THE MEMORIAL EAGLE GAZETTE
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Principal, Ryan McCluskey
Assistant Principal, Donna B. Johnson
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Please use this link to keep up to date on all that is happening at Memorial School. This calendar, along with other important information can also be found on the Memorial School website (link is above).
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION from the SAU
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Please take a moment to read this important
letter from Superintendent Ambrose regarding information about the "Momo Challange".
The Superintendent would also like to share the proposed amendment to the Articles of Agreement.
Attached is a complete description of the proposed amendment.
On Tuesday, March 12, 2019, residents in Kingston, Newton, and Fremont can vote on local town and school ballots.
Polling Information
Fremont: Polls are open 7AM-8PM at Ellis School. Visit the town's
voter website
for more info.
Kingston: Polls are open 8AM-8PM at Swasey Gymnasium. Visit the town's
voter website
for more info.
Newton: Polls are open 8AM-8PM at Newton Town Hall. Visit the town's
voter websit
e for more info.
*** Remember, Memorial students are invited to participate in the voting process by casting their ballot on the following topic at the Newton Town Hall: What should the theme for the Memorial Elementary School field day be for 2019? Olympics or Carnival
Fremont School District Information
The Fremont School District SAU83 keeps all of their voting information on their website
here
.
Sanborn Regional School District Information
You can view a copy of the ballot questions for the Sanborn Regional School District SAU17 by clicking
here
. To get more information, visit the District's website
here
and click on "budget information."
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Dear parents,
This is a reminder that our second trimester ends Friday, March 8, 2019. Teachers will take the next week to complete and review grades for accuracy. Report cards will be sent home with students on Monday, March 18, 2019.
As always, the end of the trimester presents an important opportunity to have a conversation with your child(ren) about his/her learning, successes, struggles, and even goal setting. It also shows your child(ren) that learning is something that is highly valued both at home and at school. We are so fortunate to have an intelligent and creative student body who work hard everyday. As we enter the third and final trimester of the school year, please help to support us in keeping your child's motivation and engagement in school high.
Important Notice:
This is a reminder to all parents that we will not be having our traditional Parent / Teacher Conference in March. Instead, we are piloting a Student Led Conference, which will take place on May 8th. Additional information will be coming soon in our upcoming newsletter.
We would like to let you know that
Parent Input Forms are available in the main office or by
clicking on this link
. We value your input for our consideration as we begin this process. Forms are due by April 6th.
Have a great weekend,
Ryan McCluskey
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We are excited here at Memorial to be celebrating Read Across America Week next week! We’ll have a lot of fun activities going on throughout the week and each day students will record the minutes they spend reading as part of a collective school-wide challenge to support Principal McCluskey in a “very sticky situation!” The students can also participate in school spirit them days.
Happy Reading!
Ms. Parr
MES Reading Specialist
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT - 2nd GRADE
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Make Way for Future Scientists
Excitement was in the air! Second graders have been writing like scientists. They began by learning the scientific process. Students then conducted a
variety of experiments to practice applying the steps of the scientific method. Some concepts they explored were changing forms of matter, force in motion, cause and effect, and chemical reactions. Students asked questions, made predictions, recorded procedural steps in sequential order, made observations and then wrote a conclusion. Second graders were curious and engaged in all the experiments. It was so exciting to see their curiosity!
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Memorial and Bakie School
Band and Chorus Concert
Thursday, March 21
st
, 2019 6:30 pm
Sanborn Regional High School Auditorium
The 4
th
and 5
th
grade Bands and Chorus are very excited to perform their March concert for you, their family and friends! There will also be a bake sale and raffles at the concert. Hope to see you there!
Band members should arrive no later than 5:30 in their concert dress.
Chorus members should arrive no later than 6:00.
Additionally we will have an in-school concert at 2:15. Concert dress is not required for the in-school concert.
This is for students and staff only.
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Memorial School Motor/Sensory Pathway
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“I think if I was feeling sad or crying and we did the ramp that I would feel better after.”
(CB, 2-Black).
“I did it!”
(JC, K-Rich)
“I feel good now, I’m ready to go back.”
(JG, 2-Black)
“I think I could go back to class and focus more easily.”
