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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Parents - Remember to use PickUp Patrol for ALL Attendance & Dismissal Plan Changes
. This is a friendly reminder to please use PickUp Patrol to report ALL absences, late arrivals, and changes to your children's dismissal plans. For those families who have not yet set up their accounts, please contact Mrs. Trinceri at
mtrinceri@sau17.net
for a new "Welcome Email" that will contain login information.
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Lunch Account Balances
The goal of Memorial School’s breakfast and lunch program is to provide healthy meals to children during the school day. In order to serve healthy, high-quality meals to all children, we must make sure we are financially secure. You play a key role in this effort, and are responsible for purchases made by your child in our school cafeteria.
Parents of students who carry a balance over $5.00 will receive a letter or email. These are sent home weekly. We suggest parents check their child's folder or your emails frequently, as It is extremely important that school lunch balances be paid in a timely manner.
Your continued support of our school lunch program is greatly apprecited.
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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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Greetings Memorial School Community,
We have had an exciting past few weeks with our Valentine's Day celebration as well as a fun-filled Spirit Week organized by our Student Council.
As was previously mentioned in our most recent issue of the Memorial Gazette, Memorial School has partnered with a non-profit organization, Blankets of Hope, to provide blankets to area shelters to those in need. Each of our students wrote a brief note (or drew a picture) of inspiration or hope and then our Student Council donated some of their recess time this past week to attach a letter / picture to each blanket. We are all very proud of the empathy shown by our students to help others. Below are a few pictures of some of our students hard at work:
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Memorial School will also be participating in our local town elections on March 10th. Like last year, we have asked our Student Council to pose a question to our student body with three possible outcomes. Students will be encouraged to participate in this building wide decision by casting their vote on March 10th at the Newton Town Hall, where we will have a table supported by our building PTO. Teachers will work with students when we return from break to talk about the importance of this civic duty and the opportunity we have in our country to have a voice in the decision making process. We hope that families can echo this sentiment at home and allow students to participate in the process on March 10th.
I also want to make parents aware of the second annual Memorial School Student Led Conference. This event, which was very well attended last year, (over 90% participation building wide) is scheduled for March 26th from 3:30p.m. to 7:00p.m. We will also be hosting our PTO sponsored Spaghetti Dinner and basket raffle at the same time and hope that families participate in both experiences. Please be on the lookout for Student Led Conference sign-ups the week of March 9th. While teachers will try to accommodate everyone's schedules, we are limited due to the time-frame. Additional information will be provided the week of March 2nd, but if possible, please reserve some time on the afternoon of March 26th to participate in a truly meaningful experience.
Lastly, the end of the second trimester is March 6th. Students will receive their report cards at the end of the day on Thursday, March 12th to bring home to parents. Please be on the lookout for this important update on your child's academic progress.
We hope all of our students and families have a wonderful week off for our winter vacation. We look forward to seeing everyone in March!
Appreciatively,
Ryan McCluskey
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News from the Health Office
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LICE
Although the fall is the most common time for lice to be found in school age children, this year it has continued well into winter impacting all grades at our school. Every year there are 6-12 million cases of head lice infestation in the United States. They are an annoyance, causing itching and mild discomfort to the person but they do not spread disease. They are spread most commonly through head to head contact and less commonly through shared clothing, bedding or hair articles such as combs and barrettes or headbands. Pets do not spread lice; lice are adept to human hair only.
If your child has lice contact their pediatrician for advice on treatment options. Treatment for lice consists of using a pesticide (bug killing) or ovacide (egg killing) shampoo. Follow the instructions closely to avoid re-infestation.
After shampooing, do not use conditioner or wash hair again for two days, this lets the medication work. Washing or conditioning hair after treatment can make the medication ineffective. There are some repellent techniques and natural remedies as well but these have not been proven or researched as well as the shampoos currently on the market.
Keeping hair back and up as well as not sharing hats and hair accessories is the best way to prevent the spread of lice. Lice are very small, they are sometimes clear or tan colored. The nits are very tiny and cement themselves to the hair shaft about ¼ inches away from the scalp. The way to tell if it is a nit and not dandruff is that dandruff is easily moved or flaked off where the nits are very difficult to remove from the hair.
