Melrose Elementary

Good evening Melrose Cardinals, It's Mrs. Bennett again. PLEASE do NOT park on the grassy area by the gym. We have a water leak. Parking will be limited tomorrow due to equipment being here to fix the leak. Again, DO NOT PARK on the grassy area. Thank you

Good evening Melrose Cardinals, I have a few reminders to share. Tomorrow we will have our classroom parties. The parties start at 1:15. No one will be allowed to go to the classrooms before 1:15. Parking is ALWAYS an issue. Please do not arrive before 12:45. If you are parking at the parent loop, Mr. Johnston and Mrs. Campbell will be directing where to park. Please do NOT park directly behind the school. Our buses need to get behind the school. Please do NOT block the front lot; again, our buses need to get through. Thursday, December 22 is a 2-hour early out. Students will be dismissed at 12:15. We return Tuesday, January 3, 2023. Enjoy the break with your families, Mrs. Bennett

Good morning Melrose Cardinals, Bus 625, Carl Meadow's run, will not be running this afternoon. Again, bus 625 will not be running this afternoon. Mrs. Bennett

Good evening Melrose Cardinals, Just a reminder that tomorrow we go on our field trip to Bluefield College to see A Christmas Carol. If you have not sent in a permission slip it is due first thing in the morning. Reminder for students to dress nicely. I know we have dress as Frosty Day tomorrow too. We can skip Frosty Day and pick up Thursday with Bells Day. Have a great evening, Mrs. Bennett

Good evening Melrose Cardinals. I have several reminders. Robotics- parents attending the Robotics competition on Thursday- please bring a chair and dress in layers. The competition is at the old Deen Company and it will be chilly. Science Fair- students going to Brushfork Armory on Friday packets are going home today. Remember no school Wednesday, November 23-Friday November 25. Fifth grade parents mark your calendar for a parent meeting on Thursday, December 1 at 4:30 regarding the end of year field trip. Have a great evening, Mrs. Bennett

BUS INFORMATION: The following buses will not be running today 11-07-22. 611-Montcalm Elementary and Montcalm High School. 599- Montcalm Elementary and Montcalm High. 007- Pikeview High School. 625- Melrose Elementary, Athens Elementary, Pikeview High, and Pikeview Middle 652- Oakvale, Pikeview Middle, and Pikeview High 639- Athens, Pikeview Middle, and Pikeview High.

Costume Parade is still a go. We are going to use the gym instead of parent loop. Students will enter the gym on the playground side. They will walk the perimeter of the gym and collect candy from the tables set up. Parents may sit in the bleachers and watch as students parade by. This will open up some parking on the blacktop and loop. Keep in mind dismissal begins at 2:25 and you may get blocked in if you park on the blacktop.

Good evening Melrose Cardinals, I have several reminders. We will begin selling popcorn on Friday. Popcorn is $1. Special thank you to our popcorn volunteers. Don’t forget to send in a bag of candy for our costume parade. Please make it nut free. Speaking of the costume parade, it is on Monday, October 31 at 1:30. Keep in mind parking is always an issue. Do not block the diesel pumps at Melrose Square. Our tutoring program will begin on Tuesday, November 1. Tomorrow wear your Melrose Gear or red and Friday is your favorite jersey or team gear. Have a great evening, Mrs. Bennett

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Don't forget - All Mercer County Schools will dismiss 2 hours early tomorrow, Friday, October 21, 2022.

Good evening Melrose Cardinals. I have some reminders about upcoming activities for the month of October. We have picture day on October 20th. Then on Friday, October 21 we have a 2 hour early out. Students will dismiss at 12:16. Our Red Ribbon Week begins on Monday, October 24. A flyer was sent home with each day's theme. Tuesday, October 25 we ask everyone to wear red in support of Saying No to Drugs. The next week we will celebrate College Application Week. A flyer has gone home with details on each theme. We will have our annual Costume Parade on October 31 at 1:30. Our PTO is asking each student to bring in a bag of candy. Keep in mind we cannot have candy with nuts. Details on the Costume Parade went home earlier. Have a great evening, Mrs. Bennett

BUS INFORMATION The following buses will not run today, Friday, October 14th: Bus 653: Melrose, Princeton Middle, Princeton High Bus 600: Spanishburg, Pikeview Middle and Pikeview High

Good evening Melrose Cardinals, I have a few reminders. Our fundraiser items are in. You can stop by the school and pick up your child's items anytime tomorrow between 8:00-2:45. The parent loop by the gym please pull all the way around so all cars can fit in the loop. It goes smoother when everyone pulls forward as far as they can. Schoology, if you have not signed up for Schoology please do so. This is an easy way to keep up with your child's grades. Have a great evening, Mrs. Bennett

Melrose Elementary School, Mercer County (051-212). The online parent survey will be available from October 3 through November 18, 2022. Parents are asked to complete an online survey about school climate—the learning and teaching/working conditions—to help guide school improvement efforts. The results of this survey will be used to make changes in their child's school to ensure a supportive environment for teaching and learning. The survey may be completed from any computer with an internet connection. Parent participation in the survey is very important. If parents have questions about the survey or problems completing the survey, they should contact their child's school. To protect parent/caregiver confidentiality, at least 10 parents must take the survey for results to be summarized for your school. When parents log onto the survey, they will see explanatory information about the survey and the important information below as to their rights as a survey participant: Your participation is voluntary. You may choose not to participate; not to answer any questions you do not want to answer; and you may stop participating at any time during the survey without penalty. Your responses will be anonymous and confidential. Parents can access the survey at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WVSLESPF22 Parent login code: P051212

Good morning Melrose Cardinals, Just a reminder students should not have red drinks at school. When these spill they stain our tables. Students can ONLY have water in the classroom. Thank you, Mrs. Bennett

Good evening Melrose Cardinals! We now have Hershey ice cream. Classroom teachers will set the days students may purchase ice cream. Ice cream is $1. Our book fair will kick off on the 26th. Just a reminder morning drop off begins at 6:45. Our class with the best attendance last week was Mrs. Shaw's kindergarten class. Remember the tardy bell is 7:30. Students need to be in their classroom at 7:30. Have a great evening, Mrs. Bennett

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Friday will be a 2 hour early. We will start dismissing at 12:15. We will also be wearing gold to show support to those children and families facing childhood cancer.

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Good evening Melrose Cardinals. I have just a few reminders. If you are cleaning out your child's clothes and need a place to donate them, we can use them in our clothes closet. You can drop those off anytime at the school. Don't forget fundraiser forms are due on Wednesday, September 14. Checks should be made to Melrose Elementary. We need help on Monday, September 12 at 6:00. We will be pulling weeds and spreading mulch on the playground. If you are free to help meet at the playground at 6:00. Don't forget Friday, September 16 is an Early Out day. We will begin dismissing at 2:15. Have a great evening, Mrs. Bennett