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SAVE THE DATES:
                       Presidents’ Message
•   3/5—               We hope you all had a great February break and feel rested
    Amazing Hero Art   up. There is an important vote taking place on March 28th that
                       will affect our schools. We have attached some flyers for more
•   3/12—              information but feel free to check out https://
    ImprovBoston       www.voteyesforbraintreeschools.org/ to learn more.
    STEM & Art show
                       In our final two meetings this year (April 7th and May 19th) we will
                       be discussing open positions for the 2020/2021 school year. Some
•   3/26—Colonial
                       of these include: co-president, treasurer and secretary. We also
    America show for
                       have some smaller roles that will need to be filled.
    5th grade
                       Save the dates:
                       April 3rd - Family Bingo Night
                       April 7th - This is a new date for PTO meeting. We will also be dis-
                       cussing teacher appreciation week taking place in May.

                       Please let us know if you have any questions. You can email us
                       at morrisonpto@gmail.com and find us on FB @morrisonpto.

                       Jennifer Lynn and Tara Norton
                       PTO Co-Presidents

                We could never do this without your incredible support!!!

Morrison T-Shirts
                                     Show your Morrison Pride!!!
                      They come is youth sizes, S, M, L, XL (full front logo)
                           Adult sizes L and XL (small logo on chest)
   “A SINGLE                               $15 each
     ACT OF     Contact Carmelita at Carmelitamelton@msn.com or 917-453-2769
                      Can be sent home in child’s backpack or picked up!
   KINDNESS

THROWS OUT

ROOTS IN ALL

 DIRECTIONS,             Exciting Cultural Arts News
    AND THE
               Here are the upcoming cultural arts sessions:
      ROOTS

  SPRING UP    March 5th - Amazing Hero Art speed painting assembly for all grades
               March 12th - ImprovBoston STEM + Art shows for all grades
  AND MAKE     March 26th - Colonial America to Life for the 5th graders
               April 27th - Science Made fun for the 2nd graders
NEW TREES.”–   May 8th - Electricity presentation from BELD for 5th graders
               May 29th - Zoomobile from Southwick Zoo for 1st graders
               June 2nd - Anti-Bullying presentation featuring mini-horses for all grades
     Amelia    June 4th - Colonial Trades from Historic New England for 3rd graders

    Earhart

                                            Shout Outs!
                Thank you to all those who submitted BoxTops and spare change! And
               an extra special thank you to the families who counted that change and
                                      those box tops and kept track for our contests!!!
                                      We raised almost $1100 overall with First Grade
                                           winning for the school’s top earners!!

Coming to Morrison School for two performances
             March 12th @9:00am and 10:10am
                        IMPROV BOSTON:
STEM + Art = STEAM: The Art and Science of Innovation

Engaging demonstrations and interactive exercises showcase the cre-
ative and collaborative processes that lead directly to innovation., Im-
provBoston and your students will apply improvisation to existing tech-
nologies, explore productive outcomes of experiments gone awry, ap-
ply critical thinking in outside-the-box ways, and discover the value of
true “Yes And” collaboration. ImprovBoston expertly tailors a STEAM
immersion for each grade level. The renowned theater delivers a pro-
gram so interactive, it’s never the same twice! The result is a STEAM
experience that gets students excited about math, sciences and the
creativity that inspires us all.

This program is funded by a grant from the Braintree Arts Lottery
Council (BALC), a local agency which is supported by the Massachu-
setts Cultural Council (MCC), a state agency.

We thank BALC and the MCC for their continued generosity & support

Class of 2020 :: “Leaving Morrison” :: 5th Grade
There are so many exciting events coming up!!! Thank you all for sending back permission slips, shirt
orders and payments!

SAVE THE DATES:
Friday, May, 29, 2020 - FUN NIGHT/SLIDESHOW: This is a parent drop off event with snacks/
scavenger hunt/slideshow from 6:30-8pm. Students also receive their 2020 t-shirts.
Friday, June 5, 2020 - PICNIC OUTING: A bus transports students from school to Watson Park for a
day of games and a pizza lunch and treats.
Friday, June 12, 2020 - MORNING BREAKFAST/YEARBOOK: A buffet of hot and cold breakfast foods is
served to students in the gym from 9-11am. Yearbooks are distributed.

SPECIAL NOTES:
   • Students should wear their ‘2020 t-shirt’ to all of these events.

   • We are looking for CORIed volunteers to help during these activities. Sign up via the Sign-Up
   Genius website come Spring.

   • Students will be completing a questionnaire for the yearbook via Google docs in school. Start
   thinking of your favorite things: songs, books, food, memories, etc.

