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Friday Woof - 4/1

Ramadan Kareem to all our Muslim Bulldogs, for whom the Holy Month of Ramadan begins this weekend! While students are fasting, they have the option to sit in our Media Center during lunch instead of the cafeteria. If a student plans to pray or engage in other observances, please let us know and we can make a more private, office space available as needed. (I found the qibla from my office the other day!)

MCAS testing starts next week. This is typically when the principal is contractually required to tell everyone to get a good night's sleep and eat a healthy breakfast--but, we all do that every day, right??--however, I just want to stress that everyone should make sure their devices are fully charged every night. There will be limited loaners available throughout the testing window, so this is the ideal time to build a good habit of plugging in your chromebook/laptop before bed! We hope to see everyone at tonight's Incredible Inclusion Walk at the Braintree High track starting at 5:00 PM. Together, we can raise awareness of neurodiversity and promote a school community where everybody is included!
South PTO will meet next Tuesday at 6:00 PM. Agenda will follow next week. Congratulations to Ms. Wood, the winner of our first Calendar Raffle drawing today! Students can still sell raffle tickets throughout the month of April.

Don't forget, you can still make Book Fair purchases online to support South: https://bestbookfairs.chrislands.com/
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