Good evening,

I wanted to follow up from Mr. Ambrose's district communication with a more personalized message from Memorial School.

First, so that it does not get lost in this message, our PTO has worked incredibly hard to provide our students with its annual Holiday Shopping experience, which was supposed to culminate this week. Please read a brief message from the Memorial School PTO with IMPORTANT details about picking up the gifts your child has chosen.

Due to being remote, Holiday Shopping orders can be picked up at the Memorial School bus port (same location as parent drop off in the morning) from 3:00PM - 6:00PM, Tuesday, December 15, 2020. If you are quarantining please email memorialpto@sau17.net or text 781-454-7756 and we will arrange contact free pick up or delivery. Payments can be made at pick up.  ~ Memorial PTO

Next, I would like to thank everyone for their patience and support. Tonight's School Board decision to put Memorial School in a remote learning model for the remainder of the week was not easy and is a reflection of the strain that the pandemic continues to cause with staffing across the district. While we will continue to do everything possible to teach and support all Memorial School students during this time of remote learning, we also fully intend to return to the Tier Two (in person) learning model as soon as possible, which is currently scheduled for January 11th.

While students are in remote learning on the dates of December 15th - December 18th as well as January 4th - January 8th, they will follow their regular school day schedule, starting with Morning Meeting. Please have your child reach out to their homeroom teacher if they have any questions.

On behalf of the Memorial School staff, we wish everyone a safe and Happy Holiday season. We are disappointed that we won't be able to provide our students a more personalized and festive send off, but please know that we care deeply for all of your children and are already looking forward to welcoming them back in 2021.

Appreciatively,

Ryan McCluskey