   We are hard at work on the yearbook! Please remember:
   □ Submit your baby photo to morrisongrade5@gmail.com and include your child’s name

   □ Please keep submitting photos! We want to make sure ALL kids have their photos in the year-
   book. Some of you have uploaded photos to the google drive already...THANK YOU!

   But we found a new and easier way to do it directly to the yearbook company site!!

   The link is: https://images.schoolannualonline.com/upload.jsp
    And you need to select Morrison Elementary School 5th Grade Book as your school (so we
   don’t get our photos mixed up with the 4th grade book). We are seeking SCHOOL photos such as
   Halloween Ball, Talent Show, BoxTop Hikes, Recorder concerts, WeeBeeTunes, Suessical the Mu-
   sical, Holiday Fair and Jingle Jaunt through the years. You may also continue to send to the
   google drive or the above email.

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The 4th Grade is Graduating…
Each 4th grader should have received a 4th grade end of year packet... please return it to school
asap. Due date is April 30th.
Important dates to remember-
Friday, May 15, 2020: 4th grade fun night! This is a drop off event, involving games, baby/school
picture slideshow, a scavenger hunt and snack. Class T-shirts will also be distributed. Anyone
interested in helping out with this event, please contact Kendra kendraburke9@gmail.com.

Friday June 5, 2020: Watson Park Picnic! Students will be bussed to park for games and picnic
lunch. The 5th grade class will be joining but grades will be grouped together. Anyone interest-
ed in helping out with this event, please contact Liz at the6dingees@gmail.com.

Thursday, June 11th, 2020: (please note date is June 11th and NOT the 12th) Yearbook Breakfast!
Students to receive variety of breakfast goodies. They will also receive their yearbook and have
a chance for all to sign/autograph each other’s yearbook. Anyone interested in helping out
with this event, please contact Sarah sbrzys@gmail.com.

***We are hard at work getting the yearbook together. ***
PLEASE don’t forget to email/send a baby pix (labeled with child’s name).

Also, please send any school event pics from this year and also years past (please
include year/grade in email) to Morrison4thgrade@gmail.com

Any questions please email Sarah sbrzys@gmail.com or Carmelita carmelitamelton@msn.com

Thank you for helping to make the end of year events for our students a success!!!

PTO Meeting Minutes – February 11, 2020
Information on Debt Exclusion- 7:00-7:30p In attendance were Mayor Kokoros, Dr. Hackett
(Superintendent of Schools), Lisa Heger, Jennifer Dolan (School Committee)
• Monies from debt exclusion to fund a new South, elementary school repairs (roofs), feasibility
   study for BHS, security upgrades
• Dr. Hackett discussed the age of some of the schools (Morrison built in 1968) and some im-
   provements made to some recently (new boilers, energy conservation, lighting)
• East near completion – next plan is to constrict South to house grades 5-8. Building a new
   building cost significantly less than renovation
• The ability to renovate South while continuing to educate students there was not feasible, un-
   like the East project.
• A new building could be constructed in 16 months
• Should the debt exclusion not pass, the school committee needs to make a decision by the end
   of March about alternative solutions
• The mayor’s goals is not need another debt exclusion in order to fund renovations to the high
   school

Mayor Kokoros donated $500 to our PTO (leftovers from mayoral committee)

Officer Updates:
 Many open positions will open up for next year: Vice president, Treasurer, Secretary, Face-
   book, ½ Day movies, website
 Looking to determine how to spend funds left over from Boosterthon – around $3000. Mr.
   Riordan would like to to purchase a sound system.

Committee Updates:
Cultural Arts – March – Amazing Hero Art presentation, also a whole school presentation Improv Stem and
later the Colonial America one
Dine Out: This week 2/13/2020 at Jake & Joe’s
Family Fun Nights: Katie O’Connell and Jen Lynn planning a BINGO night in March or April
School Council: Met last month – reviewed bullying policy
Grade level socials – 1st Grade – in planning stages, 2nd grade social: Danielle Rodriguez and Annie
McConville to run, 3rd Grade: Michelle
4th Grade committee: Would love pictures from all years, tshirts ordered, working on yearbook
5th Grade committee: Packets out – collecting $30, we would like to take the pic soon in shape of the 20, col-
lecting baby pics, dates planned for events
Change for Change: slow start, but amping up
Box Tops: Currently in a collection contest now

Parent Comments: None today

Staff Updates: Thanks for all PTO does

Principal updates: New cameras set up around school - hoping to get a new one outside in the future, Tal-
ent show to take place for 4th & 5th (probably April)