Shaw January 2026 Community Update

Posted Date: 12/31/25 (06:00 PM)

Shaw Community Update

January 2026

Dear Parents, Guardians, Students, and Community Members,

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We are so excited to kick off 2026 and we are absolutely thrilled to welcome back our students, parents, teachers, and staff! Thank you for your amazing partnership, and let’s make 2026 a year filled with academic growth, joy, and unforgettable memories!

As always, your input and support is very important to us. Please know our doors are always open to you. Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time.

Regards,

Andrew Tuccio & Erin Rosenkranz

Raymond E. Shaw Leadership Team

An informational poster about school attendance at Shaw, with text and graphics.

Complete Annual Sign Offs - Here

Important Dates

A calendar for January 2026 lists school events including winter break, professional development day, and the first day of school.

MCAS Schedule for Spring 2026

A table displays a schedule of ELA, Math, and Science classes with dates and times.

MPS 25-26 School Year Calendar

Mid-Year Social Emotional Screener

In January, we will be administering the Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BESS) to students as part of our ongoing efforts to support social, emotional, and behavioral well-being. The BESS is a brief, age-appropriate screener that helps identify students who may benefit from additional support. Results are used by school staff to guide prevention and intervention efforts and will be shared with parents if follow-up is recommended.

If you would like your child not to participate in this screener for their social-emotional and behavioral health, please reach out to talger@millburyschools.org directly.

3rd & 4th Grade

Lighting up the World with Kindness!”

This past month, our 3rd and 4th graders have been lighting up the world with kindness. It was their mission to spread kindness throughout the third and fourth grade hallways. They designed light bulbs that have messages to their peers at Shaw about how to be kind to others. It was sweet and inspiring to read what the students had to write.

A classroom bulletin board displays student-made paper lightbulbs with messages about kindness and self-learning.

A string of colorful, lightbulb-shaped decorations hangs from the ceiling, each containing handwritten messages about kindness.

A classroom bulletin board decorated with a Christmas tree and lightbulb-shaped cutouts featuring handwritten messages about kindness.

A wall display features colorful, hand-drawn light bulb shapes with handwritten messages about kindness, hung on clipboards.

5th Grade

Mrs. Bush’s WIN block came to Mrs. Schultzberg’s WIN class to teach them all they have been learning in class. Students created a presentation to teach others about statistics and then made example problems for students to solve. It was great to see students learning from their peers on a topic that was new to them!

Two children sit on a carpeted floor in a classroom, working on a laptop and writing on paper.

Two students collaborate on a laptop presentation in a classroom.

A teacher guides students using laptops in a bright classroom.

Three children collaborate around a laptop in a classroom setting.

6th Grade

Our sixth graders are deep into their Forces at a Distance unit, exploring how objects can push or pull each other without ever touching. The current focus of their investigation is the amazing world of magnetic fields. Some different experiments that 6th graders have done so far in this unit include building their own speakers, measuring the magnetic field using the formula d/t=r (distance divided by time = rate), and dissecting speakers from Chromebooks and headphones.

Students are conducting a science experiment, using a ruler and a wooden block on a table.

Students conduct a science experiment with a blue toy car on a ruler, measuring distance and time.

Millbury Public Library

Millbury Public Library announces Adult Events for January 2026, featuring D&D, writing groups, and book clubs.

Millbury Parents Club October Meeting

Nest Meeting:

Tuesday, January 13, at 7 pm.

Location: TBD

Check them out on Facebook.

Free SEL Parent Webinars

Shaw is partners with the Bryt Network. They offer free monthly social-emotional learning parent webinars. Click here for more information.

A flyer advertises bryt Family Learning Sessions for 2025-26, with various parenting topics.

A rolling bookshelf filled with various books stands in a brightly lit room.

Birthday Book Cart

Do you want to help promote the love of reading for students at Shaw? This year at Shaw, we will once again have The Birthday Book Cart. Every day after a student has their birthday recognized during morning announcements, they will get to choose a book they WANT to read and keep from The Birthday Book Cart. If you would like to support The Birthday Book Cart, you can purchase a book from our Amazon Wish List, or please feel free to drop off new books or donations to purchase new books at the main office at any time.