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Five from South! As you may have heard by now, internet access in the District crashed again this morning during our rescheduled MCAS tests. Service has been restored, and we are anticipating concluding the 8th grade Math MCAS Session on Wednesday morning, as well as make-up exams in 6th and 7th grade.  Our May PTO meeting will be held at South on Wednesday night, in the Media Center from 6-7pm. See the attached agenda. Braintree Public Schools' Artstravaganza kicks off tonight at Braintree High. The Music Festival runs from 4-8pm outside BHS and the ArtFest gala will run inside from 5:30-7:30pm. We wish the best of luck to our musical performers, and offer congratulations to our visual artists whose work was selected for the art show! (The ArtFest will also have gallery hours this Thursday from 3:30-5:00pm.) The celebrated BHS Dance Team held an informational meeting afterschool in our Gym for any 8th graders interested in auditioning in the fall. The also-honored BHS Cheer Team w

We start the next bloc of state-mandated MCAS testing this week with the Mathematics exams. 8th graders will complete the "Science, Technology & Engineering" exam later this month. Throughout the month, each grade will also enjoy some Team Day activities for team-building as we move into the final phase of this school year! It's a busy time of year, so here are some important dates. South Community Service Club is running our Spring Collection Drive for the Braintree Food Pantry, now through next Friday, 5/12.  The Food Pantry is particularly looking for cleaning supplies, but we'll collect any new, unopened items such as non-perishable foods as well. Let's support our neighbors! Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week, May 8-12.  The South PTO is collecting money donations and gift cards to celebrate our faculty and staff. We also encourage you help your child write a note of gratitude to a favorite teacher--or teachers or other staff members--who have had an

  Sent on behalf of South PTO Hello SMS families! (1.)  A dine-out fundraiser is scheduled for  this Thursday , May 4th, at Chili's.  Please see the flyer attached. Bring the flyer when you get your food to support South PTO. (2.)  Next week is Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week:  May 8-12 . We would love to make this week as special as possible for our South staff. If you’d like to contribute to help offset the cost for our PTO please send in a check, cash, Venmo (code attached) or gift cards to the office for daily giveaways.   Please put "PTO Staff Appreciation" on anything you send in. Our faculty and staff look forward to this week every year. And are so extremely grateful! This has been a challenging time. Let’s show them how much we support and value everything they do! Thank you for your continued support! --SMS PTO