The PTO relies on financial support from families to ensure the sustainability of our community now and in future years. Funds raised this year go directly to teachers, students, and our community. Our goal is to raise $20,000 by January 31st, and we’re more-than half way there. Will you help? Donate online by clicking this link. (Suggested donation: $100 per student.)

Tuesday, January 12th, 8:30-9:15 am

To participate, click here (Password: see e-mailed PTO Notes).

There will be three breakout rooms from which to choose:

1. Supporting your DLA student(s) in literacy with Deana Lew, Elementary Literacy Coordinator.
2. Supporting your DLA student(s) in math with Jen Ortega, Interim Elementary Math Co-coordinator.
3. Supporting your DLA student(s) with attention, stamina, and work production with Psychologists Dr. Julie Gold and Dr. Gordon Weiner, and Social Worker, Rebecca Young.

Drop In Lunch Bunches kick off this month! All students are invited to join in to connect with friends and have some fun. Lunch Bunches will be in groups for Grades K-1, 2, 3, and 4-5 (see e-mailed PTO Notes for links and info).

* If you didn’t receive the invitation to these events emailed by Monica Carbone last week, be sure to email Monica directly here so she can report the issue to NPS’s IT team.

Thank you to all of those who have already signed up for Musical Mornings. Students enjoy seeing their peers’ performances. 

We still have seven K-2 spots open! Interested? Sign up here. 

(All grades 3-5 slots have been filled.)

Don’t forget to save the date of Thursday, February 11th, at 7:30 pm for Trivia Night, hosted by the PTO Social Committee. Get ready to grab your favorite drink and join the Mason-Rice community for a night of virtual trivia! Details will be shared closer to the event.

Thank you to all the Mason-Rice friends and families who participated in the Minted promotion this past November and December. Your support raised $421 for the PTO! Those funds will help support teacher classroom allowances, teacher/staff appreciation lunches, and curriculum-enhancing programming for our students.

The Supporting Your Child in the 2020-21 School Year forum, hosted by NPS, will take place on Wednesday, January 20, from 7:30-8:30 pm on Zoom. An invitation was emailed to all NPS families on January 6th; check your email for the details. 

To participate, register in advance via this Google Form. You can also use the form to submit questions to be answered during the presentation or the Q&A session. 

Mason-Rice’s annual online auction is usually the PTO’s biggest fundraiser. This year, because of the pandemic, we are not hosting the auction. Instead, in each week’s Notes, we are spotlighting the amazing businesses that have generously supported our auction year after year. We hope that now, during their time of need, you’ll consider patronizing those who have consistently supported our PTO.

Don’t forget to support the previously-spotlighted businesses! You can find them in the past Notes on our PTO webpage.

The Conservatory is Newton’s newest and fastest growing music school, providing music lessons for students of all ages and instruments for the past 5 years. The Conservatory was founded by former Newton music teacher, Dave Carroll, with the hope of bringing the highest quality music education with the most fun, patient, and expert teachers around. The Conservatory offers music lessons for all instruments and styles. They have incredible teachers for guitar, piano, voice, strings, brass, drums, woodwinds, ukulele, recording and engineering lessons, rock-bands, jazz-bands and so much more. 

With the pandemic, The Conservatory was able to adapt and help keep the music alive providing high quality virtual music lessons. 

The Conservatory would like to thank the Newton community for its support and offer a free 15 minute virtual lesson. Email them here or sign up on their website. 

Happy New Year from The Conservatory, let’s make music in 2021!

51 Winchester Street

Newton Highlands, MA 02461

617.903.0944

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