Melville Message Community Update
March 24, 2023
Melville Mission
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.
This Week's Character Development Quote
Whaledone
School Committee
A Great Week at Melville
Unified Arts
Music
Physical Education
This week in PE we have started our baseball unit! All grade levels have displayed great sportsmanship!
Art
Health with Nurse Trainor
Health with Mrs. Powell
Library
Grade 3 Math
Field Trip Fun
Theater Bugs
Coming Next Week!
It will kick off with a schoolwide performance of juggling and balloon art. Then during their Unified Arts time our team will set up rotations:
- Circus Tricks with Mr. Soares
- Circus Music with Mr. Arruda
- Face Painting with Miss Lathan
- Photo Booth with Miss Paknis
*We will be offering a Circus Virtual Field Trip
*The day will end with Principal Laurie passing out Circus Snacks (Popcorn)!
What a fun day for our students that will certainly be memorable.
Report Card
Your child’s second trimester report card is now available to view via the ASPEN portal.
Accessing the Report Card on ASPEN: Your child's Report Card will be available on ASPEN via the Family Portal on March 24th. The ASPEN link can be found on the PSD home site and then click on the ASPEN button. If you have any issues logging in, then please email familyportal@portsmouthschools ri.org.Thank you to the families who attended the March 15th, 2023 MPTG Meeting where we presented the process used for revisions of the report card and heard feedback.
Autism Awareness Month
MPTG supports the PHS Post Prom
Month of the Military Child
Portsmouth Local Advisory Committee annual LAC Awards on May 11, 2023.
Please consider nominating someone from our school community who has had a positive impact on a student with a disability to succeed this year. Typical persons who are nominated are teachers/support professionals, bus staff, RBTs/Paraprofessionals, coaches, students, and administrators. The deadline for nominations is May 1, 2023.
Choose Love
From Nurse Trainor
Please be sure to reach out to the health office if your child was referred for further evaluation in regards to vision, dental, or hearing. And as always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Best,
Nurse Trainor
Help us to Celebrate our Students!
Kindergarten Registration
Check out our Planet Aid Bin!
2022-2023 School Calendar
Yearbooks Ready to Order!
Yearbook Order: https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/
School ID: 12072423
If you do not pre order a yearbook, then we may not have enough available to purchase at the end of the school year when it comes out. We order a some extra, but the only guarantee is to pre order, so I highly recommend ordering one ahead of time.
If you have a child in grade 4 and need financial assistance to purchase a yearbook, then please email me directly at lauried@portsmouthschoolsri.org and we will make sure your child gets a yearbook.
Melville Family Voice!
Volunteers
Our Food Pantry is Always Open!
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
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!
Community Resources
Important Dates
April
5th-In School Arts for Life
5th-MPTG Meeting 6:00 PM
7th-Good Friday (No School)
10th-14th-Spring Recess (No School)
18th-RICAS ELA session 1 Grades 3 & 4
20th-RICAS ELA session 2 Grades 3 & 4
26th-Early Release for Students (PD for Staff)
May
5th- Whale of an Evening-MPTG Fund Raiser
10th-MPTG Meeting 6:00 PM
11th-Melville Theater Bugs Presents "Annie" 4:00-5:00
15th-Grade 2 Special Field Trip to Biomes-Pending Confirmation
16th and 17th-RICAS math session 1 and session 2-Grades 3 & 4 Pending
19th-Grade 4 Field Trip
23rd-Melville Fun Run
25th-Grade 3 Wax Museum 9:30-10:30 Melville Cafeteria-Families Welcome
26th-Staff PD Day (No School)
29th-Memorial Day (No School)
June
2nd-Kindergarten End of the Year Celebration
7th-Early Release for Students (PD for Staff)
8th-Kindergarten Field Trip
9th-PHS Graduation (Tentative Date)
14th-MPTG Meeting-Volunteer Appreciation 6:00PM
15th-Grade 1 Field Trip
16th-Grade 4 End of the Year Stepping Up Ceremony & Family Picnic
19th-Juneteenth (No School)
21st-Last Day
Melville Elementary School
Email: lauried@portsmouthschoolsri.org
Website: https://www.portsmouthschoolsri.org/Domain/11
Location: 1351 West Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, USA
Phone: 4016831650
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009159177892
Twitter: @MelvilleSchool