Greetings Memorial School Community,

We will begin our Thanksgiving Holiday break on Wednesday, November 25th. We wish all of our families a safe happy, and restful holiday.

Also, please note that there will be no school on Monday, December 21st, and Tuesday, December 22nd, to allow families that intend to travel to have time to quarantine.

Lastly, upon our return from the holiday vacation, Memorial School will be remote for all students from January 4th to January 8th. In person school will resume on Monday, January 11, 2021.

Memorial School will mail home two important documents on Tuesday, November 24, 2020.

Memorial School will host Parent / Teacher Conferences via Zoom in December. The dates and times are:

Please look for an invite from your child's homeroom teacher that will be emailed on Wednesday, December 2, 2020. Thank you and we look forward to meeting with everyone soon.

The purpose of these Parent / Teacher Conferences is to allow parents to ask questions, discuss engagement during both remote and in person school,

Please be aware, the school district follows state guidance with regards to travel. As such, all students who travel outside of New England are required to quarantine for fourteen days. During this time, students can and should participate in school remotes.

The school district does not provide exceptions to the state travel restrictions.

One of our priorities in returning to school was to limit the "mixing" of students in all aspects of the school day as much as possible. This is also true for students riding the bus. In order to make the bus riding experience as safe as possible for all and to allow the district to conduct accurate contact tracing (should it ever be necessary), students must only ride their assigned bus. Unfortunately, this means that play dates and other social activities must have transportation arranged that does not include our buses until further notice. I apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your support in this matter.

If your child is using a district device (chromebook and charger) due to remote learning or due to quarantine and you experience difficulty, please follow the following process for support from Memorial School:

We will work with you to either solve the issue or coordinate the pick up of a replacement device. Thank you.

With Halloween behind us the Holidays are quickly heading our way requiring much preparation. This year the Sanborn Regional School District will be hosting a giving tree. All children living in the household of those who choose to participate are eligible to receive gifts through the giving tree. If your family is in need this year and you are interested in receiving gifts please let us know the name, age, gender and a few gift requests for each child living in your home. The names of those participating are completely confidential.  

Each gift request should follow the guidelines of something you want, something you need, something to wear and something to read. We request a $25 limit per gift. You can e-mail your list to the school nurse, send a list into the nurse’s office via a sealed envelope with your student or call us with your list. The nurses across the district are organizing this together this year so if you have students in multiple buildings you can send your list with all of your children to any one of us. 

Memorial School Nurse - Cindy Cole RN        ccole@sau17.net

High School Nurse - Camille Mawhinney RN   cmawhinney@sau17.net

Middle School Nurse - Tracey Gilmartin RN    tgilmartin@sau17.net

Bakie School Nurse - Julianne Herrick RN    jherrick@sau17.net

This week we saw colder temperatures, a tropical storm, and snow. As we continue to try and give students outdoor mask and movement breaks (when possible), it is so important that students come to school with weather appropriate clothing. Students are strongly encouraged to wear layers, bring a coat, have appropriate footwear, as well as a hat and mittens (as needed). Thank you for your support.

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. Thank you and I apologize in advance for any confusion as we all make this adjustment together.

Just because the students at Memorial School are older doesn’t mean that I won’t stop talking about feelings. This article by Kidlutions.com explains why it is still important to help our children label their feelings. It says that labeling feelings helps children (and adults) “put on the brakes” to an emotional reaction. Read more here. 

Click here for more information about Kidlutions and all of the social emotional support they provide to kids, families, and educators.  

I recently added the Mood Flip Book to my office collection to assist students in identifying their feelings. Each page also provides the reader with suggestions on how best to handle each feeling. 

The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, December 10th, at 7:30PM.

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!

Spirit wear is here! Orders are due by 11/15 and will be here in time for the holidays!

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.

Pizza night has been rescheduled for this Tuesday November 24th. Pick up at Ascios 4-7pm. Ascios employees have tested negative and Ascios has been cleaned. Apron kits are running low, but you can still sign up for pizza and/or apron kits (while supplies last) at HERE.

PTO is hosting a virtual book fair from 11/16-11/29. Orders will arrive before December break, so start (or finish) your holiday shopping with some great books! Visit Memorial Facebook page to find the link or visit this website from Scholastic.

PTO is challenging the students to paint and hide kindness rocks around our communities in Newton and Kingston. They can post pictures and hints on Google Classroom. You can get your kits by emailing memorialpto@sau17.net or by clicking HERE.

Meet the Staff is ongoing as students have been busy interviewing the staff and there are still plenty of staff to be interviewed. Students can email memorialpto@sau17.net to sign up. You can see all the wonderful interviews by going to or following our Facebook page.

Don't forget to order your Memorial School SWAG!