No school tomorrow, November 3 for Election Day.
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Specials schedule for Wednesdays:
The times are shifted to be a little bit earlier. Students should prioritize The specials class they did not have in in person that week. Today starts week A. This week we have PE, Art, Library and Wellness for most classes. These times are great opportunities to connect with integrated artists, ask questions about work for the week, get a quick little lesson, and enjoy the arts.
I will update the remote hub.
School News:
- Bike riding this week in PE. Please pack your helmet, or clip it right on your backpack.
- Also, students can bring their own bikes! We have plenty to lend, but sometimes having your own that fits just right is where it's at!
- Dress warm! It'll be cold out there bike riding.
- "Regular" browsing has resumed. One students at a time per stack and one cohort per day. Your student will browse once day every other week.
- Wellness weeks are Weeks A and C. Mr. Stevenson is here this week and will be teaching Wellness classes starting this week on Thursdays for k-6th grade and will also be working in preK classes.
Community News/Opportunities
Please note that the opportunities/events listed below are not specifically endorsed or screened by school staff. As always, families should use their own standards and review processes to determine appropriate activities.
The following letter was sent to us by Dr. Leah Costello. Dr. Costello is a local pediatrician and a parent in one of our CVSD schools. She is also one of the pediatricians who supports and consults with CVSD for our reopening efforts. This letter was unsolicited. She asked that we pass it along to families and faculty/staff.
10/27/20
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Last night my son Theo had trouble falling asleep so he and I did a mindfulness activity on gratitude. He is grateful for going back to school 4 days a week.
He is not alone. I see kids in my office all day who feel this way. And honestly, as a parent, I feel this way too.
As part of my role in the CVSD reopening, I have been meeting with teachers as they reopen grades K-4. I am amazed at how our teachers, staff, and administrators are bending over backward to keep our children safe at school. There are so many guidelines! I read the revised document last Friday, it is 41 pages! All I had to do was read through the revisions, but our schools have to make sure every piece of that 41-page document is in place to keep our kids safe. Incredible! Send your schools a thank you note, and coffee and healthy snacks while you are at it!
Parents and guardians, it is now our turn to step up and show that same level of commitment to our community. It is our job to keep COVID 19 out of the schools. Luckily, we don't have a 41 -page document with guidelines we have to follow! We actually have it much easier than the schools. We have a 3 step process to follow "Six-foot spaces, Mask on faces, Uncrowded places." But parents, I think we can go farther than that. Think about what is truly essential in your day to day activities. If you really need to do an activity, then do it with safety measures in place. If you think about it and realize it is not truly an essential activity, then revise your plans to a safer alternative. The schools are making sacrifices for us and we need to do the same for them.
Here is the really hard part. We need to seriously think about the upcoming holidays and how we can keep our children, teachers, and schools safe and healthy. This might mean it is not safe to see out of state family or have extended family gatherings for the holidays. If many of us travel and COVID 19 cases increase to a critical point, we may be in the same position we were in the spring. We need to do everything we can to prevent that! Changing our holiday plans is really hard, I know. I am devastated about this too - family and friends are extraordinarily important to us.
Vermont continues to lead the country in the management of COVID 19. We continue to have a very robust and phenomenal contact-tracing program to find cases and prevent the spread of the virus. Despite that, we still have cases of COVID 19 and we are NOT immune. Please do your part to keep COVID 19 out of the schools so we can keep our kids in school and our schools healthy. This is on us, parents, and I know we can do it.
If you have questions about your upcoming holiday plans please reach out to the Vermont Department of Health to discuss call 802-863-7240 or see their FAQ page.
Thank you,
Leah Costello, MD
Timber Lane Pediatrics
School Board Updates
SUBJECT: HUUSD Board Meeting Recap, October 28
BODY: The HUUSD Board met remotely on Wednesday, October 28. The meeting began with a short executive session with legal counsel to discuss contract negotiations that will begin this fall.
Back in public session, the board took a moment of silence to recognize the unfortunate passing of Mariah McGill, a district parent and active school community member.
The meeting went on to discuss the previous week’s action to move forward with the middle school merger of all 7+8 graders to Crossett Brook Middle School in the school year 2022-23. Board members volunteered for sub committees focused on the middle school facilities decisions and the high school bond.
The superintendent presented an enrollment report, and board members asked questions regarding the data presented.
To end the meeting, the board revisited the antiracism workshop completed with Hal Colston last month, to debrief and discuss next steps. The leadership team plans to reach out to Mr. Colston regarding the continuation of this ongoing work.
The next regular Board meeting will be November 11th, at 6:00PM. Remote meeting requirements have made it easier than ever to participate in or view School Board meetings, and we hope you will consider joining us. You can also email the board with your thoughts at cen-huusdboard@huusd.org
-- To participate live through Zoom, simply click on this link at the meeting’s start time: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/386460007#success
-- To view either live or after-the-fact on YouTube, use this link: tinyurl.com/huwebapp-youtube-live
-- To view on Mad River Television, use this link: www.mrvtv.com
Thank you for continued support,
The HUUSD Board
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