Friday, March 22, 2019

Principal's Notes 3/22/19

March Messages
Peace Message: 
Optimism

Brain Message: Mistakes are opportunities for learning

Important Dates
  • March 26 – Spirit Day; wear your rainbow colors (Date changed)
  • March 29 – End of 3rd Quarter
  • March 29 – Memorial's Spring Fling 5:00-8:00pm Memorial School 
  • April 5 – Report Cards Released (on-line)
  • April 8-11 – Scholastic Book Fair
  • April 10 – BINGO Night 4:30-6:00pm
  • April 22-26 – Spring Vacation
  • May 10 – Memorial's Tall/Small Dance 6:30-8:00pm
  • May 22 – Grade 1 Orientation and Screenings
  • May 31  Kindergarten Overview; 9:00-10:00 am in the Cafeteria
  • May 9 – PTG Coffee with the Principals (9:30 AM @ BCTV)
  • May 16 – Grandparents’ Day
  • May 21 – PTG Year in Review with the Superintendent (9:30 AM @ BCTV)
  • May 22 – McKelvie Parent Information Night (4th to 5th grade)  
  • May 23– Spring Concert; 7:00 PM McKelvie Intermediate School
  • May 24 – District Workshop Day – No School for Students
  • May 27 – Memorial Day Observed – No School
  • May 30  Field Day
  • June 2 – PTG Color Blast Run
  • June 5 – 4th Grade Musical, Manchester Christian Church 
  • June 10 – Tentative Last Day of School/4th Grade Clap Out/Move Up Day

Memorial School’s Annual Spring Fling Event Spring Fling is coming back to Memorial on Friday, March 29th!
Please click here to:
- Get more information about this fun family event.
- Learn how you can donate a family basket.
- Access extra copies of dinner and/or raffle ticket forms.
- Sign up to help the night of the event
The last day to buy your tickets will be March 22, don't hesitate to reserve your spot for this fun filled evening.


Safety Reminder
With the nice weather coming there seem to be more and more outside activities.  Please remain cautious and aware of others as you are driving to and from school.  Remember the posted speed limit during school hours is 20mph.  Kids are everywhere and we want them safe.  Thank you!

BHS Senior Project for Make-A-Wish
BHS Senior, Sophia Sargent, is hosting an Easter Brunch for elementary age students and families, which will benefit Make-A-Wish.  Please click HERE to read more about it.

PTG News and Information
COLOR BLAST FUN RUN/WALK COMMUNITY EVENT:   Get excited!! Registration is now OPEN for another fun filled Color Blast Fun Run/Walk to be held on Sunday, June 2nd.  New Registration discounts available for returning runners, PLUS Children’s Price now applies to kids 10 and under and 4-pack of entries are available at a reduced rate. Click HERE to register. 
~~ First 250 registrants will be entered for a chance to win a raffle, where two lucky winners will receive a $25.00 Barnes and Noble gift card~~

DAVID FLOOD, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER: David Flood, Youth Motivational Speaker, has been speaking with students for over twenty years about dignity, respect and compassion, is coming to BHS and RAL on March 29th. Learn more about David at http://davidjflood.com/

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR IS COMING – Scholastic Dino-Mite Book Fair…Stomp, Chomp and Read, will take place April 8th - 11th  at all elementary schools and McKelvie. PTG’s Scholastic Book Fair will be a reading event that brings the books kids want to read right into our school. It will have a wonderful selection of engaging and affordable books for every reading level. Please check with your schools for more details and specific shopping hours.

THE BEE MOVIE NIGHT
The Bedford High School Save the Bees Club is holding a fundraiser on March 29th starting at 5pm.
We will be showing The Bee Movie in the Bedford High School library and everyone is welcome to attend. We ask that parents do stay for the show along with their children.  
Snacks and drinks, along with the movie, will be provided free of charge, but any donations to support the Save The Bees Club will be greatly appreciated.

Our members are looking forward to spending a fun night with you and your kids! 

BHS UNICEF Fundraiser for Clean Water
The Bedford High School UNICEF club is hosting a Water Walk on March 24 (this Sunday) to raise awareness of the lack of clean water in other countries. This is a free event and registration can be found on the water walk website (www.is.gd/waterwalk) or just arrive at 1:30 p.m. at McKelvie Intermediate School, 108 Liberty Hill Road, Bedford, NH. Please bring a water container, such as an empty milk jug. It's open to all ages, and Real World Learning Hours are available for high school students. We hope to see you there!

Safety Educator
Please click HERE to read the March edition of Safety Educator.

REMINDERS

After School Program on March 29
We are informing you that we will not be holding a program at Memorial on 03/29, due to the Spring Fling, however we will still be holding the IMAGINE program.  We will bus the children as normal to our Back River Rd location.  
Please feel free to call the New Morning office if you have any questions! 

Marikate Coppez, School Age Program Coordinator
New Morning Schools, LLC

Book Fair
"The Annual PTG Spring Book Fair is COMING. Book Fair dates are Monday, April 8th through Thursday, April 11th. Hours will be Monday and Thursday from 8am to 6pm and Tuesday and Wednesday from 8am to 3pm. The children will be participating in class visits to the fair starting on Friday, April 5th so be on the look out for Student Wish Lists that will come home with the kids. In conjunction with the Book Fair, we will be holding a coin drive in which the proceeds generated will go to the School's Classrooms and Library. A flyer regarding the coin drive will be coming home with your student(s)! 

As always, we are looking for volunteers during this exciting two week time frame. Should you have any availability, please follow the link below for a SignUp Genius for the event:https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B4EACAD23A02-memorial3

Thank you for your participation in this wonderful reading event!

Melinda Bator, Memorial Book Fair Coordinator"


Drum-Azing Video
As promised below are the links for our third and fourth grade performances from our week of Drum-Azing. 


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 month of March that item is Pasta with Meat.   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.

Bedford Early Education Program (BEEP) Open Enrollment
It is time for Open Enrollment for our Bedford Early Education Program.  You can find the information  HERE


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