SCHOOL INFO
January 18, 2022
Dear L&G Families:
New Face in Front Office:
Beginning next week, Mary Lindsley will begin phase one of her retirement plan - Ms. Jenna Jordan will be taking over her responsibilities in the main office! Please be patient during the transition! Mary will resume her new role (through June) as our In-School Suspension coordinator!
No After School Programming this week (and no LATE BUS)
MS Semi Formal scheduled for Friday night has been postponed!
Friday Make Up Day:
This coming Friday (1/21) is our fall semester make-up day. Students who are complete with all of their assignments do not have to come to school! Many letters were sent home at the end of last week, inviting those who need to complete missing assignments, to join their teachers on Friday. Please connect with your child’s teachers to confirm, if your child tells you that they are complete! Unfortunately, buses will only be running at the normal times, so if your child completes their work before 2:40pm and you can provide them with transportation, they may leave early. Middle school families, teachers will be contacting you via email to let you know what time your student can be picked up. Lunch will be provided for those who are still here at that time.
New COVID Guidance:
As you probably know already, the state has changed its guidance for us late last week, and that new guidance will go into effect Wednesday, January 19th, per Superintendent Anton’s letter last week. (Here’s his letter and his attached chart, again!) In short, starting tomorrow, when there’s a student identified as COVID positive in your child’s classes, you will get an automated email with that information and steps on what to do, depending on vaccination status. Most likely, you’ll have the opportunity to get a take-home rapid test from our main office and follow the instructions on Mr. Anton’s chart. If your child is unvaccinated and you choose to not do the take home testing, your child will have to quarantine for 5 days. If at any time, your child (vaccinated or not!) has symptoms, then they must stay home. Positive cases should still be reported to our school nurse (Jorda) at jdaigneault@windhamcentral.org. If your child has to quarantine, please alert our new front office secretary/attendance clerk (Jenna) at jjordan@windhamcentral.org so that the attendance may be recorded as such. Please keep in mind that schools are no longer being asked to do formal contact tracing, but only report positive cases in your child’s classroom. This means that there may be other contact possibilities (lunch, FLEX, WIN, other afterschool programming) where we are not able to fully determine whether your child was a close contact. That being said, rapid test kids are available upon request.
Upcoming Dates:
Wednesdays - Jan 12, Jan 19, Jan 26 - Winter Activities Days!
Friday, Jan 21 - Summative Make Up Day
Monday, Jan 24 - Tuesday, Jan 25 - Teacher Inservice Days - No School
Wednesday, Jan 26 - First Day of Semester Two
Vaccination Clinics:
Please see the Vermont Department of Health website for opportunities for your 5-11 year old children to access a vaccination. We strive to get to a place where once the state announces we can go mask-free (after achieving 80%) that we can celebrate that freedom knowing that our children are protected by several mitigation measures. There may be one coming to L&G in the near future - stay tuned for information!
Bob Thibault
Principal
Winter Benchmark Assessments:
Refuse to Use:
To register for either date click on the link: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/cad4b774741f455fbbdd4782b7ebbd1b
Registration closes one hour before the event.
A zoom link will be emailed to everyone who registers!
Virtual Student Art Show:
Class of 2024 Fundraiser:
After School Club Cancellation:
L&G Co-Curricular Calendar:
School Calendar:
COMMUNITY:
WBL Opportunities:
CFES Brilliant Pathways:
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:
Summer Seasonal Positions with Ball Mountain/Townshend Lakes:
Ball Mountain and Townshend Lakes are hiring seasonal rangers/laborers for the 2022 recreation season! I have attached the application links below.
There is a higher education requirement for the ranger position but some students may qualify if they have specialized experience. This is outlined in the qualifications section. The laborer position doesn’t have many qualifications, just being able and willing to work outside. However, you have to be at least 18 years old to be employed. We have had several senior students work for us over the years and it has always been a great experience for everybody. If you could distribute this to anyone you think would qualify, that would be amazing! Let me know if anyone has any questions, the application can be a bit tricky.
Park Ranger position: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/
Laborer position: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/
Thank you!
Jessalyn Stockwell
Natural Resources Specialist (Park Ranger)
Ball Mountain & Townshend Lakes
88 Ball Mountain Ln.
Jamaica, VT 05343
Office: (978) 318-8022
Cell: (802) 735-3046
