Early Learning Center
Weekly Newsletter: 2/18/2022
Upcoming Events:
February 2022
18 - ELC Closed
18 - Community Peer Screenings
21 - 25 - February Vacation Week
Every Thursday - Wear your Thacher/ELC Spirit Wear or Blue and White - please contact thacherpto@gmail.com regarding the ordering of Spirit Wear.
Screenings for 2022-2023 Community Peer Students
Kindergarten Information Night (Virtual)
This evening is established to assist families in the process of enrolling their child and becoming part of the Attleboro Public Schools. (Eligible children must be 5 years old by September 1, 2022 and residents of the city of Attleboro, Massachusetts).
Registration for Kindergarten will open the morning of March 4, 2022. Please contact your home school if you have any questions regarding the Kindergarten registration process.
*In order to guarantee placement in your neighborhood school, registration must be completed by May 1, 2022. Neighborhood schools are based upon your address and can be found on the Attleboro Public Schools website Central Office – Registration – All Schools Street Listing
Please access this link to determine your home school based on your address.
Valentine's Day
Reminders
Field:
During school hours, the back field is not open, as it is used by classes. Please be mindful of this during arrival and dismissal times.
Please remember that there is no driving or parking in the coned off areas. It is helpful if you relay that information to any friends/relatives helping with drop off or pick up.
Absences:
I just wanted to thank the families who contact the office when their child will be absent for the day. While it is fine to text/remind/email your child's teacher as well, the office still needs to be notified. The ELC office number: (508) 223-1563 or you mail e-mail Mrs. Johnston at jjohnston@attleboroschools.com.
Message from the Attleboro Public Schools Nurses
COVID-19 symptoms list:
• Fever (100.0° Fahrenheit or higher), chills, or shaking chills
• Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
• New loss of taste or smell
• Muscle aches or body aches
• Cough (not due to other known cause, such as chronic cough)
• Sore throat, when in combination with other symptoms
• Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea, when in combination with other symptoms
• Headache when in combination with other symptoms
• Fatigue, when in combination with other symptoms
• Nasal congestion or runny nose (not due to other known causes, such as allergies) when in combination with other symptoms
If your child has recently tested positive for COVID, please do not send them to school until you have contacted the nurses by email to determine the date they are cleared from their isolation period. When you email the nurse please include the date symptoms started and/or the date they tested positive.
If your child is a Close Contact from outside of school. Contact the nurse by email to determine when they are cleared to return. Do not return to school until cleared by the nurse.
In general, students with vomiting, fever, and/or diarrhea may not return until free of those symptoms for 24 hours – even if tested negative for Covid 19.
Here is the contact information for our school nurse:
Sarah Petersen - spetersen@attleboroschools.com
AT HOME ROUTINE COVID TESTING
Pool testing kits will not be sent home this week.
Please know that the actual testing is completely painless and easy. It is NOT a deep swab up their nose. Their nose is gently swabbed just inside of the nostrils.
Interested families can find the link below to consent. Please make sure to select the Early Learning Center as your child's school.
Inclement Weather
PTO Fundraiser
ABACUS April School Vacation Week Registration
ABACUS
c/o Attleboro Public Schools
100 Rathbun Willard Drive
Attleboro, MA 02703
February Happenings at the Attleboro Public Library
ELC Calendar
Early Learning Center
Email: ddiiorio@attleboroschools.com
Website: https://elc.attleboroschools.com/
Location: 160 James Street, Attleboro, MA, USA
Phone: 508-2231563