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Week of 9-16-24

Important Dates and Reminders:

September 17 - Portrait of an Explorer - Adaptive Problem Solver - wear your POE t-shirts (students will be provided these in school on this day)

September 26 - McDowell PTO WALKATHON (see below for details)

October 9 - Parent Teacher Conferences, PM Only (school still in session)

October 10 - Parent Teacher Conferences - NO SCHOOL students preK-8

October 11 - NO SCHOOL

October 16 - School Picture Retake Day

October 18 - Teacher Professional Development - NO SCHOOL

November 4 - Ready, Set, Relax

November 5 - Portrait of an Explorer - Ethical Citizen - wear your POE t-shirts!

November 8 - End of First Grading Period

November 11 - Teacher Records Day - NO SCHOOL

November 27-29 - Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL

December 10 - Portrait of an Explorer - Engaged Collaborator - wear your POE t-shirts!

December 20 - Teacher Professional Development - NO SCHOOL

December 20-January 3, 2025 - Winter Break - NO SCHOOL

January 6, 2025 - School Resumes

 

Start With Hello Week: 

  • During the week of September 16, we will share the positive message of Start with Hello week with our students via morning announcements. 

  • The purpose of Start with Hello week is to help build connections among students, to counteract loneliness and isolationism. With a focus on positive actions students and staff can do, we hope to build upon our culture of inclusiveness. 

  • On Tuesday, September 17, as part of our focus on being one community and part of the Hudson family, we are all wearing our Portrait of an Explorer shirts for our first POE day of the school year - Adaptive Problem Solver. We are all Explorers and support each other!

Hudson Community First: Hudson Community First is hosting an upcoming presentation:

TEEN TALK: CRACKING THE CODE OF ADOLESCENT COMMUNICATION

Author Michelle Icard will be speaking to parents about how to have important conversations with your pre-teens and teens. She has written Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen and several other parenting books. Learn some take home strategies you can implement right away to help you navigate parenting.

September 25, 7:00 pm, Hudson Middle School Auditorium

Message from PTO: The PTO membership drive is occurring now! Don't forget to officially join PTO. The membership fee directly supports our students and staff within the Hudson City Schools. Click here to join: https://www.hudsonpto.org/ptostore/PTO-Membership-c5590285

We are a Box Tops for Education School!  Please see the BTFE flyer for information on how to load Box Tops.  Our referral code is: FISM2ITC.  Thank you!

McDowell Walkathon sponsored by PTO: Family and friends, sponsor your McDowell student on their walk around the school on September 26 as they visit various movement and problem solving stations with their class! Come cheer on your student. Teachers will share the Walkathon start time for each class.  Please see the Walkathon flyer for more information and instructions on how to donate for your student.

Feeling Screener (Universal Screener): Mrs. Butto, school counselor, will be completing the Kindergarten Feeling Screener with students throughout the upcoming months. This 6 question screener assists Mrs. Butto in supporting the social-emotional needs of our kindergarten students.

Classroom Fees: Parents were able to begin paying class fees Tuesday, September 10, 2024.  Parents can pay through PaySchools Central or by sending a check with their student to the building secretary. Please see below for the Preschool and Kindergarten Tuition Payment schedule.

Petermann BusZone App Information: 

Download bus app here: BusZone
Follow the steps below:
1) After downloading the app, enter our school access code: 6400HCSD
2) In the search field, enter the bus number you need to follow and your child’s unique student ID 
3) Lastly, create alert zones around drop-off and pick-up points

If you have questions, please reach out to Kim Lane at Petermann, klane@durhamschoolservices.com or 330-653-3355.

 

Nutrition Services Information:

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Be sure to keep your students' lunch balance current. Pay Schools Central  

Please follow this Free and Reduced Lunch for an application for free/reduced lunch. 

Birthday Treat Guidelines Click Here

Safe Snack List

 

Preschool and Kindergarten Tuition Payment Schedule:

All Day Kindergarten Tuition:

For those students in All Day Kindergarten, please review the tuition schedule:

● Full year payment of $3,400.00 due August 6, 2024 (via PaySchools Central or via check) 

● Two payments of $1,700.00 each due August 6, 2024 and January 15, 2025 

● Four payments:

Preschool Tuition:

Students enrolled as peers are required to pay tuition which is $1500 for the year.