Martinson Messenger
1/18/2021-1/22/2021
Principal's Message
As many of you know, we will be returning to our Hybrid Model next week. We will be adding more live lessons for students who are home working remotely. There will be a total of 2 hours and 15 minutes of live teaching each day plus an additional live session with a specialist each week. Teachers will be reaching out to provide specific schedules for their students. Please be sure to look at the schedule before Tuesday morning. Students are expected to log on for each of the live sessions and follow the guidelines Mr. Dunn sent in his letter last week. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher or the main office.
We would like to thank all of our MES families for your patience and support as we navigated the full remote program over the past two weeks. Even though we weren't able to be all together at school, we learned a lot - and look at all these smiling faces!
Mrs. Nichol Grade K
Mrs. Debyah Grade 1
Mrs. Clavadetscher Grade 2
Ms. MacLeod Grade 4
Using breakout rooms for small group math work!
Upcoming Events
Wednesday Jan 27: School Council Zoom at 4:30PM
Friday Jan 29: Report Cards
Lunch Menu
Click here for January remote lunch
If you already signed up to receive lunches your child is all set and you need to do nothing, if you would like to sign up for your child to receive lunches then please click on the link below.
In order to ensure your child receives lunches to take home/pick up
we must receive this form by Tuesday of the previous week for any newly added request. Again, once you sign up you do not need to sign up again.
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You may click on the link to sign up your child (only need to sign up once for all year)
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11crDVty1qA62oRs0572Fd6UnxAIn4Cx9wF40L-jvOcE/edit
Notes From The Nurse
As of 1/15/2021-The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is removing the requirement for flu vaccination for attendance in childcare/preschool, primary, secondary and postsecondary education. Preliminary data show that this has been a mild flu season to date, presumably as people have received their seasonal flu vaccine and have been adhering to mask-wearing and social distancing due to COVID-19. Given the intensive Commonwealth-wide efforts regarding COVID-19 vaccination, DPH wants to alleviate the burden to obtain flu vaccination and focus on continuing our COVID -19 vaccination efforts.
DPH continues to strongly recommend that everyone age six months and older receive their seasonal flu vaccine each year.
The updated schedule can be found here.
As we get through this season and navigate the ongoing pandemic, it is important to follow our health guidelines. It is equally important to know that all MES students, staff and families are safe. Please feel free to contact Nurse Mudge with any concerns or questions regarding your child's health and wellbeing.
CDC Daily at Home Health Assessment- we ask that families use at home daily checklist as a helpful tool.
https://www.mpsd.org/cms/lib/MA02212716/Centricity/Domain/158/CDC%20Daily%20screening.pdf
I would like to remind parents to refer to the MPSD web page
(under administration, and health tabs- scroll down to the bottom of the page for links that are highlight red) and stay up to date with Current Covid info, DPH guidelines for quarantine and isolation and statistical reports for cities and towns in MA. This will give you the most recent Covid case report of Marshfield and other surrounding districts, as well as other helpful resources and contact information.
If you have any concerns or questions about school protocols- please contact Nurse Mudge at 781-319-3985
or email cmudge@mpsd.org
PTO NEWS
DO YOU MAKE MONEY MOVES? PTO will need a new Treasurer for the 2021-2023 Term. The earlier we fill this position the better, so that there’s plenty of time for transition/training. Please email ptomartinson@gmail.com for more information or with a brief letter of introduction if you are interested.
TACO ‘BOUT AWESOME! PTO is sponsoring a visit from South Shore Taco Guy to serve our fantastic teachers and staff an almuerzo delicioso on February 10. If you’d like to donate to “buy a teacher lunch,” you can do so on PTBoard.com, through this link:
https://martinson.ptboard.com/formvw?store=1678&form=7
CALLING ALL GARDENING GURUS, OUTDOORSY TYPES, and ANYONE YOUNG AT HEART! Our Boosterthon this year will be focused on renewing our outdoor spaces (and maybe creating new ones!) and we will need your help. Marcy Concannon has graciously been our go-to parent for all things garden and playground, but is ready to put down her spade, as her children are moving on from MES. We would love to have someone, or better, a TEAM of parents to focus on these spaces going forward. Please plan on attending the March 9 general meeting!
Please mark your calendars (or put it in your phone!) for our next meeting on MARCH 9. We had great participation in last week’s meeting and would love to have this continue!
If you haven’t already, sign up for communications from us through PTBoard.com (school code MQ6XF5), and consider becoming a voting member while you’re there! Join our Facebook group, MES Parent Forum, or you can always share your ideas and concerns by emailing ptomartinson@gmail.com.
Library News
Greetings from the Library!
I have enjoyed 'zooming' with the 2nd-5th Graders over the past 2 weeks!. It's Invention Month in the Library. In my 'Virtual Library' you can find Read Alouds, Video Clips and Invention Games. You can also search the Martinson Library online if your student would like to return their book and borrow another before their next library class. You can either place a book on hold or send me an email.
See you soon!
Mrs. Hogan
Chromebook Maintenance
Martinson Elementary
Email: pdevlin@mpsd.org
Website: mpsd.org
Location: 257 Forest Street, Marshfield, MA, USA
Phone: 781-834-5025
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/502870820480781/?epa=SEARCH_BOX
Twitter: @mesppal