If you have concerns that your child may have head lice contact the nurse's office and I will be happy to check your student’s head. If you find that your child has lice please contact their primary care provider for the best treatment and follow up guidelines. The Centers for Disease Control also has recommendations for treatment and prevention.
If you have and questions or concerns or need assistance in obtaining head lice treatment please contact the school nurse.
Cindy Cole, RN
Memorial School Nurse
ccole@sau17.net
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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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"In the Spotlight" - 4th Grade
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Fourth grade just finished a unit on plant life. We learned about various types of plants and how they adapt to their environment for survival. Students read about the plants and took notes, as well as drew and labeled the parts of the plants that help them to adapt. Each classroom has samples of different plants for the students to observe. The culminating activity was to create a super plant and defend how it would do against an enemy plant,to show their knowledge of plant adaptations. We will now be building on this knowledge as we begin to investigate animal adaptations. We are working hard to understand the difference between structural and behavioral adaptations. Students will eventually be choosing from a list of New Hampshire animals to research the adaptations it has for survival.
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Kindergarten Registration for 2020 - 2021
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For those of you who might not be aware, there is a reconfiguration that will take place next school year (2020-2021). D.J. Bakie School in Kingston will be home to students in Pre-K through grade 3 and Memorial School will be home to students in grades 4 through 6.
If you have a child that will be 5 years old before September 30, 2020, and are interested in signing them up for kindergarten, please click this link
https://www.sau17.org/3/home
for pre-registration information.
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Greetings from the Memorial Kitchen! We have been very busy this month and we are looking forward to our winter break!
In this newsletter, we will explain what a "reimbursable meal" consists of, and all of the choices our students have every day to achieve healthy, nutritious and delicious meals.
A "reimbursable meal" is a lunch or breakfast that consists of at least 3 out of 5 meal components. These include grains, fruits, vegetables, milk and meat or meat alternatives. Per school board policy and USDA regulations, students must have a complete meal in order to charge their lunch account. While at the serving line, students are encouraged to take all 5 components, but only 3 are required. If a complete meal is not selected prior to arriving at the cashier, the students are then asked again to select the suggested components. If a complete meal is not selected, students can be charged "A la carte" prices, which in most cases can be more expensive than the reimbursable meal.
At Memorial, our students have so many choices at breakfast and lunch. On any given day, our signature entrée is served, along with at least one fruit and one vegetable offering. In our salad bar, students can choose from fresh salads, deli sandwiches, various lunchboxes, and yogurt parfaits. After moving through the serving line, a final check of their tray is made at the cashier, where they can get 1% milk, chocolate milk, and on Fridays, strawberry milk. If, at this time, the student does not have the required components on their tray to complete the reimbursable meal, additional fruits, vegetables and juice are offered. Students are also encouraged to come back for more fruits and vegetables if they are still hungry. Our goal is to provide every student with a healthy, satisfying meal.
Breakfast offerings include bagels with cream cheese, freshly baked muffins, whole grain cinnamon rolls, whole grain donuts, and homemade breakfast sandwiches. Cereal, yogurt, fresh fruit, juice and milk are offered daily.
So, with all of the choices are students have, choosing a complete meal is an easy decision. We also encourage students with dietary issues or restrictions to please let us know, and we will be happy to accommodate their requests. If you have any questions or concerns about our meal policies, please contact JoAnne in the kitchen at 382-3326.
Have a safe and fun vacation!
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Student Council has decided on
Make A Wish
as the charity to be the recipient of our annual Penny Drive fundraiser. The Penny Drive will run from March 2 through April 23.
Popcorn dates are posted on our new bulletin board outside the nurse’s office. As always, thanks for all of your support!
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Hi Memorial Families! I'm sure you're all looking forward to the upcoming vacation week! We just wanted to let you know about a few event dates coming up in March.
First off thank you to all the families who chose to contribute to their class's raffle basket. This is one of our biggest fund raising events and we would not be able to do it without you! If you haven't had a chance to contribute and still want to, please reach out to your room parent, any contribution big or small is greatly appreciated!
The baskets will be raffled off at this year's spaghetti dinner, which will be held during the student led parent teacher conferences on Thursday, March 26th.
If you'd like to get a "sneak peak" at this year's baskets and purchase tickets ahead of time, the PTO will be setting up a table at town hall during voting on Tuesday, March 10th. There will also be student voting at the town hall after school.
