Mathewson Elementary School
PAWprint January 26, 2024
Hello Bulldog Families,
This week students and staff worked hard to finish up our winter screener assessments in literacy and math. We are just about done. Also congrats to our 4th grader band and strings students for their Informance Presentation on Wednesday night. Please check out things going on in the information listed below. Stay well!
Love, Ms. Currier
Important Dates
* 2/7: Early Dismissal for PL @ 1:25 pm
*2/12: Tentative Crisis Management Lockdown Drill
*2/13: Mathewson PTA Meeting at 7 pm
Upcoming Information to Know:
In October, we notified you that school counselors would be conducting Minute Meetings with all of our 4th and 5th graders this year. Counselors found the October meetings very valuable in getting to know our students, and they will be doing follow-up meetings in early February. As a reminder, Minute Meetings are brief, face-to-face meetings with each child to make sure all of our students are connected in school and they know where to go if they need help. Counselors ask children a few simple questions about their friends, what adult they go to if they need help, their challenges, and their interests. Please contact our school counselor if you have any questions
District Wide Special Event for K-5 Families: How to Start Saving for College on February 8th. Check out information here
Interested in Giggle Pig Art Camp Afterschool? Sign up for our Feb/March Camp here https://mathewson.memberhub.com/store/items/982708
FYI: Looking ahead, our next Spring Picture Day will be held March 7th! More information will be forthcoming
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Mathewson PTA News
Our next meeting is…..February 13 @ 7 pm
Thank you to all that attended our virtual January meeting
Upcoming Events:
February 28th Skate Night at Milford Ice Rink 6pm (More info to come)
March Events TBD
April -Spring Dance (TBD)
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District News
Room 17 and the Milford Arts Council have designed an event to showcase that Math is EVERYWHERE! Children (“artists”) in grades K-12 can use various media (Music, Digital Media, Dance, Photography, Painting Sculpting..etc.) to create a piece and share how they incorporated math.
Artists will be invited to The MAC on March 24th, 2024 to share their creation with our community and their family members. Judges will be visiting all artists and selecting finalists and winners. Prizes will be awarded. New this year, we will have CASH prizes for our grades 6-12 winner(s)! Finalists and winners will have their work displayed at The Walnut Beach Coffee House for a period of time after the event. Last year we received news coverage as well!
We would appreciate it if you could share this opportunity with your teachers and school communities. See attached flyer to display in Art Rooms, include in weekly Upcoming Milford Events and school newsletters!
Click here for submission details and deadlines or visit www.room17math.com/MACshow.
Interested in judging, sponsoring or donating to our event? Email MACshow@room17math.com.
We encourage EVERYONE to save the date and stop by to support youth education and the arts! See attached photos and a few submissions from last year!
Thank you in advance for your support in sharing and posting the attached flyer and/or forwarding this email to anyone who may help to spread the word!
~The Room 17 Team and The Milford Arts Council
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Get To Know Our Bulldog Staff! Meet…
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News Already Shared But Still Important….
We love to celebrate your child’s birthday and make holidays throughout the year special; however, we do not allow goodie bags of any kind to come into school. Please reach out to your child’s teacher if you wish to come in and be a guest reader for the class or hand out a pencil, crayons or bookmark instead. To ensure all items are safe for all children we just ask that a gift bag of any kind not come in for birthdays or holidays. Thank you.
Family Arrival and Dismissal Reminders (sent out in opening letter)
Student Absence Reporting Procedure:
The school attendance line is no longer the means for reporting student absence. A new requirement is for parents/guardians to fill out the Attendance Absence Form within PowerSchool any time their child is absent.
The procedure for notifying the school of your child’s early dismissal or late arrival is the same as previous years. If your child will be arriving/joining late or leaving early, please email the building secretary, the greeter and classroom teacher.
This form must be completed on the day the child is absent and must be completed on each day
Absent. If you fill out the form more than once in a day, only the latest will be seen.
You can watch the steps below in this video:
The purpose of this form is to keep everyone safe and healthy by verifying the child’s symptoms.
1) Start by logging into PowerSchool (https://gradebook.milforded.org)
2) After logging in, click Forms in the left navigation.
Note: If you are on a phone’s browser and don’t see Forms at first, tap the little right-facing
arrow in the upper-left corner to show the left navigation.
3) If you have more than one child, make sure you click/tap the correct child’s name in the
upper-left corner first.
4) On the Forms page, look for the Attendance section. Click/tap the Attendance Absence Form -
Parents link.
Note: If the form never loads, please make sure you are not using the Firefox web browser.
5) Answer Yes or No to the questions and then click/tap Submit.
6) If you answer No for the following question “Even though your student is out sick today will
he/she be participating in class as a distance learner” a follow up question will appear.
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Community Connections Center News
This week's CCC News contains information and links for a mix of resources & fun activities. Among the community services you will find links for the CT FoodShare's Mobile Pantry, American Red Cross's Blood drive, and Adams House's Grief programs.
For Family fun you'll find information about Ct. Aubon's Mystery & Magnificence of the Snowy Owl and the Ct. Air & Space Museum.
PDS's SPARKLER ``Play in the New Year" Family Night will be Tuesday, Jan. 30th from 5:00pm-7:00pm Contact the MFRC today for registration information by calling Kathy or Judy at 203-783-3626.
Remember that the CCC Website is updated with links to community resources.
To locate the CCC’s web page go to Milford’s main page and click on the Menu tab & scroll down under district Information to find the Community Connections Centers!
Have a great week!
Mary-Kate Williams
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