Mathewson Elementary School
PAWprint May 24, 2024
Hello Bulldog Families,
The weeks are getting busier as our school year winds down. This week we welcomed our new Kindergarten families for the first time on Monday and Tuesday. Thanks to our PTA for the Ice Truck this week. What a great treat on our hot Wednesday! We hope you get to view our Poppy Field over the weekend. Next week we hope for nice weather ahead for field day!!
Important Dates
*5/24: Mathewson Memorial Day Poppy Planting
*5/27: No School-Memorial Day
*5/29: Mathewson Field Day
*5/30: Mathewson Field Day Rain Date
*6/4: 5th Grade Farewell
*6/6: 5th Grade Farewell Rain Date
*6/7: Early Release at 1:25 pm
*6/10: Early Release at 1:25 pm
*6/11: Early Release at 1:25 pm Last Day of the School Year!
Upcoming Information and Dates to Know:
Field Day is scheduled for May 29th with a rain date of May 30th. If you did not sign up yet but plan to attend please complete this google form so we can pre-print your name tag for you. Also if you wish to volunteer to run activities with your child’s class please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4AA5AD2FA6F4C52-49564088-mathewson#/
Dear Grade 5 Bulldog Families:
We are getting ready to celebrate the end of the year and an important milestone for your child- Grade 5 Farewell! We thank our PTA and 5th Grade Committee for all their hard work to plan a fun afternoon for our students.
Festivities will take place in the afternoon of June 4th or June 6th (rain date)
If you plan to visit for the end of the festivities, our Clap Out, please sign up using the link below.
Thank you
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Mathewson PTA News
Thank you to all that supported our PTA this year!
We look forward to some PAWsome things to come in the 24-25 SY!
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CCC News for the week of May 24, 2024
This week's CCC News contains information and links for a mix of resources & fun activities. The FoodShare Pantry is June 4th from 11am -12pm. You will find information about the history of Memorial Day and several of Milford's Memorial Day Celebration activities. Don't miss the Milford Arts Council 's invitation for all of Milford Public School students to participate in the "Milford Student Exhibit!" See this week's news for more information.
For additional resources go to the CCC Website is updated with links to community resources.
Have a good Memorial Day weekend!
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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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