Message of the Month
Respect - (Kind words and actions, Empathy)
Important Dates
November 6 – Report Cards Released Online (Grades 2-4)
November 11 – Veterans Day – NO SCHOOL
November 19 & 20 – School Spirit Days "Rainbow Day", wear your favorite color
- November 25-27 – Thanksgiving Break
- December 24-January 1 – Holiday Recess
- January 15 – End of Quarter 2
- January 18 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observance
- January 22 – Report Cards Released Online
Parent Resource Documents
Veterans Day Poem
John McCrae wrote the poem, In Flanders Fields, in 1915 as a memorial to those who died in a World War I battle fought in a region of Belgium known as the Ypres Salient. McCrae himself treated many of the soldiers injured in that battle and was particularly moved by the death of a close friend, Alexis Helmer. Our students will have the opportunity to hear the poem prior to Veterans Day. HERE is the poem and slideshow our students will hear and see.
Spirit Days
Our Spirit Days for the next month are Thursday, November 19th (B group) and Friday, November 20th (A Group and Remote Students). The theme for these November days is "Rainbow Day" Wear your favorite color.
Report Cards
Student report cards are available online only in the PowerSchool Parent Access Portal. To access your child's report card online, log into the PowerSchool Parent Portal and you will see a Report Cards icon in the left hand pane. When you click on this icon your child's report card will appear on the screen. You can scroll to see the entire report card and choose to print it, if you'd like. Anytime you click on the Report Cards icon, the most recent report card will generate. Quarter 1 report cards will be available to view on today, November 6th at 2:45 PM. For quarter 1, report cards are issued in grades 2-4 only. Grade 1 will receive report cards in quarter 2.
Wellness Newsletter
Memorial's Wellness Team helps provide the Memorial community of parents and teachers with support and tools that we're using to educate our students. The newsletter is updated every week with resources and ideas for everyone to enjoy. Please click HERE to access the Wellness blog. You'll also receive a friendly reminder over the weekend.
Mrs. Davison's Enrichment Riddle of the Week
Brainstorm as a family and have fun with this. Mrs. Davison has added her "Riddle of the Week" to her blog and it includes a form where people can submit answers. Check it out HERE.
GIFT CARD FUNDRAISER: ONE order only this year (order due date is November 20th). Get a head start on holiday shopping! We are featuring many local area merchants, along with your favorite national businesses. Purchasing gift cards through the PTG provides support for the Bedford schools with no additional cost to you!
For more information about this program on the PTG’s website click HERE.
For Hybrid Student Families: To download an order form and memo with program information, please click HERE.
For Remote Student Families: To download an order form and memo with program information, please click HERE.
HAPPY SHOPPING!
For more information about this program on the PTG’s website click HERE.
For Hybrid Student Families: To download an order form and memo with program information, please click HERE.
For Remote Student Families: To download an order form and memo with program information, please click HERE.
HAPPY SHOPPING!
HANNAFORD COMMUNITY BAG PROGRAM: For the month of November, the PTG will receive a donation of $1 for each purchase of the Community Reusable Bag (cost of bag is $2.50) at the Hannaford store located on KILTON ROAD.
COMMUNITY SPIRIT 9/11 MINI-GRANTS PROGRAM: The Bedford PTG is the proud recipient of the Community Spirit 9/11 Mini-Grants Program funded by Harvard Pilgrim. This $500 grant was awarded due to the generous nomination of a Bedford family.
Reminders
Picture Retake Day
Geskus has decided to schedule picture retakes at our school on November 23rd, which is an A-K day. However, L-Z and Remote families are welcome to come in for retakes during that time as well. The photographers intend to arrive at approximately 1:00 PM and be here 1.5 hours or so. For planning purposes, it would be helpful to know how many students will be having retakes, so that we can put together a rough schedule. HERE is the flyer with the information. Please call the office at 627-1776 and let us know if you are planning on having your child's picture retaken. Thank you!It has been our experience lately that NH DHHS is very delayed in contacting families with contact tracing information, and as a result, it’s possible that students come to school without knowing they have been in close contact with a COVID positive person (and should be quarantining). Please know that if your child has been contact traced as a result of contact within school, you will be called by the school (most likely, Anna Cook, our nurse) rather than wait for DHHS. However, if the contact happens outside of school, we will not know about it. My ask is that if your child tests positive, you contact the parents/guardians of any child who has been in contact with your child during outside of school activities, so that the child can quarantine and/or get tested in a timely fashion. Hopefully, things will slow down soon at DHHS. Thank you!
