Dear Butler Community,

June 17th is the official last day of the school year! There are many exciting events and activities planned between now and then, so please be sure to check out the dates below. Thank you to the Tree Advocate, Town Facilities Department, and the DPW for the beautiful landscaping and new trees around the Butler School! It all looks amazing!

This upcoming week is Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week. Many thanks to the PTA, especially Namrata Kolagiri, for their help in organizing different events for the week. Our Butler teachers and staff are an incredible group of hardworking, compassionate, and dedicated people. I hope you can join me in showing them how much they are appreciated!

The PTA sends a monthly newsletter that comes out around the 15th of each month. Here is the latest copy and you can expect another one on May 15th. Please check your spam folder if you don't receive it. For more information from the PTA, click the link below to read their latest newsletter.

https://belmontpsma.edurooms.com/engage/butler-pta/newsletters/pta-newsletter-april-2025.

All My Best,
Julie Babson
Principal

In this Newsletter:
Important Dates
K-Intake Days
Moving On Updates
Summer Withdrawal
Color Day Volunteers

May 5-9 - Staff Appreciation Week
May 7 - School Nurse Day
May 8 & 9 - No School for Kindergartners
May 9 - PTA Food Truck Fundraiser
May 12 - 3rd Grade MCAS Math Session 1
May 14 - Early Release @ 11:40am
May 15 - 3rd Grade MCAS Math Session
May 19-23 - MCAS Make Up Testing
May 20 - PTA Board Meeting (virtual)
May 26 - NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day

On May 8th & 9th, Butler Staff will be meeting our future kindergartners and their families. THERE WILL BE NO SCHOOL FOR CURRENT KINDERGARTNERS. This is a chance for the staff to get to know our youngest learners as well as provides time for parents and caregivers to meet with a counselor and English Language Educator to share important information. The information gathered will help the school place students into classrooms as well as begin planning how to meet student needs.

3rd grade parents/guardians!

Save the date! Families are invited to the 3rd Grade Moving-On Ceremony: Friday June 13th, 2025 9-10AM

During the ceremony we will be presenting a slideshow of our 3rd graders' time at Butler. Please send photos of your child (and their friends) to jessehaley@gmail.com or upload to this link. Please name your photos student's FIRST-LAST-TEACHER.jpg

Each year the graduating class at Butler creates an art project that is installed in the school as a lasting memory of their time at the school. This year our 3rd graders have an unprecedented opportunity to not only create a fun, original art project, but to also give a lasting gift to the school. The 3rd graders will create mosaic tile squares for two benches that will be permanently added to the school grounds. To successfully execute this project we need your help to install the two benches (lay the pavers and then install the benches). Installation will take place the weekend of May 17-18. Please email Shannon - shannon.j.sadowski@gmail.com if you could be available to help.

As the end of the school year approaches, we realize that it's a busy time of year. You may be moving or enrolling your child in a private or vocational school. 

If your child will not be returning to the Butler School this fall, we ask that you kindly notify us by Friday, June 6, 2025. Please call the Butler office at 617-993-5550 or email mfreaney@belmontschools.net so we can send withdrawal forms to you. If you are NOT leaving Belmont Public Schools, there is nothing you need to do.

Please call or email with any questions or concerns.

We are so excited for Butler Color Day 2024 on Wednesday, June 4 (rain date 6/11). This is one of our biggest events of the year, and in order to make this day happen, we need your help. This event runs on Volunteers and LOTS OF THEM! Please save the date, more details forthcoming! 

Please reach out if you have any questions to Jenette Jurgens at contejenette@gmail.com