Dear Lurgio Families,
Sincerely,
Ed Joyce
Important Dates
Student Workload Survey
We are continuing to survey parents about the student workload during remote learning. Please click here to complete the survey.
Lurgio Guidance Corner
The Lurgio Guidance Department has updated their website with many resources relating to physical wellbeing, mental health (including substance misuse) and community/state services. We have also found free webinars relating to this challenging time. Please do not hesitate to reach out to our counselors with any concerns. Please see our Website and Weekly Blog.
April is Alcohol Awareness Month...In this uncertain time, we know that you may be concerned about keeping your families and your communities safe and healthy. The Partnership for Drug Free Kids is dedicated to ensuring that parents have the support they need to address substance use and addiction – from prevention to recovery. Click here for unique resources during COVID-19.
Lurgio Tech Corner Typing Club
Are you noticing your kids could use some help with their typing skills? Well help is on the way! The Lurgio Tech Corner would like to invite students to join the Tech Corner Typing Club. To join the typing club just have your student go to Google Classroom and use the join code: tqpsj3m. Google Classroom lessons will be assigned and students will be using the TypingClub.com website to improve their typing skills. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Donna Dennis, dennisd@sau25.net.
Yearbook Photos Needed
The yearbook committee is working hard on the 2019-2020 Lurgio Yearbook and WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! We are in need of more pictures to round out the last few months of the school year. For the next three weeks, we would like to collect photos and quotes from the Lurgio student body via a Google Form. Each week will be a different theme! The photos will be used in the yearbook AND in a weekly slideshow that will be shared on the Lurgio Instagram and Facebook accounts! Click here to submit your photos! Yearbooks are still available for purchase! To Order Visit: bit.ly/BuyLurgioYearbook2020. Questions? Contact Donna Dennis dennisd@sau25.net or Jennifer Manley manleyj@sau25.net.
School Buildings Closed to Public
All physical buildings in the Bedford School District are closed to outside public effective Monday, March 23. Main office staff are working remotely and can still be reached via email and phone (603) 310-9100. The custodial staff is working hard to sanitize surfaces in the building and The main office may not always be staffed but school phones (just the main number) will be answered remotely between the hours of 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
Recreational Facilities & Social Distancing
Teens are social creatures. Parents, please encourage your students to avoid social gatherings, particularly at school district fields, facilities, and playgrounds. Our efforts to flatten the curve and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 by closing schools can be amplified if the families self-enforce social distancing and practice recommended self-quarantine measures as much as possible. Our public use areas (fields and playgrounds) are open but may be roped or gated off and closed for the duration if needed.
Lurgio Instagram Account
Did you know that there is an official Lurgio Instagram account? We have been using our account to post reminders and resources for staff and students. These notifications are also posted on our Lurgio Facebook page. If Instagram is your prefered social media tool, we welcome you to follow us.
Remote Instruction Updates & Resources
Please refer to the Lurgio homepage for district updates and school-specific resources. We will continue to update those links as new information becomes available.
Remote Learning Guide
On Wednesday, you should have received a link to our Remote Learning Guide. Within this document are the details of how our school will function with a remote instruction setting. You will find answers to many of your questions about the logistics of this new adventure. We will continue to update the guide as needed in order to reflect current practice.
BSD Breakfast and Lunch
Breakfast and lunch pickup is at the Bedford High School Gymnasium entrance. Those doors are nearer the kitchen and make the logistics of delivery easier. If you’ve never been to that entrance, it’s at the back of the building. A sign will be along the sidewalk as it has been this week.
Lurgio School Athletic & Other Events
We are adjusting Lurgio athletic schedules and other school events in light of recent school closing due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in New Hampshire.
For athletics, we are following guidance from the Bedford School District, as well as Tri-County Athletic League and the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association. The spring sports tryout schedule will be modified and announced once the building reopens. The status of all athletic competitions is to be announced as we work in conjunction with other schools in our league.
For all other school events, our general consideration was to modify any school event that would result in a large gathering, especially those that would allow admission to the general population beyond Lurgio staff and students. For any of these events that we felt we could reasonably postpone, we have done so. Unfortunately, other events needed to be cancelled.
Please click here for a full schedule of how we intend to proceed with school events between now and April vacation. As the situation with COVID-19 evolves, we will continue to be flexible with our plans based on current guidelines from the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services.
Lurgio Yearbooks ON SALE
The 2019-2020 Lurgio Yearbook is on sale!! Online sales will be open until Friday, April 17th. To Order Visit: bit.ly/BuyLurgioYearbook2020. Questions? Contact Donna Dennis dennisd@sau25.net or Jennifer Manley manleyj@sau25.net.
BHS Summer School - In Writing and BASE Camp
Attention all 8th Graders: If you registered during Open Enrollment for Summer In-Writing, the BHS website is updated with dates and other important information. You will need to do the following: Complete the Enrollment for Summer In-Writing or B.A.S.E. Camp, Submit payment.
Hannaford Helps Schools
Hannaford has officially launched their Hannaford Helps Schools for 2020! They have moved the program to spring, and this year it will run March 1 - May 16.
How does the program work? As in previous years, with the purchase of 4 participating Hannaford Helps Schools items, a customer will receive a printout for 3 School Dollars at the register. The customer can place that printout into your school's slot in the Hannaford Helps Schools collection tower, which is located at the front of the store your school is registered with.
NEW for 2020! Customers who shop with Hannaford To Go can either specify which school should receive their School Dollars in their order notes when placing their order, OR let the store associate know which school to give their School Dollars to when they pick their order up from the store.
Please check our Hannaford Helps Schools web page for additional information and links to downloadable PDFs.
Athletics Corner
As you already know, students are learning remotely through May 4th, which means that all student activities and athletics are on hold at the moment. Both the NHIAA (New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association) and the TCA (Tri-County Athletic League) are developing plans for an abbreviated spring schedule upon our return to school.
As soon as I have more information regarding the athletic calendar for this season, I will be in touch with you about our plans. In the meantime, encourage your athletes to stay active. Sports and physical activity are such an important part of many of our students' lives and it is especially crucial that they are able to move and bring balance to their daily schedule.
Thank you for your continued support of our middle school athletes. I will reach out as more information becomes available.
Lurgio Tech Corner
The Lurgio Tech Corner has been busy posting resources for students. Please check out the Lurgio Tech Corner Resource Site for helpful links. We also will be posting new resources on our Tech Tips from the Tech Corner blog which is linked on the Tech Corner Resource Site. If students are having technical issues, please have them submit a Help Desk Ticket. Someone from the District Tech Department will get back to them as soon as they can.
Book Buzz
Author Rex Ogle is writing "Aiden Tyler, Quaran-teen" about the current pandemic. Rex writes two chapters a week to stay the most current and reads those two chapters live every Tuesday at 2:00 through the Junior Library Guild. There is a Q & A box where students can offer ideas for the next two chapters. He then answers questions at the end of his reading. Check it out: https://www.
