Lurgio News for May 7, 2021

 

LURGIO NEWS May 7, 2021

Dear Lurgio Families,

Over the course of this week and next we will celebrate both Teacher and Nurse Appreciation weeks. Given the year that we have all just endured, please join me in expressing genuine, heartfelt appreciation for the wonderful educators and nurses of Lurgio Middle School. 

Our fantastic teachers have risen to the challenge of remote, hybrid, and in-person learning with poise and professionalism that is truly extraordinary. They have adjusted their instruction to each new environment and worked diligently to engage their students. 

Our dedicated nurses, Ms. Chessie and Ms. Freedman, are ever kind and caring as they skillfully attend to our students and sometimes staff. With the ever changing landscape of the pandemic, they have been more needed than ever. 

Thank you teachers and nurses!

Ed

Parent Resources

Daily Health Screening for Students Quarantine Protocols/Flowchart

RAL Remote Parent Guide RAL Welcome & Orientation Video

Bedford Reopening Plan COVID-19 Schools Dashboard 

May 11 (Tue) - May 13 (Thurs)	NH-SAS Testing (Grade 7 & 8)
May 13 (Thurs)	BHS 8th to 9th Grade Information Night (see New News Item below)
May 14 (Fri)	Cardigan Trip Form/Fee Due Date (Grade 8)
May 19 (Wed)	NH-SAS Testing (Grade 8 Science)
May 21 (Fri)	Lurgio Tie Dye Event (see New News Item below)
May 24 (Mon) - May 27 (Thurs)	Mt. Cardigan Experience Trips (Grade 8)
May 31 (Mon)	Memorial Day (NO SCHOOL)

New News

 

8th Grade - Cardigan Mountain Trip - May 14 Deadline

We are excited to announce that registration is now open for the 2021 Cardigan Mountain Trip. As a reminder, this is an optional trip. You can register through FamilyID using this [LINK]. Even if you have already filled out the interest form we sent back in April, we still need you to register for the trip. Registration (and $35 fee) are due no later than May 14, 2021. Checks may be made payable to Lurgio Middle School. If your family needs assistance with this fee, please contact your student’s guidance counselor. 

8th Grade - Bedford High School Fall Sports Information

Please CLICK HERE for Summer/Tryout Information as well as Fall Sport Sign Ups!!! If you are on the fence between sports, please sign up for all that you are interested in. Any questions, please reach out to the athletic department at 603-310-9010 or email at parkerc@sau25.net

8th Grade - 9th Grade Parent Information Night - May 13

Please join the BHS Administration for their 8th Grade parent information night on May 13th. This year's event will be held in the BHS Theater (and live on BCTV) at 6:30pm.  This event will include some general information regarding the upcoming transition for your 8th grade student to BHS next fall. Masks required and please socially distance from other households.

NH Department of Education - ReKINDling Curiosity Camp Opportunity

The New Hampshire Department of Education is partnering with New Hampshire camps and school-age summer programs across the state to offer students the unique opportunity to move beyond COVID-19 and be a kid again. Students of all ages, backgrounds and abilities benefit from exposure to short-term summer enrichment programs, including in the areas of challenge, friend-making, positivity, and emotional safety. These are all things that New Hampshire camps and school-age programs do best. Visit http://rekindlingcuriosityeducation.nh.gov for more details.

Grades K-6 Masks & Recess

Beginning Monday, May 10th masks at recess will be OPTIONAL.

Rationale:

- State & County numbers are trending down and Bedford numbers are stable

- Recess is outdoors and allows for ample physical distancing

- All students self-screen prior to attending school and are therefore asymptomatic

- All employees who want to be vaccinated have had the opportunity to do so

- Per DHHS recommendations, we will continue to REQUIRE masks in the buildings.

- Team sports will continue to follow NHIAA protocols.

Reminders

 

Remote Students: NH-SAS State Testing

NH-SAS testing will occur on May 11, 12, 13 for students in grades 7 & 8 and May 19 for students in grade 8. Remote students are encouraged and invited to participate. Please see the following letter for more information.

