Friday BITS
Board of Education Meeting
We will have a Board of Education meeting on Monday, May 9. Please be reminded that while you may view the meeting from home (link here), all public comments must be made in person (you can comment at the beginning and end of the meeting.) You can find the agenda here. It will be a special evening where we recognize our CABE and WCSA student award winners.
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In this week’s Tiger Talk we welcome two East Ridge Middle School Counselors- Amy Jonsson and Caitlin DeMello. They tell us about some really cool things going on at ERMS. We cover their “Speak Up” presentation, the role of a MS School Counselor, and exciting summer opportunities for our middle school students. Thanks for listening!
RPS Kindergarten Registration
Help! If you have a friend or neighbor who is planning on joining kindergarten next year, remind them that registration is open! Families now have the opportunity to register using our brand new online system. Click here to take a look! Registration status impacts our ability to maintain and/or hire teachers.
Curriculum Committee Meetings for the Board of Education
In the last few weeks, there have been two BOE Curriculum Committee meetings. Click here for the meeting on April 19, and click here for the meeting on May 3. They are full of updates on K-12 Curriculum and Instruction.
Ridgefield is currently experiencing an uptick in case rates of COVID-19. Cases are updated on the RPS COVID-19 tracker on a daily basis. You can find the tracker at this web address: link.https://sites.google.com/ridgefieldps.net/rps-covid-19-data-2021-2022/home
During this period of increased cases we strongly encourage families to test. We have an ample supply of at-home rapid antigen tests in each school nurse’s office. Please reach out to your school building or your school nurse to obtain a test kit. Families may also want to consider opting to have their child wear a high quality mask as an added mitigation measure.
As a reminder for families, students, and staff- anyone experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 must stay home from school and contact your school nurse. When returning to school, please remember to provide either a negative COVID-19 test result or a note from your physician stating a diagnosis other than COVID-19. For home test results, please take a photo of the test with name and date taken, then send it to your school nurse.
Procrastination, no, not me!
Linked here is an article from Edutopia, an online educational resource: Addressing the Roots of Procrastination, worth the read.
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