May 2025

Busy time of Year! As we enter the final months of our school year, the calendar is filling up with events. Please see the list of activities coming up in May and June. We welcome parents and family members at these end of the year events.
Phone Systems: Thank you for your patience as we learn our new phone system. We are now able to access our Attendance Line. We have merged absences and dismissal changes to one mailbox--please press 5 to report absences and any changes to your student's dismissal. There is not an immediate way to know if there are messages, but they will be checked multiple times throughout the day. Messages left after 2:30 may not be heard before dismissal, so please call earlier.
On-Line Registration: There is a link on the Manchester School district website to register a child for school in the fall. The link is open and working. If your child is currently a student at Smyth Road School, you do NOT need to register your child again. This is for children who would be entering school in Manchester for the first time. Please share this link with friends, family and neighbors who have a child ready to enter school in 2025-2026. https://www.mansd.org/
Updated information: Families, we are going through our Aspen information system and discovering some information is not up to date. If you have moved, please email us your latest address and update us with any changes to your phone numbers or contact information.
Nurse Notes: All prescription medications have to be picked up by the last day of school. Please stop by at your convenience to pick up your child’s medication.
Progress Reports: Look for your child’s 3rd trimester progress report on Thursday, May 8th. We are at the halfway point of the final trimester- please reach out to your child’s teacher with any questions or concerns.
Math Newsletter: Please see the latest edition of math news here: Math May Newsletter
Classroom Placements: Our staff takes much time, effort and care in developing class rosters for each school year. The following are some of the factors that are taken into consideration as class lists are developed:

A balance of academic achievement levels
Behavior factors
Compatibility of students with others in the classroom (separating students who have not worked well together in the past)
Information provided by current teacher on work habits and needs.

As parents, you may have more information for us to consider such as: Please do not place my child with John because they are neighbors and are together all the time outside of school, or please separate my child from Sally since they have been in same class since K and need to develop independence. If you choose to provide specific information like the examples above, please send an email to jbriggs@mansd.org. Emails are due by Friday, May 30th. Please do not send an email requesting a specific teacher. We will not be able to honor such requests.

Because of shifting enrollments, new registrations, and uncertainty around teacher assignments due to the school district budget, we will not be able to finalize classroom lists until right before the start of school. Classroom assignments will be emailed out by the end of the week of August 25th. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.

Yearbook: Our yearbook for 2024-2025 is just about to go to the printers! We had to wait for the Small/Tall Ball to take place in order to add pictures from that event. The P.T.O. is generously providing a yearbook for ALL 4th grade students as a parting gift before they head off to Hillside. This is possible because of the fundraising efforts that took place this school year. For families of students who are NOT in Grade 4, yearbooks can be ordered soon! Please keep an eye out for information coming soon on how to order your copy of Smyth Rd’s yearbook!

Cops and Kids: This annual program is provided to all city elementary schools for students in Kindergarten, Grade 2 and Grade 4. The Manchester Police Department spends a few hours at each school, showing students the various types of equipment and vehicles used every day in their jobs. The students will see and hear about the police horses, the motorcycles, the inside of a police car, and much more. Smyth Rd will have the Cops and Kids program on Thursday, May 15th. The police and their vehicles typically arrive shortly after students enter the building; I don’t want parents to be alarmed if they see lots of police activity around our school that morning.
May Assessments: Our students in 3rd and 4th grade have been participating in the SAS (State Assessment) starting in April and continuing on through May. In addition, students in Kindergarten-Grade 2 will be taking their end of the year iReady assessments this month as well. It’s important that students are well rested and arrive on time to school. We are looking at this as a great opportunity for our students to show what they know! Please help us by encouraging your child to do their best!
Memorial Day: On Friday, May 23rd at 9:30 a.m., the whole school will assemble outside on the hard top at the front of the school for our annual Memorial Day assembly. We welcome family members to attend! Hopefully the weather will cooperate! Students will be encouraged to wear any combination of red, white, and blue for this Memorial Day observance.
No School: There is no school on Monday May 26th to celebrate the Memorial Day Holiday.
Walk Against Hunger/Coin Drive: Each year Manchester School District employees participate in a Walk Against Hunger in May. This year they are challenging each school to raise funds for this worthy cause. We will be doing a school wide walk (on a NON-rainy day later in May). We also will be doing a coin drive from Monday, May 12th through Friday, May 23rd. See the attached flyer about this event! Walk Against Hunger
Kindergarten Orientation-May 29: This is an event for parents and their children who will be entering Smyth Rd Kindergarten in the Fall of 2025. Orientation will start at 6 p.m. in the school gym. The event will consist of two parts: 1. Parents will be given an overview of what to expect in the life of a Kindergarten student. 2. The incoming Kindergarten children will separately be given a brief tour by our Kindergarten teachers of some “places to see” at Smyth Rd School.

Student of the Month: We honored our April students of the month before April break. During the assembly, we also had a special viewing of our show, Smyth Across America!

Students of the month were recognized for their positive energy, great work ethic, and kind words and deeds. The students of the month received special certificates, and they also will be featured on the bulletin board in the main hallway.

April Students of the Month!

Kindergarten: Dylan Valle Gomez, Mason Arbor, Raena Marston

1st Grade: Silas Capers, Conner Bonnenfant, May Ellison

2nd Grade: Lucas Trayers-Bullock, Skylar McQuaid, Reid Whitmore, Juliana Juarez

3rd Grade: Aylani Cotto, Evan Berry, Bebe Poulin

4th Grade: Mason Dionne, Daniella Bahati, Charlotte Fraser, Suban Ale

Specials, Specialists and Self-contained classrooms: Jamison Whittle, Logan Theriault, Brighton Krieger, Juliet Oolders, Ahmad Mudasir Majid, Scarlett St. Pierre, Queen Jones Wynn

May Dates and Events:

Thursday, May 8: Third trimester progress reports sent home

Thursday, May 15: Cops and Kids Program for Grades K, 2, 4; PTO mtg, 6 p.m.

Friday, May 23: Memorial Day Assembly, 9:30 a.m.

Monday, May 26: Memorial Day observed: No School.

Thursday, May 29: Kindergarten Orientation, 6-7 p.m. (for new students entering K in 2025-2026)

Looking Ahead to June:

Tuesday, June 3: 10 a.m. Chorus, Band, and Orchestra concert. Parents of students in Grades 3-4 Chorus, Band or Strings program invited to attend.

Tuesday, June 10: Field Day Grades K,1,2

Wednesday, June 11: Field Day Grades 3,4

Thursday, June 12: Field Day Rain Date

Friday, June 13th: Last Day for Pre-K students

Monday, June 16: Certificate Celebration, Grade 4, 9:30 a.m./Clap out 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday, June 17: Last Day for Students, K-4

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