It is hard to believe that May is here!  As you know, I am expecting my second child at the end of this month.  I anticipate taking leave as early as May 22nd.  In my absence, Assistant Principal Erin Maguire will be Acting Principal, assuming my daily responsibilities, and Education Team Supervisor, John Harney, will be assisting her with some of the Assistant Principal duties.  Please contact Ms. Maguire in my absence emaguire@sch.ci.lexington.ma.us or at 781-861-2510.  I look forward to returning to Bridge in October. 

We are currently working on placement for the 2015/2016 school year.  Thank you to those who submitted parent input forms.  Please know that this is not a requirement and that the current classroom teachers know the students well.  The placement process is multi faceted, is done with great care, and many people are involved.  The classroom teachers take the primary role of placement while input from specialists is also valued.  The principal and assistant principal oversee the process and make decisions as needed.  As I mentioned in the placement letter, we work to create balanced classrooms across each grade level.  Below you will find the teacher names for each grade level as they currently stand today. (If anything changes over the summer parents will be notified.)  If additional sections are needed, based on increased enrollment over the summer, staff will be hired accordingly.  You will notice that some teachers have moved grade levels and that Ms. Hinton and Ms. Childs will no longer be with us.  We wish Ms. Hinton good luck in her move to Chicago and Ms. Childs a restful retirement.  More specific information regarding new hires will be forthcoming in my summer letter including our new speech and language pathologist (Ms. Diane Spengler is retiring in June), the addition of a new social worker/guidance counselor, and an increase in nursing support.