Meadowside Elementary School

Meadowside Thanksgiving Message:

Dear Families, 

As we gather together to celebrate this season of gratitude, we want to take a moment to express our heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you. Your support, kindness, and partnership make our school community truly special.

We are so thankful for the opportunity to watch your children grow, learn, and explore each day. It is because of you — your encouragement, your involvement, and your belief in us — that we are able to create a positive, nurturing environment for all our students.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

Warmly,
Meadowside Elementary School Staff

Meadowside Newsletter 11.27.24

In honor of Thanksgiving -- and Thanksgiving Day Parades -- our fifth grade students engaged in an engineering design challenge where they designed and built floats for a parade!  Check out some of the photos we captured along the parade route today! 

As you may have already heard from our very enthusiastic students: Our Penny Wars was a tremendous success!  Thank you to all our families who donated coins and bills -- what a fun fundraiser to support our fifth grade celebration!  Congratulations to …. Team Aliberti 41,379 points! Team Bellizzi came in 2nd place at 30,363 points and Team Lynch in 3rd place with 20,406 points. We raised a total of Total $1350.29! Thank you to all who contributed! AND Thanks to everyone who helped count!  

Community Connection Center News: Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving!

Reminder: Our amazing Meadowside PTA is happy to announce the Winter Festival on Friday, December 13th from 6-7:30PM at Meadowside.   Join us for the cake walk, raffle baskets, treats, crafts, and an opportunity to take pictures with Santa.  This is a free event!  But we do need your help!  

• Baked Goods needed for Cake Walk - Bake or Pick up! The cake walk is a very popular piece to this event. Click here for more information.  We depend on generous donations of baked goods to make this a success, whether you are a baker or wish to donate a store bought treat, we appreciate you and your donation.  If you are interested in donating, for our planning purposes please fill out this form.

• Raffle Basket Help Needed!  Help us build raffle baskets by clicking on this link! 

• Volunteers needed for the day of the event!  Even just 30 minutes of help is appreciated.  Sign up here.

PTA is also busy planning for the Holiday Shop which is scheduled during the day for December 3rd for Kindergarten through Second Grade and the 5th for Third through Fifth Grade -- click here for more information and here to sign up to volunteer.   

Some Important Dates to Keep in Mind: 

• Wednesday November 27th: 1:25 Early Dismissal Day for Thanksgiving Recess

• Thursday November 28th and Friday 29th: No school Thanksgiving Recess (Boys and Girls Club also closed)

Next week we will be conducting a fire drill. Conducting emergency drills (fire, crisis, lockdown, etc.) is one of the most important ways we enhance our preparedness for students and staff during an emergency. Drills allow us to practice what we need to do when an emergency arises in our school. Thank you for your support.  

Looking a little bit Ahead: 

• Tuesday December 3th & Thursday December 5th - PTA Holiday Shop  PTA needs volunteers for this event! Sign up here

• Tuesday December 10th Picture Retake Day

• Wednesday, December 11th: Early Dismissal

• Wednesday December 11th: 4th and 5th Grade Holiday Concert 6:30 at the Parsons Complex

• Friday December 13th- PTA Winter Festival- PTA needs volunteers for this event! Sign up here

• Monday December 23rd - Wednesday, January 1st - Winter Recess

See you in December!