The Mustang Minute

While this is the traditional start of summer it is also Memorial Day, when we remember those that served our country and made the ultimate sacrifice for all of us, you are not forgotten. Thank you to all of those that have or continue to serve our country.

Grade 6 Field Day

The PTO is doing a sign up for water and volunteers for the grade 6 field day on June 17th. Sign Up Genius is linked below!

We're excited to announce that the Coakley Middle School 2024 Yearbook is available for sale! This year's yearbook is a Full Color Soft Cover bound and available for delivery after 6/12/2024. The cost of books this year is $18.00. You can purchase your yearbook anytime before 5/31/2024.

Order Your Yearbook Here!

Please consider purchasing and donating an extra yearbook for an 8th grade student who is unable to purchase their own. This donation would be greatly appreciated!

Any students (6-8) transferring to another school district, attending a private school or another high school other than Norwood High, please make sure to contact your child's guidance counselor before the end of the year. Attached to this newsletter is the release form that must be filled out in order to ensure that your child's new school receives the pertinent school information (Transcripts, attendance, testing results, health record, discipline, etc.).

Ashley McCaffrey (Gold Team) - amccaffrey@norwood.k12.ma.us

Jenn Tucker (Blue Team) - jtucker@norwood.k12.ma.us

Allyson King (Green Team) - acking@norwood.k12.ma.us

May 27th - No School Memorial Day

June 19th - No School Juneteenth

June 21st - Early Release: Last Day of School

Washington DC: May 28-31st

Grade 8 Dance: June 7th

Grade 8 Promotion: June 14th

Canobie Lake Park: June 17th

This year's Grade 8 Promotion Ceremony will be held on the Little League Filed behind the Coakley. To maximize room for families we will have three ceremonies, one per team. The schedule is below. The awards broadcast will be the evening before on NCM. More details to come!

Gold Team: 9:30AM

Blue Team: 11:00AM

Green Team: 1:15PM

Coakley PTO

The PTO is a parent/teacher organization that helps fund a variety of activities at CMS from assemblies, to field trips, to classroom projects and more. We would love for everyone to be a part of the PTO!

New Treasurer needed for the 2024-2025 School Year. If interested, please email coakleynorwoodPTO@gmail.com . We would have you start in May of 2024 to work with the current treasurer and transition to the new year.

PTO meetings are held the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm both virtually and in person. The dates are listed below a link to the meeting online is sent out the day of the meeting.

Next Meeting: June 18th

Notes from May 21st Meeting

Guests in attendance/contact info

Margo Fraczek, CMS Principal, mfraczek@norwood.k12.ma.us

AGENDA

• Principal Update

• Request for funding for literary luncheon ($300) *Need to vote (back up in case Roche Brothers doesn’t come through)

• Wegman’s donated gift card

• Reaching out to Roche Brothers about donating platters

• Request for funding for grade 8 t shirts ($2000) *Need to vote

• $300 being covered (total cost was $2300) from 8th grade fundraisers

• This is the only request so far for 8th grade from PTO

• Update on Grade 8 events

• Raised $4000+

• $2000 towards Canobie Lake

• Rest of money for t shirts, dance (will be expensive: $1200-$1500- ice cream, DJ, etc…- donations coming in too from parents for food/decor), Launch overage, Promotion ceremony (couple hundred)

• Grade 6 Field Day (water &volunteers)

• Sign up genius (Sam will make): 8 am - 9 am set up slots, 11 am - 12 pm clean up slots, 20 cases water, June 17th, rain date June 18th

• Potential “Mathematics” presentation for Fall 2024

• Motivational speaker (whole school)

• $3,000

• Split cost?

• Don’t need to vote yet

• Treasurer’s Update-

• Incoming money (fundraising)

• PTO Dues - $0

• Dine Outs (Fuego) - $162

• Box Tops - $0

• 8th Grade Dance donations - $105

• Raffle 8th Grade - about $2300

• Yard signs/donuts - $1690

• Custom Ink - $961.01

• Cash Calendar - $450 I deposited

• Outgoing money (budget requests/payments)

• See below

• PTO Funds

• Bank Balance = $18,835.08

• Outgoing = - $3010.50

• Funds Available = $15,825

• Board Member/PTO Member Updates

• Cash calendar- change to March for next year? (March Madness)

• Winner Wheel- wait until fall?, gift cards (Chipotle, Bubbling Brook, Limey’s)

• Can we have parents subscribe to the school calendar so they get reminders for meetings?

Email: mfraczek@norwood.k12.ma.us
Website: https://sites.google.com/norwood.k12.ma.us/cms-principal/home
Phone: 781-762-7880
Facebook: facebook.com/CoakleyMIddleSchoolPTO
Twitter: @mfraczek