Weekly Update #35

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                                                    This Week's Schedule

COVID Survey - every morning before 7:30. 

This survey must be completed before you enter the building.

Monday, May 24 2021                    Clinical Meeting

Tuesday, May 25, 2021                   Grade 3 MCAS MATH, Staff PD  

Wednesday, May 26 2021               Grade 4 MCAS MATH, Monthly Staff Meeting

Thursday, May 27, 2021                 Grade 5 MCAS MATH, Glenda - Principal's Meeting
Friday, May 28, 2021                     

                                                     

                                         PLT's are ELA with Cyndi and Tracey G. this week

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Sally Ride Day - May 26th 

First Woman in Space

Things to Consider

Please read the weekly update carefully.

                                             

All staff will report to the building 5 days per week.   

• Update from Downtown - Please help us keep Lynn clean.  Some of our school lunches are being left around town, and we are being asked to make sure that the children place them in their backpacks before leaving to support the efforts of keeping Lynn clean.,
• Open House - Thursday, 5/27 from 6-8pm remote.  Our last open house is this Thursday. Invite your families to join you to celebrate the learning that has happened throughout this year!  Some ideas are: have a cultural celebration, review all the themes that your class has learned during the year, use a game show format, celebrate the foods, dress or language of your families, have a Read Aloud, play Math games, etc. Please use this event to promote Summer School at Connery. (15 sessions- July 6-22) Use your classroom Zoom button to have them join. Support persons, please connect with your teachers to ask how you can support them. The night should be a celebration of you, your students and their families within our community. Have Fun!!
• Student Laptop Swap - June 3 & 4 - In person students swapping out laptops - Students will leave laptops and chargers at school on 6/03 and will be issued a new laptop the next day.
• Summer Learning Coordinator - Liz Ruiz has agreed to be our Summer Learning Coordinator. We need your help to gather 10-15 students per class.  Please promote this at Open House.  
• Summer Program Updates  
• clerks can work summer school (optional).  They will also receive incentivized pay
• All schools may appoint a summer school coordinator to assist in organizing/set-up of the program and then once program begins with all administrative tasks
• Teachers do not have to commit to working the 4 weeks...it can be split
• MCAS -  We have completed one week of MCAS!   Thank you to everyone for your flexibility and perseverance.  Here is the MCAS Guiding Document   
• The testing window for both System 44 and DIBEL's (K-2) begins on 5/10. Please be advised: Small groups may look different to accommodate the support staff completing these end of year benchmark tests.
• Running Records: The window for the End of year Running Records is May 24 - June 11. Once the running record is complete, the Instructional level of each student should be added to SharePoint / Assessment Data in the Schoolwide Data folder/  SY 2021 / Guided Reading Template folder.  Accurate end of year information is critical to organizing groups for Summer School and next year. More information to follow.        
• Bathroom Procedures - Reminder only 1 student needs to go to the bathroom at a time.  All grade 3-5 students must sign in and out of their classrooms.
• Fire Drills - Please begin to practice fire drills with your classroom.
• Connery Parent Decision Document

Technology:

• Resources for Laptop and Smartboard Use (Simultaneous Teaching) - Classroom Technology Help, Setting up Zoom for Simultaneous Learning, and Speaker Setup.
• Expectations - ST Math Minutes - some students have extraordinary high numbers for ST Math.  Please remind students to log onto the other resources that we have as well. 30 minutes on both Imagine Learning and ST Math is sufficient.
• Subs - Please update sub folders and the Zoom Excel spreadsheet on SharePoint.
• Update Your Zoom Information - Zoom Information

Staff Information:

• Resource - Electronic Office Referral
• Updated Class Assignments - Click Here (This has been updated as of 3/5/2021 to include bathroom assignments for both adults and students at Connery.)
• Connery School Calendar - Mentor dates are updated.

Misc. Info:

• Ingalls and Connery will support registration by placing a touchless box outside with enrollment forms outside of our school doors from 9-2.
• Book Inventory for Professional Development
• No Contact List - Like last year, we ask that you add no contact or no attendance students to the following form: 
• Limited Contact List

                                                                District Updates

 

Technology Issues

• Please remember to submit all technology issues to the Helpdesk by emailing: servicedesk@lynnschools.org . Be sure to provide as many details as possible including name of user having issue (email or stu#), problem, program being used, etc.
• Please enter tickets for EACH problem they encounter with as much information as possible included.

 

Looking Ahead

• May 31 - No School  Memorial Day!
• June 1 & 8 - Data Meetings with Dr. Parker K-2
• June 3 &4 - In person students swapping out laptops - Students will leave laptops and chargers at school and will be issued a new laptop the next day.
• June 14 - Kindergarten - Remote Moving On Ceremonies
• June 16 - Grade 5- Remote -Moving On Ceremonies