"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the COURAGE TO CONTINUE that counts." – Winston Churchill
This Week
Monday, April 13, 2020 Working From Home
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 Working From Home
Monday, April 13, 2020 Working From Home
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 Working From Home
Wednesday, April 15, 2020 Working From Home
Thursday, April 16, 2020 Working From Home
Friday, April 17, 2020 Working From Home
Thursday, April 16, 2020 Working From Home
Friday, April 17, 2020 Working From Home
Things to Be Aware of and Keep in Mind
- Next Steps for Curriculum / Content - We have heard from most teams about content being uploaded to the webmasters page. Please make sure that we receive your team's confirmation for submitting the additional weeks.
- Additional work will become available starting on April 27th. These will be in the form of choice boards, and will become available at lunch sites for families beginning April 27th. Please make sure that families are aware of this.
- This is the primary source that students can draw from. However, we are NOT asking people to stop their regular check-ins and zoom meetings or Class Dojo posts with students. This is important supplemental work and a very important part of the connection and regular contact with families that we will continue to expect throughout the year.
- If you plan to align your content with the themes the Choice Boards will be focused on, they are:
- Community/Family, Adaptation (ending with reflection)
- These themes will run 3 and 4 weeks.
- This is not a confirmation about school closure, but rather a plan for the possibility that we will be out for the remainder of the year.
- Technology - Computer loans were approved at the recent school committee meeting for a group of students.
- Currently all seniors, AP students, and early college students will receive laptops.
- In addition, Special Ed students with a special attention to DD and II classrooms will receive laptops.
- These laptops will both be purchased and pulled from our schools.
- The logistics of how this will be distributed are currently in the works.
- Part-time Work - all hourly part time work must be put in immediately. If you have not put in all of your hours, please put them in now.
- All extra curricula work that is completed (Basketball and Talent Show is complete) must be entered immediately.
- All incomplete work will be pro-rated. I will create a form to gather the information of how many hours you worked in your program and pass it along to our budget team. Everyone will be paid for all the work that they have done to date.
- These need to filled out ASAP because leftover/unused funds may go into the purchase of student materials and laptops.
- Benefits - all benefits including buyback will still proceed as planned this year.
- Reminder about Hours - 15 hours is a minimum requirement, and unfortunately PD that is not internal PD cannot be considered part of this time. Webinars are still considered outside of the school day.
- Communication Log - Folders have been created in our SharePoint where your communication logs will be uploaded. The folder is named .Connery - HomeSchoolLearning 2020
- The log is also posted in that folder. Please DO NOT write directly into the log in our shared folder. Make a COPY and RENAME.
- CITs, Math Teachers, Parent Liaisons, and Clerks - logs will be completed about the communication between teachers and/or students (when communication is requested and needed for students). Though, a quick initial check in, video, or picture would be great to add to our school story on School Dojo for students.
- Thank you for those already using Class Dojo!
- Connery Facebook Page - If you haven't already checked it out, please check out the Connery Elementary Facebook page.
- Please note that we have added some new administrators and editors to the page.
- You may now share resources with Eileen, Pam, and Cynthia.
- We are still looking for additional editors on our page. So, if you are willing to help, please let Glenda know.
- Special Ed, ESL , Reading, Support Staff, and Specialist - logs will be uploaded in SharePoint.
- Next Steps on Communication - There are many families that we notice we are not able to reach. We have created a No Contact Tracker, so that we can support and aim for the goal of having 100% of our families on School Dojo.
- If a contact is made, you may make a note of that on the side and/or gray out their name. Please do not remove it, so we can keep track of the numbers and changes that need to be made in e-schools.
- District FAQ Sheet - Here is a link to the district FAQ sheet. This is also locate on the district website.
- MCAS - This is currently postponed, but we are waiting to hear if legislature has given the okay to postpone the accountability measures for this year. If this is agreed (and the state believes it will be approved), MCAS will be officially postponed. For now, it is still TBD.
- Guided Reading Documents - Here!
- Recess - recess resource (Please use this resource, so that your students can have a successful and fun time at recess!) This is a great opportunity to build community with your students.
- Please ensure that you are in a location where you can see your whole class.
- Connery School Year Calendar
- Food Pantry Flyer
- LPS CORE VALUES - Inclusiveness, Shared Responsibility, High Expectations, and Inspiring Life Long Learning.
May 4 - Possible return to school.
