January Message
Peace Message: Tolerance
Important Dates
- January 18 – End of Quarter 2
- January 18 – Fourth Grade Parent Visitation Day
- January 21 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – NO SCHOOL
- January 22 – Spirit Day; dress as a Superhero or Book Character
- January 24 – PTG Principals’ Winter Read
- January 25 – Report Cards Released (on-line)
- February 1 – Third Grade Invention Convention
- February 15 – High School Literacy Night from 6-7pm at the BHS
- February 18-20 – Artist in Residence Program "Drum-Azing" visits our grades 1-4
- February 19 – Spirit Day; Wear your Silly Socks
- February 25-March 1 – Winter Vacation
Each month we practice Emergency Drills here at Memorial. These include fire drills, lockdown drills, and various evacuation drills. Yesterday we practiced our lockdown drill and the kids did a great job. Everyone was cooperative and efficient. Nice job by all!
Student report cards are available online only in the PowerSchool Parent Access Portal. To access your child's report card online, log into the PowerSchool Parent Portal and you will see a Report Cards icon in the left hand pane. When you click on this icon your child's report card will appear on the screen. You can scroll to see the entire report card and choose to print it, if you'd like. Anytime you click on the Report Cards icon, the most recent report card will generate. Quarter 2 report cards will be available to view on Friday, January 25th at 2:30 PM.
Spelling Bee
The Memorial School Spelling Bee was held on Friday, January 18. Classroom winners in the 4th grade competed to attend the State Bee, which will be held on February 23 at the Capital Center in Concord. The school champion was Ali Abdi.
Back row: Aidan Spaulding, Aine O’Connor, Ali Abdi (School Champion), Evan Deyak
Front row: Macy Rindo, Faith Hebert, Noka Nordstrom, Caroline Hapgood
Kindergarten and 1st Grade Registration (2019 – 2020)
Starting Monday, February 4th, you may download and print out registration packets (HERE) or stop by our school to pick one up. The packets need to be returned to the school by Thursday, March 7th. A $525 deposit is required with the K+ registration (checks made out to Bedford School District).
- A child must attain his/her 5th birthday on or before September 30, 2019 to be eligible for kindergarten.
- A child must attain his/her 6th birthday on or before September 30, 2019 to be eligible for first grade.
Kindergarten students who are currently enrolled at MEM (or anywhere in the district) do not need to register for 1st grade.
Report Cards
As a reminder…Student report cards are available online only in the PowerSchool Parent Access Portal. To access your child's report card online, log into the PowerSchool Parent Portal and you will see a Report Cards icon in the left hand pane. When you click on this icon your child's report card will appear on the screen. You can scroll to see the entire report card and choose to print it, if you'd like. Anytime you click on the Report Cards icon, the most recent report card will generate. Quarter 2 report cards will be available to view on Friday, January 25th at 2:30 PM.
Food Pantry
Memorial is continuing to work with the Bedford Food Pantry to help collect food items that are most needed by families. Every other month we will be collecting 1 food item. For the months of January and February that item is Macaroni and Cheese. We will have a box for donations in the hallway by the main entrance. Thank you so much for supporting this very worthy cause, which supports Bedford families.
Government Shutdown – Bedford Food Pantry Info.
Please click on the links below for information from the Bedford Food Pantry regarding assistance during the Government Shutdown.
Bedford High School Literacy Night
We would like to invite the elementary students of Memorial Elementary School and their families to our club’s Literacy Night at Bedford High School. The event will be held on Friday, February 15 from 6-7 in the library at BHS. Parents can enter through the Theater in the circle. Club members will be reading their favorite children’s books and engaging your children in corresponding activities.
We look forward to seeing families for this fun event!
~Aubrey Patrick and BHS Student Members of the For”WORD” Momentum Book Club
PTG News and Information
PRINCIPAL WINTER READING NIGHT - REGISTER BY JANUARY 18TH: Dress in your PJ’s, bring a blanket and come listen to all the Bedford Principal’s read you a story. This fun filled family event will be held on Thursday, January 24TH (Snow Date January 31st) at the McKelvie Intermediate School cafeteria. Choose between two session times 4:30pm or 6:30pm, click HERE for more details. If you plan to attend, be sure to REGISTER for this event by January 18th, by filling out this REGISTRATION FORM
BARNES AND NOBLE EVENT: Join PTGJanuary 25th – 26th at the Barnes and Noble Manchester for a great family event. See amazing student art projects from all Bedford Schools, enjoy a performance by the McKelvie Music Department and listen to stories read by Bedford’s elementary teachers and MORE. A portion of all sales that weekend will benefit Bedford schools, so be sure to mention PTG at check out. For more information click HERE. Event schedule coming soon.
HANNAFORD HELPS REUSEABLE BAG PROGRAM: Hannaford on Kilton Road has chosen Bedford PTG to be the beneficiary of the Community Bag program in January. For every green Community reusable bag purchased at Hannaford, on KILTON ROAD, in January, the PTG will receive a $1.00 donation.
Kindness Challenge
Memorial School has accepted a Kindness Challenge! The Great Kindness Challenge is dedicated to creating a culture of kindness and compassion in schools worldwide. Our school is proudly participating in this proactive and positive kindness initiative. On January 22nd, we'll kick off this program with an all school meeting and all students will receive The Great Kindness Challenge checklist. Please encourage your child to actively participate by completing as many acts of kindness as possible. To learn more, go to https://thegreatkindnesschallenge.com/
Important reminder from the health office:
Flu season generally peaks in January and February. If your child is showing symptoms of the flu, it is important to consult with a doctor. If your child is diagnosed with the flu/and or shows flu symptoms such as fever, it is important to keep him/her home. For the Flu Guide for Parents please click this LINK . Please remember, when students are sick with fever or vomiting or diarrhea- they need to be out of school for at least 24 hours after they are symptom –free.
Please keep your child home if they have a fever of 100 degrees or higher, 24-hour fever free without using fever reducing medications such as tylenol or advil to recover and to help minimize spread of germs. This helps ensure that they do not spread their illness to others. This includes special days at school such as class parties, field trips etc. it can be hard to miss these special days but it’s important to follow the guidelines and not spread germs.
If your child has been diagnosed with a communicable disease, please notify the school nurse. Please also notify nurse if your child has strep throat. The child should stay home on antibiotics and fever free for at least 24 hours. This is very important because some students must notify their doctor of any exposures. It is helpful to inform nurse on absentee line as to what symptoms your child is exhibiting. The nurse tracks trends of illness to help keep school healthy.
Dr. Dawn Huebner Presentation on Anxiety in Children
Check out Dr. Huebner in advance at her TEDx Talk on "Rethinking Anxiety: Learning to face fear" HERE.
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