Mathewson Elementary School
PAWprint May 31, 2024
Hello Bulldog Families,
What a week! We hope you got to enjoy our Poppy Fields this past weekend. We had PAWtastic weather for field day!! Thank you to the many many bulldog families that visited and came to play. We appreciate your support in helping to run some activities. We hope for more PAWmazing weather next week as we celebrate our fifth graders for their Farewell Celebration. Please join us in wishing a happy retirement to Dr. Pat Lemay. Our community is so grateful to have had you. Now it is your time to have even more fun! Have a great weekend ahead everyone
Important Dates
*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:
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
5th Grade Clap out Visitor Form
District News: Great Boat Race is this weekend!
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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 31, 2024
This week's CCC News contains information and links for a mix of resources & fun activities. The FoodShare Pantry is June 4th . You'll find information for the Milford Public Library"s Summer Reading program, which begins on June 17th! For additional information go to the CCC Website is updated with links to community resources.
Have a great week!
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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