Dear Families,
Over the next several days, including next week, members of our wonderful support staff of aides,licensed teaching assistants, secretaries, and monitors from CCS will be conducting a wellness check on each and every family through a phone call. The phone call will come across as “private” because we are employing the use of *67 for privacy assurances. We hope this wellness check will find you healthy and able to share how things are going for your student during this time of school closure.
Sincerely,
Dr. Crankshaw, Mrs. Butler, and Mrs. Meccariello
If your CCS student has not yet dropped off the original packet of work that went home in March, it can be submitted through the Drop Box in the window to the left of the main entrance (room 129) of the CCS Jr./Sr. High School. Please be sure that the manila envelope still has student identification on the outside of it. If you have any questions, please contact jlyons@cooperstowncs.org or call 607-547-8181 for Jr./Sr. HS students or 607-547-9976 for Elementary School students.
Please note that meal pick-up for CCS famlies will take place at the CCS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL for the month of April 2020. Thank you and please stay safe.
The Governor has announced that, due to the coronavirus pandemic, NYS schools will now remain closed until April 29th. In addition, New York State Education Department Chancellor Betty Rosa announced that June Regents exams are cancelled. We are paying careful attention to each order and each announcement as it comes.
More information will be forthcoming in the next few days regarding the extended school closure and impacts on our students, staff and community. As always, if you have questions you are encouraged to send them to general_questions@cooperstowncs.org. You may also contact me directly at 607-547-5364 (office) or 518-844-8125 (cell).
Be well and please stay safe.
Dr. Crankshaw, Superintendent of Schools
Instructional Support Services of ONC BOCES has published a “Continuity of Instruction” page on the district website that offers many resources, including instructional, social-emotional, special education, and professional development. This will serve as a living document that will continue to be updated with knowledge and resources.
bit.ly/ONCBOCESContinuityOfInstruction
A REMINDER TO OUR CCS DISTRICT FAMILIES REGARDING PACKET DROP-OFF/PICK-UP on April 2, 2020
New “paper and pencil” supplemental learning packets will be available to pick up on Thursday, April 2 at the CCS Elementary School bus circle for K-6 students, and the Junior-Senior High School bus circle for 7-12 students between 12:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. As each family picks up the new supplemental learning packets, please return the first learning packets that were given to you for your child on March 13 (JSHS) or March 16 (ES).
This has caused some concern for faculty and families, especially students, who had thought that the first packets wouldn't be due until April 14th. Let's clarify the expectations:
· If students have the first learning packets completed, they may be turned in on April 2 when the new learning packets are picked up.
· However, don't worry - the first learning packets can be turned in on or around April 14 in a way that your principal or the district will communicate at a later time.
Please understand that we want to continue learning throughout this period of closure, but in no way want people to feel stress beyond what COVID-19 has already brought. The first learning packet will not receive numerical grades. It will receive teacher feedback and be designated as either "complete" or "incomplete." The grading protocol for the second learning packet will be determined and communicated by the District.
We hope this communication helps to alleviate concerns for the time being. Guidance and rules change each day as we go. We will try and communicate necessary information with you as we also wish you well.
Be safe and stay well.
NY State Governor Andrew Cuomo recently issued an executive order that any school board, library board, or village election scheduled in NY State for April or May of 2020 will now be delayed until at least June 1, 2020.
Corrected link: Letter to Families - March 31, 2020 (very sorry for the inconvenience) https://5il.co/egmb
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTION INFORMATION: Dear families - The pickup date for new Supplemental Learning Packets is April 2, and times for pickup are between 12:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. were erroneously left off of communications.
We hope you are well! Please click https://5il.co/egj7 for IMPORTANT INSTRUCTION INFORMATION - Letter to Families - March 31, 2020
Please click here for an Important Evening Update pertaining to extended school closure through, and including April 14, 2020 - March 27, 2020
https://5il.co/e9cc
Good evening! I hope you are well. Please read the Evening Update for today, March 25, 2020 by clicking https://5il.co/e625
We hope you are well today! Please click here for our Evening Update for families and the community. https://5il.co/e085
Rock Your Socks for a CES PARP 2020 Virtual Spirit Day
Post a picture of what you're reading & your silly socks to your favorite social media platform to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day on Friday, March 20, 2020! #rockyoursocks #lotsofsocks2020
Please take a moment to fill out this survey that will help us to understand your access to learning remotely and continued communication. https://forms.gle/JquNbPtEKLZqR1F46
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CARE CENTERS AT CCS ARE NOW SUSPENDED. Please read for further information at our District website under "NEWS"
Please take a moment to fill out this survey that will help us to understand your access to learning remotely and continued communication. Your answers will help us to better prepare materials for students, which is largely dependent on access to the Internet. Please complete one survey per students in the district. All information is confidential and for school district use only. Please complete this survey by March 24, 2020.
https://docs.google.com/forms/...
We hope you are doing well! Please click on the link for the Cooperstown Central School District's Evening Update for Parents and Caregivers - March 18, 2020 - https://5il.co/dx8v
Please click https://5il.co/dvk8 for today's "Evening Update" for March 17, 2020
MORE BREAKING NEWS from the NYSPHSAA regarding winter championships being cancelled. Please read the message from NYS Officials.
