Memorial School - Week Twenty Six

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March 14, 2021

Greetings Memorial School Community,

SRSD Staff Vaccinations

As you have seen from the message(s) sent out on Friday afternoon, this coming Wednesday, March 17th, all students will have a remote learning day. SRSD staff will receive the first of two vaccinations on this day. Your understanding and patience is greatly appreciated.

Virtual Book Fair

Memorial School will host its second virtual book fair of the school year that will begin on Monday, March 15, 2021. A flyer with additional information has been shared with students this past week. We feel that this is a great way to continue to encourage and support literacy as a follow up to our Read Across America week. As always, a big thank you to the PTO for their continuous support to help organize these worthwhile activities and opportunities for Memorial students!

Your book shopping can easily be done by clicking on this link. All offerings will be available starting on March 15th.

SRSD Music Booster Spring Fundraiser

New and Important Updates and Information

Information on Sanborn Regional School District Pre-K Registration for 2021-2022

Pre School Informational Flyer

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.

Sanborn Summer Enrichment Flyer

Memorial School - Girls on the Run

This spring, we will have our first ever Memorial School Girls on the Run program!

The 8-week program is for girls in 4th and 5th grades of all fitness abilities.

Practice Times: Mondays & Thursdays, 3:00-4:30 pm

Start Date: week of April 5th Location: Newton Memorial School (IN-PERSON MEETINGS)

5K Celebration Event: June 12th All sites will host a local small-scale celebration on this day.

To learn more about Girls on the Run, registration or financial assistance, please visit our website: https://www.girlsontherunnh.org/

Registration will open on February 26th at 6am. (first come, first served) No girl is ever turned away for financial reasons .

Memorial School PTO

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!

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.

What's Happening in the PTO Now:

The PTO will be running a virtual book fair following the week long celebration of Read Across America. The book fair will begin on March 15th and run through March 28th. Please look for flyers that will be sent home with students. Also, feel free to use this link to shop all book offerings. The link will become active starting on March 15th.

Our food fundraiser through Otis Spunkmeye and Joyful Traditions has ended and thanks to all of your orders we have earned $1178.71!! Pick up for the fundraiser is March 24th- 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. This is our 3rd fundraiser (membership and raffle baskets). We appreciate the support that everyone has offered!

The Memorial Spirit felting zoom class through Maker's Post is fast approaching. The Gnome kit order deadline is March 16th. You can order your kit by clicking HERE. Makers Post is also collecting donated kits for students in need. Please reach out to PTO or Nurse Cindy if you need financial assistance for this program.

Also coming this Spring there will be a Fairy/Gnome Garden class with Down to Earth Garden Center.

Please email memorialpto@sau17.net to volunteer as a room parent for your child's class.

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!

SEL Support for Families

I Don't Care - What are our children really telling us?

Have any of you ever heard your child say the words “I don’t care”? It wasn’t too long ago that I had a conversation with a student and I told them that whenever I hear those words it always tells me that they do care.

This article (link below) talks about those words “I don’t care” but also takes it further by talking about social interactions and friendships. Making friends, being a good friend, maintaining friendships are all difficult skills for many children. Whether you work with children or have children the suggestions Michele Garcia Winner brings up are helpful. (Michele Garcia Winner is the founder and CEO of Social Thinking, a program that is used in many formats throughout elementary schools and beyond.

Social Thinking Article for Families

Additional School and Community Information

Plaistow Community YMCA Program Childcare Offerings