Important Dates

• Monday, September 7 - Labor Day, School Closed
• Sundown Friday, September 11 - Sundown Sunday, September 13 - Rosh Hashanah
• Thursday, September 17 - Back to School Night, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
• Sundown Sunday, September 20 - Sundown Monday, September 21 - Yom Kippur
• Sundown Friday, September 25 - Sundown Friday, October 2 - Rosh Hashanah

Message From the Principal

A Great Start!

We are off to a fantastic start at MCS! Students have settled in nicely, teachers are teaching and reinforcing expectations, and our students are eager and excited to learn. A few highlights I have seen while visiting classrooms:

• First graders learning about monarchs.
• Sixth graders experimenting with eggs, bottles, and air pressure.
• Students in Physical Education class debriefing about the importance of team work.
• Fifth graders contemplating many interesting things about numbers.
• Outdoor learning happening across nearly every grade.
• Kindergarten already up and running with Forest Fridays!

There is a lot of positive energy throughout the building. It has been a great start!

Keeping Track of Our Students

If you haven’t met her yet, Doreen Guillette is now staffing our front desk where Joy once sat. Doreen has developed a system to help us keep better track of student comings and goings.

Please email both the classroom teacher and mcs-office@sau70.org when your child:

• will be absent, including planned absences;
• will arrive late or leave during the day for an appointment; or
• has a different end-of-day plan than usual.

This system will help us with attendance, safety, and accurate records.

Exploring PreK Expansion

We are exploring an expansion of our PreK program from two sections to three.

• Our first committee meeting will be Thursday, September 10, from 3:15–4:15 PM.
• If you would like to be part of the committee, please let me know.
• We will share an update in Who’s Wise Words and hope to bring a proposal to the Norwich School Board in October.

Morning Safety

We have had a couple of close calls on Girard Way during morning arrival, so I am asking for everyone’s help:

• Whenever possible, please drop students off on the Church Street side of the school.
• If you drop off elsewhere, please walk with your child across Girard Way using the crosswalk.
• Never pass a school bus when its red lights are flashing. It is extremely dangerous for our students and also comes with a hefty fine.

Thank you for helping us keep arrival safe and for such a positive start to the school year!

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Student Services Update

Back to School Night

If you did not see the email, we will be having our Back to School Night on Sept 17th from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

We looked closely at our families and grades of their students and determined the following configuration of sessions will create the least impact on families with more than one student (we have 231 families).    

• 5:00-5:30 4 and Pre-K
• 5:30-6:00 K and 1
• 6:00-6:30 5 and 2
• 6:30-7:00 3 and 6 

Each session will incorporate a bit of community building, teacher(s) introducing themselves, school/family communication, and suggestions for how families could support their students. 

Specials teachers and case managers will join presentations or may set up their own as needed.

We are aware that this still impacts nine of our families and we regret that.

Greg