The CMS Tide Weekly Newsletter

• Students are expected to be in school during their assigned days and should only be participating from home if they have been asked to stay home for COVID-19 reasons.

• If you suspect COVID-19 exposure or are experiencing symptoms, you must call the CMS and leave a message on the attendance line (781-236-1070). Our nurse will follow up with a phone call.

• While we appreciate students trying to keep up with schoolwork, it is not an option to be virtually present because the family wants to leave early for a ski weekend, or extend that weekend into a Monday. It isn't an option to take a vacation and log in from the beach, or to just decide that the student would rather be working from home.

• Parents of students who are ill (non-COVID) should report the absence to the CMS Main Office and the nurse. We encourage students to rest when absent to recover and return to school in good health.

• We ask that students refrain from logging into class remotely on their in-person days without permission from the office.

• In a hybrid model, teachers are essentially preparing two parallel instructional methods. These methods are not typically synchronous so while it does give us a structure for moving some students back and forth between in-person and remote, the lessons are not designed to have students pick and choose which method they would prefer.

We appreciate your cooperation with these policies. Thank you.

What a treat this weather has been!

CMS students and teachers have taken advantage of the recent beautiful weather to eat lunch outside. Our students have been great. They have demonstrated the maturity to act safely and responsibly. They maintained a six-foot social distance, cleaned up after themselves and contributed to a wonderful week at CMS.

Now that Homework Center at the Paul Pratt Library can't be held in person, National Honor Society students have volunteered to run a virtual Homework Center via Zoom to help students of all ages with classwork, studying, and any other school-related work.

The Homework Center will run Tuesdays evening from 5:30-7:30PM on Zoom.

• To reserve a spot for Tuesday’s session, please register by 6pm Sunday night.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JOj7NcgKvckG2XAfTxmUdvb2NrLvX4D7K2mCMQwYLYI/edit?usp=sharing.

The zoom code will be emailed to you the night before your child’s scheduled meeting so that you are able to join easily by the next day.

If you have any questions, please email Brigid Lengyel: blengyel@ocln.org

They look forward to helping students as best we can during these difficult times!

SEPAC (Special Education Parent Advisory Council) aims to promote child-focused, inclusive learning environments for all students. The council also works to support parents of students on IEPs and liaison with district and school administration to maintain open dialogue and transparency.

SEPAC holds regular meetings with Barbara Cerwonka, Director of Student Services and plans to host two virtual parent-only coffees this year to offer parents time and space to talk and share issues, concerns, and ideas. The first virtual parent-only coffee will be Tuesday, November 17th at 10am.

Keep a look-out for the flyer with the zoom link! Email us at cohassetsepac@gmail.com to ask questions, become more directly involved, or just say hello. We'd like to wish everyone a great year and extend a big thank you to all of the teachers, staff, administrators, parents, caregivers, and siblings for their ongoing and tireless efforts to keep our kids engaged and learning.

Dear Cohasset Families,

We are happy to announce our new online meals ordering system. This will allow parents/guardians to order student meals for both the days that students are in school and the days they are remote learners.

Meals are available for order Monday-Friday for all students at no charge currently. Meals must be ordered before 8:00 am for that day. All parents/guardians must set up an account before ordering meals. The website for this is onlineordering.linq.com. After you have set up your account, to order meals, simply go to the district website, cohassetk12.org, and click on the menu tab at the top of the page (next to the calendar tab is a fork and knife and reads “Menu”). This will bring you to the nutrition site.

• Click on menus at the top, and then select your students’ school.
• Once the menu is open, click the online ordering button.
• Please choose the pick-up location for the student:
• For the days students are in school, select “cafeteria”
• For the days they are remote, select “remote pick up”

Meal pick-up for remote learners all grades is at Cohasset Middle/High School, behind the building at the loading dock, Monday-Friday from 12:00-1:00.

Attached are a few instructional videos to get started with online ordering. If you have any questions please contact Marilyn Haraden at mharaden@cohassetk12.org or 781-383-6107.

Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu observed "In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity."

These are certainly difficult times and many parents and families are experiencing great stress. Our ability to cope is regularly challenged and, understandably, there may be times when individuals can no longer manage their emotions. It is important to know where to turn when we reach that point.

To help our families, we share this contact list of support providers--Mental Health and Crisis Contacts These support providers offer great opportunities to help receive help when those we love are struggling to manage.

The Cohasset Middle School is a grade 6-8 school dedicated to the development of the whole child. We are an inclusive, supportive, and safe learning environment committed to excellence and growth. Our community values experiential, collaborative, active learning that is rigorous and relevant, and fosters creative, responsible contributors to a global society.

Website: https://www.cohassetk12.org/Domain/9
Location: 143 Pond Street, Cohasset, MA, USA
Phone: 781.383.6100
Twitter: @comsprincipal