Preschool Staff Newsletter
We made it! 6/8-6/11
Have a fantastic summer!
I am very sorry for how our school year ended and have missed working alongside each of you but I appreciate all your hard work and dedication as we got through it together. I know each of you have learned a lot from all the online learning you have done over the past 13 weeks. It seems like just yesterday we closed on that wet and rainy Friday 13th of March yet also so long ago.
As we enter our last week together, I only ask that you spend some time this week creating a very brief self biography of yourself along with a picture I can post on our website for Fall 2020. Please include a little about both your professional career and personal life. Please review it before your submission. If you have already submitted one this year, you do not need to do another one. You may read one or both of the last two chapters of CC, and or watch any webinars in last week's Smore. Nothing will be due to Miss. Lisa this week other than your biography.
Our country is in a fragile state but stay strong and remember we are making a difference by working with young children in the formative years. We will help advance equity in the field and do so by teaching love and acceptance for all!
Have a great summer and I will keep you all abreast of the Fall work situation as it unfolds. I will be working all summer and around if needed. Feel free to email or call me!
Stay healthy & safe!
Lisa
Final Staff Meeting of 2019-2020
Lisa Alonso is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting to discuss any final questions, say farewell to one another for the year, and get updated info on this week's site celebration. Participation is not required.
Time: Jun 9, 2020 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 791 8847 2473
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Tuesday, Jun 9, 2020, 12:30 PM
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End of Year Celebration Preschool Car Parade
YMCA Nutrition Survey
Farewell Ms. Wendy
Thank you for all your years of service, Ms. Wendy and best of luck on your life's next adventure!
We will miss you!
Ms. Lisa & Crown Preschool Staff
NAEYC - National Association for the Education of Young Children
This message was originally shared on Saturday, May 30. Due to technical difficulties it is being resent to ensure that it reaches intended recipients.
Our hearts are heavy this week with the images of George Floyd being suffocated in police custody. On the heels of the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Corey Jones, Oscar Grant, Botham Jean, Sandra Bland, and more, we need to look no further than our own communities to find current examples that build upon more than 400 years of injustice for black people in America. We see this in the striking, gaping disparities in how police and policymakers have responded to protests throughout the past month and the disproportionate sickness and death African-American, Latinx, and Native American communities are experiencing from this pandemic.
While we all grieve, we want to speak directly to those of you in our NAEYC family who root your identities in communities of color. Today, like too many other days, the trauma black, brown, and multiracial families and children are experiencing is a national crisis that requires action. As an organization, NAEYC sees your pain, and stands with you in grief. We condemn the generations of injustice along with the structural bias that causes disparities in outcomes based on where you live. We also want to speak directly to those of you who identify as an ally, and support you in recognizing personal implicit and explicit biases, and talking about, confronting, and responding to racism in our homes, neighborhoods, communities, and schools.
NAEYC’s core values uphold the dignity and worth of each individual. As we identify in our Advancing Equity in Early Childhood Education position statement, our goal is to nurture a more diverse and inclusive generation of young children who thrive through their experience of equitable learning opportunities in early learning programs. We aim for each child to “express comfort and joy with human diversity; to increasingly recognize injustice; and to have the will and the skills to act against prejudice.” We find ourselves pressing for the same for each adult in our nation today.
Our goals cannot be achieved without recognizing and dismantling the systems of bias that provide privilege to some and are unjust to others. That means committing—individually and collectively, again and again—to reflect and grapple with the racism in ourselves, our organizations, and our society. NAEYC continues to work towards advancing equity with humility and awareness of our history and limitations, and a recognition that no individual, leader or organization has all the answers. At the same time, we each have a role to play—as early childhood educators, administrators, faculty, students, advocates, and parents. We are each in a position where we can act and address the trauma our children are experiencing at the hands of racism apparent in the coronavirus’ disproportionate impacts, the police response to protests, the weaponizing of white privilege in our parks and streets, and the death of George Floyd.
On behalf of our entire organization, we commit to standing with you and relentlessly working together to create communities where each and every child, family, and educator can thrive.
In unity,
Ann McClain Terrell
Incoming President
Rhian Evans Allvin
Chief Executive Officer
A Pledge
by Jack P. Shonkoff
The recent, brutal killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, and the broad civic unrest they have fueled, are focusing a bright light, yet again, on the deep structural inequities and systemic racism that continue to plague our country.
Is it possible that one more brutality piled on so many before it was finally too much? Is it possible that this is a turning point in understanding and addressing the ways in which racism eats away at an entire society while ravaging some far more than others? Is it possible that the past week is the beginning of real change?
We join all the voices raised in outrage and stand unequivocally with all who are experiencing injustice, racism, and inequality in the U.S. and around the world, and all who are working for change. This is a struggle that has a long history, but it is a struggle that must succeed.
Our Center’s north star is preventing the lifelong consequences of structural inequities, systemic racism, and other threats to human well-being—consequences that begin to take root in the early childhood years. We view rigorous science as a powerful tool in this mission. We also understand its history and limitations, and we remain on continuous high alert to prevent its misuse. And we know that scientific knowledge alone cannot solve these challenges.
We stand in deep solidarity with all who are fighting for a more equitable and just society. We embrace this mission by pledging to listen carefully, confront our own biases, learn from both our efforts and those of others, and continuously seek a deeper understanding of how we can add meaningful value to the struggle for a better world for all children and the adults who care for them.
CUSD 6/3 Update
2020-21 CUSD Family Calendar
National University
In case you are interested in furthering your career, National University has the following supports. This is just informational. CUSD does not recommend National University over any other institution.
NOTE: Upon completion of 15 college units, you are entitled to a 2.5% pay increase. If you completed the Inclusion Course and earned 3 units, you should submit a copy of your transcript or complete the form below to HR.
QPI Stipends
Yale School of Medicine is conducting a medical survey!
Yale School of Medicine is conducting a medical survey about COVID-19 infection risk in child care professionals like you. Over 90,000 child care professionals across the nation already have participated, making this one of the largest medical risk surveys ever conducted for a single occupation. This confidential epidemiological research study will end today, June 8. We plan to release the findings in late June.
We believe in sharing:
1. 20 participants will be randomly selected to win $500.
2. Everyone receiving this invitation (whether you participate in the survey or not) will be invited to a free webinar in late June where preliminary results will be shared. Experts in pediatric infectious disease control will answer questions. The survey is voluntary, confidential, and takes about 12 to 20 minutes.
Please follow the link below to complete the survey by Monday, June 8.
https://yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eJmSnhlEDP3E7Hf
Thank you for all you do for children and families. You have my admiration and deep respect.
Sincerely,
Walter S. Gilliam, PhD
Elizabeth Mears & House Jameson Professor of Child Psychiatry & Psychology
Director, Edward Zigler Center in Child Development & Social Policy
Yale Child Study Center
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