Tiger Tales
Letter from the PTA President
Dear Families: It is so hard for me to believe this is my last Tiger Tales letter as President. How bittersweet! I am proud to have served Matthew Thornton PTA for two years as president. I have made many friends along the way. A special thank you to everyone who was willing to help out any time I needed, either with a PTA event or with my kids. I appreciate each and every one of you!
Monthly Newsletter of the Matthew Thornton PTA Volume 23, Issue 10: June 2009
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I have had the honor of serving with very special women on the board. Sue, your friendship has always meant so much! Your five years as Treasurer is so appreciated. Michaela, seven years as secretary -- amazing! Thank you so much for your dedication and patience along the way. It has been an honor to get to know you! Deb, I wish you nothing but the best as you carry out your presidency! It has been wonderful working with you and forming a new friendship. To the parents of the fifth grade students moving on to LMS who have helped so much along the way, you will be missed! There are countless others that deserve many thanks. My family for their patience, the office ladies for their support, the custodial staff, Mrs. Mack and Mr. Hunt for their answers to endless questions and requests, Christine Stapleford for always helping out, and to the countless people who attend monthly meetings in support of MT PTA. Thank you all! The last PTA meeting for the 2008-2009 school year will be held on Wednesday, June 3 at 7 PM. We will be voting on officers. We held nominations at our meeting in May. Maggie Croteau has been nominated as Secretary, Adriana Komst as Treasurer, and Tara McAlister as President-Elect. Thank you ladies for stepping forward. We hope to see you on the 3rd! I wish you all a wonderful summer! Diane Packard Deb Ross
Look Inside for:
Field Day Information, and other Key Dates in June Many Thanks! What’s for Lunch?
MTPTA President
dipackard@comcast.net
MTPTA President-elect
ross_3587@msn.com
Final PTA MEETING June 3rd, 2009 at 7 PM
JUNE DATES & EVENTS
PTA Meeting, 7 PM Drama Club Performances - school hours and 6:30 PM Field Day - 1st and 2nd Grade Field Day - 3rd and 4th Grade Field Day - 5th Grade
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Books & Beyond Award Assembly ~ 9:15 Grade 5, 10:15 Grade 3 Books & Beyond Award Assembly ~ 9:15 Grade 4, 10:15 Grade 2, 11:15 Grade 1 Fifth Grade Activity Day Last Day of School ~ Dismissal at 12:15 PM
We are always appreciative of the businesses and families who continue to support our PTA. Their support and donations go a long way in making our PTA shine like a rainbow and what is a rainbow with the pot of gold at the end? Our sincere thanks to each and every one of the following individuals and businesses for contributing to our pot of gold: Aaron Family Applebees Arbonne A-Santi Massage Bayside Resort Brown Family Bugaboo Creek Byerly Family Canobie Lake Vet Caruso Family Countryside Florist Cracker Barrel Cutting Edge Sports Domino’s Pizza Dubois Family Dunkin’ Donuts Fur and Feathers Gentiluomo Family Giovanni’s Girl Scouts Half Off Cards Hannaford Supermarket Harold Square Janie’s Uncommon Cafe Jay House Jerome’s Kaleidoscope Salon Network La Carreta LeGrow Family Lia Sophia L’il Lobster Boat Little Spartans Liu Family Londonderry Pet Sitting Lucianno’s Mack’s Apples Mahan Family Market Basket Matthew Thornton PTA Members Meuse Family Moonlight Nails Moreau’s Tree Cutting Morris Family Mr. Steer Meats Nick’s Comedy Stop 99 Restaurant O’Neil Cinemas Papa Gino’s Parrott Family Personal Training Fitness Facility Pizza Man Popcorn Box Postal Center Prosciutto’s Prudential Verani - Paul Cote Puritan House Quizno’s Samoset Irrigation Soucy Family Spa at Mille’s Falls Stahly Family Staples Subway Super Wok Swan Boats T-Bones Texaco The Yard Restaurant Tineka Holk Home Interiors TJ’s Eatery Vincenzo’s Wal-Mart Waters Edge Whippersnappers Wrap Shak
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STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK
The Staff Appreciation Week was a great success again this year!! Thank you for the generous donations from our local businesses and our amazing Matthew Thornton families. Our staff was well fed and pampered throughout the week! Thank you to all the parents that worked through out the week, whether it was baking or helping out at the school! We could not have done it without you. Also, a special thank you to Victoria Cameron for the great massages and Sicilian Sistas in Hudson (www.siciliansistas.com) for the beautiful, delicious cake..... can you believe we ate almost all of it!!! Maura Longua and Cathy Walsh
Reception Desk Volunteers
Many thanks to Jolene DeAnglis,Tara McAlister, Lisa Jean, Janet McEachern, Lisa Hernandez, Julie Hagearty, Staci Solomon, Cathy Walsh, Isabel Fougere, Liz Court, Kim Fusaris, Trish Wilkinson, Ola Lessard, Kathie Gagnon, Mona Aaron, Karen Richards, Deb Ross, Missy Haas, Mike Gillespie, Stacey Cullen, and Mary Brooks for sitting at the desk and welcoming visitors to the school. Have a great summer!!!!
