The 2020 - 2021 school year has been quite the challenge for everyone, but yet we persevered! Our students at MES made the best of every situation to make this year memorable. As this year at Marshall Elementary comes to a close, we want to thank our MES families for all the support throughout the year and for the many contributions to our school - even though most of them had to be virtual. Your volunteer work behind the scenes, donations, staff appreciation events, and time are merely a few of the ways you help Marshall continue to be successful. Our students, teachers, and PFA spent countless hours learning, planning, and preparing for educational experiences that have made this school year memorable for each and every child.

 

As we reflect, it’s important to note the many accomplishments of our MES children. Not only did they excel in academics, they learned new technology skills, critical thinking, respect for the space of others, flexibility, and what it means to be resilient. Our students should be commended for their tremendous progress. We are proud of our youngsters for how much they’ve grown academically, socially, and emotionally. They’ve created great memories with their friends, teachers and families.

 

As always, let’s be sure to wish our fifth graders the best of luck as they begin their transition to middle school and enter sixth grade. At MES, we are lucky to be right across the street from MMS and see our students from MES as they get older. We still get to see them growing up ,and they are growing up fast! The world has so much to offer your children, and we wish them well as they continue this journey.

 

As always, no message from us would be complete without thanking you, MES families, for sharing your beautiful children with us. We can think of no job more rewarding than being a part of the Marshall community and having the opportunity to be surrounded by happy, energetic and creative children.

 

We wish all of you a happy and safe summer break!

MES KOK day for 5th grade is scheduled for Wednesday, June 9, 2021. As part of the KOK experience, students will be making s’mores. The ingredients are listed below. Should you have any questions or concerns about the ingredients, please contact Ms. Lisa Allen, School Nurse at lallen@nothallegheny.org or call the health office at 724 934-6075.

Ingredients are as follows: 

Kraft Marshmallows 

Corn Syrup, Sugar, Modified Cornstarch, Dextrose, Water, Contains Less than 2% of Gelatin, Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate (Whipping Aid), Natural and Artificial Flavor, Blue 1.

Hershey Chocolate 

Milk chocolate (sugar, milk, chocolate, cocoa butter, lactose, milk fat, soy lecithin, PGPR, emulsifier, vanillin, artificial flavor). Contains: Milk, Soy

Dandies Vegan Marshmallows Available if necessary:

Tapioca Syrup, Cane Sugar, Filtered Water, Tapioca Starch, Carrageenan, Soy Protein, Natural Vanilla Flavor. Contains: Soy. Gluten Free. Dairy Free.

Honey Maid Graham Crackers 

FLOUR (WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT FLOUR), UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE \{VITAMIN B1\}, RIBOFLAVIN \{VITAMIN B2\}, FOLIC ACID), (WHOE GRAIN WEAT FLOUR),SUGAR, SOYBEAN AND/CANOLA OIL, HONEY, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA AND/OR CALCIUM PHOSPHATE), SALT, WHEAT STARCH, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR. CONTAINS:WHEAT,SOY

In keeping with a long-standing tradition, some of our wonderful MES parents have organized an End-of-Year Pool Party for our 5th graders and their families to celebrate their moving to Middle School. See the PFA homepage for more information on how to attend.

THANK YOU to our fabulous MES teachers for pulling together to make this year's Field Day happen! Without visitors or volunteers allowed on campus this year, the logistics of Field Day were especially challenging, but the specials teachers are pitching in with the homeroom teachers to make sure our kiddos don't miss out this year. Special shout out to Mr. Crawford for planning all the fun games & activities!

SPECIAL THANKS to Candy Miller, who single-handedly purchased, organized, froze, and then delivered the icee pop treats for our 500+ students to enjoy! Field Day just wouldn't be as special without a frozen treat. Many of you know Candy as our unflappable Field Day organizer who puts much time and thought into coordinating the hundreds of volunteers, dozens of bags of ice, and many many water coolers in a typical year.  

MES's Field Day just wouldn't happen without her - Thank You Candy!

Check out the Marshall Middle School 5th to 6th grade parent/guardian presentation. Reach out to Dr. Swoger (dswoger@northallegheny.org) or Mr. Buchak (mbuchak@northallegheny.org) with any questions. At the end of July, we will also send additional information regarding the start of the 2021-2022 school year. We look forward to next year!

Teacher appreciation doesn't end in May...Let's close out the year with a little extra love! Look for communications in the near future from your room parents regarding year-end gift collections for teachers.

New this year! In an effort to make sure ALL of our teachers get a treat at the end of this crazy year, we are starting a year-end gift collection for our MES Specials Teachers as well! We will split all of the money collected evenly to purchase gifts for our MES library, gym, art, music, orchestra & band teachers. If you would like to show your appreciation and contribute to the pool please click on the link below.

Please join us virtually via TEAMS for our next PFA meeting on Tuesday, June 8 at 10:15 a.m. The PFA also welcomes new redistricted Bradford Woods families to join us as we share general updates, and Dr. Thornton will be there to answer your questions. We hope you can make it!

The Bradford Woods Parent and Faculty Association would like to invite all the new families being redistricted to Bradford Woods Elementary to attend our upcoming PFA Meetings. Our meetings are held via Zoom.

We would also like to encourage you to register on our website so you can receive parent emails and information about 2021-2022 planning and events.

Franklin Elementary School and its PFA would like to extend a warm welcome to all the students and families joining them next year! We can't wait to get to know you. Please explore our website at franklinpfa.org to find out what we have planned over the summer and next year.

The North Allegheny School District often receives requests for the distribution of athletics and approved non-profit community organization digital flyers. All requests for community flyers to be included in this newsletter must be submitted via email only at flyers@northallegheny.org. Flyers will only be posted and removed from the District website on Friday. Visit our website for details on how to submit flyers.

Main Office - 724-935-4044

Nurse's Office - 724-934-6075

Counseling Office - 724-935-4044