Students in grades K - 5 at Memorial School are currently participating in Measures of Academic Progress� (MAP�) assessment through NWEA.   Each web-based assessment in the areas of language, reading and math creates a personalized experience by adapting to each student's learning level. Our youngest students in grades K and 1 use headsets to hear the questions read to them in a very interactive manner.  

Assessment data and essential information about what each student knows is available to teachers within 24 hours.   Teachers at Memorial School utilize the results of the MAP assessments along with other formative and summative classroom assessments to plan for intervention and enrichment for each child.  

Because the computerized testing format mirrors the state's Smarter Balanced Assessment, our students in grades 3 - 5 will be well prepared when the test is administered in the Spring of 2015. Questions about NWEA testing may be directed to your child's teacher or Mrs. Johnson.

Three of our Memorial staff members, along with Principal Jonathan Vander Els, were invited to present at the New Hampshire School Administrators' Association and Department of Education Conference on Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment last Thursday, September 24th in Concord, NH.

Third grade teacher Bonnie Banyas, fifth grade teacher Terry Bolduc, and kindergarten teacher Jennifer Manning (all pictured below) shared the work they have been doing building Quality Performance Assessments in their classrooms with their teams.  This presentation was representative of the work all of our teachers have been engaged in related to assessment and building our assessment literacy at Memorial School and within our district. Teachers, administrators, superintendents, and NH DOE staff from our state were all in attendance. 

 Well-done, Memorial Teachers! 

Enterovirus D68

Below is an informational sheet put out by the NH Department of Health and Human Services this week. We DO NOT have any CONFIRMED cases (by the DHHS) of this illness at our school; this is an informational notice only.

LICE

The fall is a common time for lice to be found in school age children. Head lice are a common nuisance for children aged 3-11. Every year there are 6-12 million cases of head lice infestation in the United States. They are an annoyance, causing itching and mild discomfort to the person but they do not spread disease. They are spread most commonly through head to head contact and less commonly through shared clothing, bedding and carpeting, or hair articles such as combs and barrettes or headbands. Pets do not spread lice; the lice are adept to human hair only.

If your child has lice contact their pediatrician for advice on treatment options.

Keeping hair back and up as well as not sharing hats and hair accessories is the best way to prevent the spread of lice.  Lice are very small, they are sometimes clear or tan colored. The nits are very tiny and cement themselves to the hair shaft about � inch away from the scalp. The way to tell if it is a nit and not dandruff is that dandruff is easily moved or flaked off where the nits are very difficult to remove from the hair.

Please let the health office know if your child has lice. For more information and helpful tips go to:

Please remember to give 24 hours' notice prior to bringing in food for classroom parties or birthdays. We have several students with food allergies and we want to make our class parties both fun and safe for all of our students. Classroom teachers are well informed about the food allergies of students in their class. As a general rule, please refrain from sending in foods containing any nuts or nut butters. There are also children with allergies to some fruits as well as dairy and gluten sensitivities. If you have any questions about a certain food or party item feel free to call Ms. O'Sullivan in the health office. Thank you!

2013-2014 FLU SEASON AND IMMUNIZATION

Please send a doctor's note to the school nurse with the date of your child's flu immunization, so that it may be added to their health record.  

Signs of the flu include fever, chills, body aches, cough, and fatigue. If your child has a temp of over 100.0F they are not permitted to be in school and need to be fever free without the use of Tylenol or any fever reducer for 24 hours. As always, our best defense against the flu is good hand washing!

For more information about the flu virus, symptoms, and treatment visit: www.cdc.gov/flu

Thank you,

"The joy of gardening and the satisfaction of growing healthy food are gifts that kids never outgrow," says Stan Cope, President and CEO of Bonnie Plants. "We're grateful for the opportunity to share these gifts with the next generation of gardeners."

This year's Memorial School winner is Ella Bergeron, pictured above with her cabbage which weighed in at over 10 pounds! Ella's winning cabbage will be entered for the $1000 New Hampshire scholarship! Congratulations, Ella, on a job well done!  

GRADE 5 FIELD TRIPS

The hike up Mt. Kearsarge will start at Winslow State Park in Wilton, NH. We plan on hiking up on the Barlow Trail, and down on the Winslow Trail. The round trip is just over 2 � miles, and there are beautiful views of the surrounding area at the top. The students will gain some firsthand knowledge of various landforms in the area, as well as see geological evidence of the glaciers that had once covered the region. This field trip is weather dependent, so if the forecast is for steady rain, the field trip will be rescheduled. Students will need a ride to school for this trip. They need to be at the school at 7:50 for attendance to be taken. We need to be on the bus ready to leave by 8:00 to be sure to arrive home for the buses at dismissal time. Parents are welcome to join us in Wilton for the hike. Restrooms are available at the base of the mountain, and the parking fee is waived at this time of the year.

