Memorial School News

Show your Spirit!

Wednesday December 6, 2017  6pm to 8pm ​​RAL Cafeteria

Are you looking for something to do tonight? Please come to Memorial School's Family Fun Night and Cake Walk. The doors open at 6pm. We look forward to seeing you!

In conjunction with our Kindness and Gratitude month, we will be conducting our annual "Stuff the Turkey" Food Drive.  The drive will begin on Monday, November 6 and will end on Friday, December 1 .  Proceeds will go directly to the Bedford Community Food Pantry at Bedford Presbyterian Church.  We greatly appreciate any canned or boxed donations you are able to give. Items such as canned proteins (meats, fish, vegetables, etc.), pasta, rice, peanut butter, jelly, rice, flour, sugar and cereal, are especially needed.  If you would like to join us in helping our Bedford pantry, please send the items into school with your child.  If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Pleat, X-23206.  Thanks for helping us support Bedford families!

Bedford High School Gymnasium – Saturday, November 18th, 2017 (9:00am-2:00pm) Mark your calendar NOW!  Join local vendors bringing new and used top name brand equipment along with our tremendous consignment inventory of skis, snowboards, skates, and winter apparel. Whether you are in the market for new equipment or simply want to sell your own, this sale is for you!  Experts will be available to help fit the right ski, board and boots to your ability.  So grab a treat from our bake sale and have fun shopping this TREMENDOUS sale event! Come in support of the Bedford PTG and the Bedford School District while outfitting your entire family for the upcoming winter season! Drop-off equipment for consignment: Friday November 17, 2017 (5:00pm – 8:00pm) *** VISIT www.bedfordptg.org/skiandskate for additional sale details including how to tag your items using our easy online scanning system right from the comfort of your own home!

We will be offering samples of a Fresh Fruit Smoothie for our students in the Memorial cafeteria during lunches on October 30th November 2nd . Due to school being closed on Monday the 30th, we've rescheduled to tomorrow . It will be samples only and any student in the cafe can come up and try one. We have listed the ingredients below, in case there are any questions of allergies. Fresh Orange Tropical Smoothie Ingredients:  Bananas - Carrots - Pineapple - Strawberries - Yogurt (plain skim milk)​ Parents: If you do not want your child to participate, please send a note in to your child's teacher.

Homework Club starts on Tuesday, October 17th.  It will run every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 7:30am in the computer lab for 3rd and 4th graders.

Please join us as we recognize the Inaugural Class of the  Bedford Hall of Fame .  The ceremony will take place on Homecoming Day -Saturday, October 21st at 2:00pm - in the Bedford High School Dining Commons.  For more information, and to order tickets, please click  HERE .

Open house is scheduled for Wednesday, September 13 at the following times: 5 :30-6:15pm BEEP 6:15-6:45 AM Kindergarten 6:30-7:10 Grades 1 and 2 7:00-7:30 PM Kindergarten and K Plus 7:20-7:50 Grades 3 and 4 Please come to open house so you can experience a little bit of what happens in the classrooms in Memorial School.

The bus route information for the 2017-2018 school year can be found by clicking here or by going to the Memorial School Webpage. Hover over the School Info tab and click on Bus Routes.

The first day of school for BEEP 2, 4 and 5 day classes is on September 5th. 3 day classes begin on September 6th.

Meet and Greet will be held on Monday, August 28th between 1:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. This is a chance for Memorial School students, and their parents, to meet their teacher and see their classroom. The first day of school for students is Tuesday, August 29th.

Each grade level put together a list of supplies needed for the upcoming school year. If you ordered school supplies though the PTG at the end of last year, these items are included in the School Supply Kit. Here is a link to the items in the PTG School Supply Kits. If you need to purchase supplies on your own, please use the link above as a reference. Note: Some teachers may require a few additional items for their classroom.

It was so good to see so many grandparents yesterday. Our students enjoyed sharing their school and a bit of their day with their grandparents. Thanks to everyone who helped make Grandparent's Day a success!

You really made us feel appreciated this week!

Link To Flyer

Dates: May 15 - May 19

We are excited to announce our first Tall and Small Dance for Memorial School on Friday May 5th from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. We hope that all our Small (Memorial students) and Tall (any adult the Memorial student invites) will join us for our first dance. We will be in the lobby of the Manchester Christian Church, the building across the street from Memorial. Their space is larger than we have so we are very grateful for their generosity. The dance is $5.00 per person which includes water, cookies,fun and music. Bring your camera to capture some fun memories in our photo areas. Please click here for frequently asked questions .

In case you haven't heard, Bedford DI had great success at the DI State Tournament last weekend at BHS.  5 of our teams won the opportunity of competing at the Global Finals in  TN is May.   While the experience of going to the Global tournament will be priceless, it will cost the teams who choose to accept the invitation a considerable amount to make the trip.  Bedford DI is busy organizing fundraisers  and this Monday we kick it off with our annual Ecosmith, shoes, bags, and belt fundraiser.  In order to get credit for the special fundraiser, all items must be placed in the blue bags inside the boxes in the lobby of your school.  Ecosmith takes shoes in all conditions, even that one shoe/sneaker who has lost it's mate!  All clothing and fabric in regular bags, can go directly into the Ecosmith bin in the parking lots. 