School Attendance on Distance Learning Days
As is outlined in our reopening plan during Distance Learning Day students are expected to complete tasks assigned by their teachers for the purposes of extended learning, practice, review, and reinforcement. These are school days so if you are planning on not having your child participate on these days they will be marked absent from school for that day. Please notify the office by calling the Attendance Line at 627-1776 Option #1 if your child is unable to attend or participate. Thank you!
Travel Reminder
As you begin to plan for Thanksgiving and the rest of the holiday season, please keep in mind the NH DHHS Travel Guidance, which the Bedford School District is following:
If a staff member or student travels outside of New England, do they need to self-quarantine for 14 days upon their return to New Hampshire? Yes. The general recommendation from the NH DHHS General and Employee Travel Guidance is that those who have traveled outside of New England need to self-quarantine and self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms for 14 days upon their return to New Hampshire. Exceptions to this recommendation can be made for “essential employees” or for staff who have to conduct “essential travel” as outlined in the public health guidance linked above, and the Universal Guidelines. Schools/districts should develop policies to address situations in which students may need to travel for child custody and/or education related purposes (e.g., visiting colleges). You can find a link to this document HERE (pg. 6).
Also, students cannot test out of quarantine with a negative COVID-19 test. They must complete the entire 14 days. Please take a look at our Quarantining Protocol/Flowchart for more information.
As you begin to plan for Thanksgiving and the rest of the holiday season, please keep in mind the NH DHHS Travel Guidance, which the Bedford School District is following:
If a staff member or student travels outside of New England, do they need to self-quarantine for 14 days upon their return to New Hampshire? Yes. The general recommendation from the NH DHHS General and Employee Travel Guidance is that those who have traveled outside of New England need to self-quarantine and self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms for 14 days upon their return to New Hampshire. Exceptions to this recommendation can be made for “essential employees” or for staff who have to conduct “essential travel” as outlined in the public health guidance linked above, and the Universal Guidelines. Schools/districts should develop policies to address situations in which students may need to travel for child custody and/or education related purposes (e.g., visiting colleges). You can find a link to this document HERE (pg. 6).
Also, students cannot test out of quarantine with a negative COVID-19 test. They must complete the entire 14 days. Please take a look at our Quarantining Protocol/Flowchart for more information.
In order to ensure the health and safety of our students and staff, it is essential that we adhere to the policies and procedures outlined in our Hybrid plan.
Important reminders from the Health Office:
DHHS states getting a flu vaccine is more important than ever during 2020-2021 to protect yourself, your family and your community from flu. A flu vaccine this season can also help reduce the burden on our healthcare systems responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and save medical resources for care of COVID-19 patients.
Now more important than ever to get the flu vaccine!
NH DHHS Influenza resource
Flu resource for parents
Immunizations and Physicals The New Hampshire state law requires written documentation of vaccines being up to date and on file in the nurse's office as well as a physical on file at the start of preschool, start of kindergarten and if a new student. There is a state report that the school nurse is required to complete each school early November. Please assist the school nurse by sending in any updated vaccines and updated physical forms.
Now more important than ever to get the flu vaccine!
NH DHHS Influenza resource
Flu resource for parents
Immunizations and Physicals The New Hampshire state law requires written documentation of vaccines being up to date and on file in the nurse's office as well as a physical on file at the start of preschool, start of kindergarten and if a new student. There is a state report that the school nurse is required to complete each school early November. Please assist the school nurse by sending in any updated vaccines and updated physical forms.
Please click HERE for specific information on how Bedford and DHHS are working in concert to keep our students and staff healthy. This information includes school exclusion thresholds, testing sites, and an updated dismissal note.
Morning Announcements for Distance Learning & Remote Students
It's been great seeing the kids who join us remotely for our morning announcements. I enjoy seeing them and connecting on their "home" days. This will continue being done using the Google Meet invitation embed into their Google Classroom doc. Just type in mem to join. It will take place each day at approximately 8:05 AM. It is not required and there’s nothing for parents to do.
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