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MEMORIAL SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
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31 West Main Street Newton, NH 03858
603-382-5251
Interim Principal, Deborah L. Bulkley
Assistant Principal, Donna B. Johnson
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Principal's Message
Deborah Bulkley
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Dear Parents,
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Patricia Haynes will become Memorial Elementary School's next principal on July 1. Dr. Haynes brings a deep understanding of teaching and leadership employing best practices and effective curriculum and instructional strategies to serve a wide range of student learning needs.
Dr. Haynes began her education career in New Britain, Connecticut as a high school science teacher, but went on to expand her experience through teaching kindergarten, 5th grade, and middle school science. She was selected as the assistant principal of Torrington Middle School before becoming the Director of Curriculum and Instruction in Torrington, Connecticut. While working in Torrington, Patty also earned her Ph.D. in Education from Capella University, specializing in Curriculum and Instruction.
Patty moved to New Hampshire three years ago with her husband and began working as the Director of Curriculum and Instruction in Milford. For the past two years, Dr. Haynes has served as the principal at Dr. Crisp Elementary School in Nashua, NH. She clearly brings a wealth of knowledge to her practice and we are excited to have her join our staff at Memorial School.
Patty has three grown sons and outside of school she spends her free time enjoying patio gardening, cooking healthy recipes, and vacationing at different beaches.
Please join me in welcoming Dr. Patricia Haynes to Newton.
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Principal for the Day
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Being principal of a school is a big job, just ask Emily! She won the privilege of being Principal for a day at the PTO's annual spaghetti dinner this past March. Emily is in Mrs. Kaminski's second grade class. Her day began by doing the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by assisting with our CARES assembly.
She continued her busy day with important paperwork, having lunch bunch, and taking a meeting with Mrs. Bulkley.
She finished her day by announcing the birthday students of the week and waving good bye to students at the end of the day.
Thank you Emily, you did an amazing job being the Principal of Memorial School!
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On Thursday, April 20th
, the staff and students of Memorial school witnessed the incredible talent, and listened intently to the inspirational message, of Rob Surette, Amazing Hero Art. During a school-wide assembly, Rob delivered his message of "Be Somebody" to all while exhibiting his amazing artistic talent. His examples of how turning the negatives, into positives, completely changes the outcome of any situation left a lasting impression on all. We owe a debt of gratitude to our Memorial School PTO for sponsoring Amazing Hero Art and for purchasing Rob's artistic rendition of Albert Einstein that we will proudly display.
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News from 4th Grade
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Fourth grade students have recently completed a science unit on how the Earth changes over time. Students had the opportunity to solve a real world problem related to erosion. Students first worked with groups to research ways to slow the rate of erosion. They then collaborated to come up with three possible solutions. Next they had the chance to test their solutions, using a stream table and materials of their choice. It was exciting to see such a high level of engagement as they applied what they had they had learned in the unit, and also the new discoveries they made along the way.
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Library News
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LIBRARY VIRTUAL LEARNING CENTER NEWS by Mrs. Mulcahy
GREAT STONE
FACE
VOTING DAYS
CLICK HERE to see the 2016-17 Great Stone Face Book Nominees:
ALL NH students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 across the entire state can vote
IF you have read 2 or more titles in this list.
Vote at Memorial School Library (teachers have your times)
---OR---
Vote at the Gale Library.
ALL VOTING MUST BE DONE BY FRIDAY APRIL 21
Mrs. Mears' Gale Library Children's Librarian will push the magic button to enter all our voting results!
Let's see which book Memorial chooses to get the Great Stone Face Award
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News from our School Counselor
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School Nurse
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New School Nurse- Cindy Cole, RN
Friday April 21st is our favorite nurse, Sheila Koutelis', last day. Mrs. Koutelis has spent this last week preparing me to provide excellent care of the students and staff. If you have time in your day please stop by the nurses office and introduce yourself. I look forward to getting to know all the the
families
and staff here at Memorial School.
Ticks & Lyme Disease
Now that the weather is getting nice we are spending more time outdoors! Great! But be on the lookout for ticks, especially black-legged ticks that carry lyme disease and other diseases. They are most active April through October and New Hampshire has one of the highest incidence rates of lyme disease in the country.
Preventing Tick Bites:
Avoid Direct Contact with Ticks
- Avoid wooded and bushy areas with high grass and leaf litter.
- Walk in the center of trails.
Repel Ticks with DEET or Permethrin
- Use repellents that contain 20 to 30% DEET (N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide) on exposed skin and clothing for protection that lasts up to several hours. Always follow product instructions. Parents should apply this product to their children, avoiding hands, eyes, and mouth.
- Use products that contain permethrin on clothing. Treat clothing and gear, such as boots, pants, socks and tents with products containing 0.5% permethrin. It remains protective through several washings. Pre-treated clothing is available and may provide longer-lasting protection.
- Other repellents registered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may be found at Insect Repellents: Use and Effectiveness.
