Important Dates
Friday, Nov 10- Veteran's Day- No School
Tuesday, Nov 14 - Picture Retake & PTO meeting @7:00 PM
Friday, Nov 17 - Gr. 2 This Pretty Planet
Wednesday, Nov 22- Early Release 11:40 (No Lunch will be served)
Thursday, Nov 23 & Friday, Nov 24- No School
Friday, Dec 1 - Around The World Lunch, Tanzania
Monday, Dec 4- Family Math Night
Thursday, Dec 7 - Gr.4 Field Trip - Whydah Pirate Museum
From the Cafe
Lunch will be served at all elementary schools this year free of charge. Please click here for the menu. Breakfast is also available - please click here for the menu.
Also, please click here for an important message from the school nutrition department
Library News
sweet story helped to enrich our discussions of treating others with compassion and coping with change.
PTO News
The holiday season is coming in hot (well, kind of chilly actually)! PTO is ready! Keep an eye out for
information on our first movie night, the return of Cards & Cocoa, ordering cards and stationery gifts through minted.com, a special paperstore coupon week, and much more!
For most consistent communication, please sign up to receive notification from us through PTBoard.com school code MDSVP8. You can also reach out with questions or concerns at any time through ptomartinson@gmail.com.
Nurse's News
Annual Screenings will take place starting in October and progressing through the month of November- during this time in the health office, students are reminded of the importance of their health and how easy it is to stay healthy with frequent hand washing. As cold and flu season will soon be here, students will also participate in discussions in other healthy habits such as staying hydrated, eating a balanced diet with all 5 food groups, getting plenty of exercise and sleep.
Absences: If your child is absent, you must notify the front office that your child will not be in school. Please send in an excuse note upon returning to school for both the teacher and Ellen Michaels (emichaels@mpsd.org) and nurse Jenny Goodwin (jgoodwin@mpsd.org).
Any absences related to an illness that exceed 3 or more days must have a Dr's note of medical clearance before they return.
Illnesses: Elementary aged children can easily spread and pick up germs and viruses. If your child has developed symptoms or has been sent home from school with symptoms that are of a concern, such as Flu, Strep Throat or Hand Foot and Mouth aka HFM or Coxsackie virus--- which are all communicable illnesses -please contact your Pediatrician for advice and /or evaluation before returning to school.
Medication - please do not send medication to school with your child- it is school policy that medication needs to be hand delivered from the parent to the nurse. Medication can be easily dropped, opened, spilled or lost on the way into school.
If you have any concerns about your child's health, or illnesses that may occur during the school year, please notify the school nurse at 781-319-3985.
If your child had any of the following symptoms today, please keep them home
Fever over 100 degrees (must be fever free for 24 hours without the use of tylenol or motrin to return to school)
Vomiting and/or diarrhea (if your child has had any vomiting or diarrhea within the past 24 hours, they should not return to school)
Diagnosis of communicable disease such as strep throat or conjunctivitis (if diagnosed with a communicable disease and prescribed antibiotics, your child must not return to school until they have been on antibiotics for at least 24 hours)
These are just a few common reasons children are sent home from school.
Thank you for helping to keep the MES community and your child healthy.
Please contact the nurse with any questions.
Jenny Goodwin
781-319-3985
Martinson Elementary
Email: pdevlin@mpsd.org
Website: www.mpsd.org
Location: 257 Forest Street, Marshfield, MA, USA
Phone: 781-834-5025
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