Memorial School - Week of May 3rd

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May 2, 2021

Greetings Memorial School Community,

School Dismissal Change - Starting on May 3rd

Please click here for a copy of the information that was sent to families this past Friday and provides a detailed DESCRIPTION and MAP of the changes that will start tomorrow afternoon.

Health and Safety Protocols

As we continue to inch closer to warmer weather and the end of the school year, it is important to ask families to have conversations with your children about the importance in continuing to wear masks appropriately during school. As we know, we have seen an uptick in positive cases in the district and while we are confident that transmission is not occurring in schools, our ability to continue to emphasize this health and safety protocol plays a significant role in continuing in person learning. A few important talking points you may want to review with your child could include:

The correct wearing of face masks
The practice of social distancing (3+ feet)
Practicing good hygiene (hand washing)

Newton Town Master Plan

If you would like to have a voice in the town of Newton Master Plan updates, please click here to complete this survey, which will be available until May 3rd.

New Hampshire State Testing - Schedule for Memorial School

How to Prepare Your Child for State Testing

Each year, the New Hampshire Statewide Assessment System (NH SAS) assesses students at multiple grade levels to provide information about what students know in core academic areas. It is currently used for English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, and Science. All students in grades 4, 5, and 6 will take the assessment in ELA and Mathematics this spring.

Some ways that you can help support your child to be prepared to give their best effort are:

Make sure your child gets a good night's sleep and eats a healthy breakfast.
Remain Positive - It is important that students know that this test is important and that we all expect a quality effort. However, as trusted adults, we do not want to create unnecessary stress, especially for our nervous test takers. Practice some strategies with your child (deep, slow breaths or taking a drink of water) to help them navigate any difficulties.
Review good test taking strategies with your child, such as not spending too much time on a single problem, double checking answers, and/or taking a short break if needed.

Our full state testing schedule for all grades can be found below:

April 13 & April 14 - Grade 5 Science (completed)

May 4 & May 5 - Grades 4, 5, and 6 Reading

May 11 & May 12 - Grades 4, 5, and 6 Writing

May 25 & May 26 - Grades 4, 5, and 6 Math

Scavenger Hunt Sponsored by SRHS National Honor Society

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Summer Enrichment Program Flyer

Sanborn Girls Basketball - Summer Enrichment

Sanborn Boys Basketball - Summer Enrichment

Sanborn Regional School District Summer Enrichment Program

We are proud to share the proposed offerings for Sanborn's Summer Enrichment program. Please click the link below to see this year's offerings and remember, sign ups are on a first come first serve basis.

New and Important Updates and Information

Memorial School PTO

Teacher Appreciation week is fast approaching! Here is the link to sign up to help make this the best teacher appreciation week yet- the teachers deserve it more than ever!

School is in person, but PTO is still virtual at this point, so please make sure your students join the Google Classroom: ibqcfon. This is where all our events will be. Also, don't forget to buy some swag for the 2020-2021 year at Memorial SWAG!

Our next meeting is Thursday, May 20th at 7:30pm via zoom (check out our Facebook page for the link). Come join us to see what we have planned!

Membership

Our PTO Membership is drive is on and we need members to help us reach our goals and provide all the support we give to our teachers, school and students. Some of the things we do each year is provide classroom supplies, plan social events for students and families and in a normal year we pay for buses for field trips. So far this year we have provided lunch as well as breakfast and snacks for our teachers and for our students we have a scavenger hunt, kindness rocks, the opportunity to interview staff, and most recently make your own pizza kits and decorate your own apron kits! There is so much more fun on the way! Join the PTO today! Membership prices are as low as $1 due to covid. If you have any questions email memorialpto@sau17.net. Joining the Memorial School PTO is ongoing throughout the year.

Another way to help out Memorial PTO is to find us on smile.amazon.com. When you shop through Amazon Smile a percentage of all your eligible Amazon purchases will be donated to Memorial PTO at no extra cost to you!

What's Happening in the PTO Now

Special Someone Dance on 5/13 will take the place of our traditional mother/son and father/daughter events. Come with your special someone to have your photo taken and dance! More information will be out soon.

Chipotle fundraiser will take place on Taco Tuesday 5/25. Grab some grub from 4pm-8pm and 33% of sales will go back to Memorial PTO! Be sure to let them know you're part of the fundraiser when ordering in person or use code 2KMLCL4 for online orders.

Coming Soon

"Who Done It?" Starting mid-May search local businesses in Newton and Kingston for clues to figure out who broke the copy machine! There will be prizes for the students who solve the crime! More details to follow.

There will be a Fairy/Gnome Garden class with Down to Earth Garden Center on 6/3. More details to follow. Memorial PTO has made it a point to offer each of our events at cost this year, while still offering financial assistance to those in need as we want all students to be able to access our events. We appreciate the support that everyone has offered!

Ongoing Activities

Kindness Rocks - students are encouraged to paint and hide kindness rocks around our communities in Newton and Kingston. They can post pictures and hints on Google Classroom.

Thanks from all of us on the PTO, we couldn't do this without your support!

Memorial School - New Washer / Dryer

Memorial PTO is very excited to announce that the washer/dryer that was purchased for school use has finally been installed!