5th Grade
Opportunities for leadership, community service and social engagement abound. These special activities and programs aimed exclusively for the 5th grade students make this end-of-the-elementary-school year memorable.
5th Grade Events
These events are a wonderful way to cap off their elementary school years and are really enjoyed by the students:
A day at the Project Adventure Facility
A pool party at the Lexington Pool
A moving up ceremony
A yearbook and a video of K-5 memories for each student
An opportunity to participate in Mentor Night
A class t-shirt for each student that can be worn on field trips, Project Adventure Day and Field Day
Leadership Opportunities
In addition to these end-of-year celebrations, the 5th grade class is a leader in the school and takes on more responsibility, including:
Being a buddy to the Kindergarten classes
Assist Kindergarten teachers in classroom
Plan, organize and speak at all-school assemblies
Participate in the Student Council
Community Service
The 5th graders also participate in multiple community service projects throughout the year, including:
Running some of the games at the annual Fall Festival
Delivering the Thanksgiving baskets to the Woburn Food Pantry
Making Valentine Cards for a local nursing home
Donating and packaging snacks for the Arlington EATS Program
Spring clean-up at Wright-Locke Farm
Donating “Spare Change” to a voted on class charity
PMC for Kids
Fundraising
The 5th Grade Committee is a self-funded program within VOPA. For these wonderful events to happen, the students must raise the funds through various events, including an Election Day Bake Sale, selling cash calendars and parking spot raffles.
Instructions for uploading yearbook photos
Contact the Yearbook Team at voyearbook2024@gmail.com
CHAIRPERSONS
The committee provides overall leadership for activities and programs as well as recruiting of subcommittee volunteers.
Amy Melillo, Co-Chair
Annette Flaherty, Co-Chair