Melville Message Community Update

In partnership with families and community, the mission of Melville Elementary School is to provide all students with a strong academic foundation through diverse and challenging instruction in a safe and nurturing environment enabling them to achieve their greatest potential while developing self-confidence, respect, responsibility, compassion and a love of learning.

I want to extend my heartfelt thanks for your invaluable help with Field Day. Your support made it a fantastic event for everyone involved.

Reflecting on the week, we've had several wonderful activities:

• Our fourth graders left their handprints, creating lasting memories.
• Our Melville Alumni/Portsmouth High school graduates walked the halls, inspiring our younger students.
• Kindergarten enjoyed a field trip to Coggeshell Farm.
• First graders had a great time visiting Casey Farm and an awesome Chicken and Duck Family night.
• Our fourth graders toured the middle school, preparing for their next big step.

Your involvement and dedication truly enrich our school community.

Looking forward to the week ahead!

Best regards,

Danielle Laurie

Please CLICK BELOW to read the article about Melville's production of Beauty and the Beast!

Also, we have the link to the full play below for your viewing pleasure.

Thank you Margie Brennan for providing these opportunities to our students.

Please stay connected with us this summer by participating in "Shoot for the Stars"! Stars will be sent home on Monday, June 10th!

Yearbooks will be delivered to classrooms late next week. Each grade level will email families to let you know when they have been sent home as each grade has different yearbook signing processes.

June 🌞

10th-Pre Kindergarten Graduation

11th- Grade 4 Student Led Conferences, after school

12th-FINAL MPTG Meeting & Volunteer Appreciation, 6PM-7PM, Melville Library

13th-Grade 2 Field Trip to BIOMES

13th-Grade 4 Stepping Up Ceremony with Family & Caregivers

17th- or 180th day – Last Day of School – All Students

18th, 20th, 21st– Snow Makeup Days

19th – Juneteenth (No School)

🎆 July

14th- MPTG Fundraiser Polo Event

August🌞

22nd-Class Placement Letters will be Mailed Out

🍎September

2nd- Labor Day (No School)

3rd-Grades K, 5, 9 only

4th-First Day of School – All Students

10th- Statewide Primary Day (No School)

11th-First MPTG meeting of the year-Melville Library, 9PM-7PM

19th- Melville Open House, 5:00PM-6:30PM

October 🎃

14th-Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day (No School)

16th-Unity Day-Wear Orange to make a Stand Against Bullying

16th- Melville Community Clinic

23rd- School Picture Day

26th-Fall Festival

🦃November

5th- Election Day (No School for Students)

5th- Staff Professional Development Day

11th- Veterans’ Day Observance (No School)

27th – 29th: Thanksgiving Recess (No School)

December 🎄

5th- Picture Retake Day

23rd– 31st- Holiday Recess (No School)

This program will continue to run until the end of the year. It has been so successful that we are adding on another day. Please review the May calendar.

If your child will NOT be attending the Portsmouth Public School System in the Fall of 2024, then please complete this form and send it back to the Main Office. If you need a hard copy sent home, then please email meloffice@portsmouthschoolsri.org

We have many opportunities coming this SPRING for families to volunteer.

• Melville Fun Run 5/21 (rain date 5/23)- For this event you will need to be VIS approved. Sign up will be coming.

Please send in your Clement's Receipts. Our MPTG collets them and over the year Clements gives Melville back a percentage of what was spent. This year Clements gave our MPTG approximately $600!

You can learn more by visiting this site:https://feinsteinfoundation.org/jr-scholar-card.html

Fire drills occur on a regular basis. State law requires each school to conduct eleven fire drills, two lockdown drills and two evacuation drills each year. Shelter in Place drills are conducted throughout the school year. Children are given instruction on all procedures. Children are expected to behave in a calm, orderly manner during these exercises. Please review the importance of such exercises with your child and emphasize the need for appropriate behavior.

A lockdown is an alert to a school community that students and staff should not leave the classroom and should gather in one area of the room until provided with further direction.

An evacuation requires all students and staff to exit the building and meet at a designated safe place.

A shelter in place is an alert to a school community that movement outside of classrooms is being restricted for a brief period of time. It is typically used when a student or staff member is requiring some sort of attention (sometimes medical) and the school is trying to keep that area clear and/or protect that person’s privacy. If there were a serious safety concern the school would not issue a shelter in place.

We will send notification of lockdowns, evacuations, and shelter in place drills and events via email.

Here is the presentation that was shared at a Parent Safety Forum that was hosted in conjunction with the Police and Fire Departments. The Run, Hide, Fight FBI philosophy guides our safety training.

The P3 Sandy Hook Promise Anonymous tip line is a resource that we encourage anyone to use if there is ever an immediate safety concern.

If you are interested in volunteering or chaperoning this school year, then you will need to complete the volunteer approval process. Mrs. McEvoy in our office is a notary and can be of any assistance, so please do not hesitate to reach out!

Please use meloffice@portsmouthschoolsri.org to notify the main office of changes to your child's dismissal routine or of your child's absence.

We love to celebrate our students. If they have special news that you would like us to share, e.g. State Wrestling or Cheerleading Championship accomplishments, then please email me at lauried@portsmouthschoolsri.org and we will be sure to include their recognition in our morning announcements.

We will have our Planet Aid bin again this year...please continue to fill it with clothes and shoes.

In keeping with the spirit of giving, our Feinstein Jr. Scholars are excited to start an in-school food pantry that our students and families can donate to and access when needed.

Please help us as we continue to support our community by sending in food items with your child from time to time. Please email

Mrs. Powell: powelld@portsmouthschoolsri.org or

Mrs. Pascoe: pascoen@portsmouthschoolsri.org

if you would like to access our food pantry during the school year.

Securly Home is an app that allows parents to monitor their child’s Chromebook activity at home and add rules for home use. Please take some time to review the slideshow from the informational parent meeting hosted for families.

We encourage you to sign up now for Securly Home!

Google Slideshow

Email: lauried@portsmouthschoolsri.org
Website: https://www.portsmouthschoolsri.org/Domain/11
Location: 1351 West Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, USA
Phone: 4016831650
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Twitter: @MelvilleSchool