Daisy Friends,
I do hope that everyone enjoyed some time outside this past weekend with the incredibly mild weather; what a treat that was!
As we start Week #11 of the school year, I ask everyone to remain vigilant with our safety protocols and not to let your guard down. Our students and adults are doing a great job with mask-wearing, social distancing, use of desk shields, hand-washing and santizing. Let's keep it up for everyone's safety.
As always, please check our Daisy Staff Google Calendar for all the events/activities/meetings for the weeks ahead, at:
We recently had some Pirates in Kindergarten as they explored the letter "P"
with Pirates and Projects.
A few reminders about this week:
- Grade-level Meetings will take place, virtually, as noted in the calendar. Links to Google Meetings are in the calendar.
- Tues., Nov. 10: Board of Education Meeting at 7 pm.
- Wed., Nov. 11 is Veterans Day. We will honor our Veterans with a virtual presentation, which will be uploaded to our website for all to enjoy. Please let us know about the special Veterans in your family by providing a photo and details (as addressed in an earlier email) to lsizer@westbrookctschools.org by Monday.
- On Wed., we encourage all to wear Red, White and Blue and to join in a schoolwide Pledge of Allegiance at 9 am. Then, we ask each classroom teacher to show the WeVideo link at that point (or another time during the day if you have the first special.) This presentation honors Veterans special to our students, families, staff and community and we encourage all to contribute to this tribute.
- Wed., Nov. 11, 4:00-5:00 pm: Optional, virtual meeting for our valued Paraprofessionals with Madeline Illinger and myself. This was a request from our paraprofessionals and the link is provided in our Google Staff Calendar.
- Thurs., Nov. 12, 4:30-5:00 pm, Virtual Meet & Greet with our new Superintendent, Dr. Kristina Martineau.
- Fri., Nov. 13 is "World Kindness Day." We encourage students and staff to wear clothing depicting "Kindness" themes which many of us have. We also encourage students and adults to add to the "Kindness" bulletin board outside Room 1, put together by Vanessa Federico. In addition, we will accept donations from staff (during this Dress-Down Day) to purchase grocery gift cards for our families in need.
"Flannel Friday!"
News & Notes re: Our Daisy Staff Family
- Sadly, Laurie Kukta lost her father-in-law very unexpectedly last week. Please know that our Sunshine Club made a donation in his name to the Chester Ambulance Association. Please join us in extending our sincerest condolences.
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"Glow Light Reading" in fourth grade recently.......................
A Few Other Reminders:
- Please remember to update the voicemail messages on phones in classrooms. Currently, many are outdated and if you don't update with your name and code, you won't be able to retrieve messages.
- Please be sure that all online trainings are completed, i.e., Cyber Security, Blood Pathogens, Mandated Reporting, etc.
- We have plenty of child-size face masks, as well as adult masks, if anyone needs a change or if masks are not fitting well. Please be vigilant about covering nose and mouth completely.
- For adults---if you are working with multiple cohorts, wearing your district-supplied face shield in addition to a mask, is recommended. Of course, anyone may choose to wear both at any time as this provides additional protection for students, colleagues and you.
- Please continue to find creative ways for families to be involved in school, such as through virtual meets for reading books; sharing passions and interests; leading crafts; learning about customs and celebrations; etc., etc. Please share with colleagues some of your novel ideas!
A parent recently joined a classroom virtually and led students
- If you must be absent, please email Alicia, Lisa and me so that we can work together to plan appropriate coverage. Calling and leaving a message in one mailbox does not ensure that we are all informed. We will let you know if we might have an available building substitute or if the absence also needs to be entered into Kelly Services (for teachers) or Delta T (for paraprofessionals). Coverage is becoming increasingly difficult due to the scarcity of available substitutes and we must all work together on this.
- Although we are not accepting food items from families this year, such as cupcakes for birthdays, there are other ways to make birthdays special. Please see our Daisy webpage for this notice to families. Also, we are still offering birthday books for students in the office. Please let us know when you have a child celebrating a birthday and we will make sure to schedule a visit!
As always, thanks so much to each and every one of our staff members for your flexbility and for going above and beyond for our students every day. You are appreciated!
Let's make it a great week!
Take care,
Ruth
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