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Elm Street School (2-4)
Elm Street School prides itself on being an interactive environment where our students can try new things and find interests and skills that they will keep for a lifetime. We try to provide unique opportunities for students that will foster a life-long love of learning.
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COVID-19 Dashboard
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Pooled Testing Information
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Updated Bus Routes
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Important Update from the Superintendent 12/15/2020
The Gardner Public Schools mode of learning will conduct remote-only learning from Monday, December 21 through Wednesday, January 13, returning to the in-person hybrid model on Thursday, January 14. Read on...
I believe that social-emotional learning and support in school is the key to academic success and creating a community of life-long learners. All students can achieve at high levels, but first must feel and believe that they CAN despite cognitive, social, and/or emotional needs. Our teachers will help students move past the "roadblock mentality," and present their issues as speed bumps - they slow us down to get over and past them, but we don't stop. Once students feel they are able to make mistakes, learn and grow from these mistakes and develop a healthy sense of self in a safe supportive environment, a highly rigorous curriculum can be faced and presented as a challenge to push thinking and develop deeper critical thinking skills for the 21st century global community.
It's through my moral imperative that Elm Street's guiding principles enable our students to feel like a member of a safe, supportive, and caring community. We believe in:
- Compassion - an empathetic ear is a rational response to an irrational world
- Connection - we all need to feel connected - otherwise we are isolated and lost
- Trust - believe in yourself and others best intentions
- Love - binds us together
- Equity - everyone gets what they need to be successful
- Engagement - we must engage if we wish others to
- High Expectations - everyone can achieve at a high level
- Perseverance - everything is difficult until it's easy
We believe that every child can succeed - every child, every classroom, every day.
Leadership
- The principal will serve as the instructional leaders of the school.
- They will provide positive support to all Elm St. School constituencies and be actively involved in all school activities.
- The principals will actively seek all necessary resources necessary to facilitate the instructional process.
Staff
- The teaching staff will serve as positive role models for the students and the community.
- They will work cooperatively to enable the learning process and to encourage their students to express their creativity and to be responsible risk takers.
- Curriculum and Instruction
- The Elm St. School curricula will be guided by our local learning standards and will require our students to become active participants in their learning process.
- Our program of studies will be sequential, integrated, and developmentally appropriate.
- We will enable students to organize, process, and present information utilizing a variety of resources.
School Climate
- Elm St. School will strive to provide a safe, supportive, and intellectually challenging environment that contributes to the academic and social development of each individual.
- All members of the Elm St. School community will be valued and recognized for their achievements and efforts, treated with dignity and fairness, and expected to support the school and district's vision in all of their daily endeavors.
Community Support
- Elm St. School is committed to working with families of its students to provide the best possible education for their child.
- Families will make the time to be active participants in their childs' education.
- Elm St. School will provide ample opportunities for family accommodations / learning activities.
- School and community resources will work together to enable children and their families to be successful in school. We recognize that community support is vital to the education of the whole child.
Students
- Our students will learn to accept responsibility for their learning, their decisions, and their actions.
- Our students will abide by our basic principles of safety, respect, honesty, courtesy, and responsibility.
- Our students will be supported and guided in their efforts to achieve.
