Melrose Education Foundation

Mystery returns to Melrose on October 19th!

The Melrose Education Foundation is thrilled to announce this year’s edition of:

Mystery Night Out
Saturday, October 19th
7:00-10:00pm

Join friends, neighbors, and fellow Ed Foundation supporters to sip, nosh, and socialize! Learn how your support enables innovative teaching and impacts students across Melrose Public Schools through Ed Foundation grants. Thanks to our Mystery Night Out hosts, every dollar raised supports the Melrose Education Foundation's Teacher Innovation Grant Fund. Remember, your Mystery Night Out location remains a surprise until the week before the event. See you there...but where?

October 19th!
Tickets: $50/person
Reserve your tickets today at https://www.melroseedfoundation.org/mystery-night-out

🦩 Last call for flamingo orders! Our fundraiser ends next week and flock spots are almost full. Place your order today to flock your friends and support the Melrose Ed Foundation.

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It's official - the sun is out and the most fabulously flamboyant fundraiser is back in Melrose.
melroseedfoundation.org/flamingos

Flock your friends and neighbors for a great cause - supporting grants directly to Melrose educators! Order a flock today, and a group of pink yard flamingos will land overnight in your friend or neighbor’s yard and then fly away 24 hours later.

A flock of flamingos in the front yard is a great surprise for anyone to wake up to in the morning. And it’s also a fantastic way to have some fun with your very important donation to the Melrose Ed Foundation. The Foundation is a volunteer-run nonprofit organization and we count on your support. Learn more at www.melroseedfoundation.org.

Flocking around to visit Lincoln, Hoover, Roosie and Franklin Schools the last 2 busy days. 🦩
Be sure we stop by your neighborhood: Melroseedfoundation.org/flamingos

A little rain and thunder? No big deal. 🦩We’ve landed at Horace Mann and Winthrop today. Loving the tulips and daffodils.🌼🪻🌷

Join the flock: Melroseedfoundation.org/flamingos

Do you think we could get this hot pink guy to join our flock??
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The flock has landed at Melrose High School and Melrose Middle School.

Celebrating our great teachers and the innovation they bring with support from Ed Foundation Grants.
Melroseedfoundation.org/flamingos

🦩🏝️☀️
It's official - the sun is out and the most fabulously flamboyant fundraiser is back in Melrose.
melroseedfoundation.org/flamingos

Flock your friends and neighbors for a great cause - supporting grants directly to Melrose educators! Order a flock today, and a group of pink yard flamingos will land overnight in your friend or neighbor’s yard and then fly away 24 hours later.

A flock of flamingos in the front yard is a great surprise for anyone to wake up to in the morning. And it’s also a fantastic way to have some fun with your very important donation to the Melrose Ed Foundation. The Foundation is a volunteer-run nonprofit organization and we count on your support. Learn more at www.melroseedfoundation.org.

Look at these flockers!!
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Erin, Chris, and Krisela have kicked off the most flamboyant fundraiser of the year.
Find the flock this week and tag us in your selfie
Learn more and join the flock at melroseedfoundation.org/flamingos

Parent U Spring 2024: College Finance
Thursday May 2 @ 7:00 PM
On Zoom!
Free Registration: forms.gle/DZoyA4LtRKg76eAV8

Worried about paying for college? Curious what options are out there? Presenter Jeff Bentley, Vice President at Citizens Bank, will discuss various tools available to help parents and students navigate these stressful financial decisions.

This workshop is focused on caregivers, students, and others who expect to be paying for college in the next few years (or even in the fall!), although others are welcome to attend. This is an online workshop; you will receive a Zoom link via e-mail the day before the event.

Presented by the Melrose Education Foundation, Parent U is a series of workshops and conversations for parents and caregivers facilitated by experts from our community and centered on topics of education, parenting and support. Participation is free, thanks to the generous support of our local community.

We look forward to seeing you at Parent U!

Grants available for Melrose Educators from the Melrose Education Foundation!
Application is open 🎉
Boost, PD, and Innovation Grants available - up to $5K 💰
Deadline May 1 🗓️
For use July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025 📌
Apply at: melroseedfoundation.org
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Check out this Grant Spotlight 👀🏆💡🎗🌟📚📖
Decodable Chapter Books Boost Reading Confidence
The Melrose Ed Foundation is proud to provide grants directly to teachers to make great things happen in their classrooms!

Decodable Chapter Books Boost Reading Confidence — Melrose Education Foundation Developing confident readers is a top priority at Melrose elementary schools. Research from the Science of Reading suggests that providing materials for students to practice systematic, explicitly taught phonics lessons sharpens their skills and advances fluency and confidence. Decodable texts allow

College? Already?? Don't fret, we've got you! Please join us for this FREE online workshop from professional Tom O'Hare. Geared towards caregivers of sophomores/juniors, the workshop is Thursday March 28th at 7:00 PM. Free registration is required in order to receive the event link! https://forms.gle/Yj1K2puwpKTqWei27

Thanks to generous community donations and an outpouring of requests from creative educators, the Melrose Education Foundation is sharing some love with a special mid-year application for Valentine’s Boost Grants. The application is open and Melrose educators can apply today at this link: tinyurl.com/MEFFeb14

Boost grants award up to $500 to educators to implement a new project, elevate an existing experience, or try something new in their classroom.