~Christine Stapleford
5th Grade Yearbook
This year's 5th grade yearbook will be given to students during their activity day on June 24th. We hope they really enjoy it. The success of the book wouldn't have been possible without the help of the following people: Roger Grondin (Grondin Photography), Lorna Palumbo (school photographer), The Londonderry Times, the 5th grade teachers and the many parents who donated pictures, especially Meg Gore, Karen Wasserman, Tara McAlister, Lisa Hernandez, Laura Humphreys, Karen Richards, Kim Tardif, Janet McEacharn and Meredith Jackes. A big thank you to all of them. Finally, in case you missed the opportunity to purchase a yearbook, extra copies have been ordered and can be purchased at the same price of $10.00 each. Please contact Sue Joncas at TeamJoncas@myfairpoint.net if you are interested.
Community Outreach Bake Sale
A total of $97.00 was made at the bake sale going towards the Community Outreach Program last month. Thank you to those who helped with the organization and sales, from left to right: Kim Laudani with Lauren, Nancy Mobbs with Alana, Deb Scilingo, and Julie Cowles.
~Shanon Gruchot, Danielle Barrett,
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Library News!
The summer reading list for the elementary schools will be posted on the library web page for each elementary school library. Check out the Summer Reading List developed by the three elementary library media specialists for summer reading suggestions. The titles are divided into “Picture Books,” “Younger Readers,” “Older Readers,” “Nonfiction,” and “Poetry.” A limited number of paper copies will be available at each school and the Leach Library. Enjoy your summer and don’t forget to read while you’re relaxing. Jean K. Sand Matthew Thornton Library Media Specialist
Tiger Tales is a monthly publication of the Matthew Thornton PTA and is sent to the parents or guardians of every student.
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Reflections 2009-2010: "Beauty is..."
It's never too early to begin thinking about ideas for next year. So have fun exploring your creative side this summer. Look around you !and be inspired. Think about what "Beauty Is..." means to you and !express it through art, photography, literature, film, song or dance. !We can't wait to see what you come up with for Reflections next year. We would also like to say THANK YOU to all the wonderful volunteers who gave of their time and talents to the success of this year's program. Reflections would not be possible without your help in hosting the first ever Reflections Workshop at Matthew Thornton, assisting with Judges Night, mounting, matting, baking, and executing the town-wide exhibit. !We truly appreciate all of the family, friends, parents, teachers and staff that so generously helped us with the program. You all made a difference and hope you will join us in doing so again next year. Have a wonderful summer, Anna Cook & Lisa Griffin Reflections Co-Chairs
Reading Rocks!
They did it! This has been our most successful year of Books and Beyond! ! The students greatly exceeded our goal of reading for one million minutes in their free time. In fact they read for more than two and a quarter million minutes! 530 students have read for at least thirty five hours and will receive gold medals at our awards ceremonies in June. In eleven classes every member will receive a gold medal. All this would not have been possible without the hard work of our volunteers and our project coordinator Patti Coburn. Also, thanks to Chunky’s Cinema, Fisher Cats, and Monarchs for their donations. Thank you all. The following are the dates and times for the Reading Rocks Award Assemblies that will take place in the gym. Families are invited to attend during their child(ren)’s designated date and time when they will be presented with certificates for their achievements. And of course, Mrs. Mack and Mr. Hunt will be putting on their smashing lip-syncing performance!
