HOME & SCHOOL GENERAL NEWS, 10.30.23
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Membership Calendars
All calendars from initial memberships should have been delivered by now. If you are missing a calendar from your membership registration older than 1 week, please ask your student to check cubbies, lockers and backpacks. If it is still missing, please contact info@moorestownhsa.org.
Additional calendars are for sale at Moorestown Hardware for $10. Cash only. Thank you for understanding.
H&S Annual Thanksgiving Turkey & Pies Drive
The 2023 turkey and pie drive is underway and it's the perfect time of year to help our community enjoy a Thanksgiving meal! Donations will be accepted at the Community House on Monday, November 20, 2023 between 7:30 and 10:30 AM. Please sign up in advance to donate a frozen turkey, frozen turkey breast and/or fresh pie here: Turkey & Pies Signup
**Please also consider adding a reusable shopping tote to your donation.**
Questions can be sent to Alia Jafry (aliajafry@gmail.com), Jen Scharf (jenbienstock@yahoo.com), and Megan Allen (reese_megan@hotmail.com)
Meet the Board of Education (BOE) Candidates
Get to Know the Candidates for Moorestown’s Board of Education! View the Board of Education (BOE) Candidate Forum we hosted on Monday, October 23rd: BOE Candidate Forum Replay
Thank you to the Moorestown Braver Angels Alliance for gathering, consolidating and moderating the event. Thank you, as well, to the candidates that came out to share their point of view with our district!
Practice Digital SAT Test
Take a Digital SAT® Practice Test with The Princeton Review! Join H&S and Princeton Review for a full-length practice Digital SAT! After the test, you’ll receive a comprehensive, interactive score report detailing your strengths and areas for improvement so you can be ready for the official test. All proceeds benefit Moorestown Home & School Association.
Date: Saturday, November 18th, 2023
Time: 9:00 AM
Cost: $15 REGISTER HERE
Can’t take the test on 11/18? Need more information? Email our Princeton Review contact, Rebekah Zaleski, at rebekah.zaleski@review.com or call 570.382.5814.
MHS
November Home & School Meeting
Mark your calendars! The MHS Home & School meeting for November will be on Wednesday, November 8, at 9:30am. Join us in-person in the MHS STAR Center or virtually. We look forward to seeing you!
Thank you!
MHS H&S has a small supporting role in the Homecoming Dance. Thank you to our 2026 Class Parents Kristina Milligan and Jackie Barnes for liaising with the Homecoming Dance committee to provide decorations and snacks for this memorable annual event.
WAMS
WAMS Home & School Meeting
We will not be holding our monthly WAMS Home & School meeting scheduled for Friday, November 3rd. Our next meeting will be held Friday, January 5th at 9:30 in the WAMS media center. If you have any questions and/or concerns before then, please reach out to Denya Miller at wams@moorestownhsa.org
UES
Book Fair Volunteers
We are looking for volunteers interested in becoming apprentices and learning how to organize the book fair for the 2024-2025 school year. These positions are a two year commitment- first year as apprentice and second year as main Chair/organizer. Contact Robyn Jarman at ues@moorestowhsa.org with interest or questions.
Halloween Candy Collection
Too much Halloween candy? Do you want it out of your house?? Consider donating it to UES to support our troops. Please place the candy in the bins at the UES entryway from 11/1 to 11/7. Thank you for donating to this wonderful cause!
BAKER
Halloween Candy Collection
Do you end up with leftover Halloween candy? Consider donating it to Baker’s Community Service Halloween Candy Collection which supports Operation Yellow Ribbon, a non-profit agency sending goodies to the U.S. Armed Forces. Please place the candy in the bins at the Baker entryway from 11/1 to 11/3. Thank you for donating to this wonderful cause!
Recess Runners
Want to volunteer for Recess Runners? Please check out available times to help record laps as the children walk or run during recess. Please feel free to sign up for additional spots now! Sign up list is here.
Baker Home and School Meeting
Please join us for our November meeting on the 15th at 9:30 in the Baker cafeteria or via Zoom. Look for the link in an email from Mrs. Rowe.
ROBERTS
Home and School Meeting
Our next meeting will be held Thursday November 16 at 9:30.
SOUTH VALLEY
Halloween Candy Collection
Have extra Halloween Candy? We are collecting candy for our troops! Drop off your extra candy by November 6. Bins will be located in the vestibule and in the main lobby. All candy will be sent to our troops through Operation Gratitude.
Food For All Friday
South Valley's November Food For All Friday collection will take place on Friday, November 3rd. If you are able, kindly send in all donations with your student or feel free to drop items off in the bin located inside the main entrance at South Valley. This month, the food pantry is hoping to collect holiday meal items, such as stove top stuffing, instant mashed potatoes, canned yams, peas, and string beans, gravy, cream of mushroom soup, and applesauce. Thank you once again for your generosity!
COMMUNITY
South Valley Halloween Parade
The annual Halloween parade will be held at South Valley on Tuesday, October 31st at 9:30am Parents and guardians are invited to attend.
Lions Heart Candy Collection
Lions Heart Moorestown will be collecting your leftover Halloween candy again at the library on the following dates. Collected candy will go to the Ronald McDonald House in Camden.
Wednesday 11/1 3-6pm
Thursday 11/2 3-6pm