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JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL JEWETT STREET SCHOOL PUMPKIN DECORATING CONTEST! BRING IN YOUR DECORATED PUMPKIN ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT SCHOOL. WE WILL HAVE ...

Today's Word of the Day is ELATED. Elated is an adjective meaning, "Very, very happy!" Elated comes from the Latin infinitive verb effere , which means, "Uplifted, exalte...

Today's Word of the Day is SELF-ESTEEM . Self-esteem is a noun meaning, "Confidence in your worth and abilities." Self-esteem goes all the way back to the 1650s, where it ...

Today's Word of the Day is DANCE . Dance is a verb meaning, "To move your body in a rhythmic way." Dance is our movement word this week (last week's was tiptoe ). Dance ...

Today's word of the day is HORNSWAGGLE , a noun meaning, "To trick someone." Hornswaggle is an original American word! It came about in the 1920s when cowboys played prank...

Today's Word of the Day is ASSESSMENT . Assessment is a noun meaning, "A task teachers ask students to do so they know where students are at and what they mean." Assessment ...

MANCHESTER – Manchester School District is thrilled to announce that we will launch an English-Spanish dual-language immersion program in fall 2024. The community is invited to ...

Today's Word of the Day is TIPTOE . Tiptoe is a verb meaning, "To walk on your toes with the heel of your foot lifted off the ground". The word tiptoe has been around since...

Today's Word of the Day is HERITAGE . Heritage is a noun meaning a person’s unique, inherited sense of family identity. Heritage comes from the Latin word hereditare , m...

Today's Word of the Day is IMAGINE . Imagine is a verb meaning, "To form a picture of something in your mind." Imagine comes from the Old French word Imaginer which me...

MANCHESTER – All are welcome for the third annual CelebratED MHT, an all-day celebration of our public schools and community. The event will be held from 10 am-4 pm on Saturday,...

Today's Word of the Day is CONSEQUENCE . Consequence is a noun meaning, "The result of an action." The etymology (word history) for consequence is an interesting one. It...

Today's Word of the Day is CONSTITUTION, a noun which means "A set of rules that guide how a country, state, or other political organization works. Constitution comes from the...

Today's Word of the Day is ALOHA, which is a Hawaiian word with many, many meanings. The simple definition is "a word said when greeting or parting from someone", but check out th...

Today's Word of the Day is CREATE . Create is a verb meaning, "To make or bring something into existence." Create is from the Latin infinitive verb "creare", meaning, ...

Today’s Word of the Day is RECENTER , which means, "To move yourself back to a calm, focused state where you are ready to learn following a time of stress." Re- is a prefix t...

MANCHESTER – Following Monday night’s Board of School Committee meeting, we are providing several updates on school transportation. This includes work that is under way to cove...

Today's Word of the Day is SAFE , which means free form harm or risk. Safe comes from the Middle English word sauf (unhurt or uninjured), the Old French word sauf (pro...

Today's Word of the Day is PROUD , which means "very happy and pleased with who you are and what you have done". Proud comes from the Old English word prud (meaning "exce...

Today's Word of the Day is FLABBERGASTED , an adjective meaning surprised or shocked. Flabbergasted comes from the word flabby , which means "to strike" in an English dialect,...