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Good afternoon! It is Thursday, January 14, 2021 and this is
Ms. McGrath with the weekly messages for Raiders and their families.
We continue to operate in the “Orange” phase of Covid Safety
Protocols. Our students continue to do a great job! Please help support them by
sending two masks (one to wear and a spare) and a water bottle each day.
We are happy to report that our PSSC has provided some new
outdoor games for all of our Raiders. You may see some disc golf going on as
you drive past the soccer field! We are also looking at more activities for
classroom use during these long, cold winter months.
A few reminders:
1.
We are stressing organization and responsibility
with our Middle School students. We have reminded them that missing books,
boots, phones etc. are their responsibility and they should not expect families
to be running these items to the school if forgotten. Going without is a
natural consequence that will encourage them to be more responsible in future.
We thank you for your support in teaching this valuable lesson.
We can make an exception for forgotten lunches but, as I reminded a Gr. 8
student today, they are old enough to be responsible for making and packing
their own lunch as well.
2.
Under the Covid protocols all families are
required to have a plan in place should their child become sick while at
school. This requires you to have the
student picked-up within an hour. Please consider that it is unsafe, and
prohibited for us, under Covid, to be housing sick students at school.
3.
As has always been the case, pop, power drinks
and caffeinated beverages are not appropriate for school. Students cannot
arrive from an appointment and take these beverages (or milkshakes, hot
chocolate etc., donuts, subs, potato chips etc.) to class with them. To my
knowledge, K-8 students have never been allowed to have these items in class. (even
when I was in school a hundred years ago). If you are dropping off a student,
please make sure that they have finished these items while with you, before
entering the building.
4.
We suggest all families regularly practice
logging on to TEAMS with their child’s username and password to make sure it
works. As well, all students have access to the Microsoft suite of
applications. Their school credentials can be used at home, through any
internet browser via office.com
to access Word, PowerPoint etc.
5.
We have a lockdown practice scheduled for next
week. Further details about the exact date and time coming soon. See attached
for Parent Info during a Lockdown.
Info for Families in an Emergency at School 2020-2021.docx.doc
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, you can
reach me at Trudy.McGrath@nbed.nb.ca
or, on my direct line at 738-6511. General inquiries at the main line at
738-6500.