Mathewson Elementary School
PAWprint March 22, 2024
Hello Bulldog Families,
We had some fun rocking our socks on Thursday! Thanks to all that participated. Thank you to all our bulldog families that attended our Spring Parent Teacher Conferences this week as well! Next Monday we look forward to having some “Taking care of ourselves” time with our school wide SEL hour on Monday. Please read about it here! We hope your children will come home and share all about it.
Important Dates
*3/25: Mathewson School wide SEL Hour
*3/29: No School Good Friday
*4/1-4/5: No School Spring Break!
*4/8: School wide Solar Eclipse Viewing @ 2:15 pm
*4/9: PTA Meeting (Media Center) @ 7 pm
*4/10: In School PTA Sponsored Kindness Lazer Show Assembly
*4/12: PTA Sponsored Candy Ball Spring Dance @ 6:30pm
*4/15: Mathewson Spring Bus Evacuation Drill in am (weather permitting)
Upcoming Information to Know:
Attention Grade 5 Families check out some important info about yearbooks and well wishes here!
Robert Taylor photos: Click here for more information
Get excited our PTA Sponsored Spring Dance, Candy Ball, is on 4/12! See information about it in our PTA section below.
Spring Dance Volunteer and Donation Sign Up! Please sign up using this link to see how you can help out for our Spring Dance Ahead!
Please click here to access an important letter from Mr. Steven Autieri re: state assessments.
Spring Bus Evacuation Drills
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.
Mathewson School will be conducting a School Bus Evacuation drill the week of April 15th. Our day is scheduled to be April 15th with a rain date of April 19th. 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 student transportation provider. Please discuss the importance of our emergency drills with your children. If you have any feedback please reach out to mcurrier@milforded.org. We thank you for your cooperation and partnership in making our schools a safer place for learning.
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Mathewson PTA News
Our next meeting is….. Tuesday, April 9th @ 7 pm in the Media Center
Thank you to all that attended our virtual February meeting
Get Excited for our Spring Dance--Candy Ball!
Friday, April 12th @ 6:30-8:30 pm
$12 per family
*Not a drop off event!
Giggling Pig - April
MONDAY, April 8-April 29
$80
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CCC News for the week of March 22, 2024 Please share.
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 dates, additional food resources and a virtual presentation about the upcoming Solar Eclipse sponsored by the Old Farmer's Almanac.
For Family fun you'll find information for the MAC's "Garden Shed" event that will showcase young artists! Also do you need some help with starting your garden? Follow the Old Farmer's Almanac link to learn when & where to start your seeds.
There is also information about two 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
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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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