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Thursday, October 11, 2018 Day 1
PARENT NOTES: MAHONEY PTA: Curious about what the Mahoney PTA is doing? Consider coming to our first meeting of the year on Thursday, October 11th! Please sign up to receive our email updates via our grade parents that includes news about events, upcoming meetings, and volunteer opportunities. Sign up online at https://goo.gl/forms/HF5hfVQxOgYzYGTk1 There will be a PTA meeting tonight, in room 11, at 6:00. Our current fall fundraiser is underway with our WE LOVE MAHONEY no frills, no selling, no buying- just giving fundraiser! Please help us support all the wonderful grants our PTA requests each year by donating online or by sending a check into Mahoney with your child https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=XBCTV3UETYH3C Yearbook: There will be an introductory yearbook meeting today (Thursday) after school in room 122 for any students interested. Yearbook is open to students in any grade! MUSIC: Performance Jazz will rehearse Friday morning. Sports: Field Hockey Home @ Wainwright. 2:55 shuttle, 3:45 game start. Girls Soccer @ Windham. 2:55 bus, 7th grade at 4:00 and 8th grade at 5:00. In the case of poor weather, cancellation decision will be made by 1:00pm and announcements will be made on our school website and our twitter pages. 7th and 8th Grade Boys Soccer - Practice at Mahoney from 3:00-4:30. Wednesdays and Fridays only. 7th and 8th Grade Girls Soccer - Practice at Mahoney from 3:00-4:30. Tuesdays and Thursdays only. Field Hockey - Practice at Wainwright Fields, daily, from 3:45-5:15. The shuttle leaves Wainwright at 5:15 (to be brought back to Mahoney). Tennis - Practice at SPHS Tennis courts, daily, from 3:00-4:30. There is NO return shuttle for Tennis. Cross Country - Practice at Mahoney, daily, from 3:00-4:00. Sports Eligibility: Students must maintain a 2.5 HOW score, have an up to date physical on file and have signed up electronically through RankOne sports management. The website can be found here (https://southportland.rankonesport.com/New/Home.aspx). Brown Elementary has asked us to remind students to not come on school grounds as they leave Mahoney in the afternoon. There is a lot of activity as the elementary students are dismissed and the adults are helping the younger students hop on the right bus or make their way to their parents. Thank you for reinforcing this with your student. Homework Club starts today and runs from 3:00-4:00 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Homework club is an opportunity for students to stay after school and complete homework or study in a quiet and safe setting.. Each day there will be at least one adult to supervise and support students. Please note that only students who plan on using this time productively are welcome. The cafeteria is open for breakfast everyday until 8:25. Please know that only those that are eating breakfast should be in the cafeteria at this time. Would you like to set up a lunch account for your student? Does your student need more money on his/her account? Head to myschoolbucks.com to take care of this! Green Team: Mahoney's Environmental Club is called the Green Team, we meet on Tuesday afternoons, right after school in room 108, Mrs. Pitt's room. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Student Morning Announcements: Thursday, October 11, 2018 Day 1 There is IW for grades 6 and 7 Just a reminder, phones should be turned off and either in your locker or bag for the entire day! Homework Club runs today and will run from 3:00-4:00 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Homework club is an opportunity for students to stay after school and complete homework or study in a quiet and safe setting.. Each day there will be at least one adult to supervise and support students. Please note that only students who plan on using this time productively are welcome. The cafeteria is open for breakfast everyday until 8:25. Please know that only those that are eating breakfast should be in the cafeteria at this time. Students, please be reminded that bags and iPads should not be brought into the cafe at breakfast or lunch. Also, all food and drink, other than water, needs to be finish and disposed of prior to heading to class. Yearbook: There will be an introductory yearbook meeting today after school in room 122 for any students interested. Yearbook is open to students in any grade! Sports Notes: Tonight: Field Hockey plays home at Wainwright and girls soccer will play at Windham. Both teams will take busses at 2:55. Stay tuned for the announcements to hear if the weather has impacted any of these games. Music: Performance Jazz will rehearse Friday morning. Chorus: Honors Chorus Auditioners should drop in to work with Mrs Swenson on Tuesday, October 16 between 7:45-8:15 OR 2:45-3:15. Please attend at least one of these sessions to practice sight singing and run through the audition song again. Library: Do you have an idea? A question? A passion? The Mahoney Idea Lab may be the place for you. If you’re interested in developing an Idea Lab project, talk to Ms. Gartley in the library. Quote of the day: Difficult doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try, it just means you should try harder! Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Day 6
