Memorial News
January 2020
From Mr. Collier
Dear Parents/Guardians:
Happy New Year! I hope that 2020 brings good health, peace, and happiness to all of you. Our students and staff have returned from a long winter break and are re-energized and ready to continue where they left off in December. Our teachers did an outstanding job getting our students re-acclimated to the learning environment and are already hard at work. It seems like our students never left.
In January, our teachers will participate in a professional development opportunity on Monday, January 20th. They will also spend time working with their grade level colleagues to reflect and review our students' performance during the first months of school and develop goals and strategies to ensure that our students continue to grow and perform for the remaining half of the school year.
On January 2, 2020, we began registering our new kindergarten students for September 2020. The administration will be watching the new kindergarten enrollment very closely. The number of students entering kindergarten will assist us in determining our staffing requirements and the number of sections per grade level. Please encourage anyone whose child will be attending kindergarten in September to register by January 31, 2020. All registration information and forms can be found on our website at www.montvalek8.org.
On behalf of the Memorial teachers, staff, and administration, we wish you and your family a Happy New Year!
Important Reminder: Attendance Procedures
Delayed School Opening
On days when there is inclement weather and the school has a delayed opening, Memorial School doors will not open until 10:00 a.m. That is the time when our teachers will be on duty to supervise the students. Parents should not drop their children off before that time.
The Pre-K delayed opening schedule is as follows:
Morning Program 10:10 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.
Afternoon Program 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Students will eat lunch during these times:
- Kindergarten - 11:30 a.m.
- Grade 1 - 12:05 p.m.
- Grade 2 - 12:20 p.m.
- Grade 3 - 12:40 p.m.
- Grade 4 - 12:55 p.m.
Memorial School's Teacher of the Year
Kindergarten Registration
Please spread the word that Memorial School has begun our kindergarten registration. This is the time to register any student that is eligible for kindergarten for September 2020. The child must be five years old on or before October 1, 2020. All registration forms are located on the Memorial School website at www.montvalek8.org. Kindergarten registration will conclude on Friday, January 31, 2020.
International Day 2020
Memorial School will host our annual International Day on Friday, January 17th. Fieldstone eighth grade students, under the guidance of Mr. George Merrill, an eighth grade Social Studies teacher at Fieldstone Middle School, researched and developed presentations on many different countries. Mr. Merrill designed this project-based learning experience to prepare his students for the expectations of high school.
Each eighth grade student joined a team and was assigned a country to research. They designed a presentation and activity relating to that particular country. This provided them an opportunity to implement their research and presentation skills and work collaboratively as a group, while applying the one-to-one Chromebook initiative into this project.
For our Memorial students, the day’s events will have a very similar structure to the previous year's with Memorial School parents cooking and designing the world showcase food court. I would like to thank the PTO and our parent volunteers for their hard work and efforts to prepare for this day.
PTO Book Fair
Memorial School’s PTO Book Fair is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, January 21st. I would like to thank our PTO volunteers for their time coordinating this event. All information pertaining to the Book Fair was distributed by the PTO.
Upcoming Events
January 2 - Kindergarten Registration Begins
January 13 and 14 - Vanessa Keel Therapy Dog Author Visit (K and 1)
January 17 - International Day
January 20 - School Closed for Professional Day
January 21 to January 24- PTO Book Fair
January 23 - Family Night
January 31- PTO Meeting 9:00 A.M. at Memorial School
January 31- Kindergarten Registration Concludes