Dear Lurgio Families,
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week. Please join me in expressing appreciation for the wonderful educators of Lurgio Middle School. Our fantastic teachers have risen to the challenge of remote learning with poise and professionalism that is truly extraordinary. They have adjusted their instruction to the new environment and worked diligently to engage their students.
This past Wednesday, May 6, was School Nurse Appreciation Day. Please also join me in thanking our school nurses, Mrs. Chessie and Mrs. Freedman, for the amazing and caring work that they have put into addressing this new and evolving educational landscape. Our school nurses do so much to take care of us all.
Sincerely,
Ed Joyce
Important Dates
Library Book Return - LIBRARY BOOKS ONLY - May 15, 2020
Thank you for taking care of your Ross A. Lurgio Library materials during remote learning. We are going to collect library books on Friday, May 15th. However, at this time school textbooks are not being collected. They should be kept until the end of the school year, when the materials exchange happens. If any library materials are in lockers, please do not worry, they will be returned by our staff.
Library Book Return will take place Friday May 15th 9:00AM-2:30PM. Please click this [LINK] for important details about this event.
All other materials will be dropped off/picked up in June; please stay tuned for more information.
Media Center News
New Audiobook Platform
Check out current & popular ebooks on our new RAL ebook & audiobook platform: Sora. This student friendly app. has over 1,000 ebooks & 200 audiobooks that can be borrowed through the NH School Library Consortium. Graphic Novels, Mysteries, YA titles, Historical Fiction, Non-Fiction and more! Sora has it all! Sora ebooks & audiobooks can be downloaded for free from Google Play and the Apple App store. The check out period is two weeks. After the loan period, items are automatically returned. Just go to the Sora website below, select Ross A. Lurgio School, and sign in with your school google account. Our school set up code is: nhssdcnh.
Check out Sora HERE
Any questions? Please contact your school librarian: detwilera@sau25.net
Watch the Sora info. video:
Also, students and teachers, check out our new Flipgrid video book reviews by our RAL teachers and students on our Library Flip Grid!
Sign in with your google email and password and watch our reviews of: Ghost by: Jason Reynolds, The Other Half of Happy by: Rebecca Balcarcel, and The Hobbit by: J.R.R. Tolkien
7th to 8th Grade Course Registration
It is time to register your student for their 8th grade classes. This presentation should help you navigate the registration process. Click [HERE] to view our step-by-step directions. If you would like to view the step-by-step directions in a video with instruction, click [HERE] to view. Over the next two weeks, please take a moment with your child to visit the class registration page in PowerSchool to officially select your courses.
Please note, teacher recommendations were made prior to remote learning. While this new learning environment has presented challenges for students, teachers, and alike, these challenges have not impacted the teacher recommendations.
Class registrations can be edited or changed until Monday, May 18, 2020. After that time, any changes will need to go through the Lurgio Guidance Office.
If you have any questions or concerns, you may speak to your child’s teachers and/or school counselor.
Yearbook Order Deadline Extended
We have GOOD NEWS!!! The yearbook company will be opening up orders again tomorrow, 5/9/20 and orders will be taken until Tuesday 5/12/20. Click [HERE] to order - cost is $31 and includes shipping to your home. All yearbooks, including those ordered to be shipped to school will be shipped directly to your home.
Recreational Facilities & Social Distancing
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.
BSD Breakfast and Lunch
There will be NO breakfast and lunch available on Memorial Day (Monday, May 25).
On school days, 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.
Attendance
Please be sure that students are checking in with their pod daily to show they are in attendance. If a student is unable to do remote work and will be absent, please call the Lurgio Main Office (603) 310-9100 or email at ralattendance@sau25.net to let us know.
Remote Learning Enrichment Corner
If you are all caught up on your work and looking for some fun activities, click here to navigate directly to a list of enrichment opportunities. This list was compiled by Ms. Rockwell, Mrs. Dennis, Mrs. Detwiler, and your teachers. We hope you find it fun and enjoyable.
Remote Learning Grading
With the Governor’s announcement that schools will remain remote for the remainder of this school year, there has been some discussion about whether we should go to a “pass/fail” model during remote learning. At Lurgio, we will not be taking this approach because of the nature of our competency grades. We completed nearly 3/4 of our academic year prior to the COVID-19 crisis and resulting remote learning environment. Those grades calculate into our Y5 yearly average grade and indicate progress towards achieving overall competency in our courses. We believe those Y5 grades are accurate even though we anticipate fewer quarter 4 grades than would be typical in a normal school year.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lurgio Guidance Corner
Our school counselors are here for you. If you have any concerns about your student, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.
The Lurgio Guidance Department has updated their website with many resources relating to physical wellbeing, mental health (including substance misuse) and community/state services. Please see our Website and Weekly Blog.
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
This week our literacy staff wants to highlight The Year We Fell From Space by Amy King.
PTG Corner
Happy Staff Appreciation Week
Although we couldn’t be together to celebrate, as Staff Appreciation Week comes to a close, we want to express our deepest appreciation for All Bedford School District Staff. All Bedford staff has been amazing in taking care of our kids in good times and in challenging times and for that we are grateful. We look forward to when we can all be together again to thank them in person. Thank you to all the families that contributed to our video shout out to BSD staff…PTG Teacher & Staff Appreciation Video
