Meadow Hall Staff Newsletter

Field Day is Wednesday, May 24th!!

We're getting close! Read below for updates....

Please complete MAP and Dibels testing as soon as possible. However, if you need extra time for make-ups, both windows are extended to June 2nd.

May 31s is the last day students will be able to check out books from the media center!

Friday, June 9th will be our last day of focus groups.

Change of meeting dates:

• Tuesday, May 30th - Leadership meeting
• Tuesday, June 6th - Staff meeting
• Tuesday, June 13th - No meeting:)

Chorus Rehearsal – May 31st @ 2:30pm for a mix of 4th and 5th graders in the APR

Instrumental and Chorus Assemblies

Assembly for K-2 – June 6th @ 1:30-2:10pm in Gym

Assembly for 3-5 – June 6th @ 2:20-3:00pm in Gym

Double check your field day assignment. It may be different than what you original volunteered in order to allow paraeducators time to cover lunches and have their own lunch.

Click here for Field Day Assignments

Format:

• Classroom teachers will split their class in half. The staff assignments are included below.
• You will receive a map in your mailbox Wednesday morning with all of the stations listed
• 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will report to their first center at 9:15am. These classes will rotate around the different centers approximately every 7 minutes.
• An air horn will let you know when to rotate to the next center.
• The morning session will end at 11:45.
• 5th grade afternoon helpers should immediately go get lunch and eat it in the lobby outside the gym
• Kdg, 1st and 2nd graders will report to their first center at 12:30pm. Their field day will run till 3:00.
• Station directions will be at each center (most are pretty self-explanatory).

Lunch Schedule

• K/1 11:00 – 11:30
• 2 11:35 – 12:05
• 5 11:45 – 12:15 (joins 2nd grade)
• 3/4 12:20 – 12:50

Lunch Coverages

11:00-11:30 - Grade K and 1 Lunch - Anastasiou, Calabia, Boisture

11:35-12:05 - Grade 2 Lunch - Umbel and Hozhabri

11:45-12:15 - Grade 5 Lunch - Holmes

12:20-12:50 - Grade 3 and 4 Lunch - Holmes, Fensterstock

General Reminders

• Field day is a privilege. Feel free to sit a kid out for a center or two if they are not demonstrating good sportsmanship.
• Remind students to bring water bottles and dress appropriately for running around in the heat for 2+ hours.
• If a student shows up without sneakers, use your best judgment and sit them out during an activity that might not be safe. Example: no rope climbing in flip flops.
• Students who bought field day shirts should wear them. If they didn’t, encourage them to wear the same color.
• Sunscreen, hats, sunglasses are all great additions.
• There is a water station by the exterior door off of the 2nd grade hallway.
• The PTA will deliver popsicles around 3:00.

We will be conducting the following emergency drills. Please review procedures with your students.

Thursday, May 25th @ 10am - Parent Unification Drill (we will ask members of the OSET team to meet before the start of the drill. We will only be "unifying" about a dozen students. This won't be a school-wide event, but rather a practice for the OSET team)

Thursday, May 25th @ 10:45am - Directed Evacuation and Reverse Evacuation (Please see the directions below. We evacuate to the front field. Portables do NOT go through the building, but rather around the building. Listen to the directions on the announcements for the evacuation.)

Staff members may use the form linked below to refer students to tutoring. However before submitting a referral, please read each bullet point and make sure parents know how summer CARES differs from the current tutoring.

• There will now be July tutoring at 15 centralized sites, and 3 virtual sites.

• Schools will use this (ES&MS form) student referral form to submit student referrals for July tutoring.

• Parents must be able to transport their child to the selected site Tuesdays, Wednesday, Thursdays, during one of the two session (each day has two-45 minute sessions)

• Students referred for tutoring may not also be attending elementary or middle summer school programs

• Tutoring will be at the following sites for Elementary: Sally Ride, Cashell, Galway, Fox Chapel, Clopper Mill, Ritchie Park

ELA Summer Training Locations - UPDATE

Teacher Training Locations:

June - July 27th dates will be held at Thomas S. Wootton HS -2100 Wootton Parkway, Rockville

July 31 - August dates will be held at Wheaton HS - 12601 Dalewood Drive, Silver Spring

Please review the linked memo for information regarding Meadow Hall's after school programs for next school year.

MHES Before & After School Programming for FY24

EXCITING PTA BOARD NEWS!

At last week's PTA meeting, we elected Courtney Bellizzi as PTA Secretary for the next school year. We also nominated Nicole Hennessy for the President position and Emily Quaglieri for Vice President of Administration. Final elections will take place at the June PTA Meeting. We are very excited for our new board members! If you see them, be sure to congratulate them in their new roles!!

SAVE THE DATE: SPRING PICNIC 2023

Be sure to mark your calendars for our annual Spring Picnic on Friday, June 9. More details to come!

Review Emergency drills with students.

Complete columns on articulation google sheet

Complete MCPS Staff Climate Survey (emailed to you from "MCPS Survey")

Tuesday, May 23 - Colgate Dentist visit

Wednesday, May 24 - Field Day (no recess; no specials)

Thursday, May 25 - Grade K field trip

Tuesday, May 30 - Grade 5 field trip; Leadership Team mtg @ 3:45

Thursday, June 1 - Grade 2 field trip

Tuesday, June 6 -

• Assembly for K-2 @ 1:30-2:10pm in Gym
• Assembly for 3-5 @ 2:20-3:00pm in Gym
• Staff mtg @ 3:45
• Spring Concert @ 7pm @ Rockville HS

Email: Ilana_N_Simhon@mcpsmd.org
Website: https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/meadowhalles/
Location: 951 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD, USA
Phone: 240-740-5260