Dot Day

  Good evening Meadowside Families

We had a great time celebrating DOT DAY today -- thank you Mrs. Serviss and Mr. Hidalgo -- as we celebrated creativity, courage and celebration all  inspired by Peter H. Reynolds’ tale, “The Dot.”  We were seeing dots and spots all day! 

Meanwhile check out what was happening in the STEM Lab this week:

PTA NEWS: Take a look at our updated website! All links and upcoming information can now be found here.

Friday, September 29, we will be Going Gold to raise Awareness for Childhood Cancer -- join us along with schools throughout Connecticut in wearing anything gold to raise awareness!   

Milford’s Community providers information & updates can be found on our NEW CCC district website along with the CCC’s programs! 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! This week's CCC News contains links to register for The Circle of Security Parenting Class, Milford Recreation Department's Adaptive Programs, an app called ConnTours that you can use to find historic places in Connecticut and the Durham Fair.  Remember that the CCC Website  is updated with links to community  resources.

Milford will be engaging in a Community Conversation: Think Big! Dream Big! Please click HERE for more information on how to join in! 

Lifetouch Picture Day November 6th more information to come.

And finally -- Please remember: No School Monday in observance of Yom Kippur.  

Important Dates:

  • Printable MPS full year calendar can be found here
  • Monday, September 25: NO SCHOOL - Yom Kippur
  • Friday, September 29: Join us in  Going Gold to raise Awareness for Childhood Cancer
  • Friday, October 13: Meadowside Spirit Day: Sports Day
  • Friday, October 13: 6:00 - 7:30  PTA Sponsored Meadowside Mash 
  • Monday, October 16: PTA Sponsored Book Fair
  • Wednesday, Thursday Friday October 18,19,20: 1:15 Early Dismissal for Parent/Teacher Conferences 
  • Wednesday, October 25: Early Release Day: Students dismissed at 1:25
  • Friday, October 27:  PTA Fundraiser  Fun Run
  • Tuesday, October 31: Costume Parade (More information to Follow)

Reminder Parent Teacher conferences are scheduled later this fall:  Wednesday, October 18th 1:45-3:45 p.m., Thursday, October 19th 5:30-8:00 p.m., and Friday, October 20th 1:45-3:45 p.m.  Beginning October 6th, 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.   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!  Please note that on all three conference days we will have a modified early dismissal time to accommodate the conference schedule.  Therefore, students will be dismissed on October 18th, October 19th, and October 20th at 1:15pm. 

Attendance and Dismissal Reminders: If your child is absent, please log in and report their absence through the  PowerSchool Parent PortalIf you have a change in dismissal, please remember to send in a note, or email your child’s teacher and our secretary Miss Jones (jjones@milforded.org) and our greeter Mrs. Megan Ansaldo (mansaldo@milforded.org).  It is important to email all three in the case that one or more of our staff is absent that day.  Additionally, please be patient with us as we ask for IDs at the beginning of the year.  It is important that our staff can confirm who you are prior to releasing your child -- this is for the safety and protection of our students.  As we get to know you, we won’t ask for your identification every time - however, if our regular staff is out, we will need to do so again.