Base Camp at Lurgio

WHO - Any students new to the district, upcoming 7th graders, remote students, nervous for the transition to RAL or 8th grade.

WHAT - Sign up to get more comfortable with Lurgio! We will be doing tours of the school, a school wide scavenger hunt, learning how to read our schedule, learn about clubs and activities and get to know other students!

WHERE - Lurgio Middle School

WHEN - Please keep an eye on your email for more information and links for registration after vacation. Lurgio Base Camp will be held on August 16 and 17 (9:00am-2:00pm).

CONTACT - Annalisa Sink (sinka@bedfordnhk12.net) and Linnea Hilchey (hilcheyl@bedfordnhk12.net

Remote Students: NH-SAS State Testing

NH-SAS testing will occur on May 11, 12, 13 for students in grades 7 & 8 and May 19 for students in grade 8. Remote students are encouraged and invited to participate. Please see the following letter for more information.

Health Office Reminder

As a reminder, symptoms of Covid-19 include the following:

-Fever or chills

-Cough,shortness of breath

-Sore throat, nasal congestion or runny nose

-Fatigue

-Muscle or body aches

-Headache

-New loss of taste or smell

-Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea

If your student experiences any of these symptoms due to a chronic health condition (including seasonal allergies) or side effects from medication they are prescribed, please provide an MD note stating such so your student is not excluded from school or asked to be tested unnecessarily fo COVID

Please have your student drop notes off at the nurse’s office, email them to chesssie@sau25.net or fax them to 472-5090.

Bedford in Bloom Virtual 5K

Student athletes at Bedford High School (Life of a Bulldog) and Lurgio Middle School (Life of a Lion) have teamed up to bring you a Virtual 5K known as Bedford in Bloom. Proceeds from this race benefit the Student Conservation Association. See THIS FLYER for more details and to see how you can register!

 

Updated Travel Guidelines Reminders

We wanted to update you all regarding the new travel guidelines that have been released from NH DHHS.  Any travel increases a person’s risk of getting infected and spreading Covid.  DHHS continues to discourage travel, and encourages post travel testing.  Here is the detailed information regarding DHHS travel guidance and here is the full NH COVID-19 Travel Guidance. Below are the highlights:

-Domestic travel within the US no longer requires quarantine upon return to NH (this includes domestic travel to US territories)

-Even though a person may not be required to quarantine after Domestic travel, the CDC does suggest that people seek testing 3-5 days after travel for asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection;  testing is recommended and helpful to identify positive cases- testing by  PCR is recommended. Your child may attend school while awaiting their PCR test for domestic travel if asymptomatic.

-International travel continues to require a 10 day quarantine, or a 7 day quarantine with a PCR test on day 6-7 with a negative test result. 

-Travel on a cruise ship also requires a 10 day quarantine, or a 7 day quarantine with a PCR test on day 6-7 with a negative test result. 

-Everyone who chooses to travel, regardless of vaccination status or prior immunity, should wear a well fitted, multi-layer face mask, physically distance (i.e. maintain at least 6 feet from other people), avoid large groups and gatherings, frequently sanitize hands, and self monitor for symptoms.

-If  your child is symptomatic after travel your child should isolate and get tested, and parents inform the school nurse.

Spring Sport Schedule

Please see our Weekly Athletic Schedule for updated information about practices and games for our spring teams. In the event of inclement weather, a call will be made by 1:00PM on the day of the event. The weekly schedule will be updated, coaches will communicate with families, 

In Writing Summer - 8th Grade Students

Eighth graders intending to take In Writing Enrichment or In Writing Hybrid Enrichment at BHS this summer need to register and pay for the course through the Summer Opportunities Website. Course dates, times, and fees are listed on the website and the registration form is linked on the left side of the site. If you have questions, please email Tara Cloutier, the BHS Summer School Coordinator, at cloutiert@sau25.ne

Lurgio Yearbook Now on Sale!

The 2020-2021 Lurgio Yearbook is on sale!! Online sales will be open until Thursday, May 20th. To Order Visit: http://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A01102488. Questions? Contact Donna Dennis dennisd@sau25.net or Jennifer Manley manleyj@sau25.net.

