March

9 Thursday Specialist

Full Band Rehearsal Gr 5 & Gr 6

11 Chorus 7:45

12 Student Council 7:45

PTO 7PM

A reminder that morning drop off is Drop and Go starting at 8:15.

Please don’t park in the fire lane and escort your child into the building. If you need to come into the school please park in a parking spot and walk your child in.

Parking at NPES.

When visiting our school, please park in a parking spot. Kindly don’t block the flow of traffic or the crosswalk.

Kindergarten 2020-2021 timeline

January - Collecting names

March - Letter mailed inviting caregivers to information night in April

April - Caregiver information night - Tuesday, April 14

May - Screenings

August - Teacher placement letters

Don't forget we are collecting money for the Pembroke Firehouse Food Pantry. The grade that collects the most will be rewarded with popcorn and a movie afternoon!

K – Avery Sladen, Samantha Cordiero, Braden Morris, Savannah Tiro
1 – Thomas Fluet, Fionnuala Hickey, Anna Pelligrini, Jamison Sullivan, Isabelle Nunes
2 – Will Balasco, Charlotte Goldberg, Phoebe Younan, Alexa Nihill
3 – Hunter Glass, Eamon McDonagh, Idelle Tam, Braelyn Weir
4 – Emily Lasnier, Brady Thompson, Madelyn Coughlin, Lily Hannon
5 – Lyla Monturio, Milos Heffron, Kathryn McPhee, Jack Arcabascio, Kaileigh Kelly, Keith Robbins
6 – Guilhermy Aquino, Grace Rejewski, Tavares Perry, Lorenzo Ferraro

Welcome to MySchoolBucks®! This online payment service provides a quick and easy way to add money to your student’s meal account using a credit/debit card or electronic check.

You can also view recent purchases, check balances, and set-up low balance alerts for FREE!

MySchoolBucks provides:

• Convenience - Available 24/7 on the web or through our mobile app for your smartphone.
• Efficiency - Make payments for all your students, even if they attend different schools within the district. Eliminate the need for your students to take money to school.
• Control - Set low balance alerts, view account activity, recurring/automatic payments & more!
• Flexibility - Make payments using credit/debit cards and electronic checks.
• Security – MySchoolBucks adheres to the highest security standards.

Enrollment is easy!

1. Go to MySchoolBucks.com or download the mobile app and register for a free account.
2. Add your students using their school name and student ID.
3. Make a payment to your students’ accounts with your credit/debit card or electronic check.

A program fee may apply. You will have the opportunity to review any fees and cancel if you choose before you are charged.

Additionally, for every $25.00 deposited into a student's account, we provide one free meal to offset the $2.49 convenience fee for this service.

Payments by check or cash are also accepted by any cafeteria cashier for those families who do not wish to enroll in the My School Bucks program.

If you have any questions, contact MySchoolBucks directly:

• support@myschoolbucks.com
• (855) 832-5226
• Visit myschoolbucks.com and click on Help

Camp Bournedale has been booked for the week of May 11 through May 15, 2020.

We need parent volunteers. If you are interested in becoming a chaperone, please complete the form below and submit a CORI form.

If you did not attend the Parent Information Night, please contact the front office for a packet.

The initial deposit for Camp Bournedale is due by March 2, 2020.

The cost of the trip is $370.

March is “Music In Our Schools Month”! The Pembroke Music Department will be presenting their annual All-Town concerts to help celebrate “Music In Our Schools Month”.

• All-Band Night, Tuesday, March 10th at 6:30 PM in the PHS Gym. * Ticketed Event*
• All-Choral Night, Wednesday, March 11th at 6:30 PM in the PHS Gym.
• All-String Night, Wednesday, March 17th at 6:30 in the PHS Auditorium

The concerts feature students in grades 3-12 who sing in school chorus or play an instrument in the band or orchestra to perform on the same concert program together. It is a wonderful opportunity for the students and their caregivers to see and hear the breadth of the music program.

*SPECIAL NOTE: Due to audience size capacity in the PHS gym and the number of band students in the district, the All-Band Night concert is a ticketed event. Each band student in grades 5-12 will be given 2 free tickets to the concert for their caregivers. Only audience members presenting these free tickets will be allowed in to view the concert. Band students will be receiving their tickets from their band teacher in class next week to bring home. We apologize in advance that seating is limited for the All-Band Concert.

Tickets are not necessary for the All-Choral Concert or the All-String concert.

It is best practice to send a note to the classroom teacher for all dismissals. The teacher will process the note then send it to the main office for processing. Best to always include the following: Teacher’s name, student's first and last name, time of dismissal and bus number. (If you write the end of the day, that is 3:25 with cafe pick up)

Please reach out to our Food Service Director Cindy Lucas-Terra at cindy.lucasterra@pembrokek12.org.

