December Events

• Monday, December 2 Grade 5 Field Trip
• Monday, December 2 Quincy Recreation Winter Gym Program Begins(information below)
• Friday, December 6 Merrymount Winter Concert (invitation below)
  
• Friday, December 6 Toys for DOVE Toy Drive to Merrymount (information below)
• Monday, December 9 Holiday Bazaar for Students (info coming soon!)
• Tuesday, December 10 QPS Parent Academy:
  Supporting Your Child's Literacy Development K-2 Event Zoom Link (information below)
• Wednesday, December 11 No Quincy Rec ~ Report Card Conferences Scheduling Link Here (information below)
• Wednesday, December 11 QPS School Committee Meeting 6:30PM
• Friday, December 13 Grade 3 Field Trip
• Friday, December 20 Last Day for Lost & Found - all items left will be donated! Please have your students check out our lost & found in the main lobby anytime this month!
• December 21-January 1 Winter Recess ~ No School

December Days of Recognition

• Tuesday, December 3 International Day of Persons with Disabilities
• Saturday, December 21 Winter Solstice
• December 21-23 Dongzhi Festival
• Monday, December 25 Christmas
• December 25-January 2 Hanukkah
• December 26-January 1 Kwanzaa
• December 31 New Year's Eve

QPS 24-25 Calendar www.quincypublicschools.com

Winter Concert 2024

November PBIS recipients ~ Celebrating Gratitude!

The Team Chase Foundation Visits Merrymount

Congratulations to Aanav Gowda's 3rd place win in the QATV Christmas poster contest. An honorable mention was also awarded to Ryan Eduardo Esteban Luna. Out of the 923 posters that we received, these talented students were chosen! Posters will hang in the windows of the Quincy Sun throughout the holidays and both of the students will be featured in an article in the Quincy Sun, as winners in the contest.

Merrymount Term 1 Report Card Conferences

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Afternoon - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Evening - 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Please use the button above to sign up for your child’s report card conferences. You will need the name of your child’s homeroom teacher.

• Conferences will take place in person at Merrymount School.

• Families who have request a language interpreter, a PTC appointment has been created by the school. An email with the time has been sent to you from PTCFast.

• Conferences will be 10 minutes per child.

• In Grades 3-5, your child has more than one academic teacher. When signing up for a conference, please sign up to meet with your child's homeroom teacher only, so that all families can be accommodated. Grade level teams for grades 3-5 collaborate to share notes so you will hear how your child is doing in all subjects.

• In addition to meeting with your child's homeroom teacher, you may sign up to meet with any support staff listed (EL, Special Education, Literacy).
  
  

• Once you have signed up, PTCFast will send you reminders for your scheduled conference!
  
  

• Report cards will be published in Aspen on November 26th.

Please don't hesitate to contact school at 617-984-8762 with any questions!

Report Cards were posted to all students' Aspen on Tuesday, November 26th. Not sure how to log on? Please review the QPS Aspen Help Center linked below. The temporary default password for newly reset or new Aspen accounts is: Quincy617

If you need your Aspen password reset, please call the main office at 617-984-8726.

PTO Meeting Schedule

• Monday, September 23

• Monday, January 13

• Monday, June 2 (Year End Meeting)

Year Round Activities: Grade Parent; Outdoor Classroom clean-up

September: Back to school ice cream truck and Kindergarten Night

October: Trunk or Treat

November: Fun Run

December: Holiday gifts for staff

January: Bingo Night

February: Trivia Night

March: Read Across America

April: Stock the Faculty Room

May: Cleaner Greener

June: Red Sox Game

… and many more!

• PTO Website link
• PTO Facebook Page: Merrymount School PTO
• PTO Email: merrymountpto@gmail.com
• School Council Email: merrymountschoolcouncil@gmail.com
  
• Citywide PTO link

Welcome to Quincy's Citywide PTO website!

We hope to be a resource for all families navigating the Quincy Public School System.

Reminder: All parents/guardians who wish to volunteer or chaperone at school activities that include the potential for unmonitored contact with a student other than their child are required to complete SAFIS, CORI, and SORI checks prior to volunteering in the Quincy Public Schools.

We sent notifications home to family members listed as the first contact in ASPEN the last week of October. Please update and return to school. If another family member in ASPEN needs to update a CORI (anyone who had one done prior to April of 2024) or if you have any questions about your status, please reach out to Ms. Scott.

Examples of activities that require SAFIS/CORI/SORI checks include but are not limited to: Volunteering at school book fairs

Chaperoning field trips

Volunteering at field day activities

Volunteering at school end-of-the-year activities

Chaperoning movie nights

Volunteers should assume any activity involving students will require a background check.

Merrymount as well as QPS school officials use the SchoolMessenger system to deliver a single, clear message to parents or guardians by telephone, cell phone, email, or text message in any combination. SchoolMessenger can also be used to notify you of a school closing due to inclement weather and to communicate daily information, such as sports schedules, newsletters, attendance notifications, and other announcements.

The system is set up to automatically pull your contact information from what we have in our Student Information System (Aspen) and carry it over into SchoolMessenger. Please contact your school building office to update your contact information or confirm you are receiving SchoolMessenger communications.

If you have not been receiving district text messages, you may opt-in by texting "Y" or "Yes" to our school's short code number: 67587. This is a FREE service and you may opt-out at any time by replying to one of our messages with "Stop."

Do you need additional help with your Aspen Account or your Aspen Password Reset?

Please contact your child's school directly to have Aspen Password Reset first.

If they can't assist you, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/2UsHEicRmhgpVany6

QPS I.T. will reach out to you once your request is complete.

You may also send an email to: aspensupport@quincypublicschools.com

Principal: Susan Shea Connor susansheaconnor@quincypublicschools.com
Assistant Principal: John Rogan johnrogan@quincypublicschools.com
Secretary: Stacy Scott stacyscott@quincypublicschools.com
Guidance Counselors: Mairead Bastian maireadbastian@quincypublicschools.com and Marissa McGue marissamcgue@quincypublicschools.com
Nurse: Mollie Ehrlich 617-984-8925 mollieehrlich@quincypublicschools.com

School Hours

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - 7:45 AM - 2:00 PM

Wednesday - Early Release 7:45 AM - 11:25 AM

Address

4 Agawam Road

Quincy, MA 02169

Telephone: 617-984-8762

Fax: 617-984-8909

Website

https://merrymount.quincypublicschools.com/