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MEMORIAL SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
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31 West Main Street Newton, NH 03858
603-382-5251
Principal, Jonathan G. Vander Els
Assistant Principal, Donna B. Johnson
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Principal's Message
Jonathan G. Vander Els
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Dear Memorial Community:
It's hard to believe we are already in June. Our schedule from here until the end of the year is packed full of many great events, so please enjoy.
This was especially true today. We were so pleased to welcome almost thirty guests who came to Memorial this morning for our Volunteer Tea. Our students in grades K-5 showed their thanks through songs, poems, and dance, and truly showered our guests with their appreciation. As I said during my remarks, it is an honor to work hand-in-hand with our parents and volunteers who truly go above and beyond in helping us help our students be so successful.
Our fourth and fifth grade musicians performed to a full house last night at Sanborn Regional School District's auditorium for their end-of-year spring concert. It is amazing to see how for our musicians progress over the course of the year under the tutelage of our incredibly talented music teachers; thank you, Ms. Edge, Ms. Bartlett, and Mr. Bradd, and well-done musicians.
Thank you to our fourth graders, Ms. Williams, and our fourth grade team for doing such a great job of honoring our veterans during last Friday afternoon's Memorial Day assembly. It was our honor to recognize Mr. Wayne Stanley for his service during the Vietnam War as a Navy Submariner. Mr. Stanley was presented with a flag that has flown over Memorial School this year as a small token of our appreciation (below). Thank you to Mr. Stanley, and all veterans, for their service to our country.
We hope you will join us on Thursday, June 9th for our third annual
Celebration of Learning beginning at 6:30 PM. This evening will provide an opportunity for our students to share their many examples of learning throughout the year. The night will culminate with our Glee Club's final concert of the year, which will begin at 7:30 in our gymnasium.
Jonathan G. Vander Els, Principal
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4th Grade News
By: Mrs. Daigle, Mrs. DesRosiers & Mrs. Tozier
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Fourth graders have worked hard this year learning all about our great state of New Hampshire. During the course of our work, students created a brochure of the physical features of our state. They have also discovered what life was like in Colonial times through participation in centers related to various aspects of Colonial life. Most recently we traveled to Strawbery Banke, where students engaged in workshops and took a tour of the houses and buildings at the museum, representing many time periods. We will be culminating our year-long study of New Hampshire with a special task. Students will create a video for the tourism department to share their knowledge about all that our state has to offer.
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School Nurse
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New Contact Information
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
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 vac
 cine, 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 17th. After June 17th all medications left in the health office will be discarded.
Thank you,
Sheila Koutelis, RN
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| Library Virtual Learning Center News |
PLEASE BRING BACK
ALL MEMORIAL LIBRARY BOOKS:
Please Make It Possible For Your Child grades K-4 to bring home Summer Reading from Memorial Library. Return all books.
Students who are still reading books will keep them in their classrooms. The Library will check them in on May 31st.
When all school-year books are cleared, students K-4 are invited to check out 3 of our Library books for their Summer Reading.
Thank you so much!
Hats Off To Awesome 5th Graders,
who leave their returned Library books for future Memorial students!
NH Great Stone Face voting results Are In!
Dear Grade 4 and Grade 5 Memorial Students,
You voted at Memorial Library and at Gale Library.
Mrs. Mears and I counted all your votes.
Here are the results :
The Terrible Two
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by Mac Barnett, Jory John ; illustrated by Kevin Cornell. When master prankster Miles Murphy moves to sleepy Yawnee Valley, he challenges the local, mystery prankster in an epic battle of tricks but soon the two join forces to pull off the biggest prank ever seen.
Loot
: How to Steal a Fortune, by Jude Watson. When Alfie McQuinn, the notorious jewel thief, is killed on a job, his last words to his son, March, are to "find jewels" and this instruction leads the boy to Jules, the twin sister he never knew he had--and the perfect partner to carry on the family business.
El Deafo
, by Cece Bell. This also won the Newbery Medal/Honor, 2015. It is a graphic novel memoir of author / illustrator Cece Bell who grew up hearing impaired.
Prize Winning participants should pick up their prize at Gale Library.
- Jason Phaneuf, Grade 5L
- Adriana LeBlanc, 5TA
- Katelyn Talarico, 5B
1st grade students
are enjoying Library Virtual Guided Resources for Find Out About Dinosaurs:
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SRSD Budget Committee News
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News from Sanborn Budget Committee
from Annie Collyer, Chairman
Did You Know...The SRSD Budget Committee developed a Mission and Goals for the coming year at its Meeting last week?
Here they are:
Mission: It is the mission of the Sanborn Regional School District Budget Committee to present a budget that funds education with prudent consideration of the costs to the community.
