Message of the Month
Self Care - (Physical and Mental Student Wellness)
Important Dates
- February 1– Kindergarten and First Grade Registration Begins
- February 2 – School Board Deliberative Session 7:00pm
- February 14 – Happy Valentine’s Day!
February 22-26 – Winter Vacation
- March 9 – District Workshop Day – NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
Parent Resource Documents
Blue Ribbon Volunteer Award
Once again, Memorial School has earned the Blue Ribbon Award for excellence in volunteerism for the 2019/2020 school year. This is a tribute to all of you who volunteered and supported our school, especially during the Remote Teaching in the spring, thanks to all of you. I would like to recognize Danielle Brimblecom, our Volunteer Coordinator, and our PTG Liaisons, Marc Murai and Kenn Archibald for their involvement and dedication!
Quarantine vs. Elective Travel
As some families start to plan for February Vacation, I wanted to send a reminder about elective travel. It is important to note that the CDC and NH Department of Health and Human Services are strongly discouraging travel, especially with the new variants of COVID-19. If you do plan to travel outside of New England at any time, please make sure that you contact our nurse, Anna Cook (in addition to your child’s classroom teacher) as she is responsible for setting quarantine dates for our students and staff members.
Our schools have an obligation to provide an education to students who are required to quarantine and be excluded from school due to exposure. These students are a priority for our teachers (aside from the ones in front of them, of course). Families who elect to stay home or travel will not receive the same service as those students who are required to be excluded.
As some families start to plan for February Vacation, I wanted to send a reminder about elective travel. It is important to note that the CDC and NH Department of Health and Human Services are strongly discouraging travel, especially with the new variants of COVID-19. If you do plan to travel outside of New England at any time, please make sure that you contact our nurse, Anna Cook (in addition to your child’s classroom teacher) as she is responsible for setting quarantine dates for our students and staff members.
Our schools have an obligation to provide an education to students who are required to quarantine and be excluded from school due to exposure. These students are a priority for our teachers (aside from the ones in front of them, of course). Families who elect to stay home or travel will not receive the same service as those students who are required to be excluded.
Wellness Newsletter
Memorial's Wellness Team helps provide the Memorial community of parents and teachers with support and tools that we're using to educate our students. The newsletter is updated every week with resources and ideas for everyone to enjoy. Please click HERE to access the Wellness blog. You'll also receive a friendly reminder over the weekend.
Mrs. Davison's Enrichment Riddle of the Week
Brainstorm as a family and have fun with this. Mrs. Davison has added her "Riddle of the Week" to her blog and it includes a form where people can submit answers. Check it out HERE.
THANK YOU FROM THE PTG: Thanks to everyone who tuned in to enjoy stories read by our Principals and Assistant Principals at Principal Winter Reading Night! You can watch them again by using this link: Principal Winter Reading Night 2021
LOVE YOUR SCHOOL - THIS VALENTINE’S DAY! From Feb. 8th-12th, “Love Your School” by donating to the Bedford PTG to help us continue our focus on organizing virtual programming and events, enhancing outdoor spaces, COVID mitigation supplies for teachers/classrooms, and assisting with student needs through guidance and nursing department support. Along with these efforts, a portion of funds raised during this drive will be used to do something special for our staff and administration at each school.
To donate via PayPal, click HERE or simply send a check made out to Bedford PTG (turn into your child's school or mail to PO Box 10077 Bedford, NH). Anyone who donates this week will be entered for a chance to win a $50 BVI or $50 T-Bones gift card. We appreciate your continued support!
COLOR BLAST FUN RUN/WALK: We're bringing the Color Blast Fun Run/Walk to your front door! Just because things are a little different this year doesn't mean we can't have any fun. Join us for a virtual Color Blast Fun Run/Walk over the week of May 22. We will miss throwing color at you, but we'll make sure you have enough color to throw at your family :) Stay tuned for more details.
Reminders
Kindergarten and 1st Grade Registration (2021 – 2022)
Starting Monday, February 1st, you may download and print out registration packets from the MEM Website (under the School Information tab—New Student Registration) or stop by our school to pick one up.
*Forms are being updated, and will not be available until February 1st.
*Forms are being updated, and will not be available until February 1st.
The packets need to be returned to the school by Thursday, March 4th. A $525 deposit is required with the K+ registration (checks made out to Bedford School District).
Kindergarten students who are currently enrolled at MEM (or anywhere in the district) do not need to register for 1st grade.
- A child must attain his/her 5th birthday on or before September 30, 2021 to be eligible for kindergarten.
- A child must attain his/her 6th birthday on or before September 30, 2021 to be eligible for first grade.
Students currently enrolled in our BEEP Program do not need to register for kindergarten, information will be sent to the appropriate school.
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.
Snow Day Lunch Info/Announcements
In the event of additional snow days this winter, we want to let parents know how the district deals with hot lunches the following day. There is no rule of thumb when determining the lunch menu on the day following a snow day as the menu for that day is dependent upon what was on the menu the day of the snow day, what prep the kitchen had to do, and what fresh produce the kitchen had ordered. Therefore, our district’s Food Service Director (Emily Murphy) provides an announcement on the SAU’s website on the Food and Nutrition page, which will detail, by school, what the hot lunch offering will be the day following the snow day. This information will be available the day of the snow day.
Memorial Remote and Hybrid Learning Success Site
On this site you will find a wide variety of resources to assist you and your child while away from school, whether that is remote learning or on their distance days. These resources are meant to be used as a framework; every student learns differently. If a resource doesn't fit perfectly for them, please feel free to edit it to make them as successful as possible.
Here is the LINK to the website.
Important reminders from the Health Office:
If your child misses school and the absence is related to illness please call the absentee line (school nurse monitors absentee line). Please leave a reason for the absence (this helps school nurse with decreasing calls she has to make). If the illness, even mild symptoms or singular symptoms, is related to the covid screening criteria the recommendation is to get tested for covid. Please leave a message on the absentee line to the nurse if you plan to have your child tested and then follow up with the nurse about the results. If your child is ill please keep them home and have them tested. Please call the school nurse with any questions.
