THE MEMORIAL EAGLE GAZETTE
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Principal, Ryan McCluskey
Assistant Principal, Jill Lizier
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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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Reminder - that there is
no school for students on Friday, October 11th
(Professional Development Day)
or on Monday, October 14th
(Columbus Day). We hope all students enjoy the long weekend!
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DIGITAL DIRECTORY/PARENT VOLUNTEER FORM
Every year the Memorial School PTO puts together a digital directory for families to use as a tool to communicate with each other, and to ask if any parents are interested in volunteering for any number of PTO sponsored events. This year the PTO has decided to use Google Forms to collect this information. This form will be sent out a couple of times a year, to allow for any new arrivals to our school to be added or for anyone who needs to update their information. Below you will find a link to the form, please take a few minutes to complete and submit it.
If you already completed this when it was emailed home in September, please do not fill it out again unless you need to update your information.
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Hello Memorial Community,
ALICE
As many of you will remember from last year, the Sanborn Regional School District engaged in ALICE safety training for both staff and students. The acronym for ALICE stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate. The ALICE model is widely used by schools around the country to proactively prepare for the worst case scenario and to empower staff and students to make life saving decisions. At Memorial Elementary School, we engaged in age appropriate conversations and training with students that culminated with our first ALICE safety drill last spring. This fall, we look to continue this work by conducting our second drill in late October. Additional information will be provided to parents from Mr. Ambrose in the coming weeks. However, in the meantime, I want to make sure that parents and families are aware that your child may come home and share some of the school safety conversations that will be happening in classrooms. If you have any questions, please contact Ryan McCluskey or Jill Lizier. Thank you for your support!
LEAP
Have you heard your child talk about LEAP? Here at Memorial we have time built into our grade level weekly schedules called Math LEAP and Reading LEAP.
This is a time where all students receive smaller group instruction based off of skills they need to work on. LEAP is in addition to the regular math and reading blocks. During LEAP your child may be working with the classroom teacher or another staff member. Grade levels meet weekly to discuss progress and student groupings for LEAP.
This is just another way the staff at Memorial work to meet the needs of all of our students.
Thank you and happy fall,
Ryan McCluskey
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Memorial 2019 Summer Reading Celebration
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Thanks to the generosity of our PTO, Principal McCluskey and six summertime readers recently rode in style to the Water Street Bookstore in Exeter in celebration of their summer reading. Upon arrival in Exeter, the limousine riders were welcomed by bookstore staff and presented with gift cards to use toward book purchases of their choice. Students enjoyed browsing the shelves, selecting and discussing books, and participating in a reading raffle before making their selections and the return limousine ride back to school.
Memorial students were challenged to complete our Memorial Mail Summer Reading incentive by completing at least 4 books of their choice, and then writing a brief book summary on a postcard. Students who were eligible for the celebration returned completed postcards for each book they read during the
summer months. All collected postcards were entered into the drawing for the
celebratory ride and bookstore visit. Many thanks to Linahan Limousine, our
PTO, and the Water Street Bookstore for their generosity and support of our
summer readers, and congratulations to all students who participated in the
summer reading incentive and continued on their quest to be better readers and
writers!
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National Custodian Appreciation Day
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On October 2nd, Memorial School celebrated our terrific custodial staff in honor of National Custodial Appreciation Day. Staff and students decorated doors with thank you messages throughout our “always spotless” building. The custodians were presented with gift cards and certificates of appreciation for all their dedication and for going above and beyond everyday for the staff and students. We are fortunate to have such caring, student-centered, hard-working custodians. Thank you, Mr. Riley, Mr. Hewson, and Mr. Hersey! We appreciate you each and every day!
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In the Spotlight - 5th Grade
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Grade 5 Field Trip News
Hello from Team 5. We have been busy in class learning about so very much, and we are excited about our upcoming field trips. We have two field trips in the works- yes, two!
Our first field trip, as you should already know, is to the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum. We will be learning about the causes of the Revolutionary War over the next few weeks, and this trip brings it to life. This is, in our opinion, the best historical field trip around that helps to understand the causes of the Revolutionary War. For more information about this field trip, go to:
https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/
Our next field trip will be to the Ward Reservation in Andover, Massachusetts. While there, we will be hiking around the reservation and making scientific observations of the area and its diverse ecosystems. While there we will try to visit a floating bog, a beaver swamp, a small orchard, a hillside forest, and farmland fields with a fantastic view. We do plan to have this field trip after the first frost of the season in order to avoid the mosquito population in the area. We should have a date set in the next couple of weeks. For more information on this trip, visit their website at:
Parent chaperones attending the grade 5 field trips should plan to travel directly to the destination. While your child will go to school as usual, there is no need for you to go to the school as doing so could make you miss part of the trip. Parking in Boston can be challenging, we encourage you to arrive there early and carpool if possible. There is also limited parking at Ward Reservation, so carpooling is highly recommended.
