Tallmadge Talk

Welcome Back after Spring Break! We will continue to have virtual Mondays through the month of April so that we can have our required state testing for our virtual 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students. Beginning May 3rd we will attend school five days a week. We are excited to have our students back in school full time. Please make sure that you reinforce our school expectations.

RRS- Be Respectful, Be Responsible, and Be Safe.

We review these expectations with our students through our Second Step Program each and every morning. It will be helpful if the students hear these same expectations from you at home also.

We will continue to practice our safety measures: 3 feet distancing to the greatest extent as possible, wearing a mask covering our nose and mouth, and washing/sanitizing our hands. Please make sure that you continue to check your child each morning and if they have a fever or are not feeling well, please have them stay home.

As we transition to 5 days a week in school, we will still use our online platforms so students will need to transport their chromebooks back and forth to school. Please make sure chromebooks are charged each evening and ready for the school day.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Mrs Walker

s_walker@lcsschools.net

1. Full-time Virtual Students - These are the students who are learning entirely online this year and not in our school buildings. They are to return their hotspots, with charging cables by May 28, 2021. These are to be returned to the building from which they were issued.

2. Blended Students A/B - These are the students who were in our A/B blended model up until recently when we returned to school. They are to return their hotspots, with charging cables by May 12, 2021.

Online students will be testing on Mondays in April.

April 12th

April 19th

April 26th

Students need to come into the building to complete the testing. Your online teacher will be providing more information to you.

In person students will be testing on Wednesdays in April.

April 14th

April 19th

May 5th for 5th grade only

3rd grade students will take paper and pencil version and 4th and 5th grade will take their assessment online.

Please make sure students are well rested and that their chromebooks are charged and ready to be used. Also, make sure chromebook cords are brought to school in case that are needed.

Parents

We sent the Literacy Kits home to every K-3 student. These kits contain materials that can be used at home to help improve Reading and Spelling. We would appreciate your feedback on the Tallmadge Literacy Website and the Literacy Take Home Kits.

If your student has received their kit and is using the kit please complete the following survey.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDl3hFPSuEwS1dwk5zXM2xCZGJ7QD-aYLHqr1uHNZLSJv7lA/viewform?usp=sf_link