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Superintendent Ritchie’s Weekly Message

Thursday, May 7th

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Topics for Today

1. School Calendar and Next Steps2. CT State Department of

Education Survey3. Advanced Placement/ECE course

exams4. Parent/Caregiver/Staff Coffee

Hours5. Staff Appreciation Week6. Class of 2020 Senior Highlights

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Topic One:School Calendar and Next Steps

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School Calendar and Next Steps

The Governor has announced that schools will remain closed for the rest of the school year. We will continue to educate our students through our Distance Learning Programming. We have incredible people working throughout NLPS and everyone will continue to rise to excellence, every day, on behalf of our students.

Continued outreach through personal phone calls, emails, online communications, written feedback, etc. will occur daily. Support staff will assist teachers to be sure every child’s individual needs are supported. Administrators will continue to work alongside teachers to collate, review and respond to each student’s engagement and task completion data. This data will continue to be reviewed, multiple times per week, and interventions will be in place for those students and families who need additional support for academics and/or in social-emotional areas. Parent outreach efforts will continue weekly. We are striving for 100% of students to meet their learning goals, through the multi-tiered support structures we have put into place. Students and parents will get regular feedback on how students are doing.

District and school-based updates will also continue to be shared with all constituents each week.

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Re-opening of School Planning Teams Across The State of CT

The Commissioner of Education has enlisted the help of the six Regional Education Service Centers (RESC), to form teams of Connecticut education stakeholders, for the purpose of gathering, analyzing, and sharing the issues, concerns, and ideas related to the process of a (future) re-opening schools.

It is an honor for me to serve on behalf of NLPS on one of these teams. We will be meeting weekly over the next six weeks.

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Topic Two: CT Department of Education Survey

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CT Department of Education SurveyPlease take this survey to share your

thoughts…The Commissioner of Education and State Department have recently launched an online tool to gather input from all families, staff, educational leaders, community members, students, etc. who wish to contribute their input regarding (future) plans for the re-opening of schools.

This tool, entitled "ThoughtExchange," is entirely confidential and anonymous to use. Your participation and feedback are essential to the process and necessary for our State leaders to consider as decisions are made about re-opening our schools. I encourage everyone to use the link below to share your thoughts and help evaluate the critical issues. This link is accessible in English and Spanish.

Thought Exchange Link: https://my.thoughtexchange.com/493894984.

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Topic Three: Advanced Placement and ECE Course

Exams

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Advanced Placement Exams(for high school students)

Our website shares a lot of information regarding the upcoming AP exams:https://newlondon.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=85480&pageId=93102476

• AP Testing Guide for the online exams: 2020 AP Testing Guide. This guide explains the exam day process, thesteps students need to take before exam day, and provides details about the e-tickets students will need toparticipate.

• Exam Day Checklist for students: 2020 AP Exam Day Checklist Teachers should have their students completethis checklist for each exam they take and keep it next to them while testing.

• See a brief video below done by College Board for Connecticut students taking Advanced Placement exams inMay. https://youtu.be/ePYrFIyiGRo

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Topic Four: Parent/Caregiver/Staff Coffee

Hours

Let’s come together to share strategies, answer questions and support each other as we aim to educate our children from home.

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Weekly Virtual Coffee Hours For Adults

Dates and Times for the Week of May 11th-15th

Please email Angela Rasmussen to reserve your spot: rasmussena@newlondon.org

Grades Day/Date Time

PreK & K Monday, May 11 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

1st & 2nd Monday, May 11 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

3rd - 5th Monday, May 11 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

6th - 8th Friday, May 15 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

9th & 10th Friday, May 15 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

11th & 12th Thursday, May 14 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

All Grades/District Wednesday, May 13 5:30 p.m.

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Topic Five: Staff Appreciation Week

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Staff Appreciation Week

The NLPS All Staff Appreciation Week will be held May 18th

through May 22nd.

The Employee Recognition Committee will be honoring and celebrating ALL NLPS staff throughout the week through a variety of virtual events and activities.

Get ready for some fun!

We are so grateful for your continued support and commitment to our students!

Get ready…

ALL Staff Appreciation Week

Week of May 18th-22nd

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Topic Six: Class of 2020 Senior Shout Out!

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Highlighting our AMAZING students…SENIOR SHOUT OUTs!

As a celebration of our Class of 2020, we will feature members of the Senior class each week on our website and social media! Our Seniors will share their videos, accomplishments, stories and plans for the future!

We would love to feature as many of our Seniors as possible, so make sure to email your submissions to nlpsvideo@newlondon.org. We are proud of each and every one of you and look forward to sharing your highlights with the greater community!

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Thank you!Reminder: You can view the names and contact information of staff who are leading District Learning Programming and Support Services for our students and families. We are ALL here to help in any way we can!

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