"Daisy Daily" for the Week of February 1, 2021

 Daisy Faculty & Staff,

As we prepare for next week, I'd like to provide some additional information:

• We will participate in Full Remote Learning for all students during the Week of Feb. 1 through Feb. 5.
• Teachers, support staff and paraeducators are expected to work remotely, unless they are ill and taking sick days.
• We will follow our usual in-school schedule that we are currently using; rather than revert to a former Full Remote Schedule.
• If Superintendent Martineau calls a snow day, it will be a traditional snow day, without remote learning, which would make our second snow day of the 2020-2021 school year.
• If we have an additional snow day, it will be a Remote Learning Day.
• We will keep our scheduled Virtual Parent/Teacher Conferences on Tuesday and Thursday (Feb. 2 & 4) with dismissal at 1 pm.
• If any P/T Conferences are scheduled on a traditional snow day, of course we will reschedule those.  Conferences on Remote Days will take place as scheduled.
• While we are remote next week, staff may teach remotely from school as long as the school is not closed due to inclement weather.
• If anyone needs to come to school to get materials to teach remotely, I will be at school on Sunday from 2-4 pm for you to retrieve materials.  Many faculty members already visited school today, as invited.  If that doesn't work for you, staff members can come in during regular school hours next week.
• Although we pushed out Chromebooks to all students on Friday, if you have students who were absent or left their Chromebooks behind, please place them on the tables in the main hallway (marked with their names); and let families know that they can pick them up next week between the hours of 8 am - 4 pm on any day that school is in session.
• We expect to be fully back in-person on Monday, Feb. 8th.
• If I've forgotten anything or if you have any additional concerns, please let me know.

Thanks for everything that you're doing to meet our students' needs!

Take care and stay warm,

Ruth

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

• No Grade-Level Meetings this week due to Parent/Teacher Conferences
• No Faculty Meeting on Wednesday, so that this time can be used for Conferences
• Friday, Feb. 5, is "Favorite Sports" Spirit Day.  (Students & staff are encouraged to wear clothing, hats, etc., celebrating their favorite sports.)
• Friday, Feb. 5 is tentatively scheduled to be our 100th Day of School, unless we experience a snow day.  That would move the 100th Day to Monday, Feb. 8, but please feel free to celebrate the 100th Day whenever works best for you and our students.

As always, please consult the Daisy Staff Google Calendar for all dates and events at:

• DAISY STAFF GOOGLE CALENDAR

Please be kind to yourself 

and take care of YOU!!!

You can't take care of others

if you don't take care of YOU!!!

I've started an electronic newsletter/blog for Daisy Families, which can be view at:

https://daisydailyforfamilies.blogspot.com/

Let's do our best to survive this week together and please feel free to include some SNOW activities with our students if we get some of the white stuff!

Take care and wishing the best to you all and your families!

Ruth