King SMORE
May 14, 2023

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Happy Mother's Day to all those mothers and mother figures out there! We thank and appreciate you all!
Dates to Know
- May 12: Gr. 3 Math MCAS
- May 16: Gr. 5 Science MCAS
- May 17: Gr. 5 Science MCAS
- May 18: Early Release
- May 19: Picture Day
- May 25: Early Release: Parent Conferences
- May 29: Memorial Day: No School
- June 11: Family Celebration Day
- June 16: 5th Grade Promotion
*Additional June dates will be updated in next week's SMORE
Thank you to the KING PTO for all of the treats last week for Teacher Appreciation!
Picture Day Correction
Family Celebration Day

In Framingham, we are made up of many diverse groups of people with different traditions we celebrate. On Sunday June 11th, the ELD (English Language Development) department and the PTO are hosting an event to celebrate families of the King community and their beautifully rich and diverse culture!
From Mr. O' Brien
We now have a digital library card registration form that parents/guardians can fill out for their students that makes registration easier than ever! (Students must be over 12 years old to fill them out themselves.)
Link here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdVGs2xRV35fLjcBML3C1hmO8_NeyWexrGjhdjmJdgJyBMD-Q/viewform
While digital registrations are preferred, we also have paper copies in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, available at the school library. The deadline for having the digital form filled out and the paper copy returned is MAY 15.
How can families partner with King during MCAS?
- Please support your child in getting a good night's rest
- Please have your child eat a good breakfast in the morning; reminder breakfast is available and free of charge to all students at King
- Help your child to arrive to school on time; we will be sure to support students in cases of late busses
- Please encourage your child to listen to the directions, read carefully, double check their work, take their time and "do their best"
If your child is in grades K-2:
- Please remind your child to do their best to be quiet in the hallways as some of their older friends are testing.
Thank you all for your support of our students!
Character Trait of the Month: Compassion
Social Emotional Behavioral Community Building
Art's Extravaganza SMORE
Check Out This Resource From Our School Social Workers - Updated for April
From Your Specialists!
Hi Families! This year, our specialist team wants you to be able to take a look inside our classrooms. This is the first of many "Specialists Corner" for you to see the fun activities we're doing, and communicate any upcoming events or activities!
Here is the next edition of "Specialists Corner!" https://www.smore.com/7df95
Information from PTO
*Thank you so much to everyone who attended our May Community PTO meeting! Congratulations to Elizabeth Stiert for being voted in as VP of Community Events and Leigh Paquet for being voted in as Recording Secretary. We are so happy to have you join the Executive Board for the 2023/24 school year! You can read the meeting notes here: https://kingelementarypto.membershiptoolkit.com/PTO_Meetings. Our June Community PTO meeting will be held Wednesday, June 14. More info to come!
*The PTO Executive Board is still looking for a few community members to join us in planning events, fundraising, and supporting the King community next school year. If you are interested in more info about a position, please email ptokingelementary@gmail.com. The current open positions are Co-President, VP of Fundraising, and Treasurer.
*To our staff, we hope you enjoyed Teacher Appreciation Week! You are all amazing and deserve to be pampered each and every day! If you have any feedback about Teacher Appreciation Week that could help us next year, please email ptokingrecordingsecretary@gmail.com. Don't worry, more popsicles and ice cream are coming:)
*Thank you to everyone in the King community who helped fundraise for, plan, and execute Teacher Appreciation Week!
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Meet the King Staff!
Allergy Friendly Classrooms
- We ask that snacks (that are often eaten in the classroom) do not include nuts or nut butters. All classroom spaces at King this year will be allergy friendly rooms. Students are, however, allowed to have nuts and nut butters as part of their lunches in the cafeteria.
- In the cafeteria each classroom has 2 tables. One is labeled allergy friendly. We ask that any students that have nut or nut butter allergies sit at these tables; we ask that any students who have nut or nut butters as part of their lunch sit at the other tables.
- Students have been introduced to this in the cafeteria already, and will be reminded by their classroom teachers again.
Tour the school with ROARY!
Important Information SMORE
School hours
Doors open: 8:50am
Breakfast: 8:50am - 9:05am
School begins: 9:05am
School dismissal: 3:20pm
*Early release dismissal: 12:55pm (lunch is served)
*Half day dismissal: 12:20pm (lunch is not served)
Office: 508-782-7201
Attendance Line: 508-782-7201
Fax: 508-788-0792
Questions?
James Bergeron - jbergeron@framingham.k12.ma.us
Julie Gelardi - jgelardi@framingham.k12.ma.us