Second grade had a fantastic day at Merck Forest on Tuesday!! We learned about pollinators and then visited the animals!
This week the LIT group chalked the walk with messages of "Love, inclusion and trust."
It was another great LIT week! Our Love, Inclusion and Trust group met earlier this week and enjoyed the beautiful weather preparing for the upcoming Peace Week decorating peace signs.
Healthy Kids Programs will be partnering with the Currier, Dorset, Manchester, Mettawee, and Sunderland Schools for the 2024-2025 school year to provide the after school programs. Please visit the ASP Resources page on the Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union website for more information.
MEMS PTO will be assigned to Memorial Ave for Green Up Day this year to clean up our school roads. Please join on Saturday, May 4th at 9am!
Breakfast bagels and goodies will be provided for volunteers by PTO sponsor, Zippy Chicks.
Please let the MEMS PTO if you can make it for Green Up Day this year so they know how many bagels/donuts to have ready to fuel you up!! Visit memspto.org for more information and to RSVP.
Our LIT (Love, Inclusion and Trust) group spent the past month working on posters and presentations for Autism Acceptance Month in April.
MEMS 8th grade students Lola and Lily led a wonderful All School Meeting today to celebrate Earth Day and Poetry month in April.
Support our awesome PTO fundraiser happening now! The MEMS Discount Cards are going fast! For just $20, the card is good for a whole year to be used over and over.
Check your child's backpack for order forms or order online now at memspto.org.
***Remember to have friends and family note your child's name and teacher so they are eligible to win prizes for number of cards sold!
Kindergarten Enrollment and Screening Registration
This week second grade was invited to test out 6th grade’s STEM foosball project! The 6th grade created foosball tables out of recycled materials. Second grade then tested them and gave feedback based on looks and function. They had a lot of fun being testers!
Band and chorus students in grades 7-8 visited New York City yesterday! They visited Times Square and saw Wicked on Broadway.
Third grader, Charlotte West visited the Vermont State House today with Superintendent Randi Lowe and teachers, Jessica Kuzmich and Jess Waller, to showcase the Wild Robot Literacy Month program. We even set up our MEMS Wild Robot projects and art work in Montpelier for the event.
Today Michael from the Southern VT Natural History Museum came to second grade. He brought animals in connection to The Wild Robot. The students learned about adaptations of each animal.
Reminder: Spring Picture Day is tomorrow!!
School Name: Manchester Elementary Middle School
Tuesday, April 2
If you would like your child to have their spring photo taken and are in need of financial assistance please reach out to Christina in the front office.
Picture Day ID: EVTV34Z7R
REMINDER- MEMS Pre- K enrollment is open!
Please contact Manchester Elementary School at (802) 362-1597 to receive an enrollment packet.
Forms for registration are due back to MEMS by April 1st, 2024
5th grade teacher Mallory Chilton and her pre-k son, Carter, dressed for Thur-ROZ-Day for MEMS Literacy Spirit Week.
Literacy Month Spirit Week
Looking forward to seeing families tonight for this wonderful event.
This family friendly Potluck is intended to celebrate the bipoc community. Bringing families together in a safe, loving, and supportive environment to meet your neighbors, find support, share resources, speak on community issues and opportunities while having some fun! The gathering will feature a “monthly hair clinic (free to families but a gratuity is appreciated), monthly featured speakers and artists, face paint, community resources and incentives, music, games and fun! Bring a dish if you wish as we strive for cultural cuisine!
In Amanda Penge's 2nd grade class today, we had two moms come to talk about Ramadan. Naoual Frost is from Morocco, and they celebrate Ramadan. She had Carolyn Rhode come with her to read a story. The students then created a craft and got a holiday bag.