You must have a valid CORI on file with PPS in order to volunteer at NPES. CORI’s are valid for 3 years and it takes 2-3 weeks for processing.

A Calendar of Events 2019-2020

March 23, 2020: Behavioral Management-Managing and Reducing Challenging Behaviors -presented by Kathleen Dorn, BCBA

May 11, 2020: How to Manage Social Conflict (including the use of the Social Thinking Curriculum)-presented by District School Psychologists

All events will take place at Hobomock Elementary School’s Library at 6:30 pm.

PTO Meeting-- Thursday, March 12th at 7 pm. This is a change from our typical Tuesday night.

Childcare will be provided by the YMCA!

A flyer has gone out for PTO tickets on Thursday, May 21st

The Red Sox tickets for PTO are DIFFERENT from the Band Tickets. That flyer accidentally went out to the entire school but was intended for BAND STUDENTS ONLY. Families who have students in the Band will be purchasing tickets separately. Our NPES PTO night is the same night, which is AWESOME! We are super excited about this!

Be on the lookout for a Google Doc order form. Adult and youth sizes will be available.

Talent Show rehearsal date is Tuesday 3/24 at PHS from 6:15-8:30 ALL acts must be there at 6:15 for important information. Ticket forms have gone home in backpacks

Please join us for the Adult Social at the Pembroke Country Club on April 3, 2020, at 7:00 PM.

This Comedy Night features local comedians Chrissy Judge, opener Mark Saulich, featuring Bethany Van Delft, with Comedy Central Sean Sullivan headlining! We can’t wait!

The Mixed Bags Fundraiser is here! Are you in need of a new bag or two for the spring? Maybe a cute tote bag to tote all the spring sports gear around? Or maybe you're planning ahead and need something cute for Teacher Appreciation, Mother's day or upcoming birthdays?

This 5th-grade fundraiser has got you covered! Just click the link below and you'll be brought to the website. Orders will ship directly to your house. And 40% of the proceeds will go back to the 5th-grade class! The current 5th-grade class is hard at work fundraising for what will be a speculator 6th-grade year! This fundraiser will help cover the cost of next year's 6th-grade events including Promotion Night, Yearbooks, Survivor Night, Starland Night and a class gift.

Questions- Please reach out to joanna_binette@yahoo.com or any member of the 5th-grade fundraising committee.

Thank you so much for your support!

Don't forget to drop off your used textiles to help NPES earn money! The bins are located behind the school next to the basketball courts.

For over 20 years, Box Tops for Education has given families an easy way to earn cash for their school, with products they already buy. As you may or may not know, box tops have gone digital! So, there are two ways that you can help support the school through the box tops program:

1. Bring in your clipped box tops. The old box tops image has a purple folder with Box Tops and a pencil that says education over it. There should date of expiration as well. Bring these in either in a bag with your child's teacher name or taped to the handout. These are due 10/21 for the fall submission.

2. Scan your receipts. Download the new app and scan your receipts. This is the box top image that says 'no more clipping.' Alternatively, send in your receipts and we will scan them! Just let us know what teacher to credit the box tops too. Scanned receipts can be brought in at any time, but they have to be scanned within 14 days of purchase.

Any questions, please email: northpembrokepto@gmail.com

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at northpembrokepto@gmail.com

Sincerely,

North Pembroke PTO Board

Sarah Quatrale – President

Kristi Cullinane & Karen Kazolias Co-Vice President

Margie Baker— Secretary

Joanna Binette- Treasurer

Tina Putnam- Communications

For additional information and more about other town events, check the Community Notices Virtual Backpack!

Here you will find information about upcoming town events such as youth sports, camps, town recreation, etc. We hope that this new “Community Notices” virtual backpack will help streamline communication between the community and school district.

We recommend checking the backpack weekly. If you would like to submit to the backpack you may do so through our broadcast email request form on our website.

Calling all parents! If you are searching for a fun, weeklong program for your students entering grades 1-6, you're in luck! Pembroke is hosting Camp Invention: Elevate from Monday, June 29-Thursday, July 2, 2020.

Let your child's imagination run wild while exploring connections between, science, technology, engineering, and innovation. This fun-filled camp runs from 8 AM - 4 PM.

Cost to attend: $285

Early Bird Registration Discount: DSB25 ($25 off)- Discount Ends March 31, 2020

Extended Registration Discount: DSB15 ($15 off) - Discount valid April 1- May 12, 2020

Previous Camper Discount: ALUMNI35 ($35 off)- Discount ends February 11, 2020.

Pembroke Employee Discount: HOST ($30 off)

Email: erica.swift@pembrokek12.org
Website: pembrokek12.org
Location: 72 Pilgrim Road, Pembroke, MA, USA
Phone: 781-826-5115
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NorthPembrokeElementarySchool/
Twitter: @Principal_Swift