Dear Potter Burns Families,     I hope you all had a wonderful summer, and were able to enjoy some sun. I am very excited for the start of the school year. Potter – Burns has had some changes since the end of the last school year. I would like to introduce you to some new staff at Potter-Burns. Ms. Erica Broduer will be the new art teacher. Ms. Brodeur was a teacher at Cunningham Elementary. Mrs. Martha Gomes, will be a new Grade 3 teacher. Mrs. Gomes most recently taught at Curvin-McCabe Elementary. Mrs. Nicole Dupont, will be a new Grade 4 teacher. Mrs. Dupont was a teacher at Jenks Middle School. Ms. Kayla Fleming, will be a new special educator working with students in Grade 4. Ms. Fleming, was a teacher at Jenks Middle School. Mrs. Julie Girouard will be a new Grade 5 teacher. Mrs. Girouard, was a teacher at Goff Middle School. Mr. Peter Stringfellow, will be a new Health teacher. Mr. Stringfellow was a teacher at Agnes Little Elementary. Ms. Claire Fortier, will be our new Speech Language Pathologist. Please help me welcome them to the Potter-Burns family.       I would also like to take this time to remind all families of some important policies and procedures here at Potter-Burns Elementary. Attendance:      Attendance is critical.Improving our attendance rate is going to be a major focus this year. Last year, 30% of the students were considered chronically absent.