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The District is developing a new document to guide all future work known as a "Portrait of a Graduate." When complete, the Portrait will act as a “north star” guiding document to ensure that all students in our school district have an educational experience that prepares them to be effective lifelong learners and contributors in our society.
Earlier this Spring, we held a number of focus groups with students, teachers, parents, and community members at all levels in our system. From these groups, a steering committee developed
a draft for our Portrait
. We would appreciate your feedback on our draft.
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News from the Health Office
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A Huge THANK YOU to Lilly B. and her friends that attended her birthday party. Lilly requested that in lieu of gifts, her friends bring food items to donate to the End 68 Hours of Hunger Program. Lilly collected a ton of items and delivered them to the Memorial School this week. It was an amazing display of generosity!
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The End 68 Hours of Hunger program is a local private program whose mission is to help families feed their children over the weekend so that they arrive to school well-nourished and ready to learn. The participating children receive a reusable bag on Friday afternoons with non-perishable and easy to prepare meals ready to take home. This program is completely confidential and the names of participating students are not shared with anyone. No financial disclosures are required to participate in this program.
If you are interested in having your child participate or have any questions about this program please contact nurse Cindy at
ccole@sau17.net
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The Memorial Student Council has kicked off the year by having classroom elections as well as Officer elections within the newly appointed council. This year's officers are:
President: Molly M.
Vice President: Leah D.
Secretary: Alyssa B.
Treasurer: Maia L.
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We had a great first popcorn week! Our next one will be next week. If your child wants to have popcorn on Thursday, please bring in 50¢ on Wednesday, October 9th. Thanks!
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Please note the breakfast and lunch prices have increased slightly
. Breakfast is now $1.75, and lunch is $2.75, reduced lunch is .40¢. Milk and juice are .65¢.
Happy Fall! As the temperatures get cooler, our menu for October features some comfort foods, along with some favorites like breakfast for lunch. On October 3, we served a Roast Turkey Dinner with mashed potatoes and gravy and a warm dinner roll, and on October 16, we have homemade macaroni and cheese on the menu. We finish the month with Chicken Broccoli Alfredo over pasta with a warm garlic bread stick.
Breakfast for lunch continues to be a favorite of our students. On Monday the 14th we will serve French Toast sticks, and on the 17th we will feature foods from the book "Return of the Gruffalo". On this day, we will be serving scrambled eggs with ham and cheese, pancakes with blueberry sauce, and roasted potatoes. For dessert we will have a mixed fruit cobbler.
Along with our daily entrée, we offer our students a variety of deli sandwiches, fresh salads and assorted lunchboxes. Fresh fruit and vegetables are always available.
Breakfast is offered daily in the cafeteria, and is served as soon as the students enter the building in the morning. It is available all morning, so please encourage your child to visit the cafeteria anytime if they are hungry or missed breakfast at home. On Monday we serve bagels and cream cheese, Tuesday we serve yogurt with a whole grain cinnamon cookie, Wednesday and Thursday are the most popular breakfast days, with cinnamon rolls and whole grain donuts on the menu. On Friday, we serve egg and cheese sandwiches with bacon or sausage, along with fresh baked muffins. Cereal, fruit, juice and milk are also offered daily.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact JoAnne anytime at
(603)382-3326.
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Hello Newton Memorial Families!
My name is Michele Parker, and I am thrilled to join the Newton Memorial School community as the Library Media Specialist this year! I am a NH certified teacher in the areas of Elementary Education K-8 and Special Education K-12. I come to Memorial with many years of varying teaching experiences including working with students ranging from Pre-K through fifth grade in various roles such as a paraeducator, classroom teacher, and library assistant. I have also worked as a consultant providing professional development for paraeducators and training new teachers. I teach to share my passion for learning so that I can nurture the passions of others. This year it is my goal to foster a love of reading and independence utilizing the library and various media.
Do you love children, books, and volunteering your time? If so, I could use your help! I’m looking for volunteers to help out in the library on a regular basis with some housekeeping things like re-shelving books, reading the shelves, and assisting with the reorganization of our collection. If you are interested in helping or just want to say hello, I hope you will stop by the re-imagined library media room while you are at our Open House on the 12
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Michele Parker
Library Media Specialist
Newton Memorial School
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Hello Band Parents
Thank you for bringing your children to their morning lessons. However, we have had some close calls when folks are entering/exiting.
