MPS Elementary Updates: 11-7-25

Governor Healey launched yesterday a new SNAP Response Hub webpage, featuring a municipal-level map showing the impact of SNAP across Massachusetts, information on where residents can access food assistance, and ways community members and businesses can contribute.

4th Grade 50 States Celebration: On October 29th, our 4th graders and staff had a fantastic time celebrating their amazing achievement—memorizing all 50 states in the USA! Students enjoyed delicious desserts, played fun “50 States” games, and worked together on a giant USA puzzle. Each student received a certificate of accomplishment and a USA map frame to take home, so they can color in each state as they visit new places across the country. What a fun and educational way to celebrate learning!

• Lower Elementary Field Trip - Discovery Museum: Monday, November 17
• Caregiver-Teacher Conferences: Wednesday, December 3

May-lin Eu

MPS Elementary Principal

Janice Wenstrom
MPS Elementary Asst. Principal

• Safety Reasons: All visitors must first go to the White House office to get a visitor badge.

• Late Drop Off and Early Pick Up: When you drop off your child at school later than 8:00 AM or pick up your child earlier before 2:30 PM, you must first go to the White House office. They will let our Elementary department know you are here.

• Attendance Matters: Regular attendance is crucial for your child’s success. If your child is absent or has an appointment, please remember to contact both your child’s following teacher and elementarydept@tlcdeaf.org as soon as possible.

• Keep Track of Your Child's Belongings: Labeling your child's clothing with their name is a helpful way to avoid items being misplaced or accidentally taken by others.

Hello everyone!

Here are the schedules for this winter season. Please share the transportation pick-up times with your town LEA/representative and transportation coordinator so they can arrange rides accordingly.

A few important updates to share:

• Varsity Basketball Tryouts: Thursday, November 5

• Middle School Basketball Season Begins: Monday, November 17

• SOMA Bowling Season Begins: Thursday, November 20

The registration form will be sent out within two weeks. Please note the deadline to submit the form along with payment is the end of November.

Also, please ensure your child’s annual physical exam is up to date. If the physical exam has expired, your child will not be allowed to participate in athletics until it is current.

Winter Head Coaches:

• Varsity Boys Basketball: Justin Carrus

• Varsity Girls Basketball: Alex Antiserov

• Middle School Boys Basketball: Antoine Parham

• Middle School Girls Basketball: Sarah LaFrance

• SOMA Bowling Coordinator: Laura Palladino

• Cheerleading - We are looking for head coach; we hope to have updates soon!

Thank you!
David Del Pizzo
Director of Student Services

Hello! My name is Christopher DiSanto, your new Athletic Director.

I come to TLC with a strong athletic background. I played a lot of different sports when I was in high school.

I was an assistant Physical Educator teacher for many years at Lexington. Also, I was an assistant athletic director at Lexington.

I then became the Athletic Director at the American School for the Deaf for four years.

I am looking forward to start a new chapter here!

My vision as TLC’s Athletic Director is to create a champion culture at TLC, while working closely with our academic program. I want to make sure that our student-athletes do well both on and off the court - that will set us up for success!

Hello Caregivers,

I hope you’re all doing well after Homecoming! The students have been doing a great job in physical education classes.

Here’s a quick summary of what we’ve been up to over the past month — are you ready?!

• Kindergarten (0:23): Students played musical chairs, pool noodle activities, and parachute games. We also introduced soccer, where we are learning basic skills, including: dribbling, passing, receiving, shooting, and goalkeeping. Everyone has really enjoyed soccer so far!
• Elementary (0:52): Students played bowling, islands, steal the bacon, hot potato, coneball, guess the colors, parachute, and were also introduced to soccer. They also learned soccer skills such as dribbling, passing, receiving, shooting, and goalkeeping.
• Middle School (1:25): They played bowling, cornhole, ladder toss, covered net volleyball, coneball, nitroball, and dodgeball.
• High School (1:48): They played soccer, covered net volleyball, nitroball, ladder toss, islands, cornhole, and dodgeball.

That’s it! I also want to remind you that the end of the first quarter is this Friday — time flies!

If you have any questions, concerns, or just want to chat, please feel free to contact me anytime at jcarrus@tlcdeaf.org.

See you all next month!

• ASL Classes for Families - Free for primary caregivers of TLC students. New Session begins in January! Click here to register and use discount code tlcwinter26! -- For support in spoken languages other than English, please email communityasl@tlcdeaf.org.
• Click Here to purchase TLC gear
• Click Here to purchase MPWS Athletic gear

We are excited to share that we have launched two new calendars on our website. You can find the links on our tlcdeaf.org home page.

• Our Athletics calendar will display MPWS games, home and away. This calendar will not include practices

• Our Community Calendar is designed for the broader public to access, and will include local resources, events, and activities to create meaningful connections for families and students. We understand some parents are checking this calendar for specific MPS and WS school events. While we hope to post as often as we are able, we do ask that you continue to check emails, Department newsletters, Skyward, text messages, and communicate with your child's Following Teacher for school events, field trips, and other activities.