ESS Gazette
09/02/2021
Dear ESS Families,
Mark Lord - Principal
Welcome to the 2021-2022 school year at Enfield Street School! We are excited to open our doors to another exciting year of learning. This is my fourth year at Enfield Street as Principal, and my 24th year as an educator. Our goal is to always help our students grow as learners and as individuals. We look forward to working with our families for a successful school year!
Bethany Calado - Assistant Principal
A warm welcome goes out to all our new and returning ESS family members! I am thrilled to serve as a member of this caring school community whose focus is always on improving student learning and supporting our student’s needs. This will be my 3rd year as the Assistant Principal of ESS and 21st year as an educator in the Enfield Public Schools. We are excited to partner with you and your family to ensure your child(ren) have a successful school year!
Thank You
Arrival and Dismissal
ESS Arrival Procedures
8:40-8:55
When you arrive please make sure to drive to the crosswalk and pull up as far as you can. Please make sure there are 3 cars in the crosswalk before letting your child exit the vehicle. Children will enter Door 1 when being dropped off.
If you are walking your child to school, come down the long sidewalk in front of the school, and wait 3 feet apart as students enter the building one at a time through Door 1.
All students should be wearing a mask correctly will use hand sanitizer when entering the building.
Dismissal procedures
Buses will be called following a set classroom schedule.
All exterior door numbers are posted on or above the door.
Classrooms with exterior doors (Mrs. Guertin Door 4, Miss Bradway Door 5, Ms. Nicol Door 20, Mrs. Scully Door 19. Mrs. Fritz Door 18) will dismiss from their classroom to parents or guardians that have a matching placard at 3:15.
Other classrooms will dismiss from doors 1, 3, and 21 following this schedule:
Please park and bring your placard to the assigned dismissal door. If you do not have a placard, please come to the front entrance and ring for the school secretary. Please make sure you have valid identification.
Placards
Placard Pick-up
Building Protocols
As we continually strive for normalcy, we will be implementing building protocols which continually work to achieve this goal, while always maintaining our focus on student and staff safety.
Please continually refer to our newsletter for future changes.
We will be starting the year with the following protocols:
- Mask must be worn at all times by students and staff
- The one exception will be while eating
- Lunches will be in the classroom
- Students will be spaced 3 feet apart throughout the school
- Mask breaks will be woven into the day as needed
- Water fountains will be used, but only for bottle filling, not direct drinking
- Visitors will not be allowed in the building
- PPTs, 504s, and other meetings will be held virtually
- Recess will be cohorted to start the year
- Students will be able to check-out library books
Nurse
Please notify me as well with health issues if you send info to the teacher. This includes symptoms your child is experiencing, new concerns, and/or medication issues.
Please keep your child home if they have any symptoms. Please contact the school before returning.
No medications can be sent with student. This includes cough drops.
Please be sure to have that change of clothes in the backpack and switch out shorts as seasons change.
Always feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
tsylvest@enfieldschools.org 860-253-6564Remote Learning
iPads
All students will be given an iPad to use at school and at home if quarantine is necessary.
Open House - September 22nd
- One student and one parent only
- Only attend during the allotted time frame based on last name
- Arrive on-time and exit at the conclusion of your time block
- The is a meet and greet format
- Avoid congestion and groupings with other parents in the hallways
- The date of the event will be September 22nd.
Times are assigned by last name
Session 1: 5:30-6:00
Kindergarten: A-G
1st Grade: H-P
2nd Grade: Q-Z
Session 2: 6:15-6:45
Kindergarten: H-P
1st Grade: Q-Z
2nd Grade: A-G
Session 3: 7:00-7:30
Kindergarten: Q-Z
1st Grade: A-G
2nd Grade: H-P
Breakfast and Lunch
FREE MEALS for STUDENTS
For School Year 2021-22
Due to a temporary waiver available from the USDA, beginning Tuesday, September 7, 2021, all students are eligible to receive a free breakfast and lunch through the National School Meals Program. This waiver will apply to students who attend in-person learning. There will be no remote meal pickup. This free meal program is available because of the COVID-19 pandemic and will be federally funded until the end of the current school year in June 2022.
There is still a charge for “milk only” purchases or if students at the Middle and High school purchase “a la carte” items. Money can be sent into school with your student to be applied on their account or use MySchoolBucks.com. Please visit MySchoolBucks.com to set up an account.
Please note, this is not a change to your current meal status. When the waiver expires at the end of this school year, your current meal status will be carried over for the first 30 days of the new school year. While all meals will be at no charge, you will still need to complete an application to be eligible for other benefits associated with a Free or Reduced meal status – reduced student sport fees, ERfC childcare programs discounts, cable internet discounts, etc.
For an application, current meal menus, and other important information visit the Enfield Nutrition Services website at: enfieldschools.org/Depts/Nutrition Services.
For questions, please contact Nutrition Services at 860-253-6511.
Dismissal Notes to the Office
Snacks
PTO
President – Kristen Sorel
Vice President – Danielle Brown
Treasurer – Melissa Birch
Secretary – Allison Gilmore
Meets virtually once per month, dates and times will be in our weekly newsletter.
The next meeting will be on September 15th at 6:00.
The Zoom link will be included in the September 10th newsletter.
Masks
Board of Education
We thought it would be helpful to show the dates and a link for future Board of Education meetings. They are a great way to stay involved and informed throughout the school-year.
All meetings are planned to begin at 7:00 PM.
September 14 & September 28
October 12 & October 26
November 23
December 14