Front Office Relocation
The Memorial School front office relocation project is in its final stages. The project, designed to improve school safety, has relocated the front office to the West Main Street entrance. (This entrance is known as “the horseshoe” and is typically where parent drop-off occurs when school is in session.) Additionally, we will be updating the parking lot in the next week or so to designate handicap and visitor parking for the new front entrance area. Our main parking lot can still be accessed by using the school entrance off of Crane Crossing. Thank you and I apologize in advance for any confusion as we all make this adjustment together.
Lunch Delivery for Week of October 12
Given that Monday is a holiday, lunch deliveries will occur on Tuesday and Thursday next week. As always, if you are interested in being added to our lunch delivery program, please contact Heidi Leavitt at hleavitt@sau17.net.
Technology Help Desk
Parents can email helpdesk@sau17.net to put in a ticket, or call the main SAU number at 642-3688, then press # and leave a message. A member of the district’s IT department will respond to all requests as quickly as possible. Additional information can be found on the Memorial School Online Learning Site.
Social Emotional Learning Update
At this time, I have “met” with all of the students at Memorial School through guidance classes. The students and I have continued to get to know each other and talk about what challenges we are facing this school year. Students are still listing that making friends, keeping cameras on for zoom meetings, and speaking up when they are confused in class are examples of the challenges they are facing. As we move to in person learning those challenges will change and new ones will be a part of ongoing discussions until their first day back and moving forward. The strategies they share continue to amaze me.
- “I take a breath and walk to whoever is with me and ask for help.”4th grade
- “I remember to keep trying and sometimes take a break and breathe.”4th grade
- “If there is more than one challenge I think there is only one challenge at a time.” 4th grade
- “Fight through it, keep trying, and not give up.” 4th grade
- "I usually think about what happened in kindergarten when I talked to someone new and now she is my best friend." 5th grade
- “For me, I talk to someone. Whenever I can talk about my feelings, I feel a million times better.” 6th grade
Click here for Choose Love’s Brave Breath short video to help model and practice taking brave breaths before pushing through something difficult.
Thank you,
Mrs. Collins
PTO
Hello Memorial community!
PTO is in full swing! Please take a moment to join PTO. Your membership gets you voting rights and supports all of the programs that we do throughout the year, as well as supporting the classrooms. Follow this link to join: https://pto-membership-drive-38389.cheddarup.com
PTO Scavenger hunt has begun!
Students will form teams of up to 4 kids. The team that finishes first and the team whose album gets the most votes win prizes! All photos are due by 5pm on 10/31 and voting runs until 11/6. As long as the pictures are submitted by 10/31, it is not too late to join. Students need to join the PTO classroom to participate. The classroom code is: ibqcfon
MEET THE STAFF!
PTO has invited students to interview staff members at Memorial, please have your student email memorialpto@sau17.net to sign up to interview a staff member.
Please read more of our staff interviews. This week’s interviews feature Mr. LaPorte and Mrs. Collins, who were interviewed by Gabby and Gianna. Great job!
Ice Hockey Fundraiser
