Salemwood Shark Newsletter

Greetings Salemwood Families!

Happy Fall! We are so excited to have our students and staff fully back in our school this year! Please know that we are working extra hard to ensure that all our students social/emotional and academic needs are being met.

With the holidays coming up, if you or someone you know is struggling and are in need assistance, please email me so that we can connect you to resources/supports. If you would like to donate to our Salemwood families, you are welcome to send a check made out to Salemwood School. The money will be put towards assisting a student or family in need.

We have a Salemwood Boutique that has new or slightly used clothing, coats, jogging pants, socks, underwear, etc. that our students and families can "shop" at. We are always looking for donations of clothing, especially different size jogging pants, new socks and underwear.

We also have 2 clothing bins that are located on the K-4 and 5-8 plaza. If you are cleaning out your closet and are getting rid of your clothes or bedsheets, shoes, etc. you can drop them off in the bins. Our school benefits from the items that you place into these bins.

With the weather getting colder, please make sure that our students are arriving to school as close to the time that school starts as possible. Unfortunately, we do not have any additional staff to supervise our students before the start of the school day. We appreciate your support and understanding. Kindergarten- Grade 6 school hours are 8:15am-2:15pm; Grade 7 and Grade 8 school hours are 8am-2:20pm.

Please reach out to me at vhuynh@maldenps.org if you need any assistance, have any questions, concerns or suggestions.

We would like to thank our Family community for joining us for our annual Fall Festival. It was a great evening. From glittery pumpkin painting, to photo booths we love watching our school and family community come together for these memorable nights. We hope to see you at the next event, the Family Fun Extravaganza happening on November 3rd from 5PM to 8PM in Salemwood Park for all Malden Public School's families.

• November 2nd: No School Tuesday Nov. 2nd PD day for teachers

• November 3rd: Family Extravaganza on Wednesday November 3rd from 5pm to 8pm at Salemwood Park (529 Salem St.)

• November 4th: PTO meeting Thursday, November 4th at 7PM via Zoom.

• November 7th: Set your clocks back on Sunday, November 7th before you go to sleep for daylights savings time!

• November 8th: Picture retake day for students.

• November 8th: School Committee Meeting at 6PM. Meet in-person at City Hall or via zoom.

• November 11th: No School on Thursday, November 11th in observance of Veteran’s Day

• November 15th: Malden High Tours for Grade 8 students

• November 18th: Report Cards are distributed. For Grades K-4 a paper report card will be sent home. For grades 5-8, report cards will be available digitally in the ASPEN Family Portal. Be sure you have your family portal account. If you need an account set up (for families of students in grades 5-8) please contact the school. Digital report cards/ family portal accounts are not available for K-4 students.

• November 24th: 11 AM Dismissal on Wednesday, November 24th. NO LUNCH served.

• November 25th and Friday November 26th: No School in observance of Thanksgiving Break. School will resume on Monday November 29th.

Reminder

School meets every day Monday through Friday. Please find your student's grade below for start times.

K-6: 8:15 A.M. – 2:15 P.M.

7 & 8: 7:45 A.M. – 2:20 P.M.

If you have any questions please feel free to get in touch with me.

Email: vhuynh@maldenps.org
Website: https://maldenps.org/salemwood/
Phone: 781-388-0643
Twitter: @salemwoodmalden