Find and Remove Ticks from Your Body
- Bathe or shower as soon as possible after coming indoors (preferably within 2 hours) to wash off and more easily find ticks that are crawling on you.
- Conduct a full-body tick check using a hand-held or full-length mirror to view all parts of your body upon return from tick-infested areas. Parents should check their children for ticks under the arms, in and around the ears, inside the belly button, behind the knees, between the legs, around the waist, and especially in their hair.
- Examine gear and pets. Ticks can ride into the home on clothing and pets, then attach to a person later, so carefully examine pets, coats, and day packs.
- Tumble clothes in a dryer on high heat for an hour to kill remaining ticks. (Some research suggests that shorter drying times may also be effective, particularly if the clothing is not wet.
Tick removal:
If you find a tick attached to your skin, there's no need to panic. Several tick removal devices are available on the market, but a plain set of fine-tipped tweezers will remove a tick effectively.
How to remove a tick
- Use fine-tipped tweezers to grasp the tick as close to the skin's surface as possible.
- Pull upward with steady, even pressure. Don't twist or jerk the tick; this can cause the mouth-parts to break off and remain in the skin. If this happens, remove the mouth-parts with tweezers. If you are unable to remove the mouth easily with clean tweezers, leave it alone and let the skin heal.
- After removing the tick, thoroughly clean the bite area and your hands with rubbing alcohol, an iodine scrub, or soap and water.
- Dispose of a live tick by submersing it in alcohol, placing it in a sealed bag/container, wrapping it tightly in tape, or flushing it down the toilet. Never crush a tick with your fingers.
Follow-up
If you develop a rash or fever within several weeks of removing a tick, see your doctor. Be sure to tell the doctor about your recent tick bite, when the bite occurred, and where you most likely acquired the tick.
Mud Season
Parents, mud season is upon us! As the temperatures climb and rain comes, there is more slush and puddles on our playground area. You are asked to send in a change of clothing for your child to keep in the cubby here at school in the event that they "find' a puddle and become soaked. Clean dry slacks, shirt, underwear and socks should be in a bag labeled with your child's name and grade. Thank you for preparing your child for weather changes and outdoor play at school.
Immunization Requirements for Fifth grade students:
Please be advised that when your child is age 11 years or older, and it has been 5 years or longer since their last Tetanus toxoid-containing immunization, they must receive a booster dose of tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine. If your child has a documented medical contraindication to pertussis vaccine, a Td booster is acceptable. In addition, every child entering grade 6 must have had (2) doses of Varicella vaccine (chicken pox). If your child had the disease of chicken pox, this must be listed with the date of the disease on a recent physical history and exam form completed by your child's health care provider. If your child is 11 years old, and has already received these immunizations, please provide a copy of the latest physical exam and updated immunization record to the health office as soon as possible. This may be faxed to the school nurse at 603-382-1466. If your child has a well-child visit scheduled within this school year, please discuss these requirements with the doctor at the time of the visit, and provide a copy of this physical and updated immunization record to the school nurse.
Medication Pick Up
As the end of the year is coming, I'd like to remind all parents that if your child has medications in the health office they need to be picked up by the end of the school year. The last day to pick them up will be June 19th. After June 19th all medications left in the health office will be discarded.
Thank you,
Cindy Cole, RN
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Kindergarten Registration for 2017-2018
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NEWS RELEASE
SANBORN
REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Office of the Superintendent of Schools
17 Danville Road
Kingston, New Hampshire 03848
Date: January, 2017
MEMORIAL SCHOOL
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION
If your child will be five years old by September 30, 2017, and you are a resident of Newton, New Hampshire, he or she is eligible for full day kindergarten for the
2017-2018 school year.
All incoming kindergarten students will participate in a screening process
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Student screenings will take place on Thursday, May 11th and Friday, May 12th.
Please call Memorial School at 603-382-5251 as soon as possible to pre-register your child and to schedule a screening appointment.
An orientation and information night for parents of all incoming kindergarten students will take place on Thursday, April 13th, 2017, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. in the Memorial School library. School personnel will be available at the orientation meeting to answer any questions.
New Hampshire State Law requires all children to have had immunizations for DPT, Polio, Mumps, Measles, German Measles, Chicken Pox, and Hepatitis B prior to entry to school. They also require each child to have a complete medical examination within one year prior to entry into kindergarten.
Registration materials will be available beginning Monday, February 27th at the Memorial School office between the hours of 9:00 AM and 2:30 PM when you present your child's original birth certificate. Additional documentation required to complete the registration process includes, updated physical and immunization records, proof of residency as defined by the Sanborn Regional School District, and a government issued photo ID. The completed registration packet is due by June 9, 2017.
Please contact the Memorial School main office at (603) 382-5251 with any questions regarding Kindergarten registration.
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Box Tops News
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Happy Spring! Congratulations to this trimester's winning classes. Mrs Daigle's class took the lead with 868 Box Tops. Way to go fourth graders!
