Dear HM Families,
ESSENTIAL INFO: In the interest of making things more accessible, I’ve highlighted key info here:
- ONE TIME SCHEDULE CHANGE NEXT WEEK!!!
- Tuesday, November 3rd (Voting Day) - will be a WEDNESDAY REMOTE DAY SCHEDULE
- Wednesday, November 4th - COHORT A Day
- Curriculum Nights Next Week - 7:00pm - Your child’s teacher will send the links.
- Monday, November 2nd - Kindergarten
- Wednesday, November 4th - Grade 4
- Thursday, November 5th - Grade 1
- VIRTUAL FOOD AND CULTURE NIGHT - stay tuned for Zoom info.
- Friday, November 6th @ 6pm
DETAILED UPDATES: If you would like more detail about what’s been happening at school, feel free to read the rest of the updates below:
- COVID Safety Protocols - As you know, I’ve recently shared information about positive cases in the HM community. It appears that these cases are a result of activities outside of school. I can’t emphasize enough the importance of limiting gatherings, wearing masks, physical distancing and handwashing. This includes your interactions with friends and families you may have already been spending time with. With the Halloween holiday this weekend, please consider limiting your interactions and celebrating in a safe way. I know firsthand how hard this can be. My wife and I have been telling our high school aged daughters for two weeks that they will not be attending parties with friends this year. Despite their frustration and disagreement with our rules on this, we all agree that we want to stay in school for as long as possible and we need to work together to make that happen.
- Parent/Teacher Conferences - The district has designated several times for conferences later this month. Your child’s teacher will reach out to you with more specifics, but these are the times that have been set aside contractually.
Wed, Dec 2: 1:15-3:15 Mon, Dec 7: 2:00-3:15 Wed, Dec 9: 1:15-3:15 Thurs, Dec. 10: 2:00-3:15 |
- Grade Level Check-Ins-
- For grades 2 through 5, we are going to stop doing the optional grade level check-ins, beginning next week.
- Instead, we are going to prioritize reading group interventions (see below) as well as scheduled small group and individual check-ins.
- For the scheduled check-ins, we are compiling a list of students who we think need more support at home, either to engage socially with peers or to work on organization and academics. We will spend next week assembling the groups, assigning an adult mentor, and then creating a schedule. We will start the check-ins during the week of November 9th.
- Reading Groups -
- We spent this week entering literacy data and making reading groups for students in grades 1, 2 and 3.
- Data showed that a larger number of students in grades 1 and 2 were in need of additional support in comparison to prior years.
- We looked at the data and will start reading groups with our lowest scoring performers first. This will include students in DLA!
- Classroom teachers and intervention teachers will reach out to let you know that your child has been assigned to an intervention group.
- Groups will meet 3x30 per week mostly on REMOTE DAYS.
- Groups will be conducted by members of our amazing literacy team: Louise Martin, Sara McSwiggan, Toni Duncan Brown, Lisa Pagana, and Meredith Andrews.
