Life at the Locke

March 24, 2019 Dear Parents/Guardians, Staff, and Students, We have another busy week ahead with  5 Days of Learning  as we close out the month of March. Let’s see what’s happening … Monday, March 25 th  is a “B” Day . Please plan accordingly for the week. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @LockeMiddle and Instagram: locke_middle_school QUOTE OF THE WEEK In March winter is holding back and spring is pulling forward.   – Jean Hersey AFTER SCHOOL THIS WEEK HW Club and late buses will continue on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week.   REPORT CARDS Report cards will be published to Aspen on Wednesday, March 27 th . PARENT CONFERENCES Parent conferences are on  Thursday, March 28 th  from 6:00 – 8:00 PM . As we did in December, we are using a computer program called PTC wizard to schedule conferences. Conferences will be 5 minutes long and each teacher will have 24 openings. When scheduling conferences, please consider spacing out your times so that the teachers don’t get

March 10, 2019 Dear Parents/Guardians, Staff, and Students, I hope you are enjoying your weekend. We are officially in daylight savings time which means spring will be here soon! We have a lot of new information this week as we enter a busy time of year. We have a full  5 DAYS OF LEARNING , so let’s see what’s happening …  Monday, March 11 th  is a “D” Day . Please plan accordingly for the week. The  PTO meeting  will be  Monday, March 11 th  at 6:30 PM . Friday, March 15 th  is “wear green” day for St. Patrick’s Day! We will have some prizes for the most spirit! FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @LockeMiddle and Instagram: locke_middle_school QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Luck is believing you’re lucky.” – Tennessee Williams AFTER SCHOOL THIS WEEK Activities, HW Club, and late buses will continue on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week. CLOTHING DRIVE to benefit CRADLES TO CRAYONS MARCH 18 - MARCH 29 Sarah Richard, an 8th-grade student at the Locke Middle School, was selected

March 3, 2019 Dear Parents/Guardians, Staff, and Students, I hope you are enjoying your weekend. I guess it’s true what they say about March coming in like a lion. We are back to school with  5 days of learning! (maybe)  Let’s see what’s happening … Monday, March 4 th  is a “C” Day . Please plan accordingly for the week. The  PTO meeting  for March 4 th  is rescheduled to March 11 th  at 6:30 PM. Tuesday, March 5 th  is an  EARLY RELEASE  for students with 11:40 dismissal.  If there is no school on Monday, Tuesday will still be a  “D” day. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @LockeMiddle and Instagram: locke_middle_school QUOTE OF THE WEEK "Kindness is like snow—it beautifies everything it covers."-- Kahlil Gibran AFTER SCHOOL THIS WEEK Activities, HW Club, and late buses will continue on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week. MCAS SCHEDULE MCAS testing begins in April and continues in May. The testing schedule is attached. LOCKE MONSTERS ROBOTICS UPDATE