Mathewson Elementary School
PAWprint September 24, 2021
Hello Bulldog Families!
We hope you had another PAWtastic week. Thanks to all who attended our first virtual PTA Meeting of the year. We appreciate your support! Enjoy the weekend, check out our important happenings and announcements below.
Water Bottles - Please remember to send in a reusable water bottle with your child. They have access to our water stations and can refill as necessary throughout the day
Mathewson goes for the GOLD! Help support Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month and wear gold on September 30th!
Conference Time!
We are pleased to announce our Fall 2021 Elementary Virtual Conference Schedule:
Wednesday, October 20 th 1:45-3:45 p.m.
Thursday, October 21st 5:30-8:00 p.m.
Friday, October 22n 1:45-3:45 p.m.
*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 October 20th, October 21st and October 22nd at 1:15pm.
Our fall conferences will be held virtually and parents/guardians will once again have the opportunity to select a conference time through My Conference Time. We are looking forward to meeting with you to discuss your child’s learning! Fall conference sign up information will be live on our school website from Friday, October 8th, at 9:00 a.m. through Monday, October 18th, at 12:00 p.m. Quick tip: Look for emails from “noreply@myconferencetime.com” when searching email for conference confirmation communications.
Melissa Currier
Melissa Currier, Principal
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Important Dates, WOOF!
October 20, 21, 22 Elementary Parent Teacher Conferences and Early Dismissal at 1:15 p.m.
October 27, 2021 Early Dismissal for Students at 1:25 p.m. (Staff Professional Learning Workshops)
November 2, 2021 No School for students (Staff Professional Learning Day)
November 24, 2021 Early Dismissal for Thanksgiving Recess @ 1:25 p.m.
November 25-26, 2021 Thanksgiving Recess
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Older News…. But Still Important!
Bus Seating: To further our safety efforts for our learners, our elementary schools, in collaboration with Durham Bus Company are developing a bus seating chart with assigned seats. The goal for each bus-riding student is to minimize the number of students quarantined should an individual on the bus test positive. Over the course of the next week or so, students will be assigned their seats. Buses will have stickers with row numbers above the window to assist in students locating the proper seat. You can help by:
Reminding your child to sit in their assigned seat at all times. Having your child stay in their assigned seat will help support their safety and the safety of others to stay healthy while on the bus.
Having students wear their masks for the entire ride.
These protocols are necessary to mitigate exposure and spread of the COVID virus. Thank you for your cooperation and partnership in this important matter. Our schools will be working diligently to get these seat assignments in place. Please understand there may be a delay as we implement this process of assigned seating on the bus over the next few weeks.
Protocol for Contacting Tracing after school hours and on weekends -
When a school receives notification of a possible positive COVID-19 case there may be times particularly when we are notified after school hours or on weekends, that families will be sent an email indicating that their child is to stay home the next school day and that a school nurse will contact the family to discuss the matter and provide guidance on what happens. We thank you for your cooperation as we continue to navigate through these times together and put safety first.
Attendance :If your child is absent from learning, you must log in and report the absence that day through the PowerSchool Parent Portal.
Teaching and Learning Hub: This week the Teaching and Learning Department shared with the Milford Public Schools Teaching and Learning Community Hub, an online space for our community to access curricular materials and resources as well as a virtual space to access additional information to support our home school partnership. You may access the Milford Public Schools Teaching and Learning Community Hub via this link.
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Meet Our Staff Slides 21-22
(Learn about the caring adults that we have in our building)
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Milford Food 2 Kids feeds local children who have little or no food resources during the weekend away from School. We are an initiative of the First United Church of Christ, Milford, in collaboration with the Connecticut Food Bank, The Milford Bank, and in partnership with our Schools and a growing number of Milford's caring community.
Milford Food 2 Kids strives to alleviate food insecurity among children and youth in our community. Food security impacts the well-being of children: physical, emotional and social health as well as their ability to learn. Since we are passionate about making sure that children have the resources they need to thrive, we have reached out to meet this local need.
We serve over 150 students from 15 schools.
School system counselors select the students that receive food each week on a degree of need basis. Although the students are anonymous to us we see them as "our kids"! With your help, we are able to purchase food, pack food bags and deliver them to the schools each week where they are discretely distributed to students.
Mathewson School Contact School Counselor - Caitlyn Nunes cnunes@milforded.org (203) 301-5643 |
When do bags get delivered to the school?
Bags are delivered every Friday and distributed to children privately.
When do the weekly deliveries begin?
Milford will provide the first delivery on September 17, 2021.
What is in the bag of food?
Food for at least 6 meals or 2 days is provided.
Food 2 Kids chooses food similar to the CT Food Bank program that is nutritious, non-perishable, pre-packaged, pre-cooked, can be eaten hot or cold, and that children WANT to eat. These are foods that kids can prepare with little assistance.
Chef Boyardee
Mac & Cheese
Cereal, Cereal Bars & Granola bars
Fruit Juice
Fruit Cups & Raisins
Snacks
Peanut Butter & Jelly
Oatmeal
Milk
What if I don’t need assistance now, but possibly in the future?
You may contact the school counselor at any time to add your child to the list of students receiving the Food 2 Kids program.
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