JC Daily Update
March 25, 2020
Today's Flipgrid - Workout Wednesday!
Food Service Reminders
Beginning Tuesday, March 24, we will start a hot breakfast in the morning. While last week we were dropping off breakfast at the same time as lunch, we realized that many of our children were utilizing the breakfast bars for an afternoon snack. Hence, having no breakfast the next morning.
We are grateful for the Transportation Association of Greenwich (TAG) who is partnering with GPS to deliver breakfast five mornings a week. TAG will deliver three out of five days. Families will need to watch for the TAG bus on Wednesday and Friday next week (and Mondays as well starting the following week). GPS will use our yellow buses on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Breakfast will include such items as pancakes, french toast sticks, waffles, etc., with options for cold breakfast including cereal and milk. Breakfast drop off points will be the same as the lunch routes.
The new breakfast schedule is included in the full schedule of Breakfast and Lunch routes.
Lunch routes remain the same (no change to the times and/or locations).
If your family needs additional assistance during this time, please reach out to Neighbor to Neighbor at (203) 622-9208.
Messages from the Superintendent
Friday's Schedule
This Friday, March 27, 2020, will be a “Flex” day for distance learning. It is still an instructional day, but our teachers will not be posting new content. Instead, we are asking our students to use this day to catch-up on any work that they may have missed and our teachers will connect with students as needed, as this week there have been slow down the last two days when Schoology was experiencing outages, and also some slow down with Google. This was a nationwide technical challenge, not an issue with our GPS system. We know that families, especially those with younger children, are finding it increasingly challenging to keep pace because of the amount of “teacher” time needed. We also have some families who have stated that there is too much content in secondary to get through within a reasonable timeframe. We will continue to modify and adjust as we work as partners with our families. We thought that knowing this information about Friday’s schedule now could release some of the pressure for our families and teachers.
Input on Spring Break
Input on Spring Break
Additionally, below is a quick, one-question survey, asking for your input about our District's Spring Break. Any decision on Spring Break would be made by the Board of Education, but I’d like to share our general community’s perspective on Spring Break at our upcoming virtual Board of Education meeting so that the Board has an understanding of our community’s thoughts on this topic before they take any action on it.
Given that the extended closure now spans through Spring Break, the district is considering utilizing some of those days for distance learning. GPS would welcome your feedback. There are concerns that breaking routines for a week when students must stay inside would not be beneficial, and could cause social distancing to be more challenging for our families and students. This issue is especially concerning now that school fields, parks, and beaches are all closed.
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Mrs. Trish McGuire - Principal
Email: trish_mcguire@greenwich.k12.ct.us
Website: www.greenwichschools.org/jcs
Location: 180 East Elm Street, Greenwich, CT, USA
Phone: (203) 869-1896
Twitter: @jcsprincipal