Alcott Elementary School is committed to excellence in and out of the classroom. Our mission is to inspire our students to strive for and meet the highest levels of academic and personal achievement, while nurturing a respectful, supportive, engaged, curious, and passionate learning community.
August 5, 2020
Dear Families:
The Calendar Committee and Joint School Committees met to discuss the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education’s communication reducing the required number of school days from 180 to 170 for the 2020-2021 school year. Given the unpredictability of the year, the Committee elected to focus on September and October expecting that we will need to continually revisit the calendar during the year. The schedule below assumes a hybrid model which will be dependent on the health data as the summer progresses.
August 27 – September 3 Professional Days for Staff
Tuesday, September 8: Teachers In-Person/Virtual Student Day K-12
Wednesday, September 9: K-5 In-Person/ Grades 6-12 Virtual
Thursday, September 10: K-12 All In-Person
Tuesday, October 13: Professional Day/No School for Students
All school vacations are expected to stay the same.
The last day of school will be no later than June 16. In good news, snow days will now be remote learning days.
Wednesdays will be an early release (half-day) at the middle and high school where students will work remotely in the afternoon.
Elementary schools are now following a half-day schedule five days per week.
Our hope is to provide you information as we have it and continue to offer updates should things change. Please let us know if you have any questions.
Best,
Laurie
Principal Update – May 1, 2020 Dear Alcott Families, I wanted to invite all of you to participate in a parent meeting next Wednesday, May 6 at 2:30pm. This will be an opportunity to learn about Phase 3 and ask any questions that you may have (about Phase 3 or otherwise). Zoom details will be emailed closer to the date. If you are unable to attend or just prefer individual communication over a community forum, please do not hesitate to email me with your questions or concerns at any time. I also wanted to touch on two frequently asked questions ahead of
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