(JE, 5-Patkin)
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Memorial School has a new Sensory Pathway which was installed with the goal to help students burn energy and refocus to maximize their availability to learn! Each of the 15 stations was created strategically to impact a student's nervous system. Students will engage whole body muscle groups, stimulate specific sensory systems, increase body awareness, improve coordination and control, challenge balance, target the integration of specific primitive reflexes, enhance bilateral coordination, increase joint stability, encourage communication between both sides of the brain by crossing midline, breathe mindfully, and ultimately regulate the nervous system for improved focus and attention in the classroom-- all while having fun! It was designed to provide benefits to students of all ages and ability with its versatile design. This pathway can be used in many ways: as a body break, a station at indoor recess, a reward, or just for fun! The benefits of the pathway are already being recognized by the students!
By: Dr. Meghan R. Fallon PT, DPT and Eva Bergstrom, OTR/L
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News from the Health Office
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TOO SICK FOR SCHOOL
This is the season for an increase in the number of cases of colds, flu, intestinal and GI viruses, conjunctivitis, and even strep throat and pneumonia. Parents are asked to consider the following suggestions from the school nurse in order to limit the exposure of healthy children to those who are ill, and to ensure that those who are ill will have as rapid a recovery as possible:
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If your child has vomited during the night, keep him/her home for at least another 24 hours
until you know that he/she is eating regular foods without difficulty and is no longer experiencing nausea or abdominal pain. If your child has had more than one episode of diarrhea, especially when accompanied by fever and/or nausea, please consider their comfort level and risk for dehydration, and keep then at home until fever and diarrhea are resolved.
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If your child has a persistent cough not controlled by over-the-counter medications, please contact your health care provider, as your child may have an underlying bronchial or lung infection or pneumonia. Severe cold symptoms, such as sneezing, congestion, and/or nasal drainage can interfere with a child’s ability to concentrate and learn and poses a contagion risk to others.
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If your child has a fever (100 degrees or above
), please keep your child at home for an additional 24 hours of fever-free time
(OFF fever-control medicines) to ensure adequate rest and the opportunity for the immune system to recover. Your child may still be contagious if he/she has a fever at night, but is fever-free in the early morning.
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If your child has one or both eyes with a red appearance to the sclera (white area), and/or drainage from the corners which is yellow, and/or yellow crusts on lashes and lids which are itchy and/or swollen, please keep them home and consult your health care provider.
Conjunctivitis is very contagious, and children with this infection must be on medications for a minimum of 24 hours and no longer draining from the eye to attend school.
5)
If your child has been diagnosed with strep throat, they must be taking an antibiotic for 24 hours before they may return to school as non-contagious to others.
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If your child is experiencing lethargy or irritability with their illness, they will not be feeling well enough to participate in all school activities and are not able to focus in the classroom.
Certain childhood diseases have required exclusion periods to prevent spreading of the disease to the general school population. If you have any questions regarding the advisability of sending your child to school, please call your health care provider or your school nurse.
As always, please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns.
Cindy Cole RN
Memorial School Nurse
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Hello from the Memorial cafeteria! In this week's article, we are going behind the scenes to talk about the people involved in making the meals at Memorial. We have three ladies that work very hard to ensure our students are served healthy and delicious meals. Each person was asked a few questions in order to get to know them better.
Gloria Boylan: Gloria joined our team at Memorial in August of 2018. She is from Newton, and has grandchildren in the Sanborn School District. She works every day from 10:00-1:00, and is responsible for making sandwiches, stocking our salad bar, filling all condiments and dressings and serving our students at lunch time. Her favorite food is cookies, and she likes to make Baked Haddock. In her spare time, she likes to kayak on the lake, and spends a lot of time caring for her horses. She is very proud of her children and grandchildren, and when asked what she liked best about her job at Memorial, she replied "the staff and all the kids". We are very lucky to have Gloria working with us!
