MRE Update

If you are emailing or calling to report your child absent, please indicate whether they are sick or the reason for their absence. If you have done a home COVID test, please provide the results in the message. If this information is not provided in the original message, the health office will be reaching out to you to follow-up.

Please see COVID symptoms list below and test per recommendations provided by DESE. If your child has a fever or is vomiting, they must be fever free and/or have not vomited for 24 hours prior to returning to school.

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 a student has cold symptoms at home, please use an at home COVID test kit. If they
feel well enough after testing, then they can attend school, but they
should continue to test if symptoms do not improve.

If your child does test positive for COVID, please report this to our
office immediately so that we may provide you with further guidance.
Also, please see attached DESE COVID protocols for further
information.

https://www.doe.mass.edu/covid19/on-desktop/protocols/protocols.pdf

Best,

Nurse Lyndsey

March

3/29 - Tuesday, 3rd Grade ELA

3/31 - Thursday, 3rd Grade ELA

April

4/5 - Tuesday, 4th Grade ELA

4/7 - Thursday, 4th Grade ELA

4/12 - Tuesday, 5th Grade ELA

4/13 - Wednesday, 5th Grade ELA

May

5/4 Wednesday, 4th Grade Math

5/6 Friday, 4th Grade Math

5/10 Tuesday, 5th Grade Math

5/12 Thursday, 5th Grade Math

5/11 Wednesday, 3rd Grade Math

5/13 Friday, 3rd Grade Math

5/17 Tuesday, 5th Grade Science

5/19 Thursday, 5th Grade Science

March

• Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
• Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month (the symbolic color is orange)
• Cerebral Palsy Day – Mar. 25 (the symbolic color is green)

APRIL

• Autism Awareness & Acceptance Month
• April 2 - World Autism Awareness Day

Upcoming Scheduled Events:

3/31 @ 7:00 PM - Taking Care of Yourself (as parents) with Robin B. Brattica from the Family and Educational Wellness (FEW) Center

4/5 @ 7:00 PM - Growing up as a Girl/Woman on the Autism Spectrum with Rachel Barcellona

4/7 @ 7:00 PM - Ask the Advocate with Special Education Advocate Cynthia Moore

4/13 @ 7:00 PM - Listening Session

4/25 @ 7:00 PM - A Story of Success with Autism with Kerry Magro

4/27 @ 7:00 PM - Typical & Atypical Reading Development: Neurobiology, Early Identification & Screening Strategies with Nadine Gaab

Please note: Links for these virtual events will be posted to the website as the presentation dates approach.

The MRE Lost & Found has many items that have not yet been claimed including jackets, sweatshirts, boots, hats, gloves, water bottles, lunch boxes, headbands, books and more. Please encourage your student to stop by and take a quick look.

To report a student absent, please send an email to: MREattendance@nrsd.net.

Email: jfrommer@nrsd.net
Website: rowlandson.nrsd.net
Location: 103 Hollywood Drive, Lancaster, MA, USA
Phone: (978) 368-8482