December 8, 2021
Dear NHS Community,
Report Cards
Parents will be able to access student report cards for Trimester 1 beginning tomorrow, December 9, 2021 in the Parent Portal in Powerschool. If you have difficulty accessing your login information, please contact Sue MacLaughlin in our office.
Student Absences and School Work
When students need to be absent from school due to any illness/injury, Covid-19, or necessary quarantine, teachers will do their very best to provide work for them at home. This may take the form of assignments and resources posted in Google Classroom (Middle School grades) or worksheets, reading books, math sheets, or activities that the teacher prepares for a family member to pick up in the office. In these cases, teachers will provide a google meet check in as needed if the absences are prolonged. Our teachers are very committed to supporting students when they need to be out, so they can continue to learn if they feel well enough to engage in schoolwork.
If families elect to take vacations or travel during school time, teachers will keep classwork for them and send it home upon their return to school. We appreciate your understanding.
Covid 19 Protocols
As you know, our area is experiencing an increased number of cases of Covid 19 at this time. We are diligently working to maintain as clean an environment as possible and are taking steps to prevent the spread in school. We have increased our vigilance around social distancing, proper mask wearing, and hand washing. Nurse Mara will contact parents of students with any symptoms that are similar to Covid symptoms. If your child has a diagnosed allergy or has been PCR tested, it is helpful to provide this information to Nurse Mara. We know that many families have elected to have their children receive the Covid 19 vaccine. If you would like to voluntarily notify Nurse Mara of your child’s vaccine status, she would be happy to have that information. It is helpful, as quarantine guidelines differ for vaccinated/unvaccinated students.
Convenient MD SASS screening
The next date for SASS screening will be Dec. 9, 2021. The following SASS screening date will be Dec. 23, 2021 so we will be back on our 2 week rotating schedule. If you have signed up your child, we will plan to screen them unless you contact us that you don’t wish to have it done. If your child has not been signed up previously, but you would like to do so now, please use the form below and submit it today. Thank you.
Dates to remember
Dec. 9: SASS Covid 19 screening for those who have signed up
Dec. 9: Reports cards available for parents to view on Powerschool
Dec. 23: SASS Covid 19 screening for those who have signed up
Dec. 23: Early dismissal--12:00 noon
Dec. 24-31: Holiday vacation week
Jan. 3: Classes resume