Good Afternoon Meadowside Families,
Congratulations to our raffle winners for our Read Your HEART Out Week. We are so proud of all our students and families for participating. Click here to see our photo collage of family reading! Thank you again to our PTA for supporting our students, staff and families throughout the week.
MARCH SCIENCE NIGHTS: Our Science Nights began this week with Grades 3 and 5 and are continuing over the next two weeks! As we have shared, Meadowside PTA has partnered with Meadowside’s STEM teacher, Ms. Guarino and lots of classroom teachers in order to offer Virtual Family Science Nights for every grade! Supplies will be sent home ahead of time. Save the dates for upcoming meets: Kindergarten (March 22nd at 6pm), Grade 1(March 22nd at 6:30pm) , Grade 2 (March 15th at 6pm), and Grade 4 (March 15th at 6:30pm). Thank you to Mrs. Guarino as well as our third and fifth grade teachers for the incredibly successful meets Thursday evening. Our scientists were fully engaged and having fun!
Please read on for some important information from our PTA:
Coin Drive: We are blown away by the outpouring of support for the HEART program. Our community raised $1312.20. Special recognition to Mr. Sklanka’s class for raising the most money. Don’t forget to start saving your loose change for next year!
Teacher Appreciation Week is right around the corner. We invite your family to purchase a blank HEART sign that you can decorate and display in front of the school. More information can be found here. Orders can be placed here by March 19th. Pre Orders only, don’t be left out!
Welcome Sign Project: We need your help, we are placing the order next week! Please check our draft for any errors, if you see a mistake email us at ptameadowside@gmail.com https://tinyurl.com/yc47j7zf
We are participating in the National PTA’s School of Excellence Program. The school of excellence program is designed to strengthen the family-school partnership. One of the requirements of the program is a final survey. Please take a couple minutes to help us by filling out the survey here.
In this week's CCC Newsletter you will find information about CT Foodshare & Kingdom Life Churchs' Pop Up Food Pantry on March 17, 2022, The Raising Readers Family Book Club starting March 31, 2022 and a Consumer Reports article titled "10 Tips to Get the Most out of a Tank of Gas." Click here for this week's CCC Newsletter! And don't forget that the CCC website is also updated with links to community resources. You are also welcome to contact the CCC office at 203-882-6094 and speak with Mrs. Williams.
Important Dates:
Friday, March 11th: Trimester 2 Ends
Tuesday, March 15th: 6:00 Science Night Grade 2
Tuesday, March 15th: 6:30 Science Night Grade 4
Wednesday, March 16th: 1:25 Early Dismissal for Students
Tuesday, March 22nd: 6:00 Science Night Kindergarten
Tuesday, March 22nd: 6:30 Science Night Grade 1
Tuesday, March 29th: Families can access report cards in Powerschool
Wednesday, March 30, Thursday March 31, and Friday April 1: Early Dismissal for Parent Teacher Conferences. Students dismissed at 1:15
Spring Conferences Reminder: Spring Conference sign up information will be live on our school website from February 28 at 9:00 a.m. through March 25 at 12:00 pm . Conferences will be Wednesday, March 30th 5:30-8:00 p.m., Thursday, March 31st 1:45-3:45 p.m., and Friday, April 1st 1:45-3:45 p.m. All spring 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! Spring conference sign up information will be live on our school website from February 28 at 9:00 a.m. through March 25 at 12:00 pm . Quick tip: Look for emails from “noreply@myconferencetime.com” when searching email for conference confirmation communications. *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 March 30th, March 31st and April 1st at 1:15pm.
MPS Kindergarten Reminder: Letter from MPS Schools
Greetings, MPS Families! We are pleased to announce that Kindergarten Registration for the 2022-2023 school year will take place during February and March. If you have a child who will be starting Kindergarten in the fall, registration information will be posted to the district website www.milforded.org on February 22, 2022. You must register your child for Kindergarten at the school determined by your street address, unless placed by Pupil Personnel Services. School/Street Assignments are available on the district website under “District Information.”
Students must be at least age five (5) on or before December 31, 2022, in order to register for Kindergarten.
Current MPS preschool or Ready To Learn students do not need to complete an online registration packet.
If you need assistance with the registration portal, please contact the main office for your district assigned school. School contact information can be found on the district website under “ Schools.”
We are excited for your children to come to our schools! Fully registered families, please be on the lookout for more information from your school’s Principal about an in person kindergarten event in the spring. In the meantime, click here for a sneak peek of what to expect in Kindergarten! We look forward to welcoming the Class of 2035!