6-8 PBIS Heart Heroes also took a trip yesterday for some fun on the ice! Thank you to our middle schoolers for following the expectations at school and working hard all month to earn this awesome trip! We love celebrating you! Shout out to the East Haven Rink for having us and for Kay's Kitchen for being open for a hot lunch! A fun and rewarding experience for all!
7 days ago, ELIZABETH FINN
Pre-K 3 took a trip this week to Johnson's bowling lanes in Hamden CT in collaboration with their unit on Balls! They have been studying balls in sports, balls in motion and learning all the scientific concepts like slope, momentum, friction, sphere, round, smooth vs rough! They're experts on everything balls and as such bowled lots of strikes! Thank you to Johnson's for helping our Pre-K friends get hands on learning to end their Creative Curriculum Ball unit!
7 days ago, ELIZABETH FINN
Happy Go Green Day for St Pattys Day!
7 days ago, ELIZABETH FINN
Early Release on March 18th 2026
School dismiss at 1:24 PM
No LEAP program
Please send all pick up notes for pick up students!
Any questions, please call the Main Office at 475-220-3100
8 days ago, ELIZABETH FINN
8 days ago, ELIZABETH FINN
Third grade's current social studies and magnet unit is about immigration. We partnered with the Connecticut Culture and History Museum for an in class field trip about immigration. Students got to have hands-on learning about what they would pack if they were immigrating to a new country, what life would be like for a new immigrant, pros and cons to immigrating to different places. It really was an amazing experience!!!
10 days ago, ELIZABETH FINN
Mr. Sloats 4th grade had a guest speaker today in preparation for next week’s New Haven Symphony Orchestra trip. Mr. Scott Cranston, principal trombone player of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and will be performing with the orchestra next Tuesday! We love having musical guests at Ross Woodward, who help our music students improve! Music matters!!!
10 days ago, ELIZABETH FINN
Our pre-K4 friends had an awesome time at Common Ground learning all about trees! In pre-K4our students study an entire unit on trees. They learn about different types of trees, leaf shapes, seeds to plants, build their own family trees, and study them around our school building. Students learned skills like how to take pictures of trees on different types of technology and we culminated this unit with the trip to Common Ground to learn how maple syrup is made!
10 days ago, ELIZABETH FINN
Happy Pi Day! And into celebrate let's talk math! Math has been happening at Ross Woodward! From our Fact Bee in grades 1 through 5 to our stretch goal student students and their breakfast. Math happens every day at Ross Woodward!
10 days ago, ELIZABETH FINN
Check out all the awesome photos from Read Across America Week on our Ross Woodward Instagram highlight! Shout out to our Literacy Committee for putting this fun together for our school!
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12 days ago, ELIZABETH FINN
