Brockett Bulletin

Superintendent Communication: August 27, 2021

Care and Connection

We will be centering our welcome back with students on care and connection. Educators will spend time doing community-building activities and orientation with new and returning students.

In elementary, our staff will meet students at the door and be positioned in the hallways to help students locate classrooms and connect with teachers. Schools will be walking students through building-wide tours and training for safety and expectations in each location. Our social-emotional learning staff, including counselors, skill builders and teachers on special assignments will be visiting classrooms and helping students identify the adults that are there to support them.
In middle school, our sixth graders will be welcomed by student leaders and participate in a fun day of orientation and relationship building. We will also be extending our advisory periods to provide time for social-emotional learning and community building the entire first week of school to support all of our students' return in 6-8th.
At high school, our team has planned activities to take place within the periods to help students re-acclimate to school and build community with each other.

We believe that by investing in time for care and connection that we will return to a strong learning community where students thrive.

Health Alert/Health Medical Protocol

Parent/Guardians with students who have a Health Alert or Health Medical Protocol on file will soon receive a copy in the mail from the District Nursing team for review. If there are any changes, it is requested those are noted on the document and returned to your child's school as soon as possible. If there is a release of information form included in the mailing, we ask that you fill in the required information and return it by mail in the self-addressed envelope provided. Please make sure to return this form as soon as possible as we have experienced delays in getting information from medical providers.

Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB)

The Federal Communications Commission has launched a temporary program to help families and households struggling to afford Internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Emergency Broadband Benefit provides a discount of up to $50 per month toward broadband service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal lands. Eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet from participating providers. Eligible households can enroll through a participating broadband provider or directly with the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) using an online or mail in application. You can learn more about the benefit, including eligibility and enrollment information, by visiting www.fcc.gov/broadbandbenefit, or by calling 833-511-0311. (See EBB attachments for more details.)

Simplified Messaging in ParentSquare

If you feel you are getting too many messages each day in ParentSquare, you can change your notifications by customizing your settings. To make these changes, go to your ParentSquare homepage and do the following:

Click on your name in the top right corner
Select "My Account" from the drop-down menu
Find your Notification Settings in the top right corner and click "Customize your settings"
Change to the "digest" setting

After choosing this option, you will only receive one condensed message in the evening.