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This week's family news includes:

• RISE Students and Staff of the Week
• Grade 5 into 6 Course Selection- Time Sensitive
• Celebrating bus drivers, lunch monitors, kitchen staff and custodians!
• 3rd Grade Showcase Details- Wednesday, March 27, 2024
• PTO Update: Square One Art
• RAMS Play "Newsies" Information (students saw a preview today!)
• Laps at Lunch- Spring 2024: Thank you & we still have a few volunteer spots open!
• Important Dates- March and April
• March Lunch Menu

Please have a conversation with your child this weekend about their course selection for grade 6. All students will be making a World Language and Music selection on Monday, March 25th.

Please contact Kayla Smith smithk@holliston.k12.ma.us if your child needs to make any changes after Monday's course selection.

Watch the video below for a special message of thanks!

The 3rd Grade Showcase & Concert & Mrs. Nam and Mrs. Sullivan’s 3/4 Montessori Class

Concert will be held on Wednesday, March 27th. The schedule for the evening is as follows:

Mrs Petersen's students in Mr. Dooher, Mrs. O’Rielly, Ms. DiGioia, Mrs. Scott and Ms. Phipps’ classrooms:

• Classroom visits from 6:00-6:45
• Concert (in Café) at 6:45

Mrs. York’s students in Mrs. Nam, Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. Acker, Mme Picard, and Ms. McGee’s classrooms:

• Classroom visits from 6:45-7:30
• Concert (in Café) at 7:30

Dress Code is casual/dressy

Hello Families,

Coming home to you soon is your child's custom catalog for the Square 1 Art fundraiser - featuring their own name and art on the cover, WITH FREE STICKERS OF THEIR ART!

Get a head start, and order keepsakes and gifts featuring your child's art online NOW, if you like! Simply search for your child's art using Art Search, and enter state, school name, and your student's name. Your student's art and code will appear, and you may order! NEW - *Ship to Home FREE (*Customer pays a small $1.99 processing fee at checkout and order ships to home.)

Order by: 4/10/2024

Upload additional art if you like, using Art Upload!

If you have questions, or need anything at all, contact customer care online.

Thank you for supporting our schools!

Christine Charette

Square 1 Art fundraiser coordinator

Miller & Placentino Elementary

square1art.com/shop

Grades 3-5 attended a preview today of the RAMS Re-Act Players musical "Newsies"! Set in turn-of-the century New York City, "Newsies" is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a band of teenaged "newsies." When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions and fight for what's right! Filled with intricate and exciting songs and dances, the RAMS cast has worked hard to put on show to remember. This Disney film turned Tony-winning Broadway hit based on a true story, inspires everyone to fight for what's right and seize the day. This was just a sampling of the musical. If they would like to see the show in its entirety with lost more outstanding numbers. Show times are Friday, April 5th at 7pm (but are close to being sold out), April 6th Saturday matinee at 2pm and evening show at 7pm and the Sunday April 7th Matinee at 2pm. A QR code for tickets is below.

Laps at Lunch is a program that will provide Miller school students with an opportunity to move their bodies, connect with friends, and relieve stress during their lunch period on specific days this spring. We ran this program in the fall with GREAT SUCCESS because of our volunteers and now that the weather is warming up we’d like to offer this opportunity to students again!

Let’s come together as a community and show our children that we care about their health and wellness! All volunteers must have an active CORI on file.

Please click here to sign up!

We will follow the time schedule below on the designated days for Laps at Lunch noted in the sign-up.

March 2024

3/12- SEPAC Unified vs. Varsity Basketball Game @6:30pm at HHS

3/13- Community Event: Confronting Hate in our Community @7:00PM at Town Hall

3/13 & 3/14- Book Fair 2:00-8:00pm, Multipurpose Room

3/14- Mathapalooza Family Math/STEM Night 6:30pm-7:30pm

3/15- Student ROSPs Sent to Families & Food Pantry Collection Day

3/19- Student Advisory Council Meeting & Grade 4 Showcase/Open House & Dowling Montessori

3/22- Students visit RAMS to preview the play "Newsies" & HEF Shamrock Shuffle, 7:00pm-9:00pm, Miller Cafetorium

3/26- Grade 5 ELA MCAS- Session 1

3/27- Grade 5 ELA MCAS- Session 2, Unified Arts SWITCH Day (FRIDAY Schedule) & Grade 3 Showcase/Open House & Nam/Sullivan Montessori

3/28- Early Release Day for Students @ 10:30am & 1/2 PD Day for Teachers

3/29- No School- Good Friday

April 2024

4/2- Grade 3 ELA MCAS- Session 1

4/3- Grade 3 ELA MCAS- Session 2 & PTO Multicultural Night- 6:30pm-7:30pm in the cafe (click here for details)

4/4- Grade 4 ELA MCAS- Session 1

4/5- Grade 4 ELA MCAS- Session 2

4/8-4/12- MCAS Make-ups

4/10- Laps at Lunch

4/12- Laps at Lunch & Food Pantry Donations

4/15-4/19- No School- April Vacation

4/22-4/26- Grade 3 18th Century Days

4/24- Grade 2 into 3 Orientation Night- 6:30pm-7:30pm in the cafe

4/24- Laps at Lunch

4/26- Laps at Lunch

*Please note: all of these dates can be found on the Miller School Calendar linked below.

Below is a link to the HPS Food Services Website that includes the lunch menu for Miller School. This is being added to the Family News based on feedback from families! Thank you!