Jane Virnelli: Jane is a very familiar face at Memorial. She has been here 15 years! She lives in Kingston, and her two boys attended schools in the Sanborn School district. Jane does all the cooking in the kitchen, serves at breakfast and lunch, and keeps the serving line fully stocked with hot and delicious foods throughout the lunch period. Her favorite food is lobster, and she likes to make all different kinds of foods! She is an excellent cook and baker. In her spare time, she makes maple syrup, goes lobstering with her sons in a boat that her son Jake built, and relaxes by making puzzles. She is very proud of her two sons; Jane can be found on weekends helping in the house that her two boys are building, and lucky for her, it is located right next to her house! When asked what she likes about her job at Memorial, she replied, "seeing all the kids come through the line". Memorial has been very fortunate to have Jane in the kitchen for 15 years, and looks forward having her for many more!
JoAnne Smith: JoAnne has been at Memorial for 3 years, and lives in Kingston. She has two daughters, one in college and one that graduated from college, and both attended schools in the Sanborn School District. She is responsible for prepping the food, ordering food and milk, cooking, and other duties that make the kitchen run smoothly on a daily basis. Her favorite food is pizza, and her favorite food to make is soup! In her spare time, she plays soccer, golf and can be seen running around Kingston. In the winter, she loves to snowmobile up north. She is very proud of her two daughters, both collegiate soccer players and Dean's list students. She loves her job at Memorial because she loves the interaction with the students, and loves to make new foods for them to try!
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact JoAnne at Memorial anytime
@ (603)382-3326.
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Kindergarten Pre-Registration for 2019-2020
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The Memorial School Student Council has begun its annual Penny Drive fundraiser, it will run through mid April. The Penny Drive is a contest between all classrooms to see who can bring in the most change, dollars are also accepted. There will be a collection can in each classroom and the student council will empty the cans as needed and keep running records of the totals. Each year the members of the student council come up with ideas for organizations and charities to which we can donate the money. This year the student council voted for CHaD, Children's Hospital at Dartmouth to be the recipient of our donation. Please help our school to raise as much money as we can for such a wonderful cause, by bringing in any loose change or dollars from your couch cushions, cars, etc. The class who raises the most money will win a pizza party.
So send in your loose change and help support this great cause.
Thank you all for your continued support of the Memorial School Student Council.
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Popcorn Friday Dates (Student Council collects money on Wednesdays):
March 14th (Thursday, since no school on the 15th)
March 29
April 12
May 10
May 24
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Our next meeting will be held on
April 11
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at 7:00 p.m
. We hope to see you there!
The
Spaghetti Dinner and Raffle Baskets
event will be held on
March 14
t
h
. Dinner will be 5:30-6:30; Raffles will be pulled from 6:30-7:00. Please see our Facebook page for photos of our amazing baskets! We will be selling tickets at the Town Hall on Voting Day. Ticket prices are: 1 for $1, 6 for $5, 15 for $10 and 40 for $20.
2018-2019 Memorial School PTO
Theme Baskets
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Giconda (all Pre K) Coffee & Chocolate Celebration
Carroll (K) Family Movie Night
Manning (K) We All Scream for Ice Cream
Rich (K) Creative Crayola Kids
Charest (1st) Summer Vacation Survival
MacDougall (1st) A Day at the Spa
Kirste (1st) Gift Cards Galore
DesRosiers (2nd) Camping & Grilling
Black (2nd) LEGO-tastic
Sotis (2nd) Rainy Day Fun
Banyas (3rd) New England Sports Nation
Doucett (3rd) Technology&SteamStuff
Daigle (4th) “As Seen on T.V.”
Tozier (4th) NERF-tastic
McLaughlin, LaPorte,
& Patkin (all 5th) Pot of Gold Lottery Tickets
Teachers Date Night
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Launch Fundraiser will be held on
March 15
th from 12:00-3:00. Come burn some energy while raising money for Memorial!
We will be having a restaurant night with
Chipotle’s on
March 23
rd
from 4:00 - 8:00 PM. Don't forget your
flyer and come fill up on some Guac!
Ninja Warrior YMCA drop off night will be on
March 29
th from 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Father/Daughter Dance is
April 12
th. Invitations were sent home with girls this week.
We have partnered with Plaistow Pizza Company. We will receive a portion of the proceeds earned.
Don’t forget every time you shop on amazon, enter the site at smile.amazon.com with Newton Memorial School PTO selected as your charity 0.5% of every purchase is automatically donated! Amazon will keep track of your support. Every little bit helps!
