Progress Reports - January Elementary Progress Reports are now available from the Newton Public Schools through the Aspen Family Portal.
In order to view, print or download a copy of your child's January progress report, which includes narrative comments, please do the following:
Log into Aspen Family portal - (https://aspen.newton.k12.ma.us/aspen/logon.do) using your Aspen username and password. You can find the link on your school and the district's home page.
Once you have logged in, Elementary Progress Reports can be found under the "Published Reports".
Additional Information about the Elementary Progress reports, including descriptors can be found at the following link: (https://www.newton.k12.ma.us/Page/759).
You can find previous year's progress reports in Aspen by navigating to the Family tab at the top and then clicking on Documents on the right.
If you have trouble logging in or have other technical issues please email us at aspen@newton.k12.ma.us. Please note to first use the "I forgot my password" (located on the Aspen Login page) if you don't remember your login information.
Covid Testing Program - As shared previously and posted on the NPS website here (link), the Newton Public Schools is shifting its testing strategy away from pooled testing (PCR) and toward at-home weekly rapid antigen tests. This new weekly at-home rapid antigen test is for ALL students PreK-12+ (vaccinated and unvaccinated.) Staff & students who've had covid within 90 days can opt-in for the take-home tests, but should NOT test for 90 days from their symptom onset or diagnosis.
Below is specific information you will need in order for your student to participate in the new at-home testing program:
Only positive results need to be reported to the school. You will complete this form (link) to report a positive result. Nurses will provide follow up information to families, including the date for return to school, following a positive test.
In addition to the weekly at-home rapid antigen testing program, we will continue in-school symptomatic testing for students and staff that develop symptoms during the school day. We will discontinue the Test and Stay testing program and contact tracing. Please be vigilant in checking your student for symptoms, conducting the daily health assessment (link), and staying home when sick.
All testing information can be found on our website here: NPS COVID Testing Webpage. This includes a Frequent Asked Questions document.
PTO sponsored meeting with School Committee/Superintendent Meeting:
Each year, we host a meeting to talk about all things related to Horace Mann and the larger school district. This year’s meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 9th at 6:30 PM. This meeting will take place on Zoom.
Greater Boston STEM Program - Our names are Yuen Ler Chow and Elena Su, and we are current freshmen at Harvard and MIT. We are the co-founders of the Greater Boston STEM Program (gbSTEM), an enrichment program that delivers free introductory computer science, math, and engineering courses to elementary and middle school students in the Greater Boston area. Since March 2020, our team of dedicated high school volunteers have brought free lessons to over 600 Massachusetts youth. Classes will be held through Zoom, and we pride ourselves in our innovative curriculum and collaboration-based learning model.
We are delighted to announce that we will be offering a spring semester of gbSTEM to Horace Man students, which will run from March 14th to December 12th, 2022!
The registration deadline is March 6th, 2022.
Information about our program and the registration form can be found at our website: https://gbstem.org
If you have any questions, please contact gbstemprogram@gmail.com. We are so excited to work with your family this fall!
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Thank you so much for your time and consideration!
Sincerely,
Mia Gilmore
Director of Outreach, gbSTEM
SEPAC/Family Workshops
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 7-8:30pm*
Topic - Schedule and Routines (module 4)
Thursday, March 3, 2022 9-10:30am
Topic - Schedule and Routines (module 4)
