Director's Pen

Each school district is required to have a SEPAG in place to provide input related to students with disabilities. Flemington's SEPAG chairperson is Lauren Bielski. She is a parent at Desmares School and is working with the special services administrators to coordinate the SEPAG meetings for the school year.

October 27th- Meeting Topic: Introduction of SEPAG, Staff, Goals and Input

• • View the presentation here
    
  • View the live recording here

Supporting Stress, Excessive Worry and Mental Health During COVID-19 *See flyer below and hand outs for the training!

(Audience: Parents, Care Givers)

This presentation focuses on ways parents and caregivers can support their children with stress, excessive worry and mental health during COVID-19. Participants will leave this presentation with strategies that they can utilize at home to help promote positive mental health and emotional growth.

Facilitated by: Joyce Clark-Addison

***PLEASE NOTE: The workshop is offered on 2 different dates. The January 12 @ 10 a.m. workshop will be in English. The January 20th @ 7p.m. workshop will be in spanish.

From the district website, select "Our District" from the yellow menu bar, and then from the drop down bar, select "Special Services". We have made some additions to the website, some of which you may be interested:

SEPAG: Select "Parent Resources and Information" on the left side tool bar, and "special education parent advisory group" is listed as a subcategory. You can find the chairperson's contact information and an overview about SEPAG!

Special Services Programs and Resources: Select "Special Education" on the left side tool bar, and "special services programs and resources" to view the program brochures for the district's special class programs.

CST Members: Select "Child Study Team" on the left side tool bar, then "Meet the Child Study Team". Meet the District's Team! (We continue to update this page!)

Dyslexia Information: Select "Parent Resources" on the left side tool bar, then "Dyslexia" While this is not new, I wanted to draw your attention to it, as October is Dyslexia Awareness Month.

Carol Hecky has been a professional in FRSD for the majority of her career and will be retiring this Wednesday. She was featured in 2 podcasts , and you can listen to them by clicking on the links below. We wish Ms. Hecky well in her retirement.

Podcast Links:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZeyB0W-TVvFr0j5oN3eo-2Qe3On4xhxo/view

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WVO0tqMnnaJ4ETH1KwdDSQzCsnc9s-YW/view

People who live in Hunterdon County or who work in Hunterdon can order an in-home, COVID testing kit. This information was provided to the district nurses by the Department of Health. Please click here to learn more:https://www.hunterdoncares.org/

Director of Pupil Personnel Services and Special Education: Dr. Danielle A. Hamblin

Email: dhamblin@frsd.k12.nj.us
Website: https://www.frsd.k12.nj.us/
Location: 100 Everitts Road, Ringoes, NJ, USA
Phone: 908-284-7680
Twitter: @DAHamblin

Holiday Distress ~ INSIGHTs edition from Effective Schools Solutions

It's important that we focus on what is in our control, rather than what is not. I liked this edition of Insights, a publication from ESS. It provides some ideas for staff and students on managing distress tolerance. I felt it would be resourceful for families as well, especially as you head into the winter recess.