Weekly email: May 20th

Good morning everyone,

I hope that you have been enjoying being outside as much as possible. There is a lot of new guidance on mask wearing at school. This will be discussed at the upcoming School committee meetings and any changes to processes and procedures at school will be communicated to you as soon as we can.

MCAS and AP testing is underway. By the end of this week, Grades 11 and 10 will both have finished MCAS!!! Please check the schedule for testing details.

Please note that if your son/ daughter is currently 100% remote, you must communicate to us that they will be coming into school to take MCAS in person, in order that we schedule them in good time. You cannot send them into school on a testing day and have us schedule a test and adjust our testing rooms and proctoring. Thank you in advance for your help with this.

Students playing baseball and softball, please remember to fill water bottles at the start of practice and that you can ask your coaches for a key to the locker rooms in order to refill bottles at any time during the practice. Additionally, students will be able to go and refill bottles from the ice cupboard without a key. Please see Athletics news for more info.

Ticks: Students are spending a lot of time outside and masks do not prevent ticks. Please encourage/ remind your children to self-check for ticks whenever they return from being outside. Here is a brief video to help: Youtube: How to check for ticks

Please find information about upcoming events, below.

Do email with any questions

Best

Chris

Health and Safety

Masks

The School Committee voted on Thursday 20th May to change the current masking policy so that students  no longer have to wear masks outside unless they are participating in singing/ music classes.

Pool testing

We are happy to report that the state will continue to pay for pool testing through the end of this academic year. This is an important tool in keeping students and staff healthy and our buildings open.

• Here's the Gingko How Pooled Testing Works Page
• Here's the Pooled Testing Enrollment Link for Parents: Gingko Pooled Test Consent Enrollment Page
• FAQ and more information on signing up: link
• Here is the sign up link:Concentric By Gingko Consent Form, Use our access code: [helix-hatfield]

• Nurse Updates

Homecoming May 22nd

Speeches will take place by the tents at the back of SA. As it is an outside event, all are welcome and people are asked to maintain an appropriate and safe social distance. Food will not be available for purchase and there will not be a parade this year.

10:30-11: Speeches (Welcome, Homecoming Prize recipient, Declamations winner, Senior class gift)

11-11:20 - Senior send off

11:30-1 Baseball, 1 - 3 Softball: Both vs Hopkins

• Please aim to arrive at SA and park in the lot by 10:20 am
• Make your way to the back of the building in time to start promptly at 10:30am
• Any announcement about weather cancellation will be made by social media by 9am. We have a rain date scheduled for Sunday 23rd - same time, same place.
• Please adhere to the latest CDC guidance on masks when outside
• Sanitizer will be available
• Porta Potties will be available on site