Hope Valley School WEEKLY UPDATE

April 2021

4/12 - Grade 3 RICAS Testing (Math Session 1 & 2)

4/13 - Grade 4 RICAS Testing (Math Session 1 & 2)

4/13 - School Committee Meeting (see information below)

4/14 - Early Release Day for K-4 & PreK PM (students dismissed at 12:40)

4/19 - 4/23 - April Vacation - No School

4/28 - Early Release Day for K-4 & PreK AM (students dismissed at 12:40)

May 2021

5/5 - Early Release Day for K-4 & PreK PM (students dismissed at 12:40)

5/10 - SIT Meeting at 4:00

5/10 - PTO Meeting at 6:30

5/12 - Early Release Day for K-4 & PreK AM (students dismissed at 12:40)

5/17 - STATE PD DAY - All students have an asynchronous day

5/19 - Early Release Day for K-4 & PreK PM (students dismissed at 12:40)

5/26 - Early Release Day for K-4 & PreK AM (students dismissed at 12:40)

5/31 - Memorial Day - No School

June 2021

6/2 - Early Release Day for K-4 & PreK PM (students dismissed at 12:40)

6/9 - Early Release Day for K-4 & PreK AM (students dismissed at 12:40)

6/11 - Chariho Graduation

6/16 - Early Release Day for K-4 & PreK PM (students dismissed at 12:40)

6/22 - 4th Grade Send-Off (???)

6/23 - Early Release Day for K-4 & PreK AM (students dismissed at 12:40)

6/23 - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

Attestation Self-Check Site: https://ps.chariho.k12.ri.us/public/

Chariho Parent Virtual and Concurrent Learning Site

Check out the Superintendent's Chariho April E Update.

As a reminder, if your child is registered for in-person learning the only time they should be accessing distance learning (DL) is if they have symptoms, are in quarantine/isolation, their class/district/school is placed on distance learning per the district/school administration or the child was registered for DL as their learning scenario.

April 13- School Committee Meeting- 7:00 pm -You will need to register using this link. Agendas are posted 48 hours prior to the meeting per the Open Meetings Act. Agendas can be found on our Website by selecting the District Information tab, clicking the Calendar Section, and locating the date of the meeting as well as on the Secretary of State’s website. Please note the School Committee meetings are moving to a Webinar format starting 4/13/2021. You will still be required to register, but the platform will look different.

From Superintendent Picard: As many families are contemplating travel during April Break, we wanted to remind all families of our travel policy. Travel for the Chariho District is defined as going to another state to attend any event/performance, family gathering/party/reunion with people outside of your immediate household. It does not matter if it is overnight or a day trip. This is the preferred response of the RI Department of Health as well as what is required per our school committee-approved policy, as a negative COVID test only indicates that the virus is not currently present. In the event that there are families who must travel, we ask that you inform your school principal so that we can accurately record absences and communicate with our staff about attendance expectations and plans for continuity of education, upon return. As a reminder, students who travel out of state to any location with a positivity rate greater than 5% (those states are listed here, and the list is constantly updated) will require a 14-day quarantine upon return.

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• Last day to order is April 9th

State testing has gone very smoothly thus far. We have 2 days left of testing (Monday & Tuesday). Attendance has been great, so thank you to families for getting your children to school.

A few important things your child will need.

1. Water bottle
2. Chromebook (fully charged) and the Chromebook charger
3. Silent reading book

Testing Schedule

Grade 3 Math (2 sessions) > Monday, April 12

Grade 4 Math (2 sessions) > Monday, April 13

COMPLETED Grade 3 ELA (session 1) > Monday, April 5

COMPLETED Grade 3 ELA (session 2) > Tuesday, April 6

COMPLETED Grade 4 ELA (session 1) > Thursday, April 8

COMPLETED Grade 4 ELA (session 2) > Friday, April 9

Spread the word! Chariho Kindergarten Registration is now available to our families through digital pre-registration. Check out our digital flyer.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield is excited to partner with The American Diabetes Association (ADA) to bring Project Power to Rhode Island youth. BCBSRI will be supporting this virtual evidence-based health, nutrition and physical education program for youth ages 5-12 which will take place May 4-20, 2021.

An unrestricted $1500 stipend is available for any organization (school or district) that registers a minimum of 75 participants.

The ADA is looking for community organizations and groups to help increase our impact through strategic collaborations. The ADA is seeking to partner with schools to offer Community Partner Stipends to promote and register participants for ADA Project Power, a FREE virtual evidence-based health, nutrition and physical education program for youth ages 5-12.

The program for the youth starts with a special Project Power Box and Activity Journal delivered right to the registered youth’s door. In addition to virtual “group” meetings with friends and group leaders during one-hour sessions, twice a week, participants can expect:

• Games and friendly competitions
• Interactive lessons and discussions
• Family engagement activities and social media challenges

ADA will provide in support of organizations:

• Promotional flyers and social media images
• Online registration platform at www.diabetes.org/projectpower
• List name of organization on the online application

The $1500 stipend granted to the organization is unrestricted. Execution of the partnership is upon receipt of signed Vendor Agreement and W-9. Fulfillment is complete upon the minimum of 75 program registered participants.

• Registration for the May program will close on March 31.

Attention Fourth Grade Families: The Chariho Middle School Program for grade five Highly

Capable students offers a research path for out-of-the-classroom differentiated instruction.

Students must commit to rigorous and long-term guided research aligned with grade-level

curricula. Students who participate in the research path will miss two or three classes per week, usually one block of PE and one or two blocks of ELA. Please see our school’s

webpage, http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/, for more information. If interested, please submit all necessary forms by April 30, 2021 to the Chariho Middle School Main Office or email to one of the Program Coordinators, Alison Ward, at: alison.ward@chariho.k12.ri.us

For K-4 Families: If any K-4 parent is interested in nominating your child for Hi-C in the 2021-2022 school year, please submit all necessary forms by April 30, 2021 to the Hope Valley School Main Office or email the Program Coordinator, Alison Ward, at:

alison.ward@chariho.k12.ri.us

Life Changer of the Year!

Did you know that Hope Valley School has NOT 1, NOT 2 but 3, yes, 3 teacher’s who have been nominated for the life changer of the year award?!!!

This is a nationwide award with over 700 nominees. In the next few months those 700 will be narrowed down to the final 16. The 16 winners will get a stipend for the school and also for themselves! You can help our Hope Valley Community by taking a minute to see what people have to say about these amazing educators and perhaps leaving a comment of your own! Click on the nominees name or scan the QR code! You can also help by mentioning these teachers on twitter or facebook using the hashtag #LCOY

You can click right on the teacher's picture below and it will take you to the teacher's page so you can leave a comment or click on the links directly below.

Support Mrs. Mankoff

Support Mrs. Abbott

Support Mrs. Mello

The mission of the Hope Valley Elementary School is to work in partnership with our colleagues, students and families. We are committed to creating a learning environment where children are expected to achieve their full potential.

Email: ggen@chariho.k12.ri.us
Website: hopevalley.chariho.k12.ri.us
Location: 15 Thelma Drive, Hope Valley, RI, United States
Phone: 401-539-2321
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mr.Gencarelli/?ref=br_rs
Twitter: @JoeGencarelli1