MMS HSA News - Week 37

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MMS HSA News - Week 37 MAPLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL HOME & SCHOOL ASSOCIATION Hope everyone had a great Mother's Day weekend! Thank you to everyone who helped make it a special time for our MMS team last week. Here is a Kudo Board we sent on-behalf of the MMS HSA in case you missed it. Last week, we also learned that school buildings would not be opening for the rest of the academic year. We know it's disappointing, especially for our 8th grade families. Know that we are working hard to make sure we make reaching this milestone special.   For our 6th and 7th grade families, Math selection in PowerSchool must be completed by Friday, May 15. The Math Night recording should be available Monday or Tuesday for families who missed the earlier sessions.    On a lighter note, our teachers and staff joined The Next Move Challenge which is a must see if you missed it. There will be "no school" on Friday, May 22, which is technically a give back day. Hope you have a great week! Veronica and Kelly Student Council Food Donation Kids in the Student Council Google Classroom were talking about wasted food so we decided to donate whatever was left (which was quite a lot) from the school store to local places!  Aren't our kids amazing?! We were able to donate to local families as well as the Maplewood Police Department, the South Orange Rescue Squad and the Millburn-Short Hills Volunteer First Aid Squad. Luminaries in Action: Let Us Be the Light! Beloved Community in Solidarity, Remembrance and Hope Sunday, May 17 from 7:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. SOMA neighbors are invited to step outside to wave lights and share messages of solidarity, honoring all we have gone through over the past two months. Click here for details. Support Service Industry Employees MAPSO Virtual Tip Jar, a digital platform designed to support service industry employees affected by COVID-19 has launched! The platform provides residents with direct-to-account “tipping” to their personal PayPal, Cash App and Venmo banking apps. Cougar Tutors Cougar Tutors is a math tutoring service started and run by CHS students. We offer affordable remote tutoring sessions over Zoom or FaceTime. We tutor students in all subjects through pre-calc. To learn more or book a session visit www.cougartutors.com or contact Mac Krause. Free Emergency Childcare at the Y! The Y is offering free emergency childcare for all essential workers at the East Orange and Livingston branches.For more information or to register, click here.  Interested in Expanding Cultural Arts? Young Audiences Arts for Learning NJ & Eastern PA launched a new weekly artist video series earlier this month - Arts Connection! Every Monday, see a new teaching artist in action and help your student stay CONNECTED to and INSPIRED by the arts while away from school. Distance Learning For more information on distance learning, please click here. New Update! Food Support Now Available For All District Students SOMSD Food Service will now provide meals to any district students and siblings under the age of 18, including the District’s out-of-district placements, and those attending charter schools regardless of eligibility status. For students who receive free or reduced lunch, packed lunches will be distributed every school day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. beginning on Wednesday, March 18 at: • Seth Boyden School • Columbia High School   No one will be denied a meal. If your family needs additional food support … If you feel that you will need food support during our school closure, please let us know and we will arrange for a food delivery for your family. Call Karen Weiland at: 973-762-5600, X1850 or email at kweiland@somsd.k12.nj.us Please leave your name and phone number and we will contact you with details. Please speak slowly and clearly & please repeat your phone number twice. If you request food support we will share your contact information with a community volunteer who will make a food delivery to your home.   Join The MMS HSA YouthNet HSA News Submission Form No Frills Fundraiser MMS Makerspace Team Sites

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