UPCOMING EVENTS
5/3-5/7 - Teacher Appreciation Week
5/5-5/6 - MM Online Trivia Night Fundraiser
5/12 - PTC Meeting/Elections (7:00 p.m.)
5/12 - F.A.N. Event (7:00-8:00 p.m.)
5/13-5/15 - MM Virtual School Play Performances
5/13 - F.A.N. Event (12:00-1:00 p.m.)
5/25 - AW Outdoor Orchestra Concert (5:00 & 6:00 p.m.)
5/26 - MM Outdoor Orchestra Concert (7:00-8:00 p.m.)
District Information, Event Details, and Volunteer Opportunities
Avoca Strings Blue Music T-Shirt Survey: Due Today
Does your child need a new music shirt? Survey responses needed by ALL string families. We would like to use our Avoca Music Shirts for our outside performances. We have a limited inventory and are hoping it will be enough for our new students and those who have outgrown their shirts. If you have a child in both the orchestra & Suzuki/Beginning Strings program, please consider sharing shirts or hand-me-downs if the older child has outgrown theirs. Complete the survey here.
MM 8th Grade Graduation GoFundMe
The Marie Murphy 8th Grade Graduation Fund has been established to pay for the costs associated with the celebration of our eighth graders. Because of COVID restrictions, the 2020-21 graduation committee cannot hold many of the traditional fundraising activities such as a car wash, so we are holding a virtual fundraiser. To donate to the Marie Murphy 2021 8th Grade Graduation GoFundMe, click here.
Save the Dates: Avoca Strings Spring Concerts
We are looking forward to our end-of-the-year outside performances! It's time to mark your calendars:
Avoca West
-1st Grade Strings at 5:00 pm on Thursday, May 27, 2021 (Rain Date: Thursday, June 3, 2021)
-Grades 2-5 Suzuki & Beginning Strings at 6:00 pm on Thursday, May 27, 2021 (Rain Date: Thursday, June 3, 2021)
-Concert String Orchestra at 5:00 pm on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 (Rain Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2021)
-Chamber Orchestra at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 (Rain Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2021)
(Please know that due to social distancing numbers you will only be able to attend your own performance)
Dress rehearsal date & time TBA soon
Marie Murphy
Wednesday, May 26, 2021, at 7:00 pm (Rain Date: June 2, 2021)
MM Class of 2021 Online Trivia Night Fundraiser
Attention 8th Graders: Don't forget to join us tonight from 7:00-7:30 pm for a fun online evening testing your knowledge of Marie Murphy and your teachers! For more information, see the Event Details & Flyer.
Teacher Appreciation - Thank Yous
Along with the variety of community signs, lawn signs, and decorative balloon arrangements at AW & MM in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, lunch was provided at both schools, courtesy of the Avoca PTC - a special thanks to lead volunteers Mary Gaspar and Stuart Weisberg and to all of the parents who donated an abundant array of food and beverage items. Also, the Board of Education provided baked breakfast foods and coffee today. The plan for tomorrow is cake...and a lot of it! From the simple gestures to the more extravagant displays of appreciation, the success of this week's festivities in honoring our educators is made possible by staff, parents, and students like you. Thank you.
Annual Statewide Summit for Bilingual Parents
The Annual Statewide Summit for Bilingual Parents provides a rich mix of information about issues of critical importance to parents from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds. Top speakers are joined by experts and panels on such topics as pathways to academic success, enhanced parental participation in schools, immigration issues, U.S. citizenship, bilingual education programs, community college services, effective parenting techniques, health care alternatives, and much more.
When: Saturday, May 15, 2021 from 10am-1pm
Where: Zoom
See EVENT FLYER for details
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