Celebrating 50 Years of Learning, Discovery and Community
Classroom pages for information from your child(ren)'s teachers.
To print the current full year calendar click here M-R_Calendar_Parents_09-10_as_of_Oct._10
Alumni?? This year, Mason-Rice is celebrating it's 50th birthday. Alumni are starting to reconnect, and the excitement is building! A celebration party is being planned for May 1, 2010. For more information on the 50th birthday celebration, visit the 50th birthday website here 50th Birthday Website, or email
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. Go to Facebook at Mason Rice 50th to see which alumni are getting reconnected, post old pictures, and read what other alumni remember about Mason-Rice.
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FOR DONATIONS for theAUCTION!Do
you or your business colleagues have access
to Sporting Tickets? Show Tickets? Reward Points for Hotels? Art
Work? Any and All Donations will be greatly appreciated! Complete the 2010
Auction Donation Form by March 1 and email it to
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FOR ACTS!Got
an idea? Want to be part of a skit? Want to help out? Contact
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or Rhanna
Kidwell
VIEW
SHOW CLIPS - WARNING –Please
screen these clips before viewing with your children!
Don't
miss one of our favorite kindergarten teachers rapping:Mason-Rice
Rap
How
on earth will Mason-Rice raise the money for great programs, teachers
and technology? View this clip: Mason-Rice Fundraising
Want to Help out at the Party?Got Questions, please contact
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2010 World Cultures Festival Thank you, everyone, for another outstanding festival! The event may be over, but there is still more to see. Go to the 2010 World Cultures Festival Page to see recipes of dishes from the Food Fair and photos of the exciting day.
Inclement Weather Information
For important information about school closings and delays due toinclement weather, please review the information contained in theletter attached here Inclement Weather Information - 2009.
Flu Updates H1N1
Click here for information from the Newton Health Department on H1N1 and the public schools
Click here for a direct link to the Newton Public School's flu update website: www.newtonma.gove/flu
MR Logo Items for Sale
Mason-Rice Logo items are now available for purchase - you can get Mason-Rice aprons (like the one that the volunteers at the Book Fair wore), fleece hats, Mason-Rice T-shirts, and a special this year - a commemorative 50th Anniversary Sweatshirt.Sweatshirts must be ordered. For more information on logo items, please go to the Logo Items Page.
Safe Routes to School
Mason-Rice is part of a citywide effort to significantly reduce traffic
around our schools. 85% of children live within a mile of
school. Do you know how far you live from school?
Check out this cool city link that tells you exactly how far: http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/WPInternet/index.asp
How you can help:
1.
Walk as often as you can. Walking often takes less time than getting
the kids in the car, buckling up and driving to school, especially if
you need to come through one of the busy intersections near school.
2. Walk together with friends, taking turns walking
3 Help launch a walking bus from your neighborhood
4. Find a route for older children that they can walk with buddies.
5. If walking isn't going to work, then consider the benefits to
everyone of a carpool which is at least saving 50% on gas and removing
one car from the school path
6. Use the blue zone and you help to reduce the parking and traffic issues next to the school.
7. Your child can be a bus hero. If you live over a mile or past a
major road without a crossing guard, your child qualifies for the bus
for free.
8. Pledge to at least walk on the Go Green, Wear Green Days (the last Friday of the month)! Make it a family event by rethinking everyone's commute that day.
Everyone making even small steps has the potential for big gain. Check out the walking_pledge.for more information. Want to know more ways you can keep your kids safe and respect our school comunity and neighbors? Click here: Traffic_and_Safety_Checklist
Classroom pages
Mason-Rice Logo items are now available for purchase - you can get Mason-Rice aprons (like the one that the volunteers at the Book Fair wore), fleece hats, Mason-Rice T-shirts, and a special this year - 
