Green Meadow Weekly Update

Principal, Karen Lindquist - klindquist@maynard.k12.ma.us

Assistant Principal, Kate Murray - kmurray@maynard.k12.ma.us

Administrative Assistant- Kathy Sullivan - ksullivan@maynard.k12.ma.us

Administrative Assistant- Nancy Dangelo - ndangelo@maynard.k12.ma.us

School Nurse, Maria Bourgeois - mbourgeois@maynard.k12.ma.us

Important Phone Numbers to Add to Your Contacts List

Main Office Line - (978) 897-8246

Absentee Phone Line - (978)897-0310

4/20 - 4/24 - April Break, No School

5/6 & 5/7 - Grade 3 Math MCAS Dates

5/8 - Early Release Day, dismissal for PreK @ 11:35 AM, dismissal for K-3 @ 11:45 AM

5/15 - K-2 Spring Concert, 9:00 AM

5/15 - Early Release Day, dismissal for PreK @ 11:35 AM, dismissal for K-3 @ 11:45 AM

5/21 - Green Meadow Art Walk and Book Fair Event

6/2 - Field Day (Rain date, 6/9)

6/11 - Current Last Day for Preschool and Kindergarten Students (Includes 3 days for snow, subject to change)

6/17 - Grade 3 Moving On Ceremony, 9:00 AM, subject to change based on the last day of school date

6/18 - Current Last Day for Grade 1-3 Students (Includes 3 days for snow, subject to change)

Regular School Hours

Grades K- 3: 8:30 AM – 2:50 PM, student drop-off begins at 8:15 AM

Preschool: 8:40 AM - 2:40 PM (full day)

8:40 AM - 11:10 AM (morning program)

12:10 - 2:40 PM (afternoon program)

Early Release Hours

Grades K- 3: 8:30 AM – 11:45 AM

Preschool: Students who attend our program on Fridays will be dismissed at 11:35 PM on an Early Release day.

Breakfast and Lunch menus will be available at this link:

https://www.fdmealplanner.com/

Type Maynard, Green Meadow to view the selections. Allergy information is available through this site and menus can be printed.

After a month of daily reading we hope you continue the momentum over break. Our Green Meadow Librarian has lots of great vacation resources on the Library website. Here is the direct link: https://gmlib.maynard.k12.ma.us/welcome

The health office has a great need for boys' and girls' pants, sizes 6-10. If families have any "hand-me-downs" that they can pass on, Nurse Ria would be very welcome to take them off your hands.

Thank you so much!

Calling All New Families - Check out our PTO website and join our email list to stay on top of news and events. We can't wait for you to get involved!

https://greenmeadowpto.membershiptoolkit.com/

We are so grateful to our Public Safety partners for their support of our Green Meadow PTO. Last week we had the Caruso family arrive to school in a police car and this week the Lambert/Moynagh families arrived in a fire truck! Thank you to everyone who supported our PTO fundraising!

Multilingual Learner Resources

ELPAC (English Learner Parent Advisory Council) Resources

SEPAC (Special Education Parent Advisory Council) Resources

This coming May 1st the Nashoba Valley Rotary Club, that includes Maynard in its area, and the Acton-Boxborough Rotary Club have joined forces to hold a fundraising Dinner/Dance at the Boxborough Regency. The proceeds will benefit The Domestic Violence Services Network, as well as the non-profit foundations at each club. (The Nashoba Club's foundation has supported the Stuff A Cruiser, Reality Fair, Ryla Scholarships, Special Olympics, and Purple Pinky Day in Maynard).

The Maynard Rental Assistance Program (MRAP), sponsored by the Maynard Affordable Housing Trust, provides $500 monthly rental assistance payments, in the form of a grant, to eligible households residing in Maynard, Massachusetts.

The application deadline is April 10, 2026.

For more information about the program and eligibility requirements please click here.

The Open Table Food Pantry (www.opentable.org; 33 Main St, Maynard) is open on Tuesdays, 3:30 - 6:30 PM and Thursdays, 1 - 4:30 PM and offers free bags of groceries 1x/week. Open Table also allows families to pick up frozen meals for family members weekly.

The Maynard Food Pantry (www.maynardfoodpantry.com; 82 Main St., Maynard) is open on Mondays from 10 AM - 12 noon 1-2x/month

The Maynard Food Pantry offers a weekly Backpack Program for all students in PreK-Grade 5 that aims to offer food assistance to families. Each backpack is filled with nutritious, non-perishable food at no cost. Forms were sent home to families in backpacks last week. If you need a form, they are available in the Green Meadow main office. You can also request one by emailing Kate Murray at kmurray@maynard.k12.ma.us.

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