Budget Committee Goals:
1. Understand the funding needed for delivery of education in the District.
2. Prepare a budget that is reflective of the costs to meet those goals.
3. Communicate depth of investigation and reasoning to the citizens in the community.
Over the summer months, the Budget Committee members will be working on Goal #1 as they investigate recent budgets in depth. In September and October, they will begin meeting with Administrative Department Heads to learn their goals and budget requests for the next fiscal year.
Minutes and videos of BudCom meetings are posted on the SAU 17 website, and meetings are open to the public.
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Lunch Payment Options
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We want to remind parents that they have a couple of options when it comes to paying for their child(ren)'s school lunch.
Option 1. You may set-up an online account using www.myschoolbucks.com, by using a Credit/Debit card to make deposits into your child's account. You will need to contact Memorial School for your child's ID#. In addition to providing you with a secure online payment option, the system will allow you instant access to details on what your child is purchasing in the cafeteria, as well as other convenience features such as automatic low balance alerts. This automated system will help increase the speed of service and allow students additional time for a more relaxing dining experience. Instructions for setting up your online account are available in print from your Food Service Director and posted on the Fresh Picks Cafe website.
Option 2. You may send a
check with your child made
payable to the Sanborn School Lunch Program (checks made out to Memorial School can not be accepted and will be returned). Please make sure to include the child's name in the memo line. We encourage parents to either utilize the online payment method or to send in a check - cash can also be accepted, but is discouraged at the elementary school level. Prepaid monies deposited by either method can be used for any purchases in the cafeteria, but at any time parents may contact the school food service supervisor and request that prepaid monies be used only for full meal purchases.
When sending in cash or a check, please make sure that your payment is secured in an envelope with child's name and classroom teacher clearly noted.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact the school at 603-382-5251.
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Memorial PTO
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Mark your calendars:
Our last PTO meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 8th
in the Memorial School library at 6:00 PM. Please note this is a different day and time than usual.
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Summer Enrichment Programming
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The Sanborn Regional School District is excited to release its schedule for summer 2016 enrichment programming. This year, week-long full day programs are available to students entering grades 2-12 in the areas of Drama, Music, Writing, and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math).
Click
here to view a complete description of the programs offered, times and dates, costs, and registration details.
Registration is now open. You can print and mail the registration form from the link above or you may submit your registration online
by clicking here. Spots are limited, and your registration will not be final until the district receives the fees associated with registration. Payment details are noted in the link above and on the online registration link.
We hope you will consider registering your child for some of these great summer opportunities. If you have any questions, please contact your building principal, Mr. Jonathan Vander Els, at (603)382-5251 or [email protected].
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Gale Library Summer Highlights
Malik the Magic Guy will kick off The Gale Library Summer Reading Program on Monday, June 27, 6:30 PM at the Newton Town Hall with a fun-filled comedy magic show . Malik's long career in magic started at the library many years ago. Now you can come enjoy some laughs and magical moments with Malik. The show features 45 minutes of magic and comedy suitable for the whole family. Exciting things are in store for the show, magic with sports equipment, demonstrations of fun and games from other countries and more fun surprises.
The
Boston Museum of Science returns with a "Blizzard in July" program on Tuesday,July 26 for 2 sessions at 10 and 11 AM at the Newton Town Hall. Be sure to sign up for one of these sessions for a Blizzard in July. Outwit the Elements- A blizzard is coming! Engineer a tree house to withstand high winds, and save snowboarders from a wild mountain avalanche. With two exciting activities, this hands-on workshop gives participants a chance to plan, build, and test their designs against the forces of nature.
A complete schedule of events will be available when the
Summer Reading Program starts Monday, June 19 and continues through August at the Gale Library. Come register for the Reading Clubs for all ages, win great prizes this year Canobie Lake, Water Country, Storyland Passes! Go for the Gold and discover Reading and activities in air-conditioned comfort at the Gale Library this summer. For more info, call 382-4691.
Come find some great books for children , teens, and adults at the Friends of the Gale Library
Book Sale held inside Estabrook's Garage, 26 So. Main St. on Sat., June 13 from 8-1. Items can be purchased individually, or fill-a-bag for only $3.00.
This seasonal fundraiser is a wonderful way to stock up on summer reading materials to take to the beach, or add to your personal library collection. There is something for everyone! Proceeds from the book sale will be used to provide passes and other activities.
Thanks to the Friends of the Library we now offer a pass to the Seacoast Science Center in Rye, NH.Each pass admits two adults and up to four children into the Seacoast Science Center at 50% off the cost of regular admission.
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D.A.D & YMCA Camp Lincoln
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YMCA Half-Day Summer Camp
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Zebra Crossings News
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Mosquito Control
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Internet Essentials
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