Superintendent's Weekly Update 4-16-21

 


Hello,

This week students and staff enjoyed spirit week at each of our schools. Thank you to the schools and the staff members that helped to organize this week for students; it was fun. The high school also hosted the National Honor Society induction ceremony on Wednesday. It was great to have some normal activities in what has not been a normal 14 months. I am thrilled that we were able to do this for our kids as we are slowly returning to some semblance of normal for students. 

As I have mentioned at various meetings throughout the year, we received grant funds from the Federal Government to help mitigate the impact of COVID in our schools. We were able to purchase PPE, technology and materials to get schools ready to open this year with the funds. We have earmarked a portion of the funding to create remediation programs this summer and next school year to address learning gaps. We will have a multi-week summer program that we will send out information on to students that qualify shortly and next year we will have additional staff and programming in place to help address identified issues. We are confident that this will be helpful and beneficial for our students. 

I hope everyone is able to relax and enjoy during the April break next week. When we return we have 8 weeks before this school year comes to an end. Those weeks always go by fast. Our last day of school will be on June 18.

COVID Data

Attached is a link to our COVID Dashboard along with guidance and information for families. Link To COVID Dashboard  guidance for families 


Thank you,

Paul

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