O So GOOD NEWS

Hello Osgood Families,

The month of May has arrived, and it has brought some nicer weather. I hope that the Osgood Families have been able to get outside and enjoy Spring in New England. Flowers and trees are starting to bloom, which brings us hope that better days are ahead. I have been enjoying long walks and time with my children and Maggie of course. All of the students and their families have been on my mind and in my heart.

There is some good news to share, the playground project has started and we are excited to see the stages of development progress over the next few weeks. All of the old equipment has been removed, and the new materials have been delivered. I will send updates as they happen.

Last week we secured new information from DESE and updated our Remote Learning Plans, the updated plan is on our website. There are two very important pieces that were updated:

The weekly Learning Menus will be sent out by classroom teachers between 2:00 p.m and 3:30 p.m on Friday for the following week. Also, in the plan you will see information about grading for the last term,

Grading: The Remote Learning Term will be narrative in nature. There will be no input on the standards. There will be a statement on the report card in the comments section for families an example may be, Term 3 occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic or Term 3 was designated a Remote Learning term and therefore no grades were given only credit/no credit. Teachers will write a brief narrative about the topics covered and your child’s engagement during this term. ● Teachers will give an overview of the year - Term 1 and 2 ● Grade level teams will create a list of topics that were covered during remote learning categorized by content area ● Teachers will comment on how the student engaged during the Remote Learning term ● Teachers will share next steps, goals for the student to work on over the summer ● Specialists will make comments about students participation in class.

Please take a moment to look over The updated Remote Learning Plan.

Thank you for all your continued support.

Lisa

Thank you for all of the feedback that we have been receiving over the last 2 weeks, it is always important to reflect and see where we are as a school community. I am so very proud and honored to be working with such wonderful educators, the entire Osgood Staff has dug deep and embraced the new learning environment that we are currently experiencing. As you can image it is very difficult to offer so many different families exactly what they each need during this time. The Osgood staff has been giving so much to the students, while still trying to take care of their families. This week is Staff Appreciation Week.... I would like to say... Thank you to The Most Amazing Staff - They are O So Good!!!

I am trying to develop a few more grade level Zoom learning experiences , for those families that would like them. A few examples that you will hear more about, later this week, are grade level Monday Morning Zoom meeting with Mr. Vinton and myself, we want to hold a morning meeting for each grade once a week.

I am also hoping to have a 2nd grade level read aloud book to share with students, Principal's Book Club, ther will be comprehension activities that will reflect the Prerequisite Learning Standards. Mrs. Deininger will also be producing 2 videos per grade level that will concentrate on the reading skills from the Prerequisite Learning Standards in ELA. Again, Thank you for all of your support, an email later this week will give you more information about these initiatives.

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