Salemwood Shark Newsletter

Good November!

The weather is getting colder so please make sure our students are coming to school close to when our doors open (K- Grade 6: 8:10am and Gr 7 & Gr 8: 7:45am). Also a friendly reminder, especially for our younger students, to have an adult stay with them until our teachers come out. Please do not leave your child(ren) unattended and unsupervised.

Also we want to remind caregivers that motorized scooters are NOT allowed to be ridden to or from school. In fact, Massachusetts state law states no person under 16 is permitted to ride one. We will no longer be allowing bikes or scooters to be parked inside the school. There are bike racks near the staff parking lot that students can lock their bikes/scooters to. We strongly advised that all bikes/scooters are locked to the bike rack as the school is NOT responsible for them. Thank you for assisting us with this.

This month we want to thank our Military service men, women and their families on Veteran's Day. Thank you for your sacrifice to keep us safe and free. We also want to give thanks to all of you during Thanksgiving. It is an honor to work alongside you and our students everyday.

As always, please reach out if I can be of assistance.

Thank you,

Principal Ms. Van

Email: vhuynh@maldenps.org
Website: https://maldenps.org/salemwood/

Thank to you our Salemwood community members for joining us for our K-4 Fall Festival. We had a great time and hope you did too!

School Hours

• Grades K-6 start at 8:15 and are dismissed at 2:15
• Grades 7 & 8 start at 7:45 and are dismissed at 2:20

Sunday, November 3rd: Day Light Savings Day begins! Turn your clocks back before going to sleep on Saturday.

Monday, November 4th: School Committee Meeting starts at 6PM

Monday, November 4th: Grade 6 will be collecting nonperishable food and toiletry as well as gift cards for their Bread of Life Food Drive. Ends Thursday, November 21, 2024.

Tuesday, November 5th: No School for students, Teacher PD day

Monday, November 11th: No School, Veteran's Day

Thursday November 14th: Title 1 Caregiver Event at 8:15am-9:15am in K-4 cafe

Friday, November 15th: Quarter 1 Report Card for Kindergarten- Gr 4 will be distributed; 5-8 can be accessed through Aspen

Friday, November 15th: Individual picture retakes in the morning

Saturday, November 16th: Girls on the Run/Heart and Sole 5K at Suffolk Downs

Tuesday November 19th: Parent/ Caregiver Conferences 6-7:30

Saturday November 23rd: Crafts fair 10-2pm in the gym

Wednesday, November 27th: 11 AM Dismissal. No lunch served.

November 28th and November 29th: No School. Thanksgiving break.

First and foremost we would like to express gratitude to all staff members who have taken leadership in creating the events at Salemwood. You all not only have given the best quality to our students during school hours but have all come together to form a community after school hours. We thank you.

Thank you to all families who have been part of all of our events and have also volunteered! We hope to continue to work together along with staff to bring more great activities to our Salemwood Community. Our events cannot be possible with the help of our community.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer please reach out to one of the FTO Members.

Thank you Salemwood for participating in our elections and choosing your new FTO board!

Iliana Rivera -President

Jessica Nadeau- Vice

Kelly Yin -Treasurer

Meaghan Hatch- Secretary

The FTO is holding a Bake Sale Fundraiser on Tuesday, November 5th from 7am-9pm at the 5-8 Cafe during elections.

We are looking for volunteers who would like to donate any kind of baked goods that will be sold at our bake sale event. If you are interesting in donating, please fill out the survey. All Donations are to be brought in on Monday, November 4th at 2:30pm and can be dropped off at the main office. Click here to donate baked goods for the bake sale.

We are also looking for volunteers who would like to help on the day of the bake sale on November 5th. You will be helping to sell baked goods to the public. Please fill out the survey if you’re interested in helping. Even if it just for an hour. We would appreciate it. Click here to volunteer to help during the bake sale.

Questions? Feel free to email us at: mps.salemwood.pto@gmail.com

November Lunch Menu

Please assist us in making sure that K-6 students are at their lines at 8:10am and Gr 7 & Gr 8 at 7:45am to begin their school day. We do not have staff outside to supervise your child before or afterschool school. Please do not drop your child(ren) off unsupervised. There is a before school program and an afterschool program that you can register your child for, for a fee if you need child care before or after school. With the cold weather of fall and winter approaching, please do not leave your child(ren) outside of the school unattended.

LINE UP: We welcome our Kindergarten through Gr 6 students to line up and enter through their prospective doors at 8:10am. Gr 7 & Gr 8 at 7:45am.

LATE ARRIVALS: Once our doors are closed, late arrivals will need to enter through our main office doors (K-4- which is on the lower plaza and 5-8 which is on Salem St) to get checked in. Our students have been taught to never open the exterior doors while in school, so please assist us in ensuring that you only enter through our K-4 or 5-8 office doors. Our K-4 office doors will always have a staff that can assist you.

EARLY DISMISSAL: If you need to dismiss your child, you are welcome to inform us ahead of time so that we can have your child in the office waiting for you. Please note that students will need to be picked up by an adult for dismissals; students are NOT allowed to walk home. This is to ensure their safety during school hours

Malden Public Schools offers before and after school childcare options for a fee. Please see the attached document below for more information. If you have questions regarding the before and after school programs, please use the contact information provided below.

📧mpsafterschool@maldenps.org

📱781-870-7684

If your child gets hurt and has a cast, is in a boot or requires crutches/wheelchair, you will need to bring in a doctor's note and get medically cleared with our school nurses before the student is allowed to attend school. This allows us to ensure that we are meeting their medical needs. This also applies to any surgery that they might need accommodations for. When in doubt, please contact our nurses on ClassDojo or email them at salemwoodnursses@maldenps.org

Please always share any new phone numbers, email address, new address, etc. with us so that we have up to date contact information.

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