From the Maynard Music Association:

The spring concert season is in full swing! All Fowler families and students are welcome to attend any of these events—get a preview of being a high school musician, hear what the Fowler Jazz Band has been rehearsing, or simply enjoy some great music!

• 5/23: MHS Choral & Wind Ensemble

• 5/25: MHS Concert Band

• 5/31: Fowler Band & Jazz Concert (grades 6-8)

• 6/6: 4th Grade Band Concert

• 6/6: Elementary Chorus & 5th Grade Band Concert

For times and locations, see MMA’s flyer or go to maynardmusic.org

The Taste In Motion is this weekend!

Join your friends and neighbors for this year’s Taste In Motion on Sunday, May 21st from 2 - 5pm.

Come enjoy delicious samples from your favorite local restaurants, listen to fabulous entertainment by Jae Mannion, and enter to win raffle prizes!

When: Sunday, May 21st, 2 - 5 pm.

Where: Mill and Main parking lot (across from 155 Main Street, Maynard)

Tickets: Buy online at maynardeducation.org $25 for individuals/$10 for kids (2-12) or at the event for $30 for adults / $15 for kids

Under age 2 free

See anything you recognize? Feel free to stop in and reclaim it!!

Last year, as part of her senior project, Gracie Gilligan worked with the organization Media Literacy Now and surveyed middle and high school students on their knowledge of media literacy.

This year, I received a grant from the MEF to work with the same organization and use a similar survey for adults in our district. This includes all teachers and staff as well as parents.

Our goal is to have a snapshot of the whole district on the concept of media literacy. Then working with the group Media Literacy Now, we will plan professional development and design curricula around the topic.

Please take 15 minutes at some point today or in the next week to answer these questions. Again, this is open and requested to ALL teachers, staff, and parents in the district:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MaynardPS

We will produce a report to document our findings. This is completely anonymous.

Green Meadow Building Project

Just as a reminder, you can find information about the ongoing MSBA Building process for a new Green Meadow School in the following ways!

Maynard Public Schools Website page

This includes a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page, which has been recently updated.

The Green Meadow MSBA Project Facebook page

As well as recorded Building Committee meetings from April 2022 to the present.

PMC KIDS Rides are a way to include young cyclists in the mission of the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC) annual bike-a-thon to raise money for cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Since 2005, the PMC KIDS Rides have raised over 9.3 million dollars through Dana-Farber’s Jimmy Fund. The PMC KIDS Rides Program engages youth in philanthropy, instills the value of working for the benefit of others, and promotes athletic fitness and physical activity. The program enables children between the ages of 3 and 13 to ride their bikes and solicit sponsors to donate money to cancer research. 100% of all money raised at this event will go directly to Dana Farber via the PMC.

Fowler Summer Enrichment Program

Dear families,

Fowler School is offering a free summer enrichment program for any students entering grades 4 through 8.

When: July 10th - July 27th (Monday - Thursday)

Time: 8:30 am - 11:30 am

Where: Fowler School

Transportation: Parent provided

The Summer Enrichment Program is an engaging, hands-on program with an emphasis on STEAM activities. The lessons are designed to support student learning in the areas of science, math, and reading.

This program is open to all students on a first come, first served basis. Attending all three weeks is strongly encouraged.

In order to secure a spot for your child in the summer enrichment program, please complete the short enrollment form as soon as possible.

Google Form-English

Google Form-Spanish

Google Form-Portuguese

If you have any questions about the program, please contact one of the program coordinators;

Denise Hatch dhatch@maynard.k12.ma.us

Maria Soler msoler@maynard.k12.ma.us

Kindly,

Ms. Hatch and Sra. Soler

Green Meadow School

Many students have joined the BASEC and/or Boy’s and Girl’s Club during the school year and continue through the summer months. Based upon information from last year’s summer programming, the Green Meadow Elementary School will be scheduling an Integrated PK session to run from July 5 - August 3, 2023 (Monday-Thursday) and an English Learner (K-3) program from July 5 - July 27 (Monday-Thursday). The programs will be based on the availability of staffing.

Maynard High School

Maynard High School proposes offering three summer programs. One program is designed to support EL students, another program is a credit recovery Summer School, and the third program is a theater program.

The EL enrichment program would be for 10 days in July on July 5-6, 10-13, and 17-20 from 8:30-12:30. Breakfast and lunch would be prepared by students as a learning and socialization activity each day.

The Summer School Credit Recovery program would run from July 10th through July 28th, Monday through Friday. Hours would be from 8:30-11:45 for students, with two sessions per day separated by a short break.

A high school summer theater workshop would run from Monday, July 31st through August 11th from 8:00 am-Noon.

If you live with food allergies, every meal can be a worry. Whitson's, our food service provider, is trying to reduce that worry with allergy-friendly food signage. In the cafeteria, look for signs like this. It clearly lists the allergens in the dish. The online menu, linked below, shows allergens, and is also interactive, allowing students to review the dishes and leave feedback. Whitson's hopes this information makes it easier to plan ahead for each week's meals, especially for those managing a food allergy.

The Green Meadow Elementary School project team has submitted its second MSBA submission! This submission is called the Preferred Schematic Report (PSR) and it advances the initial existing conditions verification, educational visioning & programming and Owner / Community coordination into multiple design alternatives, shows MSBA the design alternative evaluation process taken by the project team, and highlights which design alternative was ultimately selected at the end of the process.

Below is a link to a Google Drive folder that contains the previous Preliminary Design Program (PDP) submission as well as the recent PSR submission. As always, we thank you very much for your attention to the project, and we’ll continue to keep you informed as the project moves along the MSBA process!

GMES Google Drive Link