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March 19, 2020

Good evening all-

Today was a hard day. Seeing students come to collect books, packets, lacrosse sticks (lots of lacrosse sticks) was hard. I am so sad for these kids. But I am so grateful for all you have done. The kids were grateful too. I heard it in the "really, this whole thing is one packet?" comments. :)  In all truth, they were all appreciative, probably a little shocked and unsure, and in many cases it was parents who came to collect materials, nervous to have their children come out.

I spent the afternoon collating the information you have all shared about your enrichment activities. The goal is to post everything on one place to help parents navigate what they need to know. More of  a need at younger grades perhaps, but our parents want to know what kids are assigned so they can encourage and support. You all have done such amazing work in such a short period of time. Thank you!  Please keep reaching out to me, Erin, Brian, and Stephen for anything you need. We are here to assist.


And thanks to all of you who dropped everything Thursday and again today to ask how they could help but this is a weird phishing situation hitting all schools! It isn't a matter of being hacked.  It appears that folks are pretending to be Ashland administrators and are also now pretending to be students. Mike Caira received an email today from someone pretending to be a fifth grader!

Before replying to ANY email, check to make sure you are replying to an @ashland.k12.ma.us email address. No one would ever ask you for money in that manner!

Please be careful and pay close attention to the emails you are replying to.

Have a wonderful night, stay safe and healthy, and I hope to connect with you all virtually in the near future. 

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