Coming in second with 583 is Mrs Black's second grade and following closely in third place is Ms T. Augustine's fifth grade. Congratulations to everyone.
We still have one more round to go so keep sending in those box tops to see who will collect the most by
June 1
. Remember you can turn
Box Tops in any time, just please write your child's teachers name on the envelope or sheet so they can get credit for it.
We are also going to be celebrating the class with the most OVERALL Box Tops. So far, Mrs Daigle's class has the most, but Mrs. Mac's class has the second highest with 730,
Ms. Kirste's 3rd grade has 604, Mrs.Black 583, and an almost tie between Ms T Augustine's class with 516 and Mrs Gwynne's at 514.
Wow you are all trying hard and the more Box Tops you bring in the more dollars come back to Memorial Elementary. I'd love to hear from you with any suggestions or comments, please email me at
[email protected].
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Summer Enrichment Camps
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There are still plenty of spot available!
Click here for program descriptions, registration form & emergency/medical forms
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Gale Library News
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May Gale Library Events
The Gale Library Presents Money Smart Week Fun at the North Shore Bank in Newton, NH on
Wednesday, April 26 at 2:00 p.m. Join us at the bank for special stories, a bank tour, meet the banking team, and receive a special surprise treat!
Have fun with your friends and learn to be money smart! Our gratitude is extended to the North Shore Bank for hosting this educational event!
Celebrate Children's Book Week and our 1000 Books before Kindergarten Readers at the Fancy Nancy Cool Dude Tea Party held during our
Tuesday Storyhour,
May 2 at 10 AM. Our Storyhour themes for the month will be Mother's Day, Frogs, and Old MacDonald.
The last Crazy 8's for the season will be held on
Monday May 1 from
6-7 PM. We'll be building mini-airplanes and two lighted runways to land them without a crash. But if you can't make it don't worry we'll to return in the fall with new season.
Call the library to sign up, 382-4691.
Snap Circuits will also be held on Mondays,
May 1 and 15 from
4-5 PM. On
Monday, May 8 from 4-5 come to build with Legos.
The next early release day is
Wednesday, May 10, and at
2 PM we will be showing a new release movie. Snacks will be served. Please bring your own drink.
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SYSA Spring Soccer
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Registration for Spring Soccer is now open! The season starts on May 7. Our final game will be played June 18. Boys & girls age 4-grade 8 of all skill levels may play on Sunday afternoons at Chase Field in Kingston. Prices: age 4-5=$25; Grade 1-8=$30 Registration deadline is APRIL 8 - registrations received after that date will result in a $20 late fee. Please visit our website for more info & to register online
http://www.sanbornyouthsoccer.org/.
SYSA is not affiliated with the school district.
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Free Lecture
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NH Renaissance Faire
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Parking Information for NH Renaissance Faire
THERE ARE CHANGES TO PARKING FOR THE NHRF FAIRE
NHRF MAIN OFF SITE PARKING LOTS
for Mapquest or Google or your GPS system
Use 138 Main St, Kingston, NH - on the Plains
This location will get you to the Faire Parking Lots and Shuttle Buses.
Use 9 Thorne Rd for HANDICAP PARKING ONLY
All of Thorne Rd. and the lot on the Faire grounds are HANDICAP PARKING ONLY
Use 71 Marshall Rd. for $2 Fee Parking
(there is not much room in this lot and it will fill early)
DO NOT use our mailing address, 44 Tucker Road
It will send you to a completely wrong town.
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Sanborn Hockey Boosters
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Sanborn Youth Football & Cheerleading
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Dreambox
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Dear Parent/Guardian,
Memorial School has purchased DreamBox Learning's Math Program, an online, Intelligent Adaptive Learning(tm) program that helps all students achieve better, faster math proficiency.
DreamBox is an online program - there's no software to download! All you need is a high-speed Internet connection and Adobe Flash. Adobe Flash is free and is included with many Internet browsers.
To access DreamBox on iPad, go to
http://www.dreambox.com/ipad
, or search for "DreamBox Math" in the App Store. Download DreamBox Math Green and DreamBox Math Blue to ensure your student has access to the full catalog of DreamBox Learning Math lessons. When prompted in the app, use this School Code: 4f3h/memorials
Review your student's academic progress with a DreamBox Parent Account. Please follow these steps to create your free Parent Account:
2. Have your student login to their profile just as they would at school.
3. Click Setup Parent Access at the bottom of the page.
4. Follow instructions to create a new login and password.
5. Read Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
6. Click "Submit".
Log into your home account after set up:
2. Enter your email address and password.
3. To see student progress, click the "Family Dashboard" button.
If you have any questions, please contact DreamBox Client Care by calling them at 877-451-7845 (weekdays 7am to 5pm, Pacific Time), or email
[email protected]
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You can also contact our technology teacher, Jodi Tamayoshi, at
[email protected]
with any questions.
Sincerely,
Donna Johnson
Assistant Principal
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Internet Essentials
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