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Final REMINDER: To all Parents/Guardians of 5th Grade Students,
The window for entering requests for the Music and World Language courses you would like your child to take at Berner Middle School next year closes tomorrow Friday, January 9, 2026. If you have not already done so, please log into the Parent Portal and enter your child’s course requests as soon as possible. Please note: Beginning Saturday, January 10, 2026, the course request feature will no longer be accessible via the Parent Portal. Parent Letter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mnj73aNBVfqTwilg8cclYsILc0u9YCOomP5gNnRo8bM/edit?tab=t.0
STEPS:
Sign-in to the Parent Portal - Web Portal: https://msdps.powerschool.com/public/home.html (Not available through the App)
Click on the "Class Registration" icon located in the Navigation menu
Select a Music Course and World Language Course
If you have any questions about the Music programs, please contact Mr. Green at 516-308-5085. If you have any questions about the World Language programs, please contact Mrs. Kirschner at 516-308-5774. If you have any questions about the course request entry process through the Parent Portal, please email the PowerSchool Parent Portal support team at powerschool@msd.k12.ny.us.
Thank you,
The Massapequa School District
Dear Parents -
Please click below to read the MSD Career and Technology Education Department's Winter 2026 Newsletter. This newsletter gives you an opportunity to see what our students have been learning this Semester in their Business, Technology and Family and Consumer Science courses. In addition, you will see the other extracurricular opportunities offered to BMS, Ames and MHS students.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lDC5gSVUeJJ0vpiMPYa3hH3tVNUjihcJ/view?usp=sharing
Regards,
Patricia LiVecchi
CTE Supervisor
Massapequa School District
plivecchi@msd.k12.ny.us
(516) 308-5975
Dear Massapequa Students & Families:
Please see the link below for information on our K-8 Science Discovery Fair to be held at Berner Middle School on Saturday, March 21st - 8:30 am to 12:30 pm.
Discovery Science Fair Flyer
Registration is now open and will close on March 6th - We look forward to seeing you there.
Thank You,
Katie Fasano
Supervisor of Elementary STEM
Massapequa Public Schools
Wear blue!

Important REMINDER: To all Parents/Guardians of 5th Grade Students,
The window for entering requests for the Music and World Language courses you would like your child to take at Berner Middle School next year closes this Friday, January 9, 2026. If you have not already done so, please log into the Parent Portal and enter your child’s course requests as soon as possible. Please note: Beginning Saturday, January 10, 2026, the course request feature will no longer be accessible via the Parent Portal. Parent Letter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mnj73aNBVfqTwilg8cclYsILc0u9YCOomP5gNnRo8bM/edit?tab=t.0
STEPS:
Sign-in to the Parent Portal - Web Portal: https://msdps.powerschool.com/public/home.html (Not available through the App)
Click on the "Class Registration" icon located in the Navigation menu
Select a Music Course and World Language Course
If you have any questions about the Music programs, please contact Mr. Green at 516-308-5085. If you have any questions about the World Language programs, please contact Mrs. Kirschner at 516-308-5774. If you have any questions about the course request entry process through the Parent Portal, please email the PowerSchool Parent Portal support team at powerschool@msd.k12.ny.us.
Thank you,
The Massapequa School District
Unqua Weekly Wrap Up
12/22/ - 12/23
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q4mzHW0LcjZhVHN2xe14O11xGxWr5BS-/view?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WxNnZmZBS7xqeJAvCXCPwQth0v94DD56/view?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z6MwmdSvPAwdwOrEBnd-SG1KpHRHb8Tq/view?usp=drive_link



Unqua Weekly Wrap Up
12/15 - 12/19
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qokta49iDzkDIIBC4CiFszXt0awkg_5f/view?usp=drive_link


Please see your email about important health information to ensure we all stay healthy and enjoy the holiday season.

