Mathewson Elementary School
PAWprint March 15, 2024
Hello Bulldog Families,
What a week weather wise! Let’s keep this pawmazing weather coming and lots more great learning together! Thank you to all that attended our PTA meeting on Tuesday. Next week, weather permitting, we will hold an incident management (fire) drill. We are also planning a school wide social and emotional learning hour to be held later this month on the 25th. During that hour each teacher will host an enrichment club activity that students were able to choose from and participate in. A lot of planning went into this event to make it PAWsome so we look forward to this coming up. Have a PAWsome weekend ahead and be well!
Important Dates
*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
*3/25: Mathewson School wide SEL Hour
*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!
We look forward to seeing you at conferences next week! Don’t forget Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are Early Release days at 1:15 pm
Robert Taylor photos: Click here for more information
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
Please click here to access an important letter from Mr. Steven Autieri re: state assessments.
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Mathewson PTA News
Our next meeting is….. Tuesday, April 9th @ 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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CCC News for the week of March 15, 2024
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 "Foodshare Mobile Pantry dates, additional food resources and Milford's Public Library (MPL) workshop on how to manage stress.
For Family fun you'll find information for Celtic Music at the MPL Or you can enjoy several beautuful Nature Walks around Milford.
There is also information about other summer camps.
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!
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Mary-Kathryn Williams, Coordinator
Milford Community Connection Centers
203-882-6094
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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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