Due to many events during the month of March,
the next PTO meeting has been scheduled for Monday, March 16th at 7pm in the Memorial Library
. We are hopeful that the change of time will give many of you who don't have the opportunity come on Thursdays, the chance to join us.
Good news!! The Pura Vida bracelets are in and you should be seeing them come home in backpacks, if not today, then in the week following the vacation. We are very sorry for the delay and thank you for your continued patience.
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Box Tops for Education News
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Thanks to everyone who participated in the DOWNLOAD THE APP contest. We now have a few more who can scan store receipts containing Box Top products. The winning class was 2D and is enjoying their FREE popcorn today, courtesy of Mr. McKenney and the Student Council. I used all the credited scanned receipts plus the entries turned in to come up with the winning numbers. 2D took the lead with 45 points, followed closely by 3D with 35 points. The other classes who participated were 5P with 14 points, Pre-K (who are rocking it this year) with 13 points, KM with 5 points, and 4D with 4 points. Well done everyone!
Coping with scanned Box Tops has hindered my efforts to collect them at the Memorial School. I did finally pick up the envelopes in January so we are only running a half year contest at this point. After vacation I will start doing the monthly, quarterly and Best of the Best Year End contest, for an ice cream party. That being said I do have the latest contest numbers, 15 classes have turned in Box Tops and/or scanned receipts. The top three classes for the first ever Fall Contest with clipped and scanned receipts are...in 3rd Place Mrs. Black (2B) with 226 total Box Tops, in 2nd Place is Ms. Sotis (2S) with 255 total Box Tops, and 1st place goes to Mrs. Patkin (5P) with 269 total Box Tops. A total of 2013 Box Tops were clipped or scanned from receipts, where credit was given. We are about a quarter of the way to equal last year’s $1000+ collected. There are many more Box Tops not in the classroom counts because no class was identified. Please “GIVE CREDIT” when scanning a receipt or write teachers name on any bags you leave in the office.
If you haven’t done it yet DOWNLOAD the BOX TOP APP. If you are unable to use the app or scan the receipt I will be happy to scan receipts for you. There will be a box in the office where you can place your receipts and I will pick them up weekly. Please identify the classroom that should get the credit.
Hope you all enjoy the Winter Break with your kids, they are only young once!
See you in March,
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Summer Enrichment at Sanborn
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Click the flyer above to register for the Summer Enrichment Programs
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Frozen 2 at Gale Library
A very special
"Frozen 2” Theme Party
will be held on Wednesday, February 26 at 6:00 p.m. for children of all ages.
Come join us for a Sparkly night of fun with games like
Pin the Nose on Olaf, Ring Toss on Sven's Antlers, crafts like “Do you want to build a Snow Man" with marshmallows and pretzel sticks, Elsa and Anna "paper dolls”, Olaf hats, and a sparkly craft. The movie or Frozen music will be playing and, of course,
Frozen themed
treats. Costumes are encouraged.
Bring a friend to
Drop in Game Day
during vacation on Wednesday, February 26 from 1- 3 PM. Play any of our board or card games, puzzles, or WII games.
The
Winter Reading Program
will be ending soon. Make sure you have entered all your reading time on your reading log so you are eligible for Grand Prizes, as well as your reward for reaching your reading goal. Prizes will be drawn on
Wednesday, March 4.
We will celebrate the finale with a
Bingo for Books Party
on Mon. March 2, 6 PM during Read Across America Week.
Dr. Seuss Story hour
on Tuesday, March 3 at 10 AM with Seuss stories, games, Cat in the Hat hats, and Bingo for Books.
The next
Baby Play Date is
on
Friday, March. 1 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.
Cub Scout Pack 91 is planning a special “Build It Together” night
on Monday, March 9 at 6 PM. They will share their expertise in building and lead you in engineering challenges with Legos, K’nex, Cool Flakes, and Snap Circuits. Snacks and drinks are provided.
Check out our Facebook page at The Gale Library, Newton, NH for pictures and more info. or call 382-4691.
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The Sanborn Music Boosters are hosting a different kind of FUNdraiser.
This fundraiser can actually HELP YOU!!
Please
click here
to read more about how we can help you help us.
Thank you.
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