12/8-12/12




Dear Elementary Parents/Guardians,
Elementary report cards will be available on the Parent Portal today 12/12 at 4:00PM. To access your child’s report card:
1. Sign in to the Parent Portal Web - https://msdps.powerschool.com/public (Report Cards not available through the Parent Portal App)
2. Click the Student Reports icon located in the navigation menu.
3. Under Archived Reports, select the report card.
If you need help accessing your Parent Portal account, please use the “Forgot Username or Forgot Password” link. If you continue to experience issues, email our PowerSchool support team at powerschool@msd.k12.ny.us. For questions about classes or grades, please contact your child’s teacher.
Sincerely,
The Massapequa School District
Dear Elementary Parents/Guardians,
We invite you to please read the following revised elementary report card letter with corrected Report Card Posting Dates – 12/12/25 at 4:00PM (Updated), 3/20/26 at 4:00PM, and 6/26/26 at 10:30AM.
Updated Letter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yo21Vt-luqFxOiISIi9C7bbHp2RIe0jMPSXoCqv-TTc/edit?usp=sharing
Sincerely,
The Massapequa School District

To all Parents/Guardians of 5th Grade Students,
As stated in the letter sent home with your child last week and emailed/posted on our website and app, the Parent Portal is now open for you to enter course requests for the Music and World Language courses your child will take at Berner Middle School next year. The window for entering requests is today, Monday, December 8th through Friday, January 9th.
Grade 5 Parent Letter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mnj73aNBVfqTwilg8cclYsILc0u9YCOomP5gNnRo8bM/edit?tab=t.0
STEPS:
Sign-in to the Parent Portal - Web Portal: https://msdps.powerschool.com/public/home.html (Not available through the App)
Click on the "Class Registration" icon located in the Navigation menu
Select a Music Course and World Language Course
If you have any questions about the Music programs, please contact Mr. Green at 516-308-5085. If you have any questions about the World Language programs, please contact Mrs. Kirschner at 516-308-5774. If you have any questions about the course request entry process through the Parent Portal, please email the PowerSchool Parent Portal support team at powerschool@msd.k12.ny.us.
Thank you,
The Massapequa School District
REMINDER: To all Parents/Guardians of 5th Grade Students,
We invite you to please read the important Grade 6 Music and World Language Course Requests letter. After, please note and save the course selection date - Monday, 12/8/25.
Grade 5 Parent Letter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mnj73aNBVfqTwilg8cclYsILc0u9YCOomP5gNnRo8bM/edit?tab=t.0
Thank you,
The Massapequa School District
Holiday Spirit Week
December 15th - December 23rd
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qoSmStR264LqRCqhWkP5phO6CxOfG7wg/view?usp=drive_link

Dear Parents and Guardians,
Thank you! We were absolutely overwhelmed by the generosity and thoughtful actions shared by our
students and families during our November "Random Acts of Kindness" campaign. Reading the
anonymous slips describing how our students took the ideas from "The Jelly Donut Difference" and
put them into action at home truly made our hallways glow with goodwill. Your participation helped
reinforce a core school value: that every person has the power to make the world a little brighter.
Lighting Up the Hallways with Kindness!
As the holiday season approaches and the year winds down, we want to harness that amazing
kindness energy and use it to literally "light up the hallways with kindness" for December! Attached
please find lightbulbs that you can write a description of the Random Act of Kindness.
We will hang these anonymous lights in the main hallway, creating a massive, inspiring display of
community spirit that will shine for everyone to see.
We look forward to seeing our hallways sparkle with your family’s wonderful ideas and actions!
Wishing you a warm and joyful month.
Please have your child write the Random Act of Kindness on the slip below and describe what
you did and how it made you or the other person feel. We have provided you with two light bulbs
for TWO different acts of kindness, if you choose to share more than one. Please color the lightbulb,
cut it out and return to your child's teacher.
Sincerely,
Unqua Elementary School Shared Decision Making Team
Dear Grade 5 Parents/Guardians,
On the morning of Wednesday 12/3, we will be completing a scheduled Grade 5 student password update. As such, your child’s classroom teacher will be distributing a new password at the start of the school day.
Please note the following:
Students will not be able to sign-in on 12/3 with their old password.
If a student is absent from class on this day and needs access to their account, please visit the Parent Portal Portfolio Tab to access your child’s password.
Thank you for all your support. If you have any questions, please contact your child’s teacher or your building Computer TA.
Thank you,
The Massapequa School District
