Meadow Hall Staff Newsletter

Interims are due on Monday, March 4th by 5pm.

Grade 5 MISA testing will be on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 5-6 in the morning.

Please see Professional Learning Webpage regarding professional learning for Summer 2024.

Read-A-Thon begins on Monday! Please encourage your students to read at home and return their calendars on Wednesdays and Fridays. Please ask students for their calendars on Wednesday and Friday morning. Ms. Blakley will collect the red folders in the morning and then return them to you before the end of the day. It might be helpful to have them keep their calendars in their take home folders. Ms. Blakley will also place extra calendars in your mailbox on Monday in case students lose them. Please reach out with any questions.

The "Spring Book Fair" is a time for kids to come and get a free book prior to spring break. There is nothing for sale, but just a way to promote reading. Books are being set up by grade level clusters. Please sign up for a time slot using the link below.

Grade K and 1 - Monday, March 18 AM

Grades 4 and 5 - Monday, March 18 PM

Grade 2 and 3 - Tuesday, March 19 AM (grade 3 please sign up for the early slots and grade 2 sign up for after specials)

Autism - you may sign up with the grade level or simply bring a couple kids at a time any time between the posted hours.

Spring Book Fair Sign-Up

Need some items to work with students or for your classroom? Create your Amazon wish list for items that you may need for your classroom or to work with students. Link the Amazon wish list to your name or your overall heading/department on this google doc. For some of the “departments” – you can either create a joint wish list or if you prefer, edit the document to list individuals.

The PTA will use this to send out to families and for staff appreciation week! If you created one last year, it is still linked, but you may want to update it.

Amazon Wish List

Please see the memo attached below for an optional training.

Our American Fidelity representative will be in the Staff lounge on March 5-6 to meet with MCEA staff as needed. Stop by and learn about the services they provide!

Summer training will be grade-level specific. Non classroom-based teachers of reading (focus, academic intervention, reading initiative, etc) should choose one grade level they support.

March

Tuesday, March 5 @ 7pm - PTA mtg

The Meadow Hall PTA has once again teamed up with Creative Adventures, Inc. art education non-profit to offer after school art classes this spring!

In this six-session workshop the Creative Adventures artist-teachers will bring the elements of design to life through a series of imaginative projects in a safe and fun after school environment. This Spring students will learn about some new artists, experiment with art materials, and do a new project each week!

The art begins after school on March 19, 3:30-5:00 p.m., and runs for six Tuesdays, ending on April 30 (No class on Mar. 26). Tuition for this class is $190.

Learn more and register at https://www.artinyou.com/schoolyearclasses

Partial scholarships are available upon request. There is a 10% sibling discount for a second child after one full tuition.

Questions? Contact 301.943.4659 or rosana@artinyou.com

Interims due Monday, March 4th at 5pm

Sign up for Spring Book Fair time

Link your Amazon Wish List

Prepare Asynchronous materials for 4/22

Monday, March 4

• Books for Breakfast @ 8:15am
• Read-A-Thon Begins!
• Interims due at 5pm

Tuesday, March 5

• SGA mtg @ noon
• Leadership Team mtg @ 3:45pm
• PTA mtg @ 7pm

Monday, March 11

• Class/Club Photos and Grade 5 Panoramic
  

Tuesday, March 12

• Staff mtg @ 3:45pm

Friday, March 15

• Staff Breakfast @ 8:20am

Tuesday, March 19

• Equity mtg @ 3:45pm

Thursday, March 21

• Field Trip:1st grade Imagination Stage
  

March 23 - April 1

• Spring Break!

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