<![CDATA[MEDFIELD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY PTO - OLD: Volunteer Committee News]]>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 02:14:12 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[Walk-A-Thon: Rescheduled]]>Tue, 26 Nov 2013 15:28:46 GMThttp://www.medfieldheightspto.com/old-volunteer-committee-news/walk-a-thon-rescheduledThe PTA Walk-a-Thon will be rescheduled for next week due to expected incliment weather this Wednesday. We will announce the make-up date on Monday and anticipate holding the rescheduled event on Tuesday December 3rd or Wednesday December 4th.]]><![CDATA[PTA Walk-A-THON to support the phillippines]]>Tue, 19 Nov 2013 20:22:16 GMThttp://www.medfieldheightspto.com/old-volunteer-committee-news/pta-walk-a-thon-to-support-the-phillippines
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The Medfield Heights PTA will host a Walk-a-Thon on Wednesday, November 27th from 1pm -1:45pm to help fund relief for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan. The walk will take place on the Medfield Heights Elementary Campus weather permitting or inside the school. Proceeds will be donated to Catholic Relief Services. The 10 students with the greatest amount of pledge money collected will have a special lunch with Principal Japzon.
To participate, complete a Sponsor Form and return to your classroom by Monday, November 25th. To reach our goal, we hope that each participant can collect a donation from at least ten sponsors. 

WalkAthon sponsor form

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Gobble, Gobble, Dance & Gobble! Medfield's PTA, in partnership with Johns Hopkins University student groups,  is excited to sponsor a Thanksgiving Food and Supply Drive in November. Each homeroom is assigned a specific item that will go to various outreach groups. What is your classroom collecting? Check out the complete list in the November newsletter.

To conclude the drive, the PTA will host a student dance on Friday, December 6th from 6pm-8pm. Students must be accompanied by a parent or guardian for admittance. Crafts, music, dancing and a snack table! Admission for the dance is two (2) non-perishable food items.

Newsletter_November Edition

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]]><![CDATA[School Family Council, Monday October 28]]>Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:35:36 GMThttp://www.medfieldheightspto.com/old-volunteer-committee-news/school-family-council-monday-october-28Last night, we saw a record turn-out at School Family Council. Thank you to all the parents and community partners for your participation. This is a great way to get involved and share your ideas with teachers and the community. 

Areas of focus included 
  1. The First Draft of the School Performance Plan
  2. Writing Initiative
  3. Morning and Afternoon Parking Concerns
  4. School Wide Drop in Attendance
  5. Parent Volunteer Program


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Dear Parents - 

A Word to the Wise
Please refrain from double parking outside the 
Elementary School during morning drop-off 
and afternoon pick-up.

This is a disruption to the neighborhood and a safety issue for our students. We appreciate all our parent's commitment to common sense, school spirit and safety.


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Mark Your Calendars
School Family Council 2013 - 2014
Oct 28; Nov 25; Dec 16; Jan27; Feb 25; 
March 24; April 28; May 27

Parents, grandparents, and family members - we would love your input monthly!  Thank you to all of the family and community members that attended the first SFC Meeting on September 23rd. We made great strides in working on our School Performance Plan.  We discussed ways to get involved with school activities. 

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Thank you to all the parents who attended the first PTA Meeting of the school year. Topics included an overview of goals for the PTA, an introduction of the board members, ideas for fundraising or "fun"raising, and opportunities for new student activities and events as well as musc and art enrichment.

Specific ideas for fundraising included a Storybook Themed School Dance, International/Diversity Celebrations, monthly performances and movie nights. Parent Committees are forming now.

Maryland's Common Core State Standards

Asst Principal, Amber Kilcoyne, led an informative discussion of Maryland's new state curriculum: The Common Core State Standards in mathematics and reading/English Arts. 

Many parents and teachers asked good questions last night about the strengths and challenges of the new curriculum. For more information, parents were provided with a FAQs handout, recommended the into video (on the right). In addition, parents should contact their classroom teacher with any questions about their child or the changes in the classroom. Parent teacher conferences are coming soon!

These standards form the foundation for Maryland's new state curriculum. Maryland launched a broad-based, year-long process to revise its curriculum to align with the new standards. The curriculum Framework, the foundation of the new curriculum, was presented to the State Board in June 2011, and the completed curriculum will be implemented in Maryland schools in the 2013-2014 school year.
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