Please Remember To Dress With The Weather
Picture Retakes
Cohort A Students and any Fully Remote Students- Tuesday, December 8th
Cohort B Students and any Fully Remote Students- Thursday, December 10th
Trimester 2 Update For Google Classroom
Next week marks the transition from Trimester 1 to Trimester 2. The transition will bring a few changes to students' online learning platforms.
Grades K-2
K-2 teachers will continue to use the same Seesaw classes created for Trimester 1, so your child will see no changes.
Grades 3-5
Teachers will create new Google Classroom classes for Trimester 2.
- On Monday, December 7th you will see a T2 Specials classroom that students should join and start using for their remote specials.
- On Wednesday, December 9th you will see a T2 classroom with the name of your child's homeroom teacher that students should join and start using.
The T1 Google Classrooms will be archived (disappear) the following week.
To join their new Google Classroom classes, students should:
- Open the Classroom app.
- Look on the dashboard (the first page that loads when you open the app) for the new class tiles.
- Click on the "Join" button at the bottom of the tile for each new class.
Please reach out to the appropriate teacher if your child does not receive an invitation to join his/her homeroom or specials class.
Reminder! Influenza Vaccine Requirement for School Attendance: Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12
Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, influenza vaccine will be required for all students. Influenza vaccine is always important to receive to reduce the risk of getting sick with influenza, reduce the severity of disease if one does get sick (including the risk of hospitalization) due to influenza, as well as preventing the spread of influenza to others. During the COVID-19 pandemic, influenza vaccine will be especially critical to reduce the overall impact of respiratory illness on the population, protect vulnerable populations from severe illness, and decrease the overall burden on the healthcare system.
Which students need to receive influenza vaccine?
Students in Pre-Kindergarten – Grade 12 will be required to receive influenza vaccine for the current influenza season for school attendance unless they have a medical or religious exemption.
When do students need to receive influenza vaccine?
Students must receive influenza vaccine for the current season by December 31, 2020.
Will influenza vaccine be required every year or just for the 2020-2021 school year?
Influenza vaccine is now a required vaccine for school attendance and will be required as of December 31 for all students in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 each school year.
If my school will be providing instruction remotely, will students still need to meet immunization requirements?
The school immunization requirements, including the requirement for seasonal influenza vaccine, apply to all Massachusetts students enrolled in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12, regardless of whether the district is providing instruction in-person, or using a hybrid or remote learning model.
Please forward the record of this immunization to the Health Office/Nurse at school.
Thank You.
REMINDER TO PARENTS OF GRADE 3 STUDENTS
JRB Holiday Help
If your family is in need of support this holiday season, you can email jrbholiday@awrsd.org.
JRB is collaborating with several other community organizations through our Holiday Help Coordinator, Dorene Francis. Your family’s request for help is confidential. Please email by Friday, December 4th.
Update On Report Cards
- We only see students on a limited basis (in-person days are half of a usual year).
- Our new math program introduces plenty of information across the first term, but that does not look for mastery of those skills until later in the year.