Despite the fact that tomorrow may not feel or look like spring, Memorial School's Spring Fling is still happening! Please join us from 5:00pm to 7:30pm. Hope to see you there.

Congratulations to all the Bedford DI teams who participated in the Goffstown Regional Tournament. Team Thunder Bolts took 2nd place and will represent Memorial School at the State Tournament, in Bedford High School, on April 1st, along with 6 other teams from Bedford DI. We are so proud of all of these kids, and would like to thank their Team Manager, Darby Bruno who stepped up to the plate, volunteering her time to coach these kids all season. For more information on what DI is all about, please check out http://www.nh-di.org

There sure was a lot of reading throughout our school this week. We had lots of special readers come in and we had 4th and 1st graders and 3rd and K-Plus students reading to each other. It was a lot of fun.   Check out these pics to see for yourself.

JT from the Officer Phil program (brought here by the Bedford Police Department) stopped by today to talk to our K-1 students about safety, being responsible and strangers. He also reminded all of us to be a buddy and not a bully. Thanks JT!

In spite of yesterday's wacky weather, Memorial School's new sign went up and it looks great!

We had an amazing Invention Convention this year and the judges had a hard time deciding on the final first and second place inventions. Here are our first and second place inventors: Michael O., Owen S., Maddy C., Kaden M., Reese W. Jackson T., Colin M., Nathan M., Cori O., Sarah W., Amelia L. Congratulations to all of our inventors!

We are excited to be reading our way across America! We have already begun our journey and students have been excited to report the time that they have spent reading. Every hour that we read moves us a mile closer to our destination.  You can follow our progress at  https://sites.google.com/bedfordnhk12.net/memread2017/home . Keep Reading!

It is cozy/comfy day ... a great day to wear your pajamas to show your spirit.

B edford E arly E ducation P rogram  ( BEEP ) is accepting registrations for the 2017-2018 School Year.  We have space available in many of our 3 year old classrooms.  Please contact Roberta Keane, BEEP Coordinator at (603) 627-1776 x23216 or keaner@sau25.net . Please click here for more information.

Congratulations to all of the participants in the Memorial School Spelling Bee!  Fourth graders Abegayle M, Sarah W, Marinos S, Adam P, Alex P,  Brady V, Brady P, Addison K, Madison G and Saijun Rousseau competed in the final round of the Spelling Bee yesterday and they all did a great job.  Special congratulations to our first place finisher,  Brady V and to our runner-up, Saijun R.

Please join us for Bedford Barnes and Noble days. Bedford staff will be reading at the Manchester Barnes and Noble on Friday, January 27th and Saturday, January 28th. Ms. Ilg will be reading    The Tiny Wish  at 4:15 on Friday.    Please click here for more information about this event.

Tomorrow is our Heritage Day. We are asking students to dress "like where they came from" so remember to wear something that shows your heritage.

If we have a delayed opening on Tuesday, January 24th our all school meeting for Heritage Day will be postponed until Thursday, January 26th.

Third grade teacher, Dr. Steve Lebel, was awarded a $500.00 grant from The Craftworker's Guild to start a Young Engineers Club at Memorial School. Carol Davis, President of the Craftworker's Guild, and Deanna Andree, Grant Awards Committee Member, paid a surprise visit to Dr. Lebel's class to award the grant. Congratulations Dr. Lebel!

It is time to register Kindergarten and First Grade students for the 2017 – 2018 school year. Registration packets will be available for parents to pick up at your appropriate school starting on Monday, February 6th between 7:15 am and 3:15 pm at the Peter Woodbury, Memorial, and Riddle Brook Schools. Return your completed forms along with your child’s birth certificate, two (2) proofs of residency, a current copy of your child’s physical and immunizations to the appropriate elementary school between Friday, March 3rd and Thursday March 9th.  A child must attain his/her fifth birthday on or before September 30th, 2017 to be eligible for kindergarten. A child must attain his/her sixth birthday on or before September 30th, 2017 to be eligible for first grade. New Hampshire law requires all new students to present an up-to- date record of immunizations upon admission to school. In addition, record of a physical exam, done no more than one year prior to entrance, is required.

Just a reminder that the winter concert will be held at McKelvie on Jan 19th. The concert starts at 7pm but students in the chorus need too be there at 6:45pm. We look forward to seeing you there.

Students will go outside for recess (before school and at lunchtime). Please make sure to send your child to school with a warm coat, hat, mittens/gloves, snow pants and boots.  Children are allowed to play in the snow if they have on snow pants and boots.  Otherwise, they’ll have to play on the hard top only.

It's so nice to have our students back. We hope you enjoyed your holidays!