Our Meet and Greet is tomorrow from 2:00 to 3:00. Please do not arrive before 2:00 as the teachers will be in workshops and meetings. You may park in the front of the building, the back of the building by the playground and along O'Gara Drive. If parking on the playground side, please enter the door according to your child's grade level. You will see the balloons!
Kindergarten: Orange
Grade One: Red
Grade Two: Yellow
Grade Three: Blue
Grade Four: Green
Dear Families and Caregivers,
Welcome to the new school year! This year, your student will study an English language arts curriculum called Wit & Wisdom®. Great Minds® created Wit & Wisdom with the belief that every child is capable of greatness. Your child will be challenged, positively and productively. They will build knowledge of the world and develop English language arts skills. Wit & Wisdom students read and study award-winning fiction and nonfiction texts, famous works of art, videos, photographs, and more. These texts awaken and expand students’ curiosity.
Wit & Wisdom students also learn about compelling topics such as the five senses, outer space, the Great Depression, and more. Through their work with these topics and texts, students hone their abilities to read challenging texts and to write and speak clearly, logically, and effectively. Wit & Wisdom students build strong knowledge and skills.
We provide downloadable Family Tip Sheets for families and caregivers. These tips correspond with each module, or unit of study. Each tip sheet gives an overview of what your student is studying and offers ideas for learning outside of school.
Wit & Wisdom prepares students to succeed in English language arts and beyond. If you would like to learn more, please talk to your student’s teacher, and go to greatminds.org.
Sincerely,
The Wit & Wisdom team
**Be sure to check out the table in the APR during Meet and Greet to check out the books your student will be reading!***
School Dismissal Manager
School Dismissal Manager is our online dismissal app for efficiently tracking student dismissal. Using your desktop or smartphone browser, you can quickly and easily update your child's dismissal instructions when they need to be changed, making it no longer necessary to call or send notes and emails to the school for dismissal changes.
The easy-to-use interface will allow you to make changes in advance or for the current day by creating “exceptions”. You can report absences, early dismissals, and schedule recurring dismissal instructions for after-school activities. When creating an exception for the current day, note that the cut-off time on regular days is 1:45 PM and on early release days is 11:15 AM. After the cut-off time you will need to call the school office to make any changes for the current day.
You should have received an email directly from School Dismissal Manager on or around August 22nd. Please check your junk mail if you have not received this email. This email will give you your temporary password to set up your account. If you already have an account, you will need to log in and update your account.
If you need any help after this August date, please email: katherine.trudel@sau26.org.
Please click here for more information: School Dismissal Manager Parent Letter
Important Information About Lunch Menus
After the first lunch menu comes home, the menus will no longer be printed and sent home. You can find them at: https://www.sau26.org/Page/5043.
Interested in Volunteering for the PATT?
Looking to volunteer this school year and want to see what’s available? Click below sign up to get notifications when there are opportunities. There is no pressure this just gives you the option to know when there are opportunities.
Per district policy, all volunteers, chaperones, and substitute teachers must complete a background check and be fingerprinted. If you intend to volunteer for any of these opportunities, please contact the district office for an appointment ASAP. If you have already had your fingerprints done through the school in previous years and have volunteered within the last year, you do not need to have them done again.
You will have to complete the two Vector training courses yearly: Bullying and Cyberbullying Prevention for Schools (K-12) and Preventing Workplace Harassment for Employees. Follow this link for directions to the online trainings: Training Directions.
Any questions about the volunteer process, email the volunteer coordinators at volunteercoordinator@jmespatt.com.
You can reach Kat Knauer to coordinate fingerprinting at (603)424-6200 or
Kathleen.Knauer@Sau26.org.
Medications and Medical Records
Mrs. Webster, our amazing school nurse, will be available during day on August 28th to drop off medication or medical records for your student. She will also be available during the Meet and Greet. If you are unable to make these times and have medication or need to speak with her, please email: michelle.webster@sau26.org.
Wednesday, August 28th 2:00-3:00:
2:00-3:00 Meet and Greet: All Students in grades Kindergarten through grade 4
Thursday, August 29th: First Day of School
8:15 Arrival for KINDERGARTEN students only
10:15: Arrival for ALL NEW AND RETURNING GRADE ONE, GRADE TWO, GRADE THREE AND GRADE FOUR STUDENTS
(Buses will run routes twice.)
Friday, August 30th 8:15 ALL Kindergarten through Grade Four Students Arrive Regular Time
Monday, September 2nd
No School for Students
Friday, September 6th
Preschool Open House:
- Three Year Old Program: 9:00-10:00
- Four Year Old Program: 10:30-11:30
Monday, September 9th
First Day of Preschool
Lunch at MES!
Students have a half-hour for lunch each day. They may bring their lunch or buy hot lunch. Lunch will cost $3.25 and milk will be $.50. Parents may add funds to their students' myschoolbucks.com https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/getmain?requestAction=home. Student specific information will come to you with the beginning of the year paperwork.
The menu can be found monthly on the MES website under Parents and distributed to students. Here is the menu for September: https://www.sau26.org/domain/698.
K-4 Arrival and Dismissal Procedures
Students at MES come to and leave school in a variety of ways! Please read for specific information about each.
Students may arrive at school beginning at 8:15 and are considered tardy if they arrive after 8:35. Our dismissal begins at 2:45.
Bus: Students may only take the bus to addresses in the Mastricola area. The bus company will publish routes closer to the first day of school. We will post them on our website as soon as they become available.
Rider: This is the car line. Please see the arrival and dismissal maps for specific information and map:
Kindergarten and Grade One Families Only:
**Please fill out one form for each student in kindergarten and/or grade one that you have.**
MES uses an app called School Dismissal to assist with the daily dismissal of students. You will be receiving a log in email during August where you will enter the dismissal information for students in ALL grades.
To help ensure that our youngest learners are going to the right place, especially when things may be different those first couple of days, we ask you to fill out this form with dismissal information for Thursday and Friday. Please don't hesitate to reach out to sarah.summerfield@sau26.org with any questions.
