Memorial Update

Good Morning Memorial Families,

We have wrapped up the first round of MCAS testing. Thank you, families, for strong attendance and ensuring your students we ready to put forth their very best effort. We were very pleased, both in the regular sessions as well as the make up sessions, with the effort that students put into the assessments. One third grader, who was working into the afternoon on day two, asked me if MCAS was supposed to be hard. I told him it is supposed to look very similar to what he does in class every day. He told me that he had expected it to be much harder, but was relieved that it WAS, in fact, very much like what he is asked to do in class. This is exactly what we hope for, and my hope is that your third and fourth graders shared similar comments with you after they completed the tests.

This week we will have two in school enrichment programs; Potato Hill Poetry with Andrew Greene in first grade and Forces and Motion Workshops with Acton Discovery Museum in second grade. Thank you to our PTO for funding these opportunities for our students. Without the support of the PTO, enhancements to the curriculum would be much more difficult to provide our students. Thank you to our families for all that you have done to support our students this year through fundraising, which has made events such as these possible.

Final Reminder Regarding Class Placement: If you have anything pertinent to share with our staff as we think about next year's class placement, please use this form. Please do not send an email directly to the teacher or to myself, as we try to compile everything into one place for easy access when we are developing our class lists.

Have a terrific week!

Warmly,

Wendy

April 14th~ Potato Hill Poetry visits Grade 1

April 16th and 17th~ Grade 2 Acton Discovery Museum program

April 16th~ Grade 4 Action Discovery Museum Program

April 18th ~Early Release Day

April 21-25th~ School Vacation Week

April 30th~ Acton Discovery Museum visits Preschool

May 5th-9th~ Book Fair

May 8th~ Grade 4 Field Trip to Museum of Science

May 8th~ Grade 1 Field Trip to Roger Williams Zoo

May 9th~ Early Release Day

May 14th~ Specialist Night

May 14th and 16th~ Math MCAS Testing Grades 3 and 4

May 15th~ MultiCultural Night at Nipmuc HS

May 19th~ Kindergarten Field Trip to Southwicks

May 22nd~ Grade 3 Field Trip to Sturbridge Village

May 23rd~ Grade 2 Animal Research Project Showcase

May 26th~ No School Memorial Day

May 29th~ Grade 2 Field Trip to Ecotarium

June 2nd~ Field Day

June 10th~ Fourth Grade Send-Off

June 10th~ Grade 3 Walking Tour of Upton

June 16th~ Last Day of School Early Release (Tentative)

Bring used sneakers of any condition to Memorial and drop them off in the box outside the front door to help the Upton Girl Scouts raise money for a trip to the British Isles.

Scoops is teaming up with Nipmuc Youth Lacrosse to offer a co-ed youth lacrosse clinic on Wednesdays starting 4/30 at 5:30 PM. This clinic is a fun, non-competitive way to introduce children ages 3-6 to the sport of lacrosse. For all the details, visit the Nipmuc Youth Lacrosse Scoops page at https://nipmucyouthlacrosse.org.

Upton, MA 01568

Email: wbell@mursd.org
Website: https://www.mursd.org/o/memorial-elementary
Phone: 508-529-1020
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MemorialUpton