PWS PrinciPal’s News
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December 18, 2020
Dear PWS Families,
We hope that everyone had a wonderful week as we head into the last few school days before the holiday vacation! We experienced our first snow day of the school year and we loved to hear all about the wintery adventures that our students had yesterday! The students and staff at Peter Woodbury have been gearing up with various lessons and activities to help welcome the winter season. A reminder that students will return to school from the holiday vacation on Monday, January 4th and this will be an A cohort week.
Thank you again for all of your support and well wishes throughout these challenging times. Peter Woodbury School is a strong community and your efforts as families help support our mission as a school and district. We wish you all a wonderful holiday season and we look forward to getting back to work in 2021! Please take a moment to check out some important updates and offerings around Peter Woodbury and the Bedford School District.
District News:
The Bedford School District continues to adapt our practices to support the needs of learners. As you are aware, the state of New Hampshire has seen increased positive COVID-19 cases. As a result, we have had more students who have been required to quarantine and are unable to attend school in person. To support these students, our K-8 schools will offer synchronous opportunities, when appropriate, for students to connect with their teachers. For some, this will be in the form of concurrent learning. Teachers will determine when and how students join concurrently, and will work with parents as to what will be best in those situations.
Concurrent learning occurs when students who are receiving instruction in the classroom are joined by their peers who are in a virtual setting. This is more difficult for the teacher to navigate; however, they have been offered training opportunities.This will enable teachers to assist quarantined students who would otherwise not have direct access to their teachers while at home. Please find the expectations for students and parents in THIS document.
Feel free to contact your building leaders and teachers with any questions.
Semester II & Hybrid Learning
On July 28th families were invited to make selections regarding a Hybrid or Remote model of instruction. School schedules were built around those choices. As we approach the second half of the year, we will be sending out a second survey.
Survey Dates:
Important Considerations:
The Bedford School District believes that most students should participate in the Hybrid Model. Our schools are safe as a result of:
Masks
Social Distancing
Sanitizing
The 9-12 schedule and teaching assignments allow for greater flexibility with respect to hybrid and remote learning. The K-8 model has less flexibility due to teacher assignments.
The district will NOT shuffle an entire schedule/classroom assignment at each school to accommodate new requests (i.e., reassign hybrid students to accommodate remote requests).
Students will remain in their current model of instruction unless there is a change requested and that change can be accommodated.
Bedford will continue to follow its Phases of Reopening Model. Note: Given what we have learned in the last several months, we are looking to adjust the phases where appropriate. This will be updated prior to the new year.
PWS News:
Notes from the Library:
I'm excited to share that PWS students and staff have a new ebook and audiobook platform available for free. Please visit Mrs. Baldi's blog to learn more about Sora: https://sau25baldia.blogspot.com/. Happy Holidays and Happy Reading!
SNOW GEAR:
It is really important that you have students bring in their snow gear for the winter months. We currently have the students in five quadrants at recess. If your child does not bring in their snow gear they could be in a mixed cohort with students on the hardtop area. It is important to get the students outside as much as possible. Thanks for your understanding in this situation.
Backpack Recommendations:
Please see the following Update from the PWS OT/PT Department. We shared this update with the teachers as well.
Bedford Strings:
Please click on the following Link to view the most recent flyer and offerings from the Bedford Strings Program!
PTG News:
IMPACT OF YOUR PTG SUPPORT:
Thanks to your support, PTG has been able to fund Sigmund Brouwer's Story Ninja Writing Class at RAL, where students will have the opportunity to participate in a virtual writing class. We’ve also recently funded an interactive virtual tour of the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum for the third graders of PWS and a virtual Pulpit Rock Field Trip for fourth graders at RBS.
AMAZON SMILE:
Make a purchase on Amazon and support the PTG! Visit AmazonSmile, and select "Bedford NH PTG" as the organization that you wish to support or simply go to Bedford PTG's unique link HERE. Bookmark this unique link as only purchases made at smile.amazon.com are eligible for donations. Now every time you shop at Amazon a percentage of your purchase price is donated to the Bedford PTG!
Have a relaxing and safe vacation!
Mrs. Cheryl Daley and Mr. Marc Robitaille
