LAF Update
March 18th
Counseling Support @ Home
For your information, Ms. Cindy Weiner, LAF School Counselor, is available to support your children while at home. You can email her at cweiner@chatham-nj.org and she will be in contact within 24 hours. Ms. Weiner has developed a counseling website which is linked below with various student and parent resources. She will continue to update this resource so please bookmark mark it on your browser. The District website also has resources available to parents as well. You can visit this page of the District website for more information.
Library Updates
- The LAF Library has many digital downloads and audiobooks. Click here for directions.
- Library of the Chathams also wants us to remind you that Libby (Overdrive) is available to all cardholders AND Miss Jamie ordered all the Liesl Shurtliff (author of Grump) books thanks to Mrs. Azzaro.
- Epic Books is an online platform that is free to parents. Click here to browse their website.
Music Information
Chorus on Google Classroom
LAF Choir is now available for remote learning. The Google Classroom codes are below. Please enter these classrooms through your child's Chatham email account.
To add classes to Google Classroom:
- Click on the 3 parallel bars on the left hand side of your screen.
- Click on classes.
- Then, click the plus (+) sign located on the right side of your screen.
- Lastly, enter the grade level code below.
4th Grade Chorus- amllcze
5th Grade Chorus- 5wac76o
Daily Attendance
As noted in Monday's Update, please post your child's absences as you normally would if we were in school. District Nurses and Attendance Secretaries will be monitoring absences and tracking illness patterns.
Attendance Message:
The latest guidance from the Department of Education is that all students will be considered present while we are providing remote instruction unless a parent specifically indicates that their child is unable to participate in the instruction we are providing.
If your child is unable to participate in the daily instruction please log into the Parent Portal to mark them absent (see below for directions). If you are having difficulty managing the attendance, you can reach out to Lisa McHugh emchugh@chatham-nj.org or Jill Citron jcitron@chatham-nj.org to assist you.
Recording Your Child's Attendance
Please use the Parent Portal to record your child's absences. Please do not email the teacher with this information. Any students' absence that is not recorded by you in the Parent Portal will be marked unverified. If your child is unverified, an automated call will be placed to confirm your child's whereabouts.
Directions:
- Log into the Parent Portal
- Select the Attendance Tab
- Select Notify the Attendance Office Tab
- Use the drop-down selection to mark your child absent
- Enter date
- Choose student name
- State reason for the absence
- Click green submit button to post attendance
From Monday's Update.....
LAF Live & Calm Cougars
The Broadcast Club and LAF Teachers worked to develop ten LAF Live videos on Friday which will be posted daily in the LMC Google Classroom using the communication platform Padlet.
LAF Live and Calm Cougars are how LAF starts every morning. We thought this would be a great way to help the students maintain a connection to their daily school life. Each day, Mrs. Cifrodella will post the daily LAF Live video. Each week, I will post a few Calm Cougars that the students can use to support their brain breaks or support their need to just "Be Still".
Please encourage your child to check out the LMC Google Classroom every morning or click the link below and add it to their bookmarks.
Grump Flipgrid
YES! We are still reading Grump as a whole school and the best way to connect for the next couple of weeks is through our own LAF Grump Flipgrid. The Grump Flipgrid information can be found below, and the information will also be posted to the LMC Google Classroom. Please read to page 268 by Friday morning, March 20th. At that time another topic will be added.
Check back each day to view the LAF posts from your friends and classmates.
Flipgrid Information
Click: "Enter a Flip Code"
Enter Flip Code: grump2020
Click: "Log in with Google"
You must use your Chatham account to log in.
View the topic and respond.
All videos will be reviewed before being posted.