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Memorial School Newsletter

May 2024

Memorial SchoolNewsletterMay 2024

May Days Are Busy Days

Our May calendar is packed! Busy days and busy nights, filled with fun and learning. We hope your family can join in all the memory-making, end of another school year moments offered.


A special thank you to the HSA for their organization and fundraising this year. Through family participation in the HSA fundraisers, the field trips, and many other activities are being fully funded by the monies raised. Way to go Memorial Community!


This month also brings our Butterfly Celebration. Save the date of May 30 at 2 pm. We will parade, sing, and celebrate butterflies which continue to be a big part of Memorial School. From finding, growing and releasing in the fall to planting, caring for the gardens, and learning about insect life in the spring, we are becoming experts and we can't wait to share this excitement with our grown-ups. We hope you can join us.


As the weather becomes warmer please dress your child accordingly. Sunscreen should be applied at home. We do not apply sunscreen here at school, please do not send it with your student. If you have concerns please call Nurse Hess. Hats are welcome for recess and outside time.

Please keep in mind the gym is not air-conditioned.


Enjoy every fun day that May brings.

PLEASE BE SAFE!

We have a lot more walkers with the arrival of better weather.

Please remember:

  • Cross in the cross walks with crossing guards
  • Watch your speed
  • Obey the one ways
  • Watch your children

The safety of everyone is important. We appreciate you doing your part.

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Friday Theme Days

5/3 Let's Go Sixers! Wear red, white, and blue or 76ers gear!



On all other Fridays see the ABC countdown.

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May Events

5/6-5/10 Teachers and Staff Appreciation Week

5/7 ABC Countdown begins

5/9- Kindergarten Field Trip- HSA Sponsered

5/12 Happy Mother's Day to our amazing moms!

5/14 Nurtured Heart Parent Workshop, 1-2:30 Memorial Library

5/17 No School Teacher In-service

5/21-5/22 Arts and Music Fest @ PHS 5-7

5/23 Magic by Ed Assembly HSA Sponsored

5/24 First Grade Field Trip HSA Sponsered

5/24 4s Move Up Day- Cafe Lunch and Classroom Tour

5/27 Happy Memorial Day- No School

5/28 - Preschool Field Trip

5/30 HSA Meeting Memorial Library @7PM

5/30 Butterfly Celebration @ 2 PM Early Sign Out to Follow

5/31 Color Run @ 630

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Appreciation Week May 6-10

This month we celebrate our teachers and staff at Memorial School during the first week in May. Our teachers and staff work very hard with compassion and commitment to make every student and family at Memorial School feel valued. They take care of more details and little things in a day than many of us can imagine and they do it with kindness and love. Each day they plant seeds of learning and give our students everything they need to blossom and grow. Please join me in celebrating all they do for the Pitman School District community.

From the desk of Mrs. Thompson...

Welcome to Mrs. Thompson’s Counselor Corner for May


As we approach the last full month of school, I would like to thank you for your continued support of our SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) lessons. Throughout the year, the lessons have focused on the importance of valuing our friends and ourselves, kindness, and strategies on working through big feelings.


In May, some of the books that we will be reading will focus on the transition to summer. A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle is a wonderful story that focuses on change and excitement for new adventures. We will also be reading a Star Wars Book titled, The Galaxy Needs You, Cannonball by Sacha Cotter, And Then Comes Summer by Tom Brenner, Last Day Blues by Julie Danneberg, and I Wish You More by Amy Krouse Rosenthal.


If interested, you can often find the books listed on YouTube as read alouds. My website also offers many great resources. As always, please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.


Kiersten Sager Miller
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