Melville Message Community Update

In partnership with families and community, the mission of Melville Elementary School is to provide all students with a strong academic foundation through diverse and challenging instruction in a safe and nurturing environment enabling them to achieve their greatest potential while developing self-confidence, respect, responsibility, compassion and a love of learning.

What a wonderful first week back at Melville! From the excitement of those first-day arrivals to the smiles, new friendships, and lots of learning, it has been a joy to welcome our students back. Thank you, families, for your patience, support, and partnership as we get back into the rhythm of school. A special thank you for helping our students navigate all the new routines and transitions that come with a new school year. We are so excited for the year ahead and grateful to have such a wonderful Melville family! 🐋💙

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As we prepare for the upcoming school year we wanted to give you an update on our school meals program. Breakfast, lunch, and milk are available to all students in grades K–4.

Meals:

Full Price

Breakfast $1.40

Lunch: $3.05

Reduced

Breakfast: Free

Lunch: Free

Milk: $.55

Applications for Free/Reduced Meals will be sent out the first day of school. However, you can also apply online by visiting this site: https://www.myschoolapps.com. We ask that all applications be returned. Please be sure to include your child’s name on the application and mark N/A if you are not applying.

Every child will have a school lunch account; you can either send money into school in an envelope marked with your child’s name, homeroom teacher, LASID Number (which can be found in the family portal in ASPEN), and amount included OR you can pay online at www.myschoolbucks.com. Keeping your balance paid in full is extremely important.

Meals are ordered through the classroom teacher each morning. Please communicate with your child if they are bringing a “home lunch” or buying a “school lunch”. If your child will be bringing lunch from home, then please write your child’s name inside their lunchbox in case it is lost.

For safety reasons, please do not send glass containers to school and make note that we are a peanut and nut free school.

If a student needs breakfast, then they can pick it up in our School Kitchen each morning.

ASPEN Family Portal-Where to find your child's LASID Number

September

7-9 No School: Labor Day/Statewide Primaries

13- Charity Polo Night

14-18 It Starts with Hello Spirit Week

15- Hearing Screening

17 - Open House & Ice Cream Social 5PM-6:30PM

21 - No School: Yom Kippur

22 - MPTG 1st meeting & Fall Festival Planning 6PM-7PM-Melville Library

23 - One-Hour Early Release

October

12 - No School: Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day

13

-Fall School Photo Day

- MPTG Meeting & Fall Festival Planning

20

-Fall Conferences

21 - Unity Day-Wear Orange

22 - Flu Clinic, 4PM-6:30PM-Melville Cafeteria

24 -Fall Festival 2PM-5PM-Melville School

28 - One-Hour Early Release

30 - Schoolwide Character Day

November

3 - No School: Election Day

11 - No School: Veterans Day

12 - Fall Conferences

25-27 - No School: Thanksgiving Recess

December

9- Report Cards go home and Family Portal is Open

12 - Merry Melville 9AM-12PM

21-22 Winter Spirit Week

22 - Whaledone Recognition Announcements

23-31: No School: Holiday Recess

January

1 - No School: Holiday Recess

13 - One-Hour Early Release

18 - No School: MLK Jr. Day

19 -MPTG Meeting and Whale of an Evening planning

22 - Winter BINGO with the MPTG, 4:30PM-6PM

25-29 Reading Spirit Week & Book Fair

February

9 - MPTG and Whale of an Evening planning Virtual Planning

15-19 - No School: Winter Recess

26 - Cozy Night with a Book MPTG Event 4:30-6:00

March

9 - MPTG and Whale of an Evening planning Virtual Planning

10 - One-Hour Early Release

19 -Whale of an Evening

22-26 Wellness Week

25- Report Cards go home and Family Portal is Open

26 - No School: Good Friday

April

14 - One-Hour Early Release

15 - Purple Up on the Playground

19-23 - No School: Spring Recess

27 - Bus Driver Appreciation

May

3-7 Staff Appreciation

11 - MPTG Meeting

20-Fun Run Rain date the 21st

31 - No School: Memorial Day

June

1 - Grade 4 Handprints

2 - Graduates Walk the Halls

4 - PHS Graduation

8 - MPTG and Family Appreciation

9 - Field Day (rain date the 10th)

17-Report Cards go home and Family Portal is Open

17 - LAST Day of school (180th day)

18 - Snow Make-up Day (if needed)

21 - No School: Juneteenth (Observed)

22-23 Snow Make-up Day (if needed)

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Website: https://www.portsmouthschoolsri.org/Domain/11
Location: 1351 West Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, USA
Phone: 4016831650
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Twitter: @MelvilleSchool