The EduGATOR!

Week of April 28, 2025!

Weekly Update

Monday, April 28-Regular School Day

Tuesday, April 29-Regular School Day

Wednesday, April 30-Regular School Day

Grinspoon Teacher of Excellence Dinner at the Log Cabin to honor Abbey Keeler

Thursday, May 1-Regular School Day

Friday, May 2-Wear jeans and your Gator Gear!

Saturday, May 3- Middlefield Town Meeting

Teacher Appreciation Week is COMING!

We can't wait to celebrate all educators May 5-9!

Annual Town Meetings Begin!

If you live in the Gateway District, please consider attending your annual town meeting. This is an important meeting to vote on a number of town related matters, including the school budget! I personally love to see democracy at it's finest. Everyone gets a vote and every voice is heard!

I expect this is when they will be, but check with your town directly to be sure:

Blandford-Monday, June 2 @ Blandford School Building 7:00pm

Chester-Monday, June 9 @ Chester Town Hall 7:00pm

Huntington-Monday, June 2 @ Stanton Hall 7:00pm

Middlefield-Saturday, May 3 @ Town Hall 1:30pm

Montgomery-Monday, May 19 @ Montgomery Town Hall 7:00pm

Russell-Monday, June 9 @Russell Elementary Building 7:00pm

Reimbursement Forms for 2025/Payment Forms

If you are looking to get reimbursed for travel from the district, please use the 2025 forms found on our website under staff resources.
https://www.grsd.org/general-info

Also, stipend forms for end of year payments are due soon. If you hold a position that has a payment at the end of the year, please complete the appropriate form and turn it in for approval so payments can be made by the end of the year.

Finally, Central Office has some absences/vacancies at the moment, so please be patient as the staff work through the needs across the district.

Thank you!

Multifactor Authentication

Starting next school year, google will require the use of multifactor authentication to sign in to your district assigned google account. This will either require the use of a personal cell phone to confirm your identity while logging in to your school email OR the use of a fob to plug into your computer to proceed. The district has received key fobs for this use. If you are interested in starting to use your key fob this year for multifactor authentication, please fill out this google form and someone from the technology team will connect with you for about 10 minutes to set this up on your device.

The district is not directing any staff to use their personal device to proceed, but individual employees my select this option if it is preferred. If you'd like to proceed using your own device, then please indicate that on the form above and the technology team will record that information so a fob will not be assigned.

April/May Instructional Vision Challenge!

We will continue into April and May with the last opportunity to share how YOU are implementing a part of our instructional vision.

This month's focus are the fifth two bullets in the instructional vision are:

Students will know what they are learning and why they are learning it.
Staff will empower students to know what and why they are learning.

Staff are invited to fill out a brief (2-3 sentences!) summary of how you are implementing this part of our vision. It can be specific or general, and it should clearly describe how your actions are moving this part of our instructional vision forward.

Here is the link to share!

https://padlet.com/ksmidy1/april-may-instructional-vision-challenge-t8m7i9h8aot0argp

To add to the board, click the plus sign in the bottom right corner and write in your submission. Finally, hit Publish and voila! You're done!

Staff who share how they are implementing or supporting implementation of the last focus area of the instructional vision by May 31 will be entered to win a $50 gift card to one of the following locations: Carms, Common Table, Moltenbreys, Amazon, Big Y, Dunkin or at a place of your choice that I can get a gift card with relative ease 😂