AHS Faculty/staff news

Good evening all- It was truly wonderful to see you today. I hope you will continue to reach out with your questions and concerns and to check in on each other. We are all in this together. Please remember some of the materials are still on order. Here are the slides from our meeting as well as our link to the follow up Q&A and teacher needs spreadsheet. AHS Back to School Faculty meeting Reopening Q & A Teacher Needs spreadsheet

 Good afternoon- I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow.  Please refer to the PD plan sent by Asst. Supt Caira for information on the schedule for the 10 days of PD.  Please feel free to use any time in the morning to pick up your laptop.  We will meet faculty on Thursday, August 27 at 1pm.  Topic: Faculty meeting Time: Aug 27, 2020 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86979842809?pwd=WEMxR0FKcDRmemd6TXh2Ly9OUUl4UT09 Meeting ID: 869 7984 2809 Passcode: s94DgE Over the first few days I would ask that you go through your classroom belongings and determine what can remain and what needs to move out. If furniture and materials in the room allow you to have a comfortable 6 ft distance between desks you can keep them in the room. We can talk more about space at the faculty meeting. We will have our annual back to school luncheon, COVID style, on Tuesday, September 8 . Box lunches from Marathon Deli will be provided.  Please welcom...

 Good afternoon- I hope you are all well. Our counseling department and administrative assistants started back this week. It was so nice to have people back in the building. Counselors are cleaning up schedules and working to fully schedule all students. It looks like the schedule/order of classes we have talked about the past few weeks is going to work for us. The following is the classes that will meet each term: Term 1 & 3: C E F -- D Term 2 & 4: G A B -- D There is a possibility of the 90 minute classes meeting in a different order but these are the classes that will meet each term. D block will remain in the static block all year.  I have added all staff to the AHS Reopening Task Force shared drive. Here you will find a folder with DESE guidance, articles shared by group members, as well as notes of the meetings.  The  AHS COVID procedures  ,found in the drive, details some of the day to day procedures. Please reach out to me or the department repre...

Good morning- I was informed last evening that now that our summer cleaning process is near completion and our storage units have arrived, teachers have permission to return to the building. Your fobs are being reactivated. Please continue to use the front doors and notify me if you will be coming in.  New term dates: Q1 9/14/2020-  11/13/2020 Q2 11/16/2020-  1/29/2021 Q3 2/01/2021-  4/07/2021 Q4 4/08/2021-  6/16/2021 This message is being shared with families. I thought it would be relevant to share with staff as well.  As you prepare your child for school, please note this important information in the plan from the Ashland Public Schools Nurses: “More tightly woven materials, such as cotton fabrics with higher thread counts, are preferable, while elastic materials are not recommended due to the higher pore size and lower filtration efficiency. (Harvard, 2020) For this reason, APS will not allow students or staff to wear neck gaiters, bandanas, or ...

August 11, 2020 Good afternoon - I hope you are all well. I will be hosting a check-in on Thursday and look forward to hearing your thoughts, ideas, and concerns as we get ready for August 27. Please note that some schedule adjustments are being made and classes are being balanced by alpha (A-K, L-Z) as we get ready for hybrid classes. Department liaisons have been providing a great deal of support and ideas as we do this work and it is greatly appreciated.  Topic: Faculty meeting/check-in Time: Aug 13, 2020 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81138060873?pwd=K0NtN3A3ZUtGdXZuWUNjOEZVVWZsUT09 Meeting ID: 811 3806 0873 Passcode: s94DgE APS PD Offerings: Below is a list of VOLUNTARY professional learning opportunities created by Ashland teachers. These learning modules will be made available to you in the coming days via AshlandPD. As some of these offerings are synchronous, you will be able to sign up on a first come-first serve basis beginning Thursday...