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Box Tops for Education News
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Welcome back! Picked up February's Box Tops this week. Will get them counted and report next newsletter. During vacation I sent 3840 Box Tops for the March 1 submission date. This will result in a check made out to Memorial School for $384.00. That is AWESOME!!! Now contest updates....Mrs Doucett's third grade won the quarterly contest for the 2nd quarter.
CONGRATULATIONS.
We are now in full swing for the Spring Quarterly contest. I forgot to mention last newsletter how much I enjoyed the creativity shown by the kids who colored the Christmas Clip sheet. A new St Patrick's clip sheet went home this week with a rainbow, would love to see what you can make of that. Thank you everyone for clipping Box Tops and thank you teachers for taking precious time to collect them as the kids bring them in. Happy Clipping! Joanne Lawler (
JLAWLER12003@yahoo.com
)
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Can you be the first to catch a leprechaun? Catching leprechauns is no easy task-you need more than dandelion tea and four-leaf clovers! You'll need the perfect trap!
Build Leprechaun Traps
on Monday, March 11 @ 6 PM. We have materials and some small boxes but bring tissue box, cereal box or similar size, if you can and any other devices to entice your leprechaun to enter your trap! Shhh - Pinterest has some great ideas!
Bingo for Books
has been rescheduled for Read across America and Dr Seuss Birthday on Mon. March 18 at 6 PM. Come play Bingo with your friends and win books from our Treasure Chest for your very own.
Storyhours
will feature Dr. Seuss, Wearing o’the Green, Windy Day, Hooray for Spring on Tuesdays at 10 AM.
Enjoy a movie with friends on a
No School Friday,
March 15, at 2 PM Snack will be provided. Bring your own drink. Call for Movie Title.
Drop in for the next
Baby Play Date
on
Friday, March. 15 at 10 AM.
This is for children up to 2 years old but older siblings are welcome. Play with Books, Balls, Blocks, Parachute, Music and Toys, while you meet other playmates and caregivers.
On
Wednesday, March 27 at 3:15 PM
, enjoy
Building with a Buddy
. Bring a friend and use any of our building kits like, Gears, Legos, and Lincoln Logs.
Check out our Facebook page at The Gale Library, Newton, NH for pictures and more info. or call 382-4691.
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Main Street Art is a non-profit business that offers a variety of workshops and art classes.
Click here for a complete list of winter classes.
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Kingston Recreation Summer Camp registration is OPEN for EVERYONE!! Summer will be here soon!!!
please use this link to register for camp
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It has come to my attention that US Lacrosse, in an effort to expand its diversity and inclusion goals, has developed guidelines for adaptive lacrosse programs. According to US Lacrosse the adaptive lacrosse program is an opportunity for people with physical and/or intellectual disabilities to become involved with the game. Our goal is to become a state “where diversity and inclusion are a fundamental part of the values and culture” of lacrosse in New Hampshire.
My vision for the state, at this early developmental stage, is to field 3 unified coed lacrosse teams. One team to be located in the Seacoast of New Hampshire, one team to be located in south central New Hampshire, and a third team to be located in the North Central New Hampshire area. Ideally, team size would be 15 to 20 players along with an equal or greater number of youth volunteers from area high schools. Games would take place on Sundays along with the regularly scheduled NHYLA games.
Cost to participating families would be minimal. Each family would have to register their player with US Lacrosse. The current cost for this registration is $35. Equipment would be provided by each team (it would be available at each game/practice). We would be using soft lacrosse balls so helmets and other protective gear would be optional. Cost for uniforms and game officials would be absorbed by the various programs and NHYLA.
Player ages would vary between 10 and 21 years old. The lacrosse season in New Hampshire begins in early April and ends the 2
nd
weekend in June with the NHYLA Festival. The Festival hosts over 300 New Hampshire youth lacrosse teams, a little over 7000 lacrosse players, and this would also be the final weekend for the unified teams to play.
To register a player parents can go to NHYLA.org, click on Home, Scroll down to Register Online, and choose the area of play that would be most convenient for the family (i.e. Seacoast, South Central, or North Central). It is my hope that we can recruit enough players to fill three teams in New Hampshire.
Anyone who has questions can contact me at
wdemers@comcast.net
. The goal is to begin the season with the other NHYLA teams in early April.
Wayne Demers
wdemers@comcast.net
603-778-8411
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