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Tiger Tales
Monthly Newsletter of the Matthew Thornton PTA
Volume 29, Issue 6: March 2015
www.mtpta.com
LETTER FROM OUR PRESIDENT
MARCH HAPPENINGS
Dear Matthew Thornton Families,
March 5
March 4
March 6
Popcorn Sale during recess, $.25
Books and Beyond Collection
Chorus sing at Manchester
Monarchs Game
March 12
PTA Meeting, 6pm
March 13
School IS in session
March 18-19 School Store
March 23-27 Turn Off the Screens Week; all
events begin at 6pm:
Monday
Story Night
Tuesday
PE Night
Wednesday Book Fair
Thursday
Beach Party Dance/Book Fair
Friday
Book Fair
We have certainly had our share of snow! Spring is
just around the corner. We hope you all had a
restful February vacation. Our next PTA meeting
will be held on Thursday, March 12th at 6pm in the
MT Library. We hope you might be able to take a
few minutes to join us; light refreshments will be
served. Hard to believe the PTA is beginning to
plan end of the year events; any input is
welcomed!
On Friday, March 6th the MT Chorus with the help
of Mrs. Gilcreast will sing the National Anthem at
the Monarchs game. If you have not gotten tickets
and would like to go, please email me as soon as
possible. March 23rd-27th will be Matthew
Thornton’s infamous Turn Off the Screens Week.
Monday will be Story Night. Tuesday, PE Night,
Thursday the Beach Dance; we will boogie with DJ
Steve Street! We hope to see you all!
LUNCH VOLUNTEER NEEDED
Did you know that we have PTA volunteers helping
in the cafeteria every day? These volunteers help
reinforce positive behaviors by handing out PAWS
stickers to the children. We are in need of a
volunteer every Tuesday from 10:55 am to 1:05
pm (covers all lunch periods). If you are interested
in volunteering, please contact Michelle Miller at
miller1999@comcast.net.
If at any time you have any questions please feel
free to email me.
Maggie Croteau
Stacie Street
MTPTA President
MTPTA President-Elect
rmcroteau@comcast.net staciestreet@hotmail.com
Thank you!
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sale! Dance is $1 per person. Donations of water,
juice boxes, baked items (nut free and individually
wrapped) or snacks are greatly appreciated!!
Please contact Lynn Hoyt lhoyt21@hotmail.com
with any questions.
Our school
store will be
held during
all lunch
periods on
March 18th
and 19th.
Did you know that most items are priced between
ten cents and three dollars? There’s something for
everyone…come check it out!
SKI CLUB
Ski Club was a total success!! Thanks to every
skier and snowboarder who participated in the 6week long program. We are already looking
forward to next season and more snow!! Until
then, and thanks to Mother Nature, the Spring
should provide some amazing skiing conditions!!
VOLUNTEERS: COUNT YOUR HOURS!
We would like to ask our wonderful volunteers to
please continue tracking your volunteer hours. Our
chair, Kimberly Ouellette, will be collecting
volunteer hours for the Blue Ribbon Award
Application in May.
Stacie Street
BOOK FAIR
The Spring Book Fair will be running from
Wednesday, March 25th through Friday, March
27th. Please keep an eye out for a Book Fair flyer
and official announcement to be sent home soon
with all students. The Book Fair will be open
during the day for all to visit and during the
Beach Party Dance on Thursday night. If you have
an interest in helping out with the Book Fair,
please e-mail the event chairs, Stacie Street at
staciestreet@hotmail.com, or Ken Lynch at
klynch48@yahoo.com
SCHOOL STORE
We are looking for
some volunteers to
help staff our school
store on either
Wednesday March
18th or Thursday
March 19th. If you
could spare some
time please contact
me for details at:
dbsherm8@aol.com
or 434-9261
Danielle Barrett
School Store Coordinator
BOOKS AND BEYOND
As of February 20th, a little over half of Matthew
Thornton students have at least one BINGO! In
addition, 141 students have earned a free book,
and 36 have already earned gold medals. Don't
miss out - follow those helpful hints sent out
before the winter break and get some BINGOs!!!
We KNOW everyone is reading, so be sure to get
credit for those wonderful reading habits by
reading for a BINGO! Remember - 3 BINGOs earns
a free book, 6 BINGOs earns a gold medal, and
every BINGO earns a raffle ticket toward prizes at
Thank you!
BEACH PARTY
Come celebrate Turn off the screens week at the
Beach party Dance on March 26th from 6pm till
7:30pm!! Pizza will be sold as well as a bake/snack
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the June assembly! Keep reading!
