MRE Update

Regular School Day: 8:35 am - 3:05 pm

Early Release Day: 8:35 am - 12:15 pm

**Important Reminder**
Doors close promptly at 8:35 and Morning Announcements begin!

• Wednesday, Sept. 24th
  School Picture Day
  
  
• Friday, Sept. 26th
  Grade 1 Walking Field Trip
  
  
• Friday, Oct. 3rd
  PTO sponsored Fall Fest Event
  
  
• Monday, Oct. 6 - Friday, Oct. 10th
  5th Grade at Nature's Classroom
  
  
• Monday, Oct. 13th
  School Closed
  
  
• Friday, Oct. 24th
  Early Release Day! Lunch will be served.
  Students K-5, Dismissed at 12:15
  Full Day PK dismissed at 11:15
  No PM Pre-Kindergarten

Mr. Blanchard surprised Mrs. Hanyaloglu’s 2nd graders as their Mystery Reader!

School Picture Day is scheduled for Tuesday, September 24th. Hard copies of order forms were sent home with students over the last several days.

Please note: ordering photos is optional, but every student will be photographed, and their photo will be added to their cumulative school file.

Families who wish to purchase photos may order using the form that was sent home, or place an order online at www.coffeepond.com.

Whether you call it Paw Patrol or PickUp Patrol, we’re on the same team! 🐾😄

Now that the school year is underway, we’d like to remind families that PickUp Patrol is our primary tool for sharing important daily information.

Parents should use PickUp Patrol to report:

• Absences

• Late arrivals

• Any changes to dismissal plans

Using PickUp Patrol ensures that the school office, your child’s teacher, the health office, and the dismissal team all have the same up-to-date information each day. Families can access PickUp Patrol through the mobile app or the website dashboard.

If you need to dismiss your child early, please keep in mind that lunch and recess times may affect how smoothly we are able to bring your student to the office. Planning pick-ups outside of those times whenever possible helps ensure a smoother transition.

Below is a list of lunch times to help with planning and not that recess generally follows lunch:

• Kindergarten: 11:30 - 11:55

• Grade 1: 11:15 - 11:45

• Grade 2: 11:45 - 12:15

• Grade 3: 12:00 - 12:25

• Grade 4: 12:15 - 12:40

• Grade 5: 12:30 - 12:55

We want to let you know that our buses will begin adjusting their morning schedules slightly in order to better manage traffic and ensure timely arrival at school. Bus 17 will definitely begin arriving earlier, up to 5 minutes earlier once the adjustments are complete. Other buses will also be working to start their routes a few minutes earlier as well. These changes will be introduced gradually over the next several days, so please plan accordingly.

In addition, there are upcoming road closures beginning in early October that will affect some of our routes. Our Central Office is currently gathering the necessary details, and we will share more information with families later this week to help everyone prepare for these changes.

Thank you for your patience and cooperation as we work to keep our transportation running smoothly.

Lancaster Dispatch
(978) 733-1047

nkelly@deebus.com

*Students may ride the bus to and from their home address only*

If you should have questions or concerns regarding the location of your child’s stop, please follow the School Bus Resolution Protocol.

Session 1: September 22, 2025 to January 16, 2026

STOW PLAYGROUP: Mondays - 9:00-10:30 AM, at the Pompositticut Community Center, 503 Great Road, Stow

BOLTON PLAYGROUP: Thursdays - 12:00-1:30 PM at the EMERSON BUILDING - Florence Sawyer School,50 Mechanic Street, Bolton

LANCASTER PLAYGROUP: Fridays - 9:00-10:30 AM at the Lancaster Community Center, 39 Harvard Road, Lancaster (Behind the Lancaster town hall)

Funds provided by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care’s Coordinated Family and Community Engagement Program.

Hello Parents,

We hope everyone has had a great start to the school year!

The Lancaster PTO is looking for members and volunteers to help with school activities and fundraisers! You do not need to attend meetings to be a member or volunteer. Please submit your information here: PTO Sign Up Form

We are also working on a by class student directory to assist with play dates and birthday parties. Below is the link which includes families that provided their information last year. We are asking existing families to update your child's teacher (column B highlighted in yellow). New families can add their information to the bottom of the sheet. Student Directory

Thank you!

Lancaster PTO

• A cart will be located outside the MRE office door—please place the item(s) there.

• Be sure your child’s name is clearly marked (note cards are available if needed).

• Teachers will be notified by email when an item is dropped off, and students can pick it up during a natural break in their day.

Here are a few common examples:

• Forgot a water bottle? No problem—water is always available for students.

• Library books? They can be returned at a later time. Students will still preview books during library and simply turn them back in at the end.

• Homework? It can be brought in the next day.
  
  

Thank you for helping our students build adaptability while also minimizing classroom disruptions.

After 18 days of school, our Lost & Found has filled quickly. I am looking for a volunteer (or multiple) to come in every few weeks and organize the items so that students can find them easier. Please email jfrommer@nrsd.net if you are interested in helping.

**Events posted on the bulletin board are community events, and as such they

We are excited to announce that Lancaster Youth Basketball registration is now live from grades K-8. This is rec basketball.

Grades K-2 have 90 minute sessions on Saturday mornings starting in early December at MRE. No evening practices.

Grades 3-4 have one evening practice per week, and games are typically held on Sunday afternoons. Practices start mid-November.

Grades 5-8 have one evening practice per week, and games are typically held on Saturdays. Practices start mid-November and all teams make the playoffs, the first weekend in February

K-2 Registration here: https://shorturl.at/ZkhZG

Grades 3-8 Registration here: https://shorturl.at/k8336