Mathewson Elementary School
PAWprint February 9, 2024
Hello Bulldog Families,
We hope you had a PAWmazing week. We look forward to a short week next week. We also have Spirit Week to have some extra fun. Enjoy the warm weather ahead this weekend.
Important Dates
*2/12: Spirit Day--Tropical Day/ Tentative Crisis Management Lockdown Drill
*2/13: Spirit Day--Crazy Hair Day/ Mathewson PTA Meeting at 7 pm
*2/14: Spirit Day--Valentines Day/ Spirit Day: Wear red and pink
*2/15: Spirit Day--Hat Day (optional donation of $1 to support Tommy Fund)
*2/16: No School Winter Break
*2/19: No School Winter Break
Upcoming Information to Know:
Attention Grade 5 Families check out some important info about yearbooks and well wishes here!
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. We will be conducting a lockdown drill next week. This will only be a drill and will be conducted in accordance with the School Incident Management Protocols established by the district, and in collaboration with our local first responders. Please discuss the importance of our emergency drills with your children. If you have any feedback please reach out to Ms. Currier (mcurrier@milforded.org). We thank you for your cooperation and partnership with making our schools a safer place for learning.
District Wide Special Event for K-5 Families: How to Start Saving for College on February 8th. Check out information here
FYI: Looking ahead, our next Read Across Mathewson Day is March 1st! We are excited to have lots of community and school members help us all enjoy our love of reading on this day.
FYI: Looking ahead, our next Spring Picture Day will be held March 7th! More information will be forthcoming
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Mathewson PTA News
Our next meeting is…..February 13 @ 7 pm
Thank you to all that attended our virtual January meeting
Upcoming Events:
February 28th Skate Night at Milford Ice Rink 6pm (More info to come)
March Events TBD
April -Spring Dance (TBD)
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CCC NEWS
This week's CCC News contains information and links for a mix of resources & fun activities. Among the community services you will find links for the CT FoodShare's Mobile Pantry and Milford Youth & Families ``Keeping Children Safe Online".
For Family fun you'll find information about fun events for the family from Milford's Public Library ``Learn About the Discovery Museum & Planetarium"or visit the Aldrich Art Museum of Trumbull,CT. There is also information about The Rockwell Dance Theater- 2024 Summer Camps.
Remember that the CCC Website is updated with links to community resources.
To locate the CCC’s web page go to Milford’s main page and click on the Menu tab & scroll down under district Information to find the Community Connections Centers!
Have a great week!
Mary-Kate Williams
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District News
Room 17 and the Milford Arts Council have designed an event to showcase that Math is EVERYWHERE! Children (“artists”) in grades K-12 can use various media (Music, Digital Media, Dance, Photography, Painting Sculpting..etc.) to create a piece and share how they incorporated math.
Artists will be invited to The MAC on March 24th, 2024 to share their creation with our community and their family members. Judges will be visiting all artists and selecting finalists and winners. Prizes will be awarded. New this year, we will have CASH prizes for our grades 6-12 winner(s)! Finalists and winners will have their work displayed at The Walnut Beach Coffee House for a period of time after the event. Last year we received news coverage as well!
We would appreciate it if you could share this opportunity with your teachers and school communities. See attached flyer to display in Art Rooms, include in weekly Upcoming Milford Events and school newsletters!
Click here for submission details and deadlines or visit www.room17math.com/MACshow.
Interested in judging, sponsoring or donating to our event? Email MACshow@room17math.com.
We encourage EVERYONE to save the date and stop by to support youth education and the arts! See attached photos and a few submissions from last year!
Thank you in advance for your support in sharing and posting the attached flyer and/or forwarding this email to anyone who may help to spread the word!
~The Room 17 Team and The Milford Arts Council
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News Already Shared But Still Important….
We love to celebrate your child’s birthday and make holidays throughout the year special; however, we do not allow goodie bags of any kind to come into school. Please reach out to your child’s teacher if you wish to come in and be a guest reader for the class or hand out a pencil, crayons or bookmark instead. To ensure all items are safe for all children we just ask that a gift bag of any kind not come in for birthdays or holidays. Thank you.
Family Arrival and Dismissal Reminders (sent out in opening letter)
Student Absence Reporting Procedure:
The school attendance line is no longer the means for reporting student absence. A new requirement is for parents/guardians to fill out the Attendance Absence Form within PowerSchool any time their child is absent.
The procedure for notifying the school of your child’s early dismissal or late arrival is the same as previous years. If your child will be arriving/joining late or leaving early, please email the building secretary, the greeter and classroom teacher. Do Not fill out the PowerSchool form for late arrivals or early dismissals.
This form must be completed on the day the child is absent and must be completed on each day
Absent. If you fill out the form more than once in a day, only the latest will be seen.
The purpose of this form is to keep everyone safe and healthy by verifying the child’s symptoms.
1) Start by logging into PowerSchool (https://gradebook.milforded.org)
2) After logging in, click Forms in the left navigation.
Note: If you are on a phone’s browser and don’t see Forms at first, tap the little right-facing
arrow in the upper-left corner to show the left navigation.
3) If you have more than one child, make sure you click/tap the correct child’s name in the
upper-left corner first.
4) On the Forms page, look for the Attendance section. Click/tap the Attendance Absence Form -
Parents link.
Note: If the form never loads, please make sure you are not using the Firefox web browser.
5) Answer Yes or No to the questions and then click/tap Submit.
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