What's New?

What's New at Troy??

SCHOOL YARD SCRIBBLES

It seems that summer showed up just in time for school to start back up! We have several new staff at the elementary school this year. We would like to welcome to the Troy School family: Sheri Stenersen who will be teaching 1st grade, Heather Smith who will be teaching 2nd grade and Kate Ells who will be teaching a multiage 2nd/3rd grade class. Sarah Desrosiers will be stepping in to teach 5th grade while Bill Parkman is serving overseas in Iraq. Kelly Smith, our primary Physical Education teacher, has transferred to another school and Matt Hickey will be taking her place.

The No Child Left Alone Program is expanding this year to offer before school services as well as after school services. The program started on August 27th, along with the school year and will run in conjunction with the school schedule. Look for information to come home with your students, or you can call Jean Isgro at 242-7742. The summer program was very successful and we’d like to thank all the people who helped to make it so.

The PTO fall fundraiser is kicking off early this year! The fundraiser will run from Thursday September 4th through Thursday September 25th. We have signed on with Genevieve this year and will have a larger variety of items for sale as a result. We are also excited to have a Webkinz drawing for students who meet the sales criteria, and there is an option for internet sales as well. Delivery will be on October 23rd, which is also Pumpkin Carving Night. Look for information and fundraising packets to come home with your students next week.

Open House will be held on Monday September 8th at 7:00pm. Parents are asked to assemble in the Elaine Merrifield Multipurpose room for a brief meeting prior to visiting their children’s classrooms. The PTO will hold its first meeting of the year at 6:00, prior to the open house in the EMMR. The meeting is open to the public and all are welcome to attend! Regular meetings are typically held on the second Wednesday of the month at 6:00. Come see how you can help support our students and teachers.
On Tuesday September 9th, from 8:00AM to 7:00PM there will be voting held in the EMMR. This second session of a special district meeting is being held so that members of the town and school district may vote on a 4 year contract for the teachers in the MRSD. This is a very important vote, and the PTO encourages everyone to vote yes in support of our teachers.

School pictures will be taken on Friday September 26th.