Good Afternoon Meadowside Families,
From our Kindergarten Meet and Greet on Tuesday to our opening three days of school, we had an amazingly smooth and fun return to school! It was wonderful to see our returning students and our new students forming cohesive classroom communities from Day 1 of the school year! As a school we are so excited to be on your child’s educational journey with you this year!
Our PTA is looking forward to seeing families tonight at our PTA Back to School Picnic from 5:00 - 7:00. It is a great opportunity to reconnect and enjoy being together! The weather is perfect, so grab a blanket and bring a picnic or check out the food trucks!
Thank you to our PTA for providing a yummy back to school luncheon for our staff, for already providing our Meadowside is a Great Place to Learn t-shirts for staff (we looked awesome at convocation and throughout the school today!) and for planning back to school events such as our Kindergarten playdate as well as tonight's back to school picnic. We love teaming up with our PTA and can’t wait for more fun activities this fall and all year long!
Hold the Date: Our school wide open house is scheduled for Thursday, September 12th from 6:00 - 8:00. Save the date and time for now -- more information will follow next week. We are so looking forward to seeing everyone there.
Fourth and Fifth Grade Families, if your child is interested in learning how to play a musical instrument and you haven’t already done so, please read the linked letter regarding the Grade 4 and 5 Instrument Information Night --Sept 5th at 6:30pm - information and registration materials can also be found online on the district website.
Cell Phone and Smartwatches: Please be aware that our district policy reads: “At the elementary level - No use of a cell phone/smartwatch or other personal communication device will be permitted during school hours. These devices must be turned off or on silent and left in backpacks, stored in a student’s locker/cubbie or other place designated by building administration.” Please help us ensure that all student cell phones and smartwatches are turned off or on silent and left in backpacks as the sending and receiving of texts and calls is a definite disruption to our learning environment. Students engaging in texting and calling will be asked to put their devices away or to turn them over to staff for safe keeping. As always if you need to get a message to your child, please call the office - we are more than happy to pass the message along.
If we don’t see you tonight, have a good long weekend and we’ll see Tuesday!
Printable MPS full year calendar can be found on the district Back to School Central Website.
Friday, August 30: 5:00-7:00 pm - Welcome Back Family Picnic. It’s a great time to meet new families and reconnect with old friends
Monday, September 2: NO SCHOOL - Labor Day
Thursday, September 12: 6:00 Meadowside Open House
Tuesday, September 17th: 6:00 PTA Meeting in the Meadowside Media Center
Wednesday, September 18: Early Release Day: Students dismissed at 1:25
Thursday, October 3:
NO SCHOOL - Rosh Hashanah