This week's family news includes:

• Important Dates
• Attendance letter
• Social and Emotional Learning through RULER
• Volunteers Wanted: Library Lunch & Laps at Lunch (CORI Required)
• PTO, SEPAC Meet & Greet, Community Events & School Breakfast & Lunch Menus

Please keep your child in the car until you have fully entered the drop-off loop. For safety, children should not exit the vehicle before reaching the designated drop-off area where adults are present to assist them. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND STATIONARY VEHICLES PLEASE WAIT

Please note that all events can be found on the Miller Google Calendar.

October: Expect Greatness

7- Walk, bike and roll to school

15- MLL Potluck 5:30pm-6:30pm & Unified Arts Back to School Night 6:30pm-8:00pm

20- Student Advisory Council Meeting #1

21- Ned Show Assembly

23- Picture Re-takes (date has changed)

24- SEPAC is hosting a Trunk-Or-Treat from 6:00-8:00pm.

30- Day 45 & ½ Day for Students- ½ Conferences

The PTO Ski & Board Club will be open for registration starting October 1st, 2026 and run until December 1st 2026! Get our kids outside this Winter for five weeks of adventure at Nashoba starting January 8th, 2027. Buses leave at 4pm and return around 9pm every Friday.

Please visit https://hollistonpto.org/ski-and-snowboard for more information and contact HollistonSkiClub@gmail.com with any questions.

LIBRARY LUNCH:

Miller School is seeking volunteers to supervise a “Library Lunch” option for students who are interested in reading in a quiet spot after they finish their lunch. We are seeking volunteers on the identified days below to get us to the end of November. Volunteers are needed from 10:30am-12:20pm.

Important Information for Volunteers:

1. We need 2-3 Volunteers to supervise library lunch at a time.

2. Volunteers will greet the students in the cafe and walk them to the Miller Library.

3. Volunteers should monitor the lunchtime and be sure students are ready to go to class at the end of their scheduled time.

4. When signing up list your time slot that you will be attending.

5. All volunteers must have an active CORI on file.

Laps at Lunch is a program that will provide Miller school students with an opportunity to move their bodies, connect with friends, and relieve stress during their lunch period on identified days beginning on September 17, 2025.

Volunteers are needed from 10:30-12:20

This program is supported by the Miller School administration and the District Wellness Council, and to be successful, the program needs parent/guardian support! This is a fun way to volunteer and get involved with the school community!

All volunteers must have an active CORI on file. click here to sign up!

Literacy:

During the week of October 12th, reports with DIBELS and i-ready scores will be sent home to families.

Math:

Grade 3: We are finishing up Topic C: Properties of Multiplication and moving into Topic D: Two Interpretations of Division

Grade 4: We are still in Topic C: Rounding Multi-digit Numbers and will be moving into Topic D: Multi-digit Whole Number Addition & Subtraction

Grade 5: We are still working in Topic B: Multiplication of Whole Numbers and will be moving into Topic C: Division of Whole numbers

You can always find family resources on our website to help support your child at home.

(How to find these resources Video)

Science learning September - October

Grade 3: Life Cycles Unit: In this unit, students compare and contrast the life cycles of both animals and plants.

Grade 4: Sound, Waves & Communication Unit: In this unit, students investigate the science of sound. Students construct physical devices to feel the vibrations that allow us to communicate across distances. Students also use digital devices to visualize the characteristics of different sound waves that cause us to hear different things.

Grade 5: Ecosystems & The Food Web: In this unit, students explore how consumers, producers, and decomposers each play an important role in ecosystems. They build models of food chains and food webs to investigate how matter and energy flow through these systems.

Elementary Read-a-Thon has begun!

Learn more: https://hollistonpto.org/elementary-read-a-thon

Volunteer to count/hang bookmarks: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4BA5AE2EA3FCCE9-66216104-fall#/

THE NED SHOW ASSEMBLY - RESCHEDULED

NED's Mindset Mission Assembly at Miller School has been rescheduled for October 21st! After the show through Oct. 27, we’ll be selling NED’s yo-yos as a fun, tangible reminder of the show’s message.

Learn more: https://hollistonpto.org/the-ned-show

Volunteer to sell yo-yos: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4BA5AE2EA3FCCE9-66184194-nedshow#/

ELEMENTARY PTO MEETING

Next Tuesday October 6, Miller Multipurpose Room

Little ones are welcome! - coloring and toys provided

9:00 AM Snacks & Socializing

9:15 AM Meeting Begins

Join us as we discuss Fall Read-a-Thon, Pumpkin Stroll, Assemblies, and More!

Sign Up here to help out!

NED's Mindset Mission Assembly is visiting our school this week! NED and our students take a journey to find their positive mindset. The show is filled with storytelling, humor, illusions, and amazing yo-yo tricks where our kids learn the hidden message in NED's name:

Never give up - understand the Power of YET

Encourage others - spark courage in other people

Do your best - always be learning and growing

After the show, we will be selling yo-yos because a yo-yo is both a mindset tool and a tangible reminder of NED's message. While learning to yo-yo, children will make mistakes, try again, and improve.

Our school received this assembly at no-cost because another school paid-it-forward to us. We want to help pay-it-forward too, by selling NED-messaged yo-yos. Your child will bring home a flyer with more information about purchasing a yo-yo at lunch, but we need YOUR help to be able to sell yo-yos. Please consider signing up to help out during lunch between October 1 & 7, and see all the smiling faces as they get their own yo-yos!

*A current CORI is required to volunteer in school.*

Email us at hollistonpto@gmail.com with any questions!

👉 Join or renew here: https://givebutter.com/holliston-pto-membership-drive