Mathewson Elementary School
PAWprint March 8, 2024
Hello Bulldog Families,
Well March showers will bring spring flowers right? Hope you had a good week and a PAWmazing weekend ahead. Check out information information for the weeks ahead below
Important Dates
*3/12: Mathewson PTA Mtg @ 7 pm in the Media Center
*3/20: Early Dismissal at 1:15 pm for Conferences
*3/21: Early Dismissal at 1:15pm for Conferences
Rock Your Socks Day @ Mathewson
*3/22: Early Dismissal at 1:15 pm for Conferences
*3/29: No School Good Friday
*4/1-4/5: No School Spring Break!
Upcoming Information to Know:
Attention Grade 5 Families check out some important info about yearbooks and well wishes here!
Conferences are around the corner, see the information below.
PTA Sponsored Penny Wars is going on now! Help our fifth grade committee with some spare change. See info here
March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day. Let’s show those fancy socks you have with Rock Your Socks Day!
Get excited our PTA Sponsored Spring Dance, Candy Ball, is on 4/12! See information about it in our PTA section below
Greetings, MPS Families! We are pleased to announce our Spring 2024 Elementary Conference Schedule:
*Please note that we will have a modified early dismissal time on the conference days to accommodate the conference schedule. Therefore, students will be dismissed on March 20th, March 21st, and March 22nd at 1:15pm. Parents/guardians will once again have the opportunity to select a conference time through My Conference Time. All conferences will be in person unless a parent/guardian requests a Google Meet link directly from the teacher. Spring conference sign up information will be live on our school website from Friday, March 4th, at 9:00 a.m. through Monday, March 18th, at 12:00 p.m. If you prefer a virtual session, please contact the teacher to request a Google Meet link to conduct your conference virtually after you have confirmed your conference time through My Conference Time Online Scheduler. We are looking forward to meeting with you to discuss your child’s learning! Quick tip: Look for emails from “noreply@myconferencetime.com” when searching email for conference confirmation communications. |
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Mathewson PTA News
Our next meeting is….. March 12 @ 7 pm in the Media Center
Thank you to all that attended our virtual February meeting
Get Excited for our Spring Dance--Candy Ball!
Friday, April 12th @ 6:30-8:30
$12 per family
*Not a drop off event!
Giggling Pig - April
MONDAY, April 8-April 29
$80
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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. Do Not fill out the PowerSchool form for late arrivals or early dismissals.
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.
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.
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