Memorial Update

Good Morning Memorial Families,

I hope that the weekend was terrific. I sent my son back to college last night after his first spring break. It is hard for me to believe that he will be done with his freshman year in just 5 weeks. And this coming August I will be sending three of them off to school all at once. While we have more than five weeks left in the school year, we really are gearing up for the final push to summer around here.

Last week's Inspired Learning Day was absolutely amazing. We had puppies, business owners, and trips to the Upton police and fire stations in addition to other awesome sessions focused on robotics and engineering, designing a play, creating a store, and some students even got to create murals for the school. All in all, we had so much fun, and reflected on the many ways we had to use collaboration, innovation, reflection, communication, and global thinking to have success throughout the day. We look forward to our second ILD in June to end the school year.

This week we will be trying something new to Memorial. We have a half day early release, and our student council has proposed that we enact a play day (well, morning). On Friday, students will have the freedom within their grade to play what they like, with whom they like. There are only a few "rules". The first rule is that we will have a screen-free morning, so no electronic devices. The second rule is that students need to use their problem solving skills to work through moments of "boredom" or moments of disagreement with peers. Teachers will not be structuring the playtime, it will be up to your children. If there is a favorite game, or a favorite imaginative play toy that your child enjoys, and you want to send it in with your child on Friday, you may do so.

As a reminder, Friday IS an early release day, and we will begin dismissal at noon so that our teachers can engage in professional development.

Have a terrific week!

Warmly,

Wendy

March 14th~ Early Release Day

April 1st and 3rd~ ELA MCAS Testing Grades 3 and 4

April 11th~ All School Meeting

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 Southwick's 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 26th~ No School Memorial Day

May 29th~ Grade 2 Field Trip to Ecotarium

June 2nd~ Field Day

June 10th~ Fourth Grade Send-Off

June 11th~ Grade 3 Walking Tour of Upton

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

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