Weekly Update #36

 

This Week's Schedule

                    Monday, June 6, 2022                    ILT
                    Tuesday, June 7, 2022                    Staff Meeting (2:30pm)
                   Wednesday, June 8, 2022               Early Release (1:15pm), PD -Kristen, Colleen F. Glenda & Liz
                   Thursday, June 9, 2022                
                   Friday, June 10, 2022                   
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                       Please read the weekly update carefully.

 Operational: 

PLT's are with Cyndi and Tracey this week

We will be creating Class Lists for next year's classrooms

• Forsythe Dental will be here on Monday and Tuesday.
• The MCAS Dance and MultiCultural Night were a big success!!
• Thank you to all our staff, students and their families for coming together to support these community activities.


• Morning Duties - Classroom teachers and supports are supposed to arrive at school by 8:15 and are on active duty that time. Please make sure that all staff (including support staff) are outside to pickup classes at 8:15. Support staff that have preps in the morning can start their prep at 8:20. 
• Please do not prop doors open at any time during the school day. This is a safety issue and we have heard from a few of our parents that this is a concern.   
• Connery Beautification Project - This summer, Liz, Glenda, and Kim will work collaboratively to organize and declutter Connery Companeros in preparation for the reopening of our school as a new Dual Language.
• If you are interested, please let us know that you'd like to volunteer.
• If you know of parents that might be interested in this work, please let Glenda and Liz know.
• The Math Deparment is offering paid summer Professional Development at Connery for Illustrative Math.  It will be for all grade levels and the teacher hourly rate.  Please let Glenda and Liz know if you are available the week of August 16th.
• Drop in Sessions will also be available for the Interdisciplinary Units this summer.

• If a student arrives in your classroom after 8:30, they must be sent to the office immediately. The office will mark them tardy. 
• If you notice students in the hallway prior to 8:15, please advise them to go back outside.
• TeachPoint - Please sign all your documents in teachpoint before your leave for the summer. 
• Summer School: Springboard for students in current grades K, 1, 2 and 3. Springboard - Please apply if you haven't done so already.  The program is still looking for ten more teachers, so all that have applied will most likely be able to work the program.
• 4-5 Museum of Science Enrichment - Please review email from Eva O'Malley and share interest with Glenda and Liz

ELA & Math  

• Running Records should be wrapping up. 
• Please remember to return each set of Guided Reading books after they are used.
• Star Renaissance testing begins Monday, 5/26/22. 
• Complete a Spring Math Fluency before the end of the year.

    Social Work Updates:      

• Office Referral
• Behavior Management Resource - Minors and Major Behaviors and De-escalation Strategies                                                     

Health and Safety:

Covid Protocols and Key Changes:

• "At home tests" are now referred to as "self-tests"
• Masks continue to be optional
• Students who are exposed inside or outside of school do NOT have to quarantine unless they are symptomatic. This does not apply to staff. Staff must continue to follow current quarantine guidelines listed here:  DESE/DPH Protocols for Responding to COVID-19 Scenarios - SY 2021-22 (mass.edu)
• Students who test positive and are unable to mask must have a negative test on Day 5 or later to return between Day 6-10. Otherwise, they can return on Day 11 with improved symptoms.

• Crocs - Please remind families that crocs are not meant for running.

Misc. Info: Inventory for Professional Development - please complete so that we can track the books that we each have in our classrooms.

Technology Issues

• Reminder: Please let Liz or your CIT know if a student is not bringing their laptop to school daily. 
• 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

• June 13 - Track and Field Day - Grade 5
• June 14 - 16- Interdisciplinary Units PD (Grs. 1 & 2), SST
• June 16 - PreK & K graduation
• June 17 - Field Day Grades 1-5