Grant Applications are due on Valentine's Day February 14, 2024. Funds must be used by June 15, 2024.

Melrose Public Schools

Melrose teachers make a living out of bringing fresh ideas into the classroom, and our latest spotlight highlights this both figuratively and literally!
melroseedfoundation.org/grant-spotlights/breathe-for-change-a-breath-of-fresh-air

Check out this grant spotlight!
https://www.melroseedfoundation.org/grant-spotlights/hydroponic-garden-inspires-inquiry

On Giving Tuesday, make a gift to the Melrose Education Foundation!
melroseedfoundation.org/donate
Venmo:
Generosity - People - Organizations - Transforming - Communities
That's what we are all about.
Thanks for your support on Giving Tuesday and always.

Parent U - happening now!
Great turn out for a morning of learning, community building, and big thinking. Thanks to all of the workshop presenters, Ed Foundation organizers, sponsors, and to Melrose Public Schools for ongoing partnership.

Spend some time with Bert, you won't regret it. Sign up for this Parent U workshop and more at: melroseedfoundation.org/parent-university
Parent U - Saturday, 11/18!!

An Evolving Understanding of Gender
Bert Whittier
Our understanding of gender is changing. For many, these changes are confusing. For some, it feels as if the changes are happening all too quickly. For others, the changes can’t come soon enough. Transgender…non-binary…gender fluid…cisgender…pronouns…new names. How do we make sense of all this? This presentation will provide a common language around gender and offer answers to some of the questions about our evolving understanding of gender.

Parent U Workshop: A World of Difference

Show some support for some amazing MHS students while learning hands on what this middle school leadership program is all about. This workshop is great for anyone, but is especially good for upper elementary families who can get a glimpse of what's ahead, and for 6th grade caregivers who can gain greater understanding of what your student will learn from their peers as well as learn about an opportunity available for your students in 7th and 8th grade.

This is the week!! Parent U this Saturday, Nov 18

✅ great workshops and presenters
✅ great community building
✅ great learning

Register today: melroseedfoundation.org/parent-university

Thanks to City of Melrose and Paul Brodeur, Mayor of Melrose for the opportunity to showcase in the City Hall kiosk.

This workshop is like that book you read again and again at different times in your life. Always new insights and take always with Sam Healy. Join the many Parent U attendees who select this workshop year after year. Register at: melroseedfoundation.org/parent-university

The Nurtured Heart Approach with Sam Healy, LICSW

The Nurtured Heart Approach™ (NHA) is a relationship and success based set of strategies to teach children positive behaviors, self-regulation, and critical life skills within the context of everyday routines and activities. Participants will learn practical strategies and specific techniques to help children transform difficult behaviors and reach their highest potential.

Is this a little like "put on your own oxygen mask before helping others"? Join Beth Kashatus Hampson to explore how attending to your own adult social and emotional needs can improve how you support your children in theirs.

Register for free: melroseedfoundation.org/parent-university

Restorative Practices: Using Restorative & Relational Practices with your Family
with Beth Hampson

In this interactive session participants will be introduced to Restorative Justice Practices and how they are utilized in a school setting. Participants will learn about how shifting to a mindset of curiosity that centers healthy relationships can improve behavior in children and teens. We will explore how attending to our own adult social and emotional needs can improve how we respond to our children and inturn improve how they respond to us.

We know him from his "Good News" emails and we are grateful he's here. And... we want to know more... Melrose Public Schools Interim Superintendent Macero will drop some knowledge as he kicks off Parent U.

Register for free: melroseedfoundation.org/parent-university

Interim Superintendent John Macero will join all of us to discuss the state of the Melrose schools and what he hopes to accomplish this year. In a separate workshop he will dig into the MPS budget. Drawing upon his extensive career in public education, he will explore what works and where the MPS budget falls short.

Spending time with the people from Melrose Alliance Against Violence is always a good idea!
Sign up for this Parent U workshop: melroseedfoundation.org/parent-university

Healthy Friendships: Helping Young People Build Them, Sustain Them, and Act as an Upstander
with Crystal Johnson & Ellie Carver, MAAV

This workshop is aimed at supporting parents of elementary and early middle school students as their children navigate friendships. We will cover how to support your children in building healthy friends and navigating challenging situations such as bullying. We want you to walk away feeling like you have the skills to support conversations with your children about healthy and unhealthy friendships and support them in acting as an upstander against bullying.

Is college in your student's near (or far) future???
💲✅This Parent U workshop is for you!
Sign up today at: melroseedfoundation.org/parent-university

Saving & Paying for College
with Jeff Bentley, Citizens Bank & Amy Piantedosi, MIT Student Financial Counseling

College is an investment, but the thought of saving for and financing a college education can be overwhelming for families. Though it’s never too late to begin saving, there are certainly advantages to starting early on in your child’s life. This workshop will discuss college savings options, tips, and different ways to pay for college, including types of financial aid, the FAFSA, student loans and more.

REGISTRATION is OPEN!
Parent U - Saturday Morning, November 18 at MHS

Parent U is a morning of workshops for parents, caregivers, and community members focused on education, parenting, and related topics. Parent U is a free event; registration is required.

Details and registration at:
melroseedfoundation.org/parent-university