From Mr. McCluskey: It is important to use the correct entrance and exit when dropping off your child for morning band practice/lessons. After dropping your child off, please follow the painted arrows to use the correct exit as the parking lot has a one way traffic flow. As always, safety is a priority and we want to make sure that parents, students, and teachers are able to safely arrive and depart the Memorial Elementary School campus.
Click here
for the fall Band Newsletter. Please take a look as it contains important information for weekly lessons, band rehearsals, and concert dates.
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Box Tops for Education News
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BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION UPDATE
Thank you, thank you, thank you to each of you who has downloaded or updated the Box Top for Education app. The school thanks you, your kids’ thank you and I thank you. I can tell you that there is now $21.00 coming back to Memorial.
I do think this new digital format will work! More companies have signed on or are staying because of this digital component. They save money by not having to change the packaging to keep the Box Tops in date. That saved money means profits go up, our school gets cash and maybe the product prices go down because costs are down. Whether or not the last happens it is a WIN-WIN and that is always good.
BIG NEWS: the app has been updated to allow you to identify which class you want your Box Tops to count for. You can also see how much you turned in for the year; for instance, I can tell you that 2D has 30¢ to its credit and that I have turned in $2.20 since my first trial in August. I also know there are five different offers that net you Bonus Box Tops. It is really cool seeing what can be done and how transparent it is, certainly worlds away from the old app!
It is super simple to use. We are all learning together. If you have ever digitally deposited a check you can do this. Your receipt, for Box Top purposes is only good for 14 days, which is scary to me because it could leave a lot of Box Tops out. My suggestion is that when you go to your favorite grocery or big box stores you look for and buy Box Top products (obviously). When you get home, put the ice cream in the freezer, then grab your receipt and cell iPad, whatever has the app on it and enter your receipt. Don't forget to designate class or teacher. Make sure you take any regular Box Tops off the package and send them in to school.
I want to run our contests, either the ones we have always done or new ones your creative minds might think up. To do this I need you to identify class or teacher when you use the app and to go old school sending in the Box Tops you have at home. We can do this I am positive! Last year we collected $1060.00, can we beat that?
Keep on clipping/scanning.
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Sanborn Music Department Survey
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We need your feedback! The Sanborn Regional School District Music Department is undertaking a strategic planning process in order to identify goals and focus areas for the next several years. We need your input.
Thank you for taking the time to respond to our questions.
CLICK HERE
to access the survey. The survey will remain open until October 31, 2019.
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October Happenings at the Gale Library, Newton
Let’s build! Join us for an evening of building things with Legos, CoolFlakes, Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys or K’next. Bring a friend and build on Monday, Oct. 7 at 6 PM.
Baby Play Dates
are scheduled for Friday, Oct 18 and 25 at 10 AM.
This program is designed for the youngest members of our community and their parents or caretakers to come and explore different activities the library has to offer.
These activities include music and instrument exploration, coloring, physical activities like playing with balls and a parachute, a general familiarization of the library, books, media and other programs it has to offer. This program is a great way to introduce children in a social setting and allows parents and caretakers to get to know their neighbors and potential playmates for the children in their care. Come and join us for a Friday morning of fun!
It’s time for the annual Gale Library
Pumpkin Carving Party
. People of all ages, children, teens, tweens, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles are invited the week of Oct. 28 at 6:00 PM to the Country Pond Fish and Game on Pond St. The library staff and volunteers will have all the stencils, tools, and assistance you will need. Please bring your own cleaned-out pumpkin ready for carving and a snack for the refreshment table. Always a great night for young and old to make the most awesome carvings. It’s always amazing to see the pumpkins all lit up. Make sure to bring a camera.
Even if you can’t make your own pumpkin, drop in after 7:00 PM to view and admire the Pumpkin Gallery!
Drop in anytime at the Gale Library to choose a scary read from our great selection of Halloween Books. While you’re there, take a guess at how many candies are in our
Great Pumpkin Jar
. If yours is the closest guess, you win them all.
Come join us for
Story hour
each Tuesday at 10:00 with Fire Safety, Pumpkin Patch, and Halloween tales, songs, and crafts. The Halloween Party Story hour will be on Tuesday, Oct. 31 at 10:00 AM.
The
Friends of the Gale Library
will be waiting to “TREAT” you to goodies on Thurs. Oct. 31 from 5-8 PM. Drop in, snack up, and warm up.
Newton’s Gale Library hours are Monday and Wednesday 12 to 8, Tuesday and Saturday 9 to 1, and Friday 10 to 6. Visit us on Facebook or call 382-4691.
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