August 5, 2024
Dear Butler Families,
We hope that this note finds you well and in the midst of a wonderful summer. We are writing to inform you that your child(ren)’s classroom placement for the 2024 - 2025 school year will be arriving via email on August 19th. Unlike in previous years, placements will not come in the form of class lists; they will instead arrive as individual emails listing the name of your child’s teacher. This change is designed to align our practice with that of the Chenery Upper Elementary School and to reaffirm our commitment to student confidentiality.
Placements were the result of a complex process that involved a great deal of thoughtful collaboration among teachers and administrators. Our educators worked tirelessly to create balanced classrooms in which each child is able to thrive and grow both as an individual and as a part of the larger group. All class placements are therefore considered final. Thank you for your support and for your excitement for the new school year.
Here are the teacher assignments for the 2024 - 2025 school year:
Kindergarten: Ellen Levy, Audrey Ruddock, Jennifer Pressey
1st Grade: Jenn Brisch, Jason Tavares, Abbie Dufault
2nd Grade: Stephanie Messing, Marnie Wolfe, Jennifer Filippi
3rd Grade: Alison Murray, Samantha Sacco, Brian Bisceglia-Kane
We are also excited to welcome Elizabeth Sobkiw-Williams to our Butler staff. Elizabeth will be teaching art this year. Ms. Sobkiw-Williams is an experienced teacher and artist, who is joining us from New Jersey, where she taught for over a decade in the Clifton Public Schools. Please join me in welcoming Elizabeth to Butler!
We will be in touch with class placements again next week. If you haven’t signed up for a listening conference with Principal Babson yet to share what went well this past school year as well as ways to make Butler even better, please use this calendar where you can set up a 30 minute meeting (virtual or in-person) with Principal Babson.
All the best,
Julie Babson
Principal
Daniel Butler Elementary School
617-993-5550