June 19 @ 9:15 - Grade 5 June 19 @ 10:15 - Grade 3 June 22 @ 9:15 - Grade 4 June 22 @ 10:15 - Grade 2 June 22 @ 11:15 - Grade 1
Box Tops Co-coordinators Michelle Brutus (425-1879 / rmkomc6@aol.com) Karen Mayo (437-5894 / mayokm@comcast.net)
Box Tops 4 Education
The 4th & 5th graders of have been working very hard and will perform during the very first Matthew Thornton Drama show on Wednesday, June 10th during the day for students and 6:30 PM at night for family and friends. We will be having a bake sale & carnation sale during the evening performance and all the proceeds will go towards next year’s performance. Please come and enjoy the show!
Make a Difference for Our School with Box Tops Box Tops are submitted to the Box Tops for Education program in October and February of each school year. To help make collecting more fun, we offer individual and sometimes class incentive prizes. And the Winner Is… Mrs. Jacke’s class won an ice cream party for submitting the most Box Tops for the March and April contest. Total Earnings This Year Matthew Thornton School earned a total of $1702.02 from the Box Tops 4 Education Program for the time period covering March 2008 through February 2009. Please keep collecting your Box Tops over the summer break!
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Pancakes w/ Sausage Turkey Sub Potato Smiles Blueberry Sauce w/ Whipped Topping 8
Chicken Fries w/ Roll Ham & Cheese Bagel Tossed Salad Pears or Fresh Fruit
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Roasted Chicken Sandwich Shepherd’s Pie Tossed Salad Peaches or Fresh Fruit 22
Hot Dog on Roll Pasta w/ Meatsauce Peas Fruit Cocktail or Fresh Fruit
Londonderry Elementary Schools Menu for the Month of June, 2009 Sunbutter and Jelly Sandwiches are available daily as a third choice. Meals $1.25 Milk $.30 2 3 4 5 Pizza Sticks Grilled Cheese Sandwich Chicken Nuggets w/ Roll Gill’s Pizza w/ Dipping Sauce Tacos Tuna Sub Pork Sloppy Joe Sub Chicken & Cheese Burrito Tomato Soup Peas Carrot Sticks w/Dip Green Beans Pineapple or Fresh Fruit Fruit Cocktail Pears or Fresh Fruit Pineapple or Fresh Fruit or Fresh Fruit 9 10 11 12 Hot Dog on Roll Cheeseburger Bar Popcorn Chicken w/ French Bread Pizza Chicken Fajitas w/lettuce, tomato, pickle Pretzel Steak & Cheese Sub Corn Turkey Sub Chef Salad w/ Pretzel Carrot Sticks w/ Dip Peaches or Fresh Fruit French Fries Green Beans Fruit Cocktail or Applesauce or Fresh Fruit Apple Crisp Fresh Fruit w/ Whipped Topping 16 17 18 19 Grilled Cheese Sandwich Pancakes w/ Sausage Chicken Nuggets w/ Roll Gill’s Fresh Pizza Tacos Ham & Cheese Bagel Turkey Sub Chef Salad w/ Crackers Tomato Soup Pasta Salad Corn Carrot Sticks w/ dip Pineapple or Fresh Fruit Blueberry Sauce Applesauce Watermelon w/ Whipped Topping Matthew Thornton BBQ 24 25 Day Chicken Fries w/Pretzel Stuffed Crust Pizza Brown Bag Lunch Ham & Cheese Sub Pork Sloppy Joes Turkey Sandwich Green Beans Corn Carrot Sticks Peaches or Fresh Fruit Blueberry Cobbler w/ Fresh Fruit Whipped Topping Milk
A variety of milk is available daily: 2%, Low Fat Chocolate, Low Fat Strawberry