New Hampshire State Testing

This spring, Bedford students will participate in the New Hampshire state-wide assessments. Throughout the state, students in grades 3-8 and 11 take mathematics and English language arts exams. A science test is also given to students in grades 5, 8, and 11. For more information, please click this link. 

School Attendance

This is just a reminder that parents can email their student’s school attendance to ralattendance@bedfordnhk12.net. Parents of hybrid and remote students should report absences through this email address or by calling the school at 603.310.9100.

Destination Imagination - DONATE YOUR OLD SHOES, PURSES AND BAGS

Destination Imagination are having their special shoe/bag drive through Ecosmith Recyclers. From now until the end May, you can donate all your old paired shoes, boots, sneakers, heels, etc and your purses/bags too. (no flip flops or cleats).  Ecosmith no longer accept old shoes that cannot be reworn or broken zippers. It  is important that the special blue or green bags are used and these can be found in the school vestibule.  You can deposit the bags directly into the bin in the school parking lot. We would also like to remind you that clothing, fabrics, and stuffed animals can always be donated year round in this bin. As always, Bedford DI appreciates your support. For more info on where your donation goes, click here. 

 

Weekly Features

Enrichment Corner

Are you looking for a challenge? Do you have an interest or hobby you would like to explore in more depth? Let Ms. Rockwell, our enrichment coordinator, help! Check out her website below for more information about the enrichment opportunities offered at Lurgio. Just click on the “enrichment opportunities” tab and fill out the application to get started. 

Note: If you are interested in exploring some things on your own, check out the “resources” tab on the website.

All information can be found at the Lurgio Enrichment Corner

 

Guidance Corner

 

April is Alcohol Responsibility Month

• You’re with friends and they start drinking. They offer you a cup. What do you say?

• Your friends tell you you’re being lame when you refuse a drink. How do you react?

• You are at a party and you can tell someone is drinking. You think they might need help, but you’re afraid. What do you do?

• You are with friends and want to get away from an uncomfortable situation. How do you make your exit?

As you navigate these conversations with your children, consider these two resources for strategies and ideas.  Responsibility.org and Asklistenlearn.org

 

Weekend Lunch Bags

The Food Pantry at Bedford Presbyterian Church provides our school with free weekend lunch bags for students who are facing hunger or food insecurity. Please contact our Guidance Secretary, Lisa Mullen, for this confidential aid.

Library Corner

Happy Spring!  We are looking for your ideas and feedback.  What new books would you like to see available in the library?  Share your ideas here on this google form. This form is also available on the library website!

 

Tech Corner

As students begin to come back to school daily, it is important they remember to charge their chromebooks nightly and bring them to school daily!!  Please remember there are no loaners for students to use if they forget their chromebook at home.

Students are reminded to come to the Tech Corner in the back of the Media Center if they are having issues with their chromebooks when they are in school. Any technical issues that occur for remote students or those students who are quarantined, we ask you to fill out the BSD Help Desk Ticket.

Book Buzz

Wonderful to have Booked for Breakfast in person Thursdays in the Media Center 8:00-8:30 in addition to our remote offerings. PTG has generously provided for author Wendelin Van Draanen's Zoom presentations in May so we discussed her books at Books for Breakfast.

First up is Wild Bird.

3:47 a.m. That’s when they come for Wren Clemmens. She’s hustled out of her house and into a waiting car, then a plane, and then taken on a forced march into the desert. This is what happens to kids who’ve gone so far off the rails, their parents don’t know what to do with them anymore. This is wilderness therapy camp. Eight weeks of survivalist camping in the desert. Eight weeks to turn your life around. Yeah, right. The Wren who arrives in the Utah desert is angry and bitter, and blaming everyone but herself. But angry can’t put up a tent. And bitter won’t start a fire. Wren’s going to have to admit she needs help if she’s going to survive.

Next up is Flipped.

The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. That was the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh. Juli says: “My Bryce. Still walking around with my first kiss.” He says: “It’s been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfort.” But in the eighth grade everything gets turned upside down: just as Bryce is thinking that there’s maybe more to Juli than meets the eye, she’s thinking that he’s not quite all he seemed. This is a classic romantic comedy of errors told in alternating chapters by two fresh, funny voices.

