Margaret Chase Smith School
Weekly Update
November 22, 2020
Thank you, PTA:
Last Thursday evening was our first night of Parent/Teacher conferences because the conference night was from 3:30 to 8:00, our PTA provided dinner for our teachers. A sandwich, cookie, chips and a drink from Subway curbed and hunger pains during this long night. Dinner was much appreciated from our McWillard PTA!
As a reminder our second Night of Parent/Teacher Conferences is this Monday November 23rd from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m.
It’s a short week:
This is just a reminder that school is in session Monday and Tuesday this week, then students and staff are off for Thanksgiving Break.
Kindness Month:
Hopefully, your child has been talking with you how November is Kindness Month. Every morning students receive a kindness challenge; hear a kindness quote; and see a short video from a guest who either reds a story about kindness or leads an activity about kindness. This week our students will have a virtual assembly where they will hear from author Barry Lane.
We Did It!
Ms. Thomson shared some exciting news that both her Group A and B kindergarten students have filled their marble jars. Filling marble jars is just one technique that classroom teachers use to positively reinforce classroom expectations. Ms. Thomson’s reports that her students did a wonderful job following their class rules. This means both groups have earned a special day this week as well as having a picture book read to them. The jars are now empty, and they are ready to filled again for a new special reward.
Word Work:
Mrs. Morrison shared that her first-grade students and the other first grades students have been hard at work studying their word walls. The first-grade students have been investigating different words and different patterns to help them recognize even more words in a snap! Pictured are some of Mrs. Morrison’s 1st graders hard at work.
The Weeks Ahead –
Here are some dates and events I want to give you a heads-up about so that you can plan for them.
- November 23rd – Parent Teacher Conferences. Your child’s teacher has sent out a form to sign up for a time.
- Parent/Teacher Conferences - November 23rd from 3:30 to 6:00 PM. To schedule a conference with one of our specialist you can email them at the email addresses below, and they will get back to with a day and time.
- MCS - Specialist Teacher Contact Information. To set up a conference time with your child’s specialist, please email:
- Art - Rachel Lewin-Grover rgrover@sanford.org
- Music - Heather Hastings hhastings@sanford.org
- PE - Rich Wilkins rwilkins@sanford.org
- Health - Lindsay Tibbetts ltibbetts@sanford.org
- November 23rd and 24th - Kindness Assembly (Virtually) with Author Barry Lane
- November 25th – 27th – Students are off for Thanksgiving.
- November 30th – Group A students return back to school.
- December 1st – Group B Students return back to school.
- December 4th – 1st Trimester ends
The specialist will follow up with you to set up your date/time and send you a zoom link.
Have a great week!
~ Chuck Potter