Good Evening Meadowside Families -
READ ACROSS AMERICA week is next week. Please join us in celebrating READING all week long.
Theme Days - with fun ways to dress in spirit.
Reading Challenge - Challenge Up with us
Also a special thank you to our PTA for inviting Author Joe Shandrowski to perform his pep rally for reading with an interactive theater where students will get to dance along to the sounds of Huga Tuga.
STEM Highlights:
Community Connection Center News: 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 date and additional food resources. The Milford Public Library's "Wednesday Morning Music" registrations open on March 1, 2024. Also you will find information about CT Post Mall's "Read Across America " event on March 2, 2024. For Family fun you'll find information for two programs celebrating Maple Sugaring. There is also information about Milford's Giggling Pigs 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!
Save the date: Parent/Teacher Conferences will be coming March 20th, March 21st, and March 22nd. All three days will be 1:15 Early Dismissals for Students. Be on the lookout for directions to sign up for parent teacher conference times. Conference Times and Dates are as follows: Wednesday, March 20th 5:30-8:00 p.m., Thursday, March 21st 1:45-3:45 p.m., and Friday, March 22nd 1:45-3:45 p.m.
STEAM Night-PTA Sponsored event-Wednesday, March 27th 6-7:30PM- Be on the lookout for the 5th grade committee selling raffle tickets, water and snacks at this event!
Important Dates:
- Monday, March 4 - Friday, March 8: Read Across Meadowside Week
- Tuesday, March 5th-PTA sponsored Pep Rally to Reading in school assembly
- Wednesday, March 6th-No School for Students, professional Learning Day for Staff
- Wednesday, March 13th-Early Dismissal at 1:25 for Students
- Wednesday, March 20th- Early Dismissal at 1:15 for Students
- Thursday, March 21st-Early Dismissal at 1:15 for Students
- Friday, March 22nd- Early Dismissal at 1:15 for Students
- Wednesday, March 27th-STEAM Night 6-7:30
Attendance and Dismissal Reminders: If your child is absent, please log in and report their absence through the PowerSchool Parent Portal. For directions of how to fill out the student attendance form please click HERE. As a reminder each student is allowed 9 parent excused absences in the school year any further absences can only be excused with a doctor’s note. If 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.