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:

1. Sign-in to the Parent Portal - Web Portal: https://msdps.powerschool.com/public/home.html (Not available through the App)

2. Click on the "Class Registration" icon located in the Navigation menu

3. 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

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.

Grade 5 Parent Letter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mnj73aNBVfqTwilg8cclYsILc0u9YCOomP5gNnRo8bM/edit?tab=t.0

Thank you,
The Massapequa School District

Unqua Weekly Wrap Up 11/24-11/25
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OSFo3wZoLVNT7FhNkipp1Kj8LoXkvOgA/view?usp=drive_link
Holiday Spirit Week 12/15 - 12/23
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qoSmStR264LqRCqhWkP5phO6CxOfG7wg/view?usp=drive_link

Dear Unqua Parents, New York State Law requires that each school conduct an emergency Preparedness Drill at least once a year. The purpose of this drill is to provide practice in evacuating the school in case of an emergency such as loss of heat, water or electricity. This year we will hold our drill on Tuesday, November 25. On November 25, students will be dismissed at 3:05 p.m. Please be available at 3:05 p.m. to meet your child(ren) at their regularly dismissed exits. Busses are also scheduled for a 3:05 p.m dismissal. Students who attend the After-School YMCA Program will be dismissed to the YMCA at 3:05 whereby counselors will be present to supervise students. Please be assured that in the event of an actual emergency, students would not be dismissed without parent contact. If it were safe to remain in the building, our students would stay at Unqua. If we had to evacuate the school, our students would be relocated to an alternate site. Parents would be contacted by phone and made aware of the situation.

Unqua Weekly Wrap Up

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bMQo5QfQrz6wIk1zrMU_n2bX91RCpDqp/view?usp=drive_link

Lost & Found Items

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P3Zt-eXR6J0rsqJkD7jtzb2eqdjIDC1E/view?usp=drive_link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WHOPaThvdMSIvkPgpNqda7JrR5zxFoa7/view?usp=drive_link

Unqua Families,
Please help Student Council with our annual Food Drive to support YES Community Counseling Center. Items listed are grade specific - thank you for your support.

Dear Unqua Parents, New York State Law requires that each school conduct an emergency Preparedness Drill at least once a year. The purpose of this drill is to provide practice in evacuating the school in case of an emergency such as loss of heat, water or electricity. This year we will hold our drill on Tuesday, November 25. On November 25, students will be dismissed at 3:05 p.m. Please be available at 3:05 p.m. to meet your child(ren) at their regularly dismissed exits. Busses are also scheduled for a 3:05 p.m dismissal. Students who attend the After-School YMCA Program will be dismissed to the YMCA at 3:05 whereby counselors will be present to supervise students. Please be assured that in the event of an actual emergency, students would not be dismissed without parent contact. If it were safe to remain in the building, our students would stay at Unqua. If we had to evacuate the school, our students would be relocated to an alternate site. Parents would be contacted by phone and made aware of the situation.

Unqua Weekly Wrap Up 11/10 - 11/13
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zjoq10QKPabiRA6C3Sv4GNaHGbM1yJf2/view?usp=drive_link

Reminder - NO SCHOOL TOMORROW for Parent Teacher Conferences. Please remember your ID to get into the building.

World Kindness Day - Random Acts of Kindness

The following letter was sent home in backpacks today:

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We are excited to share our focus for November and December: Kindness and Community! As the

days get cooler, we want to warm up our school environment with intentional acts of goodness,

starting right in our classrooms and extending into your homes.

Celebrate World Kindness Day: November 13th

We are dedicating ourselves to spreading Random Acts of Kindness throughout our community in

honor of World Kindness Day on November 13th. Our goal is to create a chain reaction of positive

actions, showing our students that kindness, no matter how small, always matters.

To help guide our discussions, our book of the month is "The Jelly Donut Difference - Sharing

Kindness with the World." This story perfectly illustrates how simple, thoughtful gestures can make

a huge impact on others.

We are asking every student to bring the spirit of kindness home! On the letter that was sent home , you will

find our Kindness Choice Board. We encourage your child to choose and complete at least one

Random Act of Kindness this month. The choices that are listed are for both at school and at home.

Whether students are completing their act of kindness at school or at home, please fill out the

template attached at home and send them back to school. While we are asking for a minimum of one,

we are sending home multiple response sheets if you would like to complete more acts of kindness!

All responses will be posted in the building.

Please have your child write the Random Act of Kindness on the slip and describe what

you did and how it made you or the other person feel. Please cut it out and return to your child's

teacher by Tuesday, November 25th.

Sincerely,

Unqua Elementary School Shared Decision Making Team

Unqua Families,
Please help Student Council with our annual Food Drive to support YES Community Counseling Center. Items listed are grade specific - thank you for your support.