Please see the following information from the CDC regarding Enterovirus D68.
What Parents Need to Know about Enterovirus D68
General Enterovirus D68 Q & A
Infographic: Keep Your Child from Getting and Spreading Enterovirus D68
You can now email your school board members directly!
Member Bea Douglas - bdouglas@metrocast.net
Member Gary Mullen - gmullen@metrocast.net
Member Ray Ramsey - rayramsey@metrocast.net
Chairperson Mike Wolfe - mwolfe@metrocast.net
Please feel free to email them with any feedback or concerns. You can email the SAU administrative assistant, Sheila Burnette at sau51admin@metrocast.net, with any questions or concerns.
In the wake of last week’s events in the Boston area, parents may find the following resources helpful in speaking with children.
National Association of School Psychologists
Helping Children Cope with a National Tragedy
http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/terror_general.aspx
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Safe & Healthy Learning Environments
http://www.doe.mass.edu/ssce/safety.html
Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center
Helping Youth and Children Recover from Traumatic Events
http://rems.ed.gov/HelpingYouthandChildrenRecoverFromTraumaticEvents.aspx
We are welcoming in the New Year with both reflection and action and would like to share the updates about the on-going progress of the Pittsfield School District. You are invited to a Good-to-Great Community Forum scheduled for Saturday, February 16th from 10:00-12:00 in the Pittsfield Middle High School Media Center. Refreshments will be provided.
We will be presenting: (more…)