Our second field trip is to the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum to allow the students to see what our founding fathers may have gone through at the start of the Revolutionary War. Students will experience interactive displays, actors in period costumes, and artifacts from that time period as well as a reenactment of the Boston Tea Party. While we do not intend to limit the number of parents that may attend this trip, parents interested in attending this field trip will need to be sure to return permission slips promptly in order for the school to secure any additional reservations needed.

For more information visit their website at www.bostonteapartyship.com.

More information will be sent home with your child about both of these upcoming field trips as we get closer to them. Feel free to contact your child's teacher if there are any questions.

Team 5

Good Day,

We had a very busy summer and are proud to report that we raised just under $4000 in ticket sales from the Ping Pong Ball Fundraiser brought in. We also collected just under $1000 between cash donations and candle sales from candles generously donated by Kelly Gannett owner of Soy Solas Candles and Wicks in Whimsies in East Kingston. Thank you to everyone that helped make this fundraiser a success.

Last weekend the Tedford family of Newton hosted a fundraiser at the Hen House with raffle and ticket sales which brought in just under $1500. Thank you to the Tedford Family.

Since we introduced the program to our community in May there has been many inquiries on how folks can help us. We will be holding two informational meetings which volunteers can come get a tour of our storage space and potentially sign up to join a team. Many opportunities are flexible and you can give as little as an hour per week. We are looking for volunteers interested in shopping for food, unloading food from vehicles, stocking and rotating foods, bagging food, delivering food, picking up donations from local drop offs, fundraising, letter writing and more. This is simply way too much work for two program coordinators to handle. There is no doubt that in order for this program to succeed we need lots of helping hands. We have two meetings scheduled; we felt that offering an afternoon meeting and an evening meeting would allow some flexibility to all volunteers.

September 9, 2014 at 4:00 pm @ the Sanborn Regional High School in room 137

September 15, 2014 at 7:00 pm @ the Sanborn Regional High School in room 137

Please share this information with anyone that you think may be interested in helping with the program.

 Donations of the following food types are needed:

* Box/bag of nutritional cereal or individual packs of oatmeal

* Cans of soup, beans or vegetables

* Peanut butter or jelly (no glass please)

* Can of tuna or chicken

* Fruit cups or Apple Sauce cups (no glass please)

* Box of crackers

* Macaroni and cheese (boxes, no cups please)

* Ramen noodles (no cups please)

• Nutritional Bars or Granola Bars
• Cans of Pasta with Meat
• Jars of Mayonnaise (plastic only)

Sanborn Ends 68 Hours of Hunger is a private, not-for-profit, volunteer effort to confront the approximately 68 hours of hunger that some school children experience between the free lunch they receive in school on Friday afternoon and the free breakfast they receive in school on Monday morning.

Childhood hunger is a national problem. It occurs when children receive insufficient food on a regular basis. After a while, these children also experience "fear of hunger" that affects their behavior as much as physical hunger affects their body. We provide a bag filled with food items to those children to sustain them over the weekend. In doing so, the children's nutritional needs can be met week to week.

Food donations can be dropped off at any of the Sanborn Schools in Newton and Kingston and at Wicks and Whimsies 14 Main St, East Kingston, NH 03827.

www.end68hoursofhunger.com 

https://www.facebook.com/Sanbornends68hoursofhunger 

Contact us: Program Coordinators Wendy Miller 978 210 1335978 210 1335 or

Jenifer Hever 603 560 0151603 560 0151

Email: [email protected]

Thank you to everyone who came out for the 4^th Annual 5K Run or Walk and Town Day ! A special thank you to Mr. V for doing time in the dunk tank. The kids loved it! Check out the PTO Facebook page for results and pictures of the event.

Innisbrook Fundraiser - today's the last day to order! If it's still on your 'I've gotta' list,  click here for the information to get your order in.

BoxTops! - Last year we raised $1500 from BoxTops! collections. (Yes, those little 10� each squares.) This year our goal is $1800. With all your help, we're sure we can meet it. Please send in your BoxTops! with your student(s). Thank you for your support.

We are accepting nominations for the position of PTO President. If you or someone you know is interested, please speak with either Mr. V, Mrs. Johnson or someone in PTO.

Mark your calendars! The Harlem Wizards will be making a return on Thursday, March 12. 

It was so exciting to see all the new faces at the last PTO meeting. We'll be meeting Thursday, October 9 in the library at 7:00pm. If you have questions about PTO, what it is and what it does, please come join us for a Meet and Greet prior to the meeting at 6:30pm.

The Sanborn Music Boosters is hosting a Dough raiser at Uno's on October 8.  The flyer needs to be presented at Uno's in order for our group to receive credit.