Winchendon Weekly News

Another week has flown by, bringing us cooler weather and the official start of Fall (tomorrow, September 23)! Fall is a special time of year with each of our schools hosting fun events for our students like Homecoming for Murdock and the Monster Ball for Memorial and Toy Town. Below, you will find upcoming dates and helpful information from our schools.

• September 26: SEPAC Meeting @ Beals Memorial Library - 6pm
• September 27: Half Day for Students/Professional Development for Staff
• October 2-6: Homecoming Spirit Week at Murdock
• October 3: Picture Day - Grades 1-12
• October 5: School Committee Meeting - 6pm
• October 7: Homecoming Semi-Formal, 7-10pm
• October 9: No School - Columbus Day
• October 15: Vendor Bingo to Benefit Murdock Food Pantry, 1pm
• October 19: PreK Picture Day (AM/PM Classes) School Committee Meeting - 6pm
• October 20: Picture Day (Mrs. Skawinski's Tuesday/Friday Class)
• October 21: Bottle and Can Drive, 9am-12pm
• October 28: Haunted High School

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Any parent interested in joining the Winchendon Special Education Parent Advisory Council, please send an email to SEPAC@winchendonk12.org or call the Special Education Department at 978-297-1850.

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October 2 - Monday - Pajama Day
October 3 - Tuesday - Barbie vs. Ken (Please note this is picture day.)
October 4 - Wednesday - Tacky Tourist Day
October 5 - Thursday - Blackout
October 6 - Friday - BBQ Dad vs. Soccer Mom

Football Game and Tailgating will be on Thursday, October 5 at 6:00 p.m. Each class will sponsor a food item and a game.

The semi-formal Homecoming Dance will be on Saturday, October 7, from 7-10 p.m. at Toy Town Elementary. Tickets will be $15 and will be on sale beginning September 25 at lunch. All tickets must be purchased by Friday, October 6. No tickets will be sold at the door. Outside guest forms are available in the students' Google Classrooms and must be turned in to Mr. Fredette by Tuesday, October 3 along with a copy of the guests' picture ID.

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Congratulations to Mrs. Stephanie Rondeau, Murdock High School teacher, who was named to the National Student Council Advisor Group for the 23-24 school year by the Nat StuCo and NASSP, who states, "The NASSP Ambassador Program elevates the voices of our selected Ambassadors through a rotating list of group projects - overseen by an NASSP staff member. Projects celebrate different perspectives and fresh ideas and evolve based on the needs of the NASSP membership."

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This year, Playgroups will be in our brand new Place Space at Memorial School in the PreK building! We will have multiple playgroups during the week including Homeschool Family playgroup on Tues., our regular Preschool Playgroups on Wed., Tummy Time infant and Toddler

group, on Thurs. and After School playgroup for children 3+ on Fridays. We will still be at Beals Library on Thurs. afternoons for preschool playgroup as well!