Mathewson Elementary School
PAWprint March 1, 2024
Hello Bulldog Families,
We hope you had a pawmazing week. Thanks to everyone that attended our PTA Skate Night and participated in our Crazy Hair Day fun! A super thank you to all that donated for Hat Day as well. We raised over $270! We will have pictures posted on our school site soon. Friday was a blast with over 50 guest readers at our school! What a PAWtastic Read Across Mathewson Day. Some of our readers included Mayor Giannattasio, Islanders Mascot Storm and some players, Assistant Superintendent Mr. Autieri, Harborside Principal Steve Gottlieb, Milford YMCA staff, Santa Rick George, Keven Begley from Star 99.9, Officer Kranayak of the Milford PD, UCONN Huskie Dancers and Mascot Jonathan, and previous Law and Foran students! Again be sure to check out our pictures on the Mathewson website or on Twitter (X). Have a pawsome weekend ahead.
Important Dates
*3/ 4: Spring Conference Sign Ups open
*3/6: No School Students full PL Day for staff
*3/7: Mathewson School Picture Day
*3/12: Mathewson PTA Mtg @ 7 pm in the Media Center
*3/20: Early Dismissal at 1:15 pm for Conferences
*3/21: Early Dismissal at 1:15pm for Conferences
*3/22: Early Dismissal at 1:15 pm for Conferences
Upcoming Information to Know:
Attention Grade 5 Families check out some important info about yearbooks and well wishes here!
Conferences are around the corner, see the information below.
Greetings, MPS Families! We are pleased to announce our Spring 2024 Elementary Conference Schedule:
*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 20th, March 21st, and March 22nd at 1:15pm. Parents/guardians will once again have the opportunity to select a conference time through My Conference Time. All conferences will be in person unless a parent/guardian requests a Google Meet link directly from the teacher. Spring conference sign up information will be live on our school website from Friday, March 4th, at 9:00 a.m. through Monday, March 18th, at 12:00 p.m. If you prefer a virtual session, please contact the teacher to request a Google Meet link to conduct your conference virtually after you have confirmed your conference time through My Conference Time Online Scheduler. We are looking forward to meeting with you to discuss your child’s learning! Quick tip: Look for emails from “noreply@myconferencetime.com” when searching email for conference confirmation communications. |
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Mathewson PTA News
Our next meeting is….. March 12 @ 7 pm in the Media Center
Thank you to all that attended our virtual February meeting
Save the Date for the Spring Dance
Friday, April 12th
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CCC News for the week of Feb. 29, 2024
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 "Foodshare Mobile Pantry date and additional food resources. The Milford Public Library's "Wednesday Morning Music" registrations open on March 1, 2024. Also you will find information about CT Post Mall's "Read Across America " event on March 2, 2024.
For Family fun you'll find information for two programs celebrating Maple Sugaring. There is also information about Milford's Giggling Pigs 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!
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Mary-Kathryn Williams, Coordinator
Milford Community Connection Centers
203-882-6094
Mwilliams@milforded.org
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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 flier 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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