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David Fredette
PrincipalPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3100
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Steven LaFountain
Asst. PrincipalPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3200
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Wendy Albert
SecretaryPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3300
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Heidi Auvinen
ELL TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3206
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Mishele Badia
ELL TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3214
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Danielle Beaudry
Grade 4 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3302
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Craig Belletete
Registered Behavior TechnicianPhone: 978-632-1673, ext. 3108
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Maureen Bernhardt
Title I TutorPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3401
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Margaret Bissonnette
Remedial Services Title 1Phone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3401
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Mandy Blackbird
Reading SpecialistPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3211
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Benjamin Blake
1:1 NursePhone: 978-632-1673, ext. 3209
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Kelley Boudreau
ParaprofessionalPhone: (978) 632-1673
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Heather Boylan
Grade 3 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3203
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Mark Brillon
Classroom TutorPhone: (978) 632-1673
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Tanya Carlson
Grade 4 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3305
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Sarah Carter
School PsychologistPhone: 978-632-1673, ext. 3314
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Kendall Charpentier
Speech & Language PathologistPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3403
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Ashley Chicoine
Grade 2 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3513
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Paola Chisolm
ParaprofessionalPhone: (978) 632-1673
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Alissa Clark
Special Ed. TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3301
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Jennifer Costa
Grade 4 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3204
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Angie Cramm
SecretaryPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3400
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Charlene Cross
ParaprofessionalPhone: (978) 632-1673
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Stephanie Cross
Grade 3 Special Education TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3313
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Stephanie Curtis
Elementary Math SpecialistPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3211
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Sam Davidson
Grade 4 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673
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Kate Davieau
Grade 2 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673
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Christine Dowd
Special Education TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673
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Dayna Dunham
ParaprofessionalPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3306
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Allison Eisnitz
Special Ed. TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3103
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Erika Ferreira
Special Education TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673
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Ian Flaherty
Grade 4 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3309
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Emily Flathers
Grade 3 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673
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Martha Fredette
Special Ed. TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3306
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Brittany Gauvin
Special Ed. TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3306
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Franchelly Greer
Art TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3404
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Linda Gutmans
ParaprofessionalPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3306
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Kim Hallinan
Grade 2 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3109
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Jill Hay
ParaprofessionalPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3106
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Jo-Ellen Heath
Special Ed. TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3207
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Elizabeth Houghton
Title I TutorPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3401
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Brandon Hughey
Grade 2 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3510
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Robin Janhunen
Grade 2 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3101
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Tony Jolly
Head CustodianPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3406
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Denise Kendall
ParaprofessionalPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3306
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Thomas Kilduff
Special Education TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673
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Katie Lachance
Grade 3 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3209
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Rebecca L'Bahy
Title I TutorPhone: 978-632-1673, ext. 3401
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Michelle Lattanzio
Grade 4 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3307
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Elizabeth LeBlanc
Grade 3 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3202
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Nancy Loiselle
Classroom TutorPhone: (978)632-1673
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Michele Mack
NursePhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3600
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Kathy MacKay
Music TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3402
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Julie Mazza
Registered Behavior TechnicianPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3104
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Cady McBride
Registered Behavior TechnicianPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3104
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Bryan McMaster
Project Support TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3108
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Heather Michaud
Grade 3 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3201
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Ann-Marie Ouellet
Grade 3 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3205
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Julie Paine
Registered Behavior TechnicianPhone: (978) 632-1673
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Dawn Peterson
Grade 2 Special Education TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3126
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Jessica Peterson
Speech/Language PathologistPhone: 978-632-1673, ext. 3403
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Christine Rayner
School Adjustment CounselorPhone: 978-632-1673, ext. 3303
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Kristen Riley
Grade 4 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3311
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Robert Rizzuto
Special Ed. TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3104
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Emily Robillard
Grade 2 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673
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Nicholas Roger
Grade 2 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3514
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Julie Santos
Remedial Services Title 1Phone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3401
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Kristi Sarro
Occupational TherapistPhone: (978) 632-1673
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Linda Sharron
ParaprofessionalPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3207
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Elizabeth Smith
Grade 3 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3208
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Rachel Strout
Registered Behavior TechnicianPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3104
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Diana Taheri
ParaprofessionalPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3511
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Beth Tata
School CounselorPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3500
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Charlene Tavares
Grade 4 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3304
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Corey Tawczynski
School CounselorPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3550
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Evangelina Theodorakakos
Registered Behavior TechnicianPhone: 978-632-1673, ext. 3108
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Nina Trobaugh
Title I TutorPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3401
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Denise Ulrich
Grade 2 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3102
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Rick Weinhold
Physical Education TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3516
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Constance White
Special Education ParaprofessionalPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3307
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Lauren White
Grade 4 TeacherPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3310
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Elm Street School
Physical Address
160 Elm Street
Gardner, MA 01440
Phone: (978) 632-1673Fax: (978) 632-4382
Nurse's Fax: 978-630-4957
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David Fredette
PrincipalPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3100
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Steven LaFountain
Asst. PrincipalPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3200
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Sharon Sarcinelli
Special Education AdministratorPhone: (978) 632-1673, ext. 3515