We also invite you to check out The Running Dream.

When Jessica is told she’ll never run again, she puts herself back together—and learns to dream bigger than ever before. The acclaimed author of Flipped delivers a powerful and healing story. Jessica thinks her life is over when she loses a leg in a car accident. She’s not comforted by the news that she’ll be able to walk with the help of a prosthetic leg. Who cares about walking when you live to run? As she struggles to cope, Jessica feels that she’s both in the spotlight and invisible. People who don’t know what to say act like she’s not there. Jessica’s embarrassed to realize that she’s done the same to a girl with CP named Rosa. A girl who is going to tutor her through all the math she’s missed. A girl who sees right into the heart of her. With the support of family, friends, a coach, and her track teammates, Jessica may actually be able to run again. But that’s not enough for her now. She doesn’t just want to cross finish lines herself—she wants to take Rosa with her.

Are graphic novels appealing to you? Check these winners out.

First up is Estranged by Ethan Aldridge:

Rising star author-illustrator Ethan M. Aldridge delivers a fantasy adventure with all the makings of a classic. Illustrated with over two-hundred pages of watercolor paintings, this epic graphic novel is perfect for fans of Amulet. Edmund and the Childe were swapped at birth. Now Edmund lives in secret as a changeling in the World Above, his powers hidden from his unsuspecting parents and his older sister, Alexis. The Childe lives among the fae in the World Below, where being a human makes him a curiosity at the royal palace. But when the cruel sorceress Hawthorne seizes the throne, the Childe and Edmund must unite on a dangerous quest to save both worlds—even if they’re not sure which world they belong to.

Next is Beetle and the Hollow Bones by Aliza Layne:

In the eerie town of ‘Allows, some people get to be magical sorceresses, while other people have their spirits trapped in the mall for all ghastly eternity. Then there’s twelve-year-old goblin-witch Beetle, who’s caught in between. She’d rather skip being homeschooled completely and spend time with her best friend, Blob Glost. But the mall is getting boring, and B.G. is cursed to haunt it, tethered there by some unseen force. And now Beetle’s old best friend, Kat, is back in town for a sorcery apprenticeship with her Aunt Hollowbone. Kat is everything Beetle wants to be: beautiful, cool, great at magic, and kind of famous online. Beetle’s quickly being left in the dust. But Kat’s mentor has set her own vile scheme in motion. If Blob Ghost doesn’t escape the mall soon, their afterlife might be coming to a very sticky end. Now, Beetle has less than a week to rescue her best ghost, encourage Kat to stand up for herself, and confront the magic she’s been avoiding for far too long. And hopefully ride a broom without crashing.

And finally, we have Beetle and the Hollow Bones by Aliza Layne:

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Yoon Ha Lee's space opera about thirteen-year-old Min, who comes from a long line of fox spirits. But you’d never know it by looking at her. To keep the family safe, Min’s mother insists that none of them use any fox-magic, such as Charm or shape-shifting. They must appear human at all times. Min feels hemmed in by the household rules and resents the endless chores, the cousins who crowd her, and the aunties who judge her. She would like nothing more than to escape Jinju, her neglected, dust-ridden, and impoverished planet. She’s counting the days until she can follow her older brother, Jun, into the Space Forces and see more of the Thousand Worlds. When word arrives that Jun is suspected of leaving his post to go in search of the Dragon Pearl, Min knows that something is wrong. Jun would never desert his battle cruiser, even for a mystical object rumored to have tremendous power. She decides to run away to find him and clear his name. Min’s quest will have her meeting gamblers, pirates, and vengeful ghosts. It will involve deception, lies, and sabotage. She will be forced to use more fox-magic than ever before, and to rely on all of her cleverness and bravery. The outcome may not be what she had hoped, but it has the potential to exceed her wildest dreams. This sci-fi adventure with the underpinnings of Korean mythology will transport you to a world far beyond your imagination.

Maybe you can enjoy one of these books during SAS testing!

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