Mr. Yannuzzi's 5th Grade Instrumental Students are ROCKING OUT! Using flipgrid, Mr. Yannuzzi and his students are practicing "TOGETHER"! Come Rock Out With US!! If you are in 5th grade, check out Mr. Yannuzzi's Google Classroom to join in the fun! https://flipgrid.com/+yannuzzi0093
During this period of school closures, it is critical that students and their families stay home as much as possible. If you leave your home, it is essential to follow social distancing guidelines by avoiding crowds, canceling social gatherings, and maintaining a safe separation of at least 6 feet from others. Keeping your distance from others will not only help reduce the spread of COVID-19 but can also help protect your family members from getting sick. We know this is a difficult time and we want to make sure students can stay connected. While we know that many students will want to spend this time with friends it is important that you do not gather together but rather find other ways to connect such as social media, face-time, etc. This is a great time to clean out your closets, walk your dog, read a book, or go for a bike ride. You do not have to stay indoors. It is okay to go outside, however, regardless of the activities there should not be any large groups hanging out together. If a few students wanted to go outside and hang out together it should be with activities that still allow for social distancing. During this time social distancing is important to protect not only you but also your family, elders and others around you. Saratoga County Office of Public Health
Any student needing to get materials to arrive at your school by noon today. After that point, any and all visitors must call their building secretary to request an appointment.
Red Raider Community: The District is continually meeting to improve our methods of providing food service to our students. We have decided that we will produce AND DELIVER breakfast and lunch meals to all children in our community. Meals will be delivered on the regular bus runs each day. Meals will be prepackaged and left at your doorstep. NO one will need to physically accept the delivery. We will be adding a bus run for the students who walk to school. In addition, for tomorrow and every Monday during the cancelation of classes, packets of school work will be delivered to each home. Additionally, assignments will be posted on our district website by grade level for elementary students and by subject/teacher for middle and high school students. If you have youth in your household that are Pre-K or any up to the age of 18 that you would like meals for, PLEASE notify our Food Services Director so we send enough. If you choose NOT TO ACCEPT meal delivery, and OPT OUT, please contact Deb, The Food Service Director at 518-450-4085 or via email at dmackey@mechanicville.org Beginning soon, we will implement new procedures for building access. Our nursing staff will be stationed at one point of entry to log all persons entering our buildings. At entry you will be logged in, your temperature will be taken by Non Contact Forehead Infrared Thermometer. Any person presenting a temperature will not be allowed to enter the building. We will begin logging names immediately, the thermometers should arrive by COB Tuesday. Reminder to all students and families - the work is practice and enrichment. Students will have an opportunity to make up missed assignments or previous assessments where they did not perform well. PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY!!! My best, Bruce #OneMechanicville
Charter Communications says that as part of the effort to help people deal with impacts of coronavirus, it will offer free Spectrum broadband and Wi-Fi access for 60 days to households with K-12 and/or college students who do not already have a Spectrum broadband subscription at any service level up to 100 Mbps. Charter will partner with school districts to ensure local communities are aware of these tools to help students learn remotely. To enroll you can call 1-844-488-8395. Charter says that installation fees will be waived for new student households. For eligible low-income households without school-aged children, Charter continues to offer Spectrum Internet Assist, a low-cost broadband program delivering speeds of 30 Mbps.
Official communication from the Mechanicville City School District regarding the Coronavirus can be found on our website, under 'District' and the first drop down is 'MCSD Coronavirus Information'. https://www.mechanicville.org/domain/350
