MacArthur Notes

January 3, 2025

Principals' Update

Greetings MacArthur Families,

Happy New Year! We hope you had a wonderful time as a family during the holiday season. We were excited to reconnect with students over the past two days to hear all about their time away from MacArthur. There is truly nothing like the storytelling of our youngest learners... This week was also filled with goal setting in preparation for all of the learning to come in the weeks and months ahead. 2025 is sure to be a tremendous year at MacArthur!

Speaking of which, we are excited to share that we are in the process of beginning a committee to develop a MacArthur School Mural. Through the generous donation from a MacArthur family, we are beginning this committee to identify an artist who will work as an "artist in residence" at MacArthur during an identified period of time in the future. Students, Staff, Faculty, and Families will have an opportunity to participate in the creation of this community project. If you are interested in learning more about how you can support this project, please share your information here to be added to our list serve. https://forms.gle/L4aAXLjwEfNEjQks5

Mrs. South and the Waltham Public School Librarians are looking for your feedback. Please take some time to give your input here on this Google Form. Thank you for your input.

Please take some time to read on below for some exciting events upcoming in January including our upcoming PTO Movie Night on 1/24/25 and the Harlem Wizards' return to Waltham on January 31st and Waltham Nights with Bentley Athletics. Read below for more information on the Bentley events.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend! Stay warm!

In Partnership,

Mr. Kmiec and Mr. Howes

Waltham Bentley Weekend!

Waltham Schools

Bentley Weekend

January 17th & 18th

Join us for a fun filled weekend where our community can come together, share in the excitement of live sporting events, and enjoy a fun atmosphere for family and kids.

Cheer on the Bentley Falcons, join in on the dance cam or just enjoy the game with your families!!! We look forward to seeing you there!!!!

All ticket proceeds will go back to MacArthur 5th Grade Fund!

Games Available

Men’s Hockey - Friday, January 17 @ 7:00 pm vs Holy Cross ($12 per ticket)

Women's Basketball - Saturday, January 18 vs St. Anselm @ 1:30 pm ($5 per ticket)

Men’s Basketball - Saturday, January 18 vs St. Anselm @ 3:30 pm ($5 per ticket)

Men’s Hockey - Saturday, January 18 @ 6:00 pm vs Holy Cross ($12 per ticket)

To Purchase Tickets for MacArthur Elementary School

Email: mac5gradecomm24@gmail.com

Note # of Tickets and for which games you would like to purchase

Venmo: @MacArthur5thGradeWaltham total amount for the tickets

Electronic Tickets will be emailed to you after payment confirmation

PTO Notes

Join the Waltham Hawkstars and come watch some of your favorite teachers take on the Harlem Wizards on Friday, January 31st at the Kennedy Field House. This fun-filled game of hoops, tricks and laughs is popular with all ages and makes a GREAT Holiday gift for your family!!!! Students will get to see some of their favorite staff play against the world famous team. Come out and support our teachers in a great game of basketball.

The Wizards will also be visiting our school the day of the game to get the kids pumped up! To buy tickets visit: Harlem Wizards - Waltham Game. Select your school's name from the drop down as your school of choice so that our PTO receives a portion of the ticket price back to the PTO.

Tickets make a GREAT Holiday gift for your families and are already on sale!!! We offer General Admission, Reserved and Courtside seats. Get yours today!!!

Purchase tickets here:

https://www.harlemwizards.com/tickets/waltham

MacArthur is also looking for THREE volunteers the night of the event.

The link for volunteers to register online is:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848A8A62BA4FE3-53814574-2025

All volunteers need to register online BY JANUARY 6th so we can have their sizes for the volunteer shirts. Anyone signing up after that date will receive a large t-shirt. Volunteers do not need to buy tickets for themselves, but should plan to have their children accompanied by another adult during the game and require tickets.

MacArthur Cookbook

The MacArthur PTO has extended the date for recipe submissions! Please help us make this possible and submit using the form below. https://forms.gle/WU8Xx5KPMHUpq6PK9