Dear Great Falls Families,
Happy December! I hope you had a wonderful November break. We are excited to be heading into our 14th week of on-campus learning and continue to be proud of our students and staff for their ongoing efforts to stay safe while remaining positive and happy at school.
Make a Mask Project: Even though this year is definitely different, kindness still counts at Great Falls! All K-5 students will be making their mark on a mask during art class. The Make a Mask Project will take the place of our annual Empty Bowl Project for this year only. It is our hope to exemplify compassion and kindness by raising money for the Gorham Food Pantry. The Gorham Food Pantry has served the needs of those impacted by food insecurity in Gorham for over 25 years. Great Falls annually makes a substantial contribution to their efforts. Families will be asked to purchase their child’s mask for a donation of your choice to the Gorham Food Pantry.
Planned Vacations Out of State: Just a reminder that if your family chooses to travel to a state not approved by Maine, your child will need to quarantine or produce a negative COVID-19 test to return to campus. Your child’s days out of school due to voluntary travel and the quarantine or the wait for test results because of travel will be considered absent from school. Please understand that it is not possible to recreate the face to face learning that will be missed in these circumstances. Teachers will do their best to send work home that the students would have been completing on their “in school” days but oftentimes students are missing the presentations and discussions and not physical work. Independent reinforcement activities will continue to be provided for “home learning days'' according to their A or B grouping.
Report Cards: At the K-5 level, teachers have identified the performance indicators in all content areas and are using assessments aligned to these indicators. Teachers are using Jump Rope, an online standards-based grade book, to track student progress to the performance indicators. To learn more about Jump Rope, check out the online resource found at K-5 Parent Jumprope Information The 1st-trimester report cards are scheduled to be emailed to parents on Friday, December 4th. Students that have an IEP or PLP will be receiving a printed document of progress to go home on their next on-campus day of either Monday, December 7th or Tuesday, December 8th.
December Calendar:
As always, please feel free to reach out to me at any time with questions and feedback.
I am available through email at becky.fortier@gorhamschools.org and by phone at 222-1050.
Take care and be well,
Becky Fortier, Great Falls Principal
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