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NIS Weekly News
Nantucket Intermediate School - Dec. 7, 2020
Remote Learning Week 12/7/20 to 12/11/20
As you have heard, it is ALL REMOTE LEARNING this week of school. We know this isn't what was hoped for, but it is the safest for our whole community as positive COVID cases remain high. We greatly appreciate your hard work to log children into their classes, monitor their engagement during remote learning, and ensure their schoolwork is completed! We also appreciate your patience with any and all technical glitches. This is just an unwelcome part of the remote learning experience. Dr. Hallett will surely keep us all updated with regard to what learning model will be implemented the week of 12/14/20.
Attendance questions answered: Students not arriving to class on time will be marked "tardy". Students who are not engaged in class - not responding to the teacher or peers when called on, camera off, no activity on Go Guardian - will be marked "dismissed". Students who do not log back into class after a special or after recess OR who disappear during class will be marked "dismissed".
Other news to share about trips out of state or the country: Students who are traveling out of state or to another country would, in normal times, be marked absent. The district has made the decision that whether students are remote or in-person, when they go on trips they will be marked absent. If the trip is five to 14 days, an extended leave meeting needs to take place with administration to discuss the absences. If the trip is 15 days or longer, the student will be unenrolled from the Nantucket Public Schools.
Visit the trees: Town has been beautifully decorated with trees, several of which feature Nantucket Intermediate School student made ornaments. Be sure to mask up and take a walk to see these lovely trees!
No School: Wednesday, December 9th is a no school day for students. It is also parent/teacher conference day. Be sure to sign up for a conference with your children's teachers!
We wish you health and wellness while we are not together at NIS. Don't hesitate to call us or Nancy Small, our school nurse if you have any questions about our safety protocols or your children's health.
We appreciate you and all you do to support your children's learning!
Evemarie McNeil, Principal & Donna Johnson, Assistant Principal
Parent - Teacher Conferences Wednesday, December 9th
Classroom teachers have reached out to you to plan for your parent/teacher conference either on Wednesday, December 9th or within two weeks of that date. Linguistica will be utilized for any conferences requiring an interpreter. Please sign up for your conference!
Please Charge Chromebooks Each Night - Thank You!
Meals Provided
Nantucket Public Schools Food Truck: Monday and Tuesday: Kitty Murtagh's John Keane, has graciously offered to provide bag lunches for NPS students who need them. Lunch can be picked up at the food truck from 11:15 - 1:00 pm.
On Thursday and Friday, parents can pick up student meals served by Island Kitchen and Patrick Ridge between 9:30am - 1:00pm at the food truck.
ACK Food Initiative: Weekly meal provided by The Community Foundation. Please click on the flyer below for more information...
NIS Nurse News
Hello Nantucket Intermediate Families!! I hope you are all managing through this island’s surge of Covid-19. With the rise in cases, we need to stop and think about our daily activities. Have we become complacent? Did we let our guard down? I know I did. I “suffered” from pandemic fatigue. However, after watching the numbers rise over the past week and the Board of Health meeting on Sunday night, I am now recommitted to hunkering down at home, staying within my pod (which is my immediate family members who live in my house), and only doing the essential trips. My hope is that you and your families will do the same so we can keep Nantucket safe and healthy.
On another note, only half of the school has received the flu vaccine. As you know the State mandated flu vaccines for all students. The Drive Through Flu clinic is over. Now you may call the hospital @ 508-825-1000 and ask to get on the list for a flu vaccine. The hospital is formulating a plan for another flu clinic, however, with the spike in positive Covid cases they do not want extra people in the hospital right now. So please give them a call and get on that list!!
Stay safe and healthy,
Nancy Small RN
Grade 4 Decorated Tree on View at Whaling Museaum
District and NIS Return to School Safety Protocols
NPS Return to School Protocols - Fall 2020
NIS Family Handbook 2020-2021
- English: NIS Family Handbook 2020 - 2021
- Espanol: NIS Familia Manual 2020-2021
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COVID-19 Travel Order
Effective August 1, 2020, all visitors and returning residents entering Massachusetts must follow new travel orders. The Commonwealth has made great progress to slow the spread of COVID-19 and gradually re-open the economy, and all visitors have a responsibility to help us keep transmission levels as low as possible.
All visitors entering Massachusetts, including returning residents, who do not meet an exemption, are required to:
- Complete the Massachusetts Travel Form prior to arrival, unless you are visiting from a lower-risk state designated by the Department of Public Health.
- Quarantine for 14 days or produce a negative COVID-19 test result that has been administered up to 72-hours prior to your arrival in Massachusetts.
If your COVID-19 test result has not been received prior to arrival, visitors, and residents must quarantine until they receive a negative test result.
Failure to comply may result in a $500 fine per day.
Please find more information, including the list of lower-risk states, exemptions, business guidance and other details at https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-travel-order
For NPS District Information
Be sure to check the www.npsk.org website for specific District communications and updates.
Nantucket Intermediate School
Email: mcneile@npsk.org
Website: https://www.npsk.org/NIS
Location: 30 Surfside Road, Nantucket, MA, USA
Phone: 508-228-7290
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nantucketintermediateschool/
Twitter: @NISlearners