Additionally, “PAWS” stickers are given in the
cafeteria to class tables who demonstrate positive
school behavior. When tables received ten
stickers, that class received a special table setting
during a Monday lunchtime. When classes
received 25 stickers, they received a special guest
or grade level music during lunchtime. As lunch
tables continue to accumulate stickers, they will
receive other rewards.
PAWS NEWS
PAWS Behavioral
Expectations
Program
Positive Attitude
Act Responsibly
Work and Play Safely
Show Respect
The PAWS program at Matthew
Thornton is a program to maintain
and support positive school
behaviors. If your student arrives home with
“PAWS” stickers, it indicates that they were
observed demonstrating a positive behavior in
areas such as the hallway, cafeteria, classroom,
library, etc.
The focus for the month of January was following
bus rules and exhibiting respectful behavior on the
bus and toward the bus driver. In addition to the
“Behavior of the Month”, classes earned stickers
for demonstrating “PAWS” behaviors in the
classroom, as well as other areas of the school.
The classes with the most stickers at each grade
level earned the “Golden PAW”. Winners from all
the grades were able to have an indoor yarn
“snowball” fight in the cafeteria.
NOTES FROM THE LIBRARY
Did you know?
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Winners announced at the beginning of January
were:
First grade
Mrs. McGee’s class
Second grade
Mrs. Rheault’s class
Third grade
Mrs. Silvius’s class
Fourth grade
Mrs. Balon-Frost’s class
Fifth grade
Mrs. Skoropowski’s class
Congratulations to our winners!
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The focus for February was again bus behavior.
For the monthly awards announced at the
beginning of March each class will participate in an
indoor “snowball” fight.
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February was such a short month with snow
days, delays, and vacation!
First and second grade classes listened to
fairytales and biographies during their story
time.
Students learned where the
biography section of the library is located
and how the call number is decided for
these nonfiction books.
Third grade classes completed a unit on
castles to complement their study of
medieval times.
Students practiced
notetaking as a group before working with
small groups to find more information. The
culminating activity will be to compare and
contrast the features of castles with homes
today.
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Fifth grade classes started a two class unit
on understanding “Point of View.”
Some fourth grade classes continued to
work using the World Book Encyclopedia
online to learn more about New Hampshire.
Mrs. Lynch’s and Mrs. Rheault’s second
grade classes completed a four unit lesson
using biographies to learn about Jackie
Robinson,
Amelia
Earhart,
Leonardo
DaVinci, and Thomas
Jefferson. They used
resources such as
books, magazines, and a web site.
MATTHEW THORNTON DRAMA CLUB
proudly presents
Getting to know…
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s
Jean K. Sand
jsand@londonderry.org
603-432-6937 X6508
LABELS FOR EDUCATION
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
Suggested by “The Trapp Family Singers” by Maria
Augusta Trapp
Campbell's Labels For Education™ Program
Awards Free Educational Merchandise.
Friday, April 17th and
Saturday, April 18th
7:00 pm
With your help, Matthew Thornton can make this
year the best ever! Participating in the program is
easy — simply clip the UPC portion along with
graphic from participating Campbell products and
send them to our school. Our bin is located in the
front lobby. Visit labelsforeducation.com for a
complete list of eligible products and point values
and to check on our schools progress!
Matthew Thornton School, Londonderry, NH
Tickets in advance: $5/children & students $8/adults
(at the door $5/children & students $10/adults)
Tickets on sale in the MTS lobby Thursdays in April
3:00pm-4:00pm
For more information contact:
mtdramaclub@gmail.com or (978) 201-049
Ask your friends and family to collect UPCs on
behalf of our school.
If you have any questions please contact our
program coordinator, April Betty at
apryl1207@aol.com.
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Save Those Codes…
and help make great things
happen for our school!
Did you know that Matthew
Thornton is part of the My Coke Rewards for
Schools program?
Do you have codes saved from the holidays?!
Consider donating them to Matthew Thornton!
Drink your favorite Coca-Cola products and save
your rewards points to donate them and help our
school.
For more information visit:
www.mycokerewards.com/school.
We currently have 4,304 points saved and will be
using the points to help our wellness committee
purchase recess equipment for our students.
Thank you for your support.
~Danielle Barrett
dbsherm8@aol.com
FROM THE EDITOR
Tiger Tales is a monthly publication of the Matthew
Thornton PTA and is sent to parents and guardians
of every student.
To advertise in the next Tiger Tales, there is a $15
monthly charge. If you’re interested in advertising
in the April issue, please contact me at
caro.edwards@icloud.com or 437-6525 by March
20, 2014.
Caroline Edwards
Tiger Tales Editor
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