Message of the Month
Self Advocacy - (The Power of Your Words)
Important Dates
Parent Resource Documents
K-8 Hybrid Calendar
Hybrid Parent Guide
Remote Parent Guide
Bedford Reopening Plan
Adopt-A-Family 2020 (New Addition)
Thank you all for your generosity during this time. We've had a late addition to our family list this week so if anyone missed out earlier or are still in the giving spirit we truly appreciate your support. Please click HERE to see how you can contribute to make the holidays extra special for our families.
Bedford Strings Program
The Manchester School of Music in partnership with Memorial School will once again be offering a Stings Ensembles Program for those students interesting in playing the violin, viola, cello or other various string instruments. Click HERE to see their flyer with information and pricing.
The CDC recently recommended that families DO NOT TRAVEL for the Holidays. Please keep in mind that individual decisions made by all members of our community can have a direct impact on one another. The Bedford School District humbly asks that each of us do our part to stay safe, flatten the curve, and maintain open schools.
New Quarantine Guidelines
The Bedford School District follows the guidelines of DHHS. DHHS follows CDC recommendations and adjusts them to meet NH’s needs. Click HERE for the updated guidance.
Please notify Anna Cook, school nurse at 627-1776 X-23204, if you intend to travel outside New England.
Semester II & Hybrid Learning
On July 28th families were invited to make selections regarding a Hybrid or Remote model of instruction. School schedules were built around those choices. As we approach the second half of the year, we will be sending out a second survey.
Survey Dates:
Semester II starts 1.19.21 | K-8 | 9-12 |
Send Out Survey | January 4, 2021 | December 11, 2020 |
Survey Due | January 6, 2021 | December 18, 2020 |
Communicate Decision | January 13, 2021 | January 11, 2021 |
Important Considerations:
The Bedford School District believes that most students should participate in the Hybrid Model. Our schools are safe as a result of students and staff wearing masks, maintaining physical distancing, hand washing and sanitizing.
The district will NOT shuffle an entire schedule/classroom assignment at each school to accommodate new requests (i.e., reassign hybrid students to accommodate remote requests).
Students will remain in their current model of instruction unless there is a change requested and that change can be accommodated.
Bedford will continue to follow its Phases of Reopening Model. Note: Given what we have learned in the last several months, we are looking to adjust the phases where appropriate. This will be updated in the new year.
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.
IMPACT OF YOUR PTG SUPPORT: Thanks to your support, PTG has been able to fund Sigmund Brouwer's Story Ninja Writing Class at RAL, where students will have the opportunity to participate in a virtual writing class. We’ve also recently funded an interactive virtual tour of Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum for the third graders of PWS and a virtual Pulpit Rock Field Trip for fourth graders at RBS.
AMAZON SMILE: Make a purchase on Amazon and support the PTG! Visit AmazonSmile, and select "Bedford NH PTG" as the organization that you wish to support or simply go to Bedford PTG's unique link HERE. Bookmark this unique link as only purchases made at smile.amazon.com are eligible for donations. Now everytime you shop at Amazon a percentage of your purchase price is donated to the Bedford PTG!op at Amazon a percentage of your purchase price is donated to the Bedford PTG! Reminders
Stuff the Turkey Food Drive
We truly appreciate the response to our "Stuff the Turkey" Holiday Food Drive! We have collected well over 2000 items for the Bedford Community Food Pantry at Bedford Presbyterian Church. We can't thank you enough for your generosity. The drive ends on Friday, 12/18.
Hybrid through the Holidays
The Bedford School District will remain in our hybrid model of education through the holiday season. Our layered approach to mitigate Covid has proven successful since the start of school. While we have seen many individual cases throughout the district, we have not experienced transmission, clusters or outbreaks. Bedford would consider a move to fully remote learning under 3 conditions:
1. Governor's Order
2. Transmission in a school or schools that we are unable to contain
3 Lack of staffing to keep a school open
Concurrent Learning
(A message from our Asst. Superintendent Laliberte)
The Bedford School District continues to adapt our practices to support the needs of learners. As you are aware, the state of New Hampshire has seen increased positive COVID-19 cases. As a result, we have had more students who have been required to quarantine and are unable to attend school in person. To support these students, our K-8 schools will offer synchronous opportunities, when appropriate, for students to connect with their teachers. For some, this will be in the form of concurrent learning. Teachers will determine when and how students join concurrently, and will work with parents as to what will be best in those situations.
Concurrent learning occurs when students who are receiving instruction in the classroom are joined by their peers who are in a virtual setting. This is more difficult for the teacher to navigate; however, they have been offered training opportunities in order to assist quarantined students who would otherwise not have direct access to their teachers while at home. Please find the expectations for students and parents in THIS document.
Feel free to contact your building leaders and teachers with any questions.
Teachers Preparing Work for Students at Home
It is important to know that teachers do not automatically have work set aside for your child if they are not in school. If your child is quarantining it is important to work out the details with their classroom teacher how work will be handled. When teachers take the time to prepare work to go home it is placed on a table right inside the front doors. Please pick up this work in a timely manner so that your child is not overwhelmed with the amount. Working together, we will be able to make the best out of a less than ideal situation.
Thank you!
Memorial Remote and Hybrid Learning Success Site
On this site you will find a wide variety of resources to assist you and your child while away from school, whether that is remote learning or on their distance days. These resources are meant to be used as a framework; every student learns differently. If a resource doesn't fit perfectly for them, please feel free to edit it to make them as successful as possible.
Here is the LINK to the website.
Important reminders from the Health Office:
If your child misses school and the absence is related to illness please call the absentee line (school nurse monitors absentee line). Please leave a reason for the absence (this helps school nurse with decreasing calls she has to make). If the illness, even mild symptoms or singular symptoms, is related to the covid screening criteria the recommendation is to get tested for covid. Please leave a message on the absentee line to the nurse if you plan to have your child tested and then follow up with the nurse about the results. If your child is ill please keep them home and have them tested. Please call the school nurse with any questions.
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.
Dressing for the Weather - Recess
Our goal is to have students will go outside for recess (after eating lunch) as often as possible. Please make sure to send your child to school with a warm coat, hat, mittens/gloves, snow pants and boots (when appropriate). Snow will be coming and we want all our students to be prepared by staying warm while having fun.
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!
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