March 30th Update: Springfield Public Schools is ready to welcome students on April 5th.
School reopening for families who have chosen in-person learning is right around the corner!
Find out all you need to know about safety measures and protocols in place to protect students
and staff.
On this page, there is a presentation with general return-to-school updates, a video on food production,
a reminder of visitor restrictions in school, a video on cleaning and disinfecting procedures and more.
Click here to view the presentation.
Kensington International School Families,
Here are two new documents you may find helpful. One is a revised version of the cohort schedule for hybrid learning.
The chart identifies which cohorts of students attend school in-person or remotely by date.
Families can contact their child’s school if they don’t know their cohort assignment.
Also attached is the Return to School Schedule.
Please click below to access these documents.
SPS Hybrid Cohort Schedule
Return to School Schedule by Student Group
A special letter from our school nurse:
Hello Kensington International Families,
As we plan to return to in person learning the Springfield Public School district
along with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education have encouraged
increased mitigation strategies for Covid-19. One method for this is pooled testing of
students to reduce exposure for asymptomatic individuals. You will be receiving consent forms
for symptomatic covid testing and pooled testing in the classrooms the forms through email,
postal mail and should be receiving a Connect-Ed phone call as a reminder. If you have any questions,
please contact our office. I look forward to coming back to school safely!
Judith Goldrick RN, BSN
School Nurse
Kensington International School
31 Kensington Ave
Springfield, Ma 01108
413-787-7522
Kensington School Families,
There are a couple of videos now available that focus on return-to-school topics.
One is an interview with Superintendent Warwick
and the other one talks about the cleaning and disinfecting that will take place in schools.
Kensington staff will continue outreach to families with more information that is specific to your child and their return to school or choice to remain remote.
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March 1, 2021 Update-
District releases videos where families may learn more about what an in-person learning school day will be like for students.
Distrito ofrese presentacion donde las families pueden aprender mas sobre como se vera el dia escolar de manera presencial
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Selection of Student Plan for Returning to School
Here is the link for families to complete the survey as soon as possible. Please remember to complete the survey for EACH of your children.
Their student ID is the same number they use to sign into their laptop.
https://web.springfieldpublicschools.com/CovidSchoolSurvey/ReturnSurvey.aspx
IMPORTANT INFORMATION on Getting Back to School Safely:
Families can expect the opportunity to send students back to school this spring if COVID-19 rates are low in the community and the school ventilation upgrades are all successfully completed.
A return-to-school plan would begin with the district’s highest need students being provided the opportunity to return to school at least a few days per week beginning on March 15th. The opportunity for the return of other students would proceed in stages by grade level on April 12th. The return-to-school plan is a hybrid model, where students will experience both in-person and remote learning models within a given week. A hybrid model will allow the district to observe social distancing rules since only half of the student body would be in the building at a time.
Even with the implementation of a hybrid back-to-school model, families will still have the option to allow their children to remain fully remote until the end of the school year.
The presentation below provides some information about the health and safety protocols that would be implemented for back-to-school.
Please click on this link to see the information shared in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Nepali, Somali, Arabic:
https://www.springfieldpublicschools.com/news/News/getting_back_to_school_safely
SCHOOLOGY: GRADES PREK-5TH- Click on the support you are looking for.
> How to Find & Complete an Assignment in Schoology.pdf
> How to Navigate Schoology (Student).pdf
> How to Send a Message in Schoology (Student).pdf
> How to Sign into Schoology (Student).pdf
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