Dear Lawrence Union Free School District Community,
I hope this finds you and your loved ones well.
We are experiencing a COVID-19 surge in NY and are monitoring the numbers carefully to ensure that we can continue to provide a safe environment for our students and staff.
I know that parents have questions as to whether schools will reopen in person on Monday, January 3. At this time, our plan is for all schools to reopen for in-person instruction on January 3. As per guidelines from the NYS Department of Health and the CDC, masks will continue to be required in all buildings for students, staff, and visitors.
You may have read that the State has provided testing kits for students to school districts in the State.
These kits arrived to Nassau BOCEs yesterday., December 30th and have not been distributed to schools of yet. Once they are in Lawrence we can begin a distribution process with parent pick-up basis. At this time, it appears the distribution process will not occur until after January 3rd. We will not be sending kits home in backpacks.
We will be following protocols from the Nassau County Department of Health (NCDOH) related to Test to Stay (TTS). Please see the following about TTS:
- The protocol applies to only school-based exposures to COVID-19
- The protocol applies only to participation in classroom instructions and it does not permit participation in extracurricular activities.
Our effort to keep our schools open for in-person learning is dependent on everyone making safe choices to mitigate the spread of COVID. If your child has any symptoms you are reminded NOT to send your child to the school.
Again, we are planning on a normal in-person return on January 3rd. As always, if there are any changes to this plan, we will keep you posted. Until we see you on the 3rd, stay well and Happy New Year!
Sincerely,
Dr. Ann Pedersen
Superintendent of Schools
Lawrence Union Free School District
We had a wonderful time participating in our Holiday Spirit Week! We wish all of our families a wonderful and happy holiday with family and friends. We hope you all have a healthy and safe New Year! School will resume on Monday, January 3rd, 2022.
Today we are celebrating "Grinch" day as our Holiday Spirit Week continues. Today we did a shared writing piece on how we would make the Grinch smile....
Holiday Spirit Week kicks off this Thursday, December 16th-Wednesday, December 22nd!
Check out the December MS Smore
https://www.smore.com/term8-lawrence-middle-school-library
Wishing everyone the best of all things good this holiday season.
Wishing all of our children and their families a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving. School will resume on Monday, November 29th. Enjoy this time with your families and friends.
Check out the second edition of our November SMORE. Packed with all kinds of great information for everyone. Wishing you warm and bright November holidays. https://www.smore.com/1ca2u
Today we are taking a Pledge of Kindness as we continue our Kindness Spirit Week!
Yesterday for Spirit Week we had Twin Day! Students painted pictures together at the easel or wore similar colors as a friend in the class. Mrs. Hodara even had her identical twin sister come and visit her classroom!
Be the "I" in KIND!
Be the "I" in KIND! Kindness Spirit Week has begun. Our children are learning about what it means to be kind and ways they can show kindness. 😊
Next week we are celebrating World Kindness Day all week long. World Kindness Day is a global day that promotes the importance of being kind to each other, to yourself, and to the world. The purpose of this day, celebrated on November 13 of each year, is to help everyone understand that compassion for others is what binds us all together. This understanding has the power to bridge the gap between nations. Leading up to World Kindness Day, we will be celebrating with our Kindness Spirit Week.
NOVEMBER is NATIONAL GRATITUDE MONTH and so much more.
Check out the biweekly Smore for news & information. https://www.smore.com/at1n2
With great sadness we announce the passing of Mr.Cleveland Woods. , a Lawrence teacher for over twenty years who has bettered the lives of all who knew him. Mr. Woods was a champion among humans every day. Our prayers and support go to his wife and children.
Today we celebrated the season of fall by having a Fall Festival! We went apple picking, pumpkin picking and even went through obstacle courses! Ask your child to tell you about their day!
This week in Pre-K we explored the inside of a pumpkin. Children made predictions on how many seeds they thought would be inside and explained how the inside of a pumpkin felt.
The past month we celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month at the Early Childhood Center. We learned a new Spanish word each day and together as a class created the flag of El Salvador, Colombia, Chile and Honduras. We also read the book "Silly Billy" by Anthony Browne and created our very own worry doll.
Check out part 2 of our October SMORE. Tons of cool stuff and information.
https://www.smore.com/0f8xj
We invite you to join us virtually today at 4:30pm for our October Parent Training with Dr. Vera Feuer from Northwell Health. We will discuss strategies to use when you child is experiencing school anxiety and does not want to come to school. The link to join us at 4:30pm is: meet.google.com/ept-grew-zqh
Learning about math, science and problem solving through play in the Exploration Room!
