February 25, 2016

Hello Memorial Families,

This week we celebrated the 100th day of school (2/22 for Grade 1 and 2/24 for Kindergarten)!  Hard to believe that we are more than half-way through the school year already.  

What's Happening in the Memorial Lobby?

If you've been to the school in the last week, you'll notice that the lobby has an new arrangement. Our school mascots, Duck and Moose, have been relocated to make room for a very special project. More information will be shared in late spring.

Students from Mrs. McAvoy's, Mrs.Hedberg's, Mrs. Elrick's, Mrs. Pollock's and Mrs Herring's classes joined together in second lunch to commit random acts of kindness.  Each special act was recorded on a heart throughout the month of February and the hearts were hung on the walls of the cafeteria.  I'm so proud to say that the kindness wrapped around the entire cafeteria!  Way to go everyone!

Thanks to all who participated in Pajama Day before vacation!  What a great way to celebrate our progress towards our Box Top collection and a nice way to kick off February vacation and Valentine's Day.  Be on the lookout for more Spirit Days...coming soon!

Next week is Read Across America Week! We will be having special activities starting with a school wide kick off ceremony and ending with a special visit from the Cat in the Hat.  In between we'll have guest readers and crazy sock day.

Math, Math Everywhere!!!

Wondering how the student placement process works?  Come join me on Monday, March 21st from 9:30-10:30 a.m in the Memorial Library to learn about the parent input letter and the multiple factors that go into placing students into classrooms each year.  More information to follow.

MCPE Upcoming Events
Parenting Author Jessica Lahey is coming to speak at Dover/Sherborn Alan Mudge Auditorium on Tuesday, March 1st at 7 p.m.   

The location of the Alan Mudge Auditorium is in the building between D-S middle school and D-S high school on the Regional campus.  D-S has kindly invited Medfield parents to this free event. Please register online at http://goo.gl/forms/O3mRWJh0yt . Jessica Lahey is an educator, writer, and speaker. She has taught middle and high school for over a decade, is a correspondent for the Atlantic and PBS Parents, commentator for Vermont Public Radio, and writes the "Parent-Teacher Conference" column for the New York Times. Her New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed was released by Harper Books in 2015. Jessica is a Dover-Sherborn graduate, earned a B.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts, and a J.D. with a concentration in juvenile and education law from the University of North Carolina School of Law. 

"Most Likely to Succeed" Film Screening and Discussion: A Medfield Community Event

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on Tuesday, March 29th at 6:30 p.m.​

Most Likely to Succeed offers an inspiring look at what students and teachers are capable of when given the opportunity. Directed by acclaimed documentarian Greg Whiteley, the film has been an official selection of two dozen of the world’s top film festivals, including Sundance, Tribeca, AFI, Cleveland, Dallas, Milwaukee, Sarasota, Seattle, Virginia, and Bergen. It’s been featured at leading conferences on education, including ASU/GSV, SxSWedu, Harvard/GoldmanSachs, and NewSchools Venture Fund. Audience members call it the most compelling film ever done on the topic of school.

The film will be shown from 6:30-8 p.m., at the Medfield High School Auditorium, with small group discussions with Medfield Public School Administrators from 8-9 p.m. You are invited to see the film and join the conversation! This is NOT one solution to education. This film asks us to ask questions, which will hopefully lead us to our own answers. PLEASE VISIT www.MLTSfilm.org TO SEE THE TRAILER! Click this link for your free registration:

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Thank you for reading.
Enjoy the remainder of your week.
Sincerely,
Missy Bilsborough, Principal