The last day of school is Friday, June 22 which will be a half day with dismissal at 11:25am.
FUN RUN SCHEDULE - THURSDAY, MAY 24th
Parents are invited to come cheer on their runners in the field tomorrow for Fun Run!
You DO NOT need to sign in at the office before going to the field. If you do need to enter the buildig for any reason while at the Fun Run you will need to come through the front doors and into the main office. The schedule is as follows:
Grades 3 & 4 - 8:45 - 9:45am
Grades 5 & 6 - 9:50 - 10:50am
Grade 2 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
On June 7th we will be holding FIELD DAY. Volunteer sign up for Field Day will be available next week. We will be holding our Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast on the morning of Field Day. Please plan on coming in for a delicious bite for breakfast before going out to Field Day activities!
THE BOOK FAIR IS COMING! Our Spring Book Fair will be the week of June 4 - 8. We will be holding a Book Fair evening on Wednesday, June 6th. Families are invited to bring a picnic dinner, browse the Book Fair and enjoy the playground on this evening beginning at 6pm.
Spring Band and Choral Concert is Thursday, June 7th at 6:30pm in the Grafton High School Auditorium.
MCAS Testing is completed! Congrats to students and teachers for doing a fantastic job during the 6 week assessment window!
You will find all school events on the website calender. This can be accessed by click the "View All" icon at the bottom of this page.
Grade 6 STEM Day Guest Speakers needed! JUNE 1ST
This year we are excited to host our very own STEM day at Millbury Street Elementary School on Friday, June 1st. We are in need of parent volunteers who can share their experiences and excitement regarding their STEM occupation. With your help we can motivate our students to think outside the box and broaden their understanding of how engineering and science impacts the world around us. How can we help our students meet the demands of the future? How can we foster an interest in science, technology, engineering, and math? Our students will be entering a 21st century workplace, into careers using technology and information that have not yet been discovered. Through the use of STEM, which stands for science, technology, engineering, and math, schools are able to bring to life these crucial areas of education. Thank you for all your support. You make the difference!
Message from the School Lunch Program
The School Lunch Program is featuring new recipes this month on Mondays. As part of the Meatless Mondays science-based initiative, the School Lunch Program hopes your children will take the opportunity to try out meals made with plant-based protein. As an educational initiative, you can also learn at
www.meatlessmondays.com and
John Hopkins Center for a Living Future how this can be good for your child's health and the health of the environment. There are also recipes on these websites that you can try at home. As we see the growth of consumers choosing to add plant-based protein to their diets, we strive to keep with the trends and allow the children to have new healthy recipes to try. You will see on the
menus that there will still be meat options as well. Also please note that the online menus are interactive and you can click on the items to see nutritional facts and allergy information.
2018 - 2019 BUS APPLICATION FORM Grades 7 - 12
Please use the link below to access the Bus Application Form. There is a bus fee for students in grades 7 - 12
Nature's Classroom December 2018
Planning is already underway! There is a Parent Information Night Wednesday, May 23rd @ 7pm in the MSES Caferteria. Nature's Classroom Director Larry Chambers will be here to introduce next year's sixth grade (this year's fifth grade) parents to the week long program and answer any questions.
May and June are BUSY months at MSES! Please refer to the website calendar (link below) and classroom communication to stay in the know!
Bringing BOKs Back!
MSES parent Erin Baniukiewicz looking forward to bring BOKs back in the fall! She is seeking interested parents interested in becoming BOKs trained and helping to out! BOKs is a before school physical activity program that improves our children physically, mentally and socially by strengthening their minds and bodies through movement. Interested parents can reach out to Erin via email. eobrn@hotmail.com
MSES School Improvement Plan On the evening of Tuesday, March 27th MSES presented the 2017 - 2020 School Improvement Plan to the School Committee. We also shared our yearlong professional development around Authentic Learning and Mathematics. Click HERE to read the MSES School Improvement Plan. Click HERE to view the slide presentation. We are very appreciative for those members who serve on our School Advisory Council - Parent Cathy Lazo, Parent Jody Simpson, Parent - Katera Lazaren, Parent - Diane Silver, Teacher - Tracy Estaphan, Teacher - Kathy Demartini, Teacher - Heidi Shorr and Asst. Principal - Michael Tucker.
The school office is open from 7:45am – 3:45pm. Please know that we are here to help. If you have any questions or need assistance with anything, do not hesitate to contact us.
Millbury Street Elementary School participates in Save for America, the School Savings Program, sponsored by Homefield Credit Union. The voluntary program gives students the opportunity to open and maintain a savings account while at school. Students will learn the principles of saving, how to manage money, and the importance of investing money for a return. The Homefield Credit Union will begin new accounts with a $5.00 balance. Students with new or existing accounts will be allowed to make deposits to their accounts on Wednesday mornings each week. Accounts from both North and South Grafton Elementary will be transferred to Millbury Street Elementary School.
MSES staff and students can nominate a school community member for a CARES certificate when they have witnessed a deliberate act that exemplifies the core values of: Cooperation, Assertiveness, Responsibility, Empathy and Self-control. Mrs. Coakley, Mr. Tucker or Mrs. Stocklin presents the certificate to the nominated student in their classroom so everyone can show appreciation for their kind act. Already this school year we have presented over 45 certificates!
Lunch menus are no longer being printed for every student. It can be accessed from the web page under Food Services. Families who are in need of a hard copy can request one through their child’s teacher. Free and Reduced lunch forms are available in hard copy from the school office or online.
Please do not drop children off at the school’s main entrance in the morning. Only buses may use this drive. If your child is being dropped off in the morning please pull into the main parking lot and drop your child off curbside at the side entrance to the building. Please try to have your child hop out of the car on the sidewalk and avoid pulling out from the curb and passing cars that children are exiting. Children may begin to enter the building at 8:10AM. The instructional day begins at 8:25AM. Any child arriving after that time is tardy and must check into to the office with the adult dropping them off. Thank you for your help!
Reminder - Walking to School Wednesdays now until December and MSES Spirit Wear Days are held the last Friday of every month!
If your child takes medicine during the school day it needs to be delivered to the school nurses by a parent with the prescription label attached.
If you will be picking up your child from school you must park your car and enter the building from the large parking lot by the cafeteria. Parents will be able to enter the building at 2:50pm. The students are dismissed from the cafeteria by staff on duty. Please form a line to sign out your child. Parents are not permitted to enter the cafeteria during parent pick up. If your child will be a regular parent pick up please send in a note the first day of school stating the days you will picking them up. If you need to place your child on the Parent Pick up List for a specific afternoon please send in a note that morning so we can add them to the sign out sheet. You may not pick up a child other than your own unless we have written permission of the parent. There is no parking in the fire lane in the front of the school during the school year. Please use the side lots and enter though the main entrance in front of the flagpoles.