PARENT NOTES: MAHONEY PTA: Curious about what the Mahoney PTA is doing? Consider coming to our first meeting of the year on Thursday, October 11th! Please sign up to receive our email updates via our grade parents that includes news about events, upcoming meetings, and volunteer opportunities. Sign up online at https://goo.gl/forms/HF5hfVQxOgYzYGTk1 Our current fall fundraiser is underway with our WE LOVE MAHONEY no frills, no selling, no buying- just giving fundraiser! Please help us support all the wonderful grants our PTA requests each year by donating online or by sending a check into Mahoney with your child https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=XBCTV3UETYH3C Yearbook: There will be an introductory yearbook meeting Thursday after school in room 122 for any students interested. Yearbook is open to students in any grade! MUSIC: Performance Jazz results are posted; congratulations to you all! We rehearse Tuesday and Friday mornings. Training Jazz-WILL BEGIN this THURSDAY, October 11th! See Mrs. Barry now for music if you want a preview. See you then! 7th and 8th Honors band practices continue this week--Today after school and Wednesday before school. Sports: Cross Country @ Westbrook (Sunset Ridge Golf Course - River Rd, Westbrook). 2:55 bus, 4:00 meet start. Boys Soccer @ Westbrook. 2:55 bus, 7th grade at 3:45 and 8th grade at 4:45. Girls Soccer Home @ Mahoney. 7th grade at 3:45 and 8th grade at 4:45. Rippleffect: Role Session #1 - 2:45-5:15 @ Mahoney and Mill Creek Park. In the case of poor weather, cancellation decision will be made by 1:00pm and announcements will be made on our school website and our twitter pages. 7th and 8th Grade Boys Soccer - Practice at Mahoney from 3:00-4:30. Wednesdays and Fridays only. 7th and 8th Grade Girls Soccer - Practice at Mahoney from 3:00-4:30. Tuesdays and Thursdays only. Field Hockey - Practice at Wainwright Fields, daily, from 3:45-5:15. The shuttle leaves Wainwright at 5:15 (to be brought back to Mahoney). Tennis - Practice at SPHS Tennis courts, daily, from 3:00-4:30. There is NO return shuttle for Tennis. Cross Country - Practice at Mahoney, daily, from 3:00-4:00. Sports Eligibility: Students must maintain a 2.5 HOW score, have an up to date physical on file and have signed up electronically through RankOne sports management. The website can be found here (https://southportland.rankonesport.com/New/Home.aspx). Brown Elementary has asked us to remind students to not come on school grounds as they leave Mahoney in the afternoon. There is a lot of activity as the elementary students are dismissed and the adults are helping the younger students hop on the right bus or make their way to their parents. Thank you for reinforcing this with your student. Homework Club starts today and runs from 3:00-4:00 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Homework club is an opportunity for students to stay after school and complete homework or study in a quiet and safe setting.. Each day there will be at least one adult to supervise and support students. Please note that only students who plan on using this time productively are welcome. The cafeteria is open for breakfast everyday until 8:25. Please know that only those that are eating breakfast should be in the cafeteria at this time. Would you like to set up a lunch account for your student? Does your student need more money on his/her account? Head to myschoolbucks.com to take care of this! Green Team: Mahoney's Environmental Club is called the Green Team, we meet on Tuesday afternoons, right after school in room 108, Mrs. Pitt's room. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Student Morning Announcements: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Day 6 There will be a drama meeting today after school at 3:00. If you are interested please attend! Just a reminder, phones should be turned off and either in your locker or bag for the entire day! Homework Club runs today and will run from 3:00-4:00 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Homework club is an opportunity for students to stay after school and complete homework or study in a quiet and safe setting.. Each day there will be at least one adult to supervise and support students. Please note that only students who plan on using this time productively are welcome. The cafeteria is open for breakfast everyday until 8:25. Please know that only those that are eating breakfast should be in the cafeteria at this time. Students, please be reminded that bags and iPads should not be brought into the cafe at breakfast or lunch. Also, all food and drink, other than water, needs to be finish and disposed of prior to heading to class. Yearbook: There will be an introductory yearbook meeting tomorrow after school in room 122 for any students interested. Yearbook is open to students in any grade! Sports Notes: Tonight: The cross country and boys soccer teams will play in Westbrook this afternoon. Busses will leave at 2:45. Girls Soccer plays home at Mahoney. 7th grade at 3:45 and 8th grade at 4:45. Rippleffect: The first Rippleffect session will be this afternoon. Please meet at 2:45 in room 110. Music: Performance Jazz results are posted; congratulations to you all! We rehearse Tuesday and Friday mornings. Training Jazz-WILL BEGIN this THURSDAY, October 11th! See Mrs. Barry now for music if you want a preview. See you then! 7th and 8th Honors band practices continue this week--Today after school and Wednesday before school. Chorus: Today's 7/8 chorus class will be for 7th and 8th grade chorus members auditioning for honors festival only! Library: Quote of the day: The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you!! |
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