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Breakfast & Lunch

Breakfast and lunch will continue to be free for all students for the 2021-2022 school year. Water can be purchased for $1 and snack items are $.75.

Dismissal:

If you need to dismiss your child from school be sure to send a note in with your child.  The note must include students' first and last name, date, and time of pick up.  Teachers name.  If for any reason your child needs to be dismissed at the end of the day, the latest they can be dismissed to the office is 2:45 PM in order to facilitate parent pick up and bus dismissal.  Anything after 2:45 will be a normal dismissal/pick-up procedure.

Early release days with 1:10 dismissal:  9/29, 10/27, 11/24, 12/8, 3/23, 5/4, and tentative last day of school 6/15.

End of the day dismissal

PreK 2:45

Parent Pick Up 3:18

Parent pick-up will take place in the front loop of the school.  Be sure to pull up with your last name tag in the passenger side window.

Grade 6 students will have their homeroom teacher for ELA and math but will switch for Science/SS.

Mrs. McFadyen’s homeroom will have Mrs. Christmas for Science/SS.

Mrs. Christmas’ homeroom will have Mrs. Duncan for Science/SS

Mrs. Duncan’s homeroom will have Mrs. McFadyen for Science/SS

A Back-to-School Health Checklist from Nurse Leach

Help your child get ready for a healthy and successful school year:

• Review hygiene tips to prevent the spread of infections
• Frequent HAND WASHING: the best practice is soap & water for 20 seconds or hand sanitizer
• Cough/sneeze into the elbow
• STAY HOME IF ILL
• Make your child’s health concern(s) known to me.  Please let me know of any illnesses or injuries that may have occurred over the summer & throughout the year. 
• Bring current signed healthcare provider orders [all medication orders must be renewed annually].  Forms are available on the website.
• Make sure immunizations are up-to-date and provide me with documentation.
• If warranted, provide an annual immunization exemption letter. [Per Massachusetts’ law, to ensure that the student body is best protected from vaccine-preventable disease, both religious and medical exemptions must be renewed annually. A medical exemption requires a letter from the child’s medical doctor, a religious exemption requires a letter from the parent.] 
• Help your child synchronize his/her sleep cycle with the school day several weeks before school starts. 
• Start the day off with a good breakfast.  The cafeteria serves breakfast daily. 

Screenings:  Are performed according to Massachusetts laws and guidelines.  If there is an abnormal finding, parents will be notified by letter.  Please contact me if you have any concerns regarding your child and the screening process.  Screenings will tentatively begin within the first few weeks of school.

• Vision is screened in grade 7
• Hearing is screened in grade 7
• Heights, weights, and BMI’s are done in grades 7  
• Postural screening is done in grades 7 and 8 

Please be sure all phone numbers and health care information is kept current throughout the school year.

I’m looking forward to a healthy and happy school year!

Absent:

Should your child be out of school please call our absent line 339-244-5038 by 9:15 AM and leave a detailed message including the student's name, grade, and reason/symptoms.  Nurse Leach will contact you with any questions.

Lunch / Recess.  Please keep these times in mind when dropping off a forgotten lunch or dismissing early for the day.

Mark Your Calendar

September 1

First day of school grades 1-12

NPES Kindergarten Orientation @10:30

Instrument Night at PHS @ 7PM

September 2

First day of school for Kindergarten

PreK Orientation AM Grealis & Sullivan @ 11

PreK Orientation PM Grealis, Murphy & Struk @ 1:30

September 3

NO School

September 6

NO School

September 7

First day of school PreK

September 14 & 15

Picture Day

September 22

Open House for Caregivers6:30-8:15

September 20

PTO Meeting @ 7

September 29

Early Release Day.  AM & full day PreK dismissal at 11.  NO PM PreK.  Grades K-6 dismissal at 1:10.  Lunch is served.  Snacks not sold in Cafeteria.

NO school on:  9/3 & 9/6, 10/11, 11/11,  11/12, 11/25 & 11/26, 12/24-12/31, 1/17, 2/21-2/25, 4/15-4/22, and 5/30.

Morning parent drop-off will be at the gym lobby.  This drop and go.  No parking.  Afternoon Parent pick-up will be at the cafe.  This is valet style, please have your sign visible in the passenger side window.

PreK AM 8:15-11:00 AM

PreK PM 12:00-2:45 PM

PreK Full Day 8:15-2:45 PM

Student drop off begins at 8:30 AM

Kindergarten-Grade 6 8:40-3:25 PM

Students will be marked tardy starting at 8:45 AM

Early Release 1:10 PM

Student drop-off will begin at 8:30 at the gym lobby entrance for all students k-6.  Should you need before and/or after school, please contact Joanne Nickerson at the YMCA at 508-833-4796.  The YMCA program will be held in the cafeteria.

Virtual Help Desk

Contact support@pembrokek12.org for assistance. During the school day, someone should be able to get back to you quickly. We will also offer windows of time during the day when our technology staff may be able to assist you virtually.

Specific Issues

Google Issues - Brandon.Hall@pembrokek12.org

Lexia, iReady, Clever - Erin.Tinker@pembrokek12.org

Chromebook Issues - Ken.Cruise@pembrokek12.org

Gmail Issues - James.Ulysse@pembrokek12.org

iPad Issues - Ken.Cruise@pembrokek12.org

PowerSchool for PCMS Families, contact mary.sheehan@pembrokek12.org

PowerSchool for PHS Families, contact janice.webb@pembrokek12.org

Transportation – Bus route information will be found on the website by the end of next week.  Bus passes will be given out within the first 3 weeks of school.  All students riding the bus will be required to wear a mask.

We are thrilled to partner with FirstView the transportation tracking app again this year. Please note that this app will not be available until bus routes are finalized. We project to have additional information, including the school codes by mid-September.