South Meadow School


108 Hancock Rd.	Principal	Mr. Richard Dunning
Peterborough, NH 03458	Asst. Principal	Mrs. Jeanie West
Phone: 603-924-7105	Nurse	Mrs. Lise Lemieux
Fax: 603-924-2064	Guidance	Mr. Jeremy Lory, Mrs. Nina Boyle
Directions: here	Secretaries	Mrs. Kathy Sullivan, Mrs. Nancy Blair, Mrs. Chris Tourgee

Parents

Page Contents	Parent Advisory Group	Principal's Podcast	Newsworthy	Tech. Tips for Parents

Publications:	Teen Food & Fitness	Middle School Parents	i-Parent Times	all titles to the left are pdf files for downloading

Parent Advisory Group

Mission: to advise and support the principal on school issues; eyes and ears for principal; voice for community

Linda Caracappa	Laura Sebert	Carolyn Grisafi	Lauren Martin	Roland Patten	Chris Tourgee
Grade 8	Grade 7	Grade 6	Grade 5	Community at large	School

Principal's Podcasts - December's podcast is now posted!

Teen Food & Fitness

A monthly newsletter for parents will be posted here. The files are in pdf format and you will need Acrobat Reader to view them.

Sample '07 Snack Attack...Drink Healthy...Video Game Overload...Make it Mexican...

September '07 On the Go ... Eating Together ... Cut from the Team ... Pizza with Pizzaz ... Home Workout ... Vending Choices

October '07 Bone Appetite ... School Lunches ... Weight Lifting ... Track Your Progress ... Smoothies and Shakes

November '07 Turn off the TV...Recipe Magic...No meat for me ...Family Fitness...In the Kitchen - Wrap It Up

December '07 Fast and healthy... Individual sports ... Switching to Whole Grains ...Holiday Eating ... Main Dish Salads

January '08 Make time for breakfast... Water, water everywhere... Winter workout... Healthy shopping...Gone fishing

Middle School Parents

Practical Information for parents, published by The Parent Institute: The files are in pdf format and you will need Acrobat Reader to view them.

Sept. '07
Oct. '07
Nov. '07
Dec. '07
Jan. '08

i-Parent Times

Monthly newsletter from iSafe - A Leader in Internet Safety Education. The files are in pdf format and you will need Acrobat Reader to view them.

September 07	Jan/Feb 08
October 07
November 07
December 07

Newsworthy

To Read or Not To Read

New report from National Endowment for the Arts updates 2004 report "Reading At Risk" - literary reading in dramatic decline, warning of implications. Report

Music File-Sharing Is Illegal and is Prosecuted

Could your child be downloading or sharing music illegally? This news article from 10/5/07 relates one story of a person who was caught, fought the charges and lost.

See also Mr. Zrzavy's item on copyright on his Parent Page

Community Service Form here (pdf)

Technology Tips for Parents

Below please find a potpourri of tips designed to help parents as they support their middle school child at SMS.

Tip #1: Sending or bringing word processed files to school. The following formats are compatible with software at SMS:

.doc (Word pre-2007)
.cwk (AppleWorks)
.txt (text)
.rtf (rich text format)

Please note that WordPerfect and Microsoft Works files are not supported at SMS.

Tip #2: Saving a Word 2007 file so that it can be read by users who don't have Word 2007.

When saving a file, change the selection in "Save as type" to "Word 97-2003 Document (.doc)" For more information, go here.

Tip #3: Have you noticed that many teachers now have Parent pages posted on the Classes page of the school website?

Tip #4: Information about home filtering software solutions:

Top Ten Reviews
IF2K for Mac
Content BarrierX4