Virtual Back to School Night October 14, 2020 - 6pm

Virtual Open House

Please visit each school's homepage or click on the links below to visit your child's teacher in our Virtual Open House!

All Remote/Hybrid students should visit their McKinley Avenue teacher’s webpage to access their Google Classroom information before the first day of school. 

3^rd Grade Remote

Mrs. Brady

Ms. Hildebrandt

3^rd Grade Hybrid

Mrs. Becker

4^th Grade Remote

Mrs. DeFilippis

Ms. Shan

4^th Grade Hybrid

Mrs. Altman

3^rd/4^th Remote

Mrs. Beauchemin

Mrs. Simon

3^rd/4^th Hybrid

Ms. Reilley

Cohort Clarifications

 Five Day In-Person Instruction

• If your child is in Cohort A (Blue)
  • On the first day of school---students report to the homeroom
  • For the rest of the school year
    • On the blue days noted in the calendar below---students report to the homeroom
    • On the yellow days noted in the calendar below---students report to the common area
  • If your child is in Cohort B (Yellow)
    • On the first day of school---students report to the common area
    • For the rest of the school year
      • On the yellow days noted in the calendar below---students report to the homeroom
      • On the blue days noted in the calendar below---students report to the common area

Hybrid Instruction

• If your child is enrolled in the Hybrid Plan and is in Cohort A (Blue)
  • On the first day of school---students report to the homeroom
  • For the rest of the school year
    • On the blue days noted in the calendar below---students report to the homeroom
    • On the yellow days noted in the calendar below---students work remotely from home and meet with the Hybrid Remote teacher (via Google Classroom/Google Meet)
  • If your child is enrolled in the Hybrid Plan and is in Cohort B (Yellow)
    • On the first day of school--- students work remotely from home and meet with the Hybrid Remote teacher (via Google Classroom/Google Meet)
    • For the rest of the school year
      • On the yellow days noted in the calendar below---students report to the homeroom
      • On the blue days noted in the calendar below---students work remotely from home and meet with the Hybrid Remote teacher (via Google Classroom/Google Meet)

 Self-Contained Instruction

• If your child is in a self-contained class
  • On the first day of school---students report to the homeroom
  • For the rest of the school year
    • Students report to the homeroom on all blue and yellow days

Remote Instruction

• If your child is enrolled in the Remote Plan
  • On the first day of school---students meet with the Remote Teacher (via Google Classroom/Google Meet)
• For the rest of the school year
  • Students meet with the Remote Teacher (via Google Classroom/Google Meet) on all blue and yellow days

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 Click here for the McKinley Avenue Common Area Teacher Assignments.

Parent Drop-Off/Pick-Up Procedures

Early Pick-Ups:

• In accordance with COVID restrictions, we encourage parents not to pick up their child(ren) between the hours of 1:15 pm and 2:15 pm unless it is for an emergency.  We encourage you to schedule appointments outside of the school day.  You must send a note in with your child stating that you will be picking him/her up early that day and state the time of pick up.  
• Parents are to park in our parking lot and come to the building's main entrance where you will be asked to show proper identification prior to your child being dismissed.
• If a note is not sent in, please be sure to call the main office at 978.5700 x1134 prior to 1:00 pm (prior to 11:00 am early dismissal days) informing us.  Do not call or email your child's teacher.  (If a teacher is not present that day, substitutes/main office personnel cannot access the teacher's voicemail and email.)

Daily Arrival Procedures:

• Due to COVID restrictions, all students must be dropped off via the car line. No students may be walked up to the building.
• Cars should not enter the front loop to drop off students before 8:13 am. A safety officer and/or staff member will signal when cars may begin dropping off students.
• When dropping off students, please pull your vehicle up as far as possible. Children must exit the vehicle out of the passenger side doors.  At no time should a parent drive around stopped vehicles.
• At the beginning of this school year, staff members will direct students to an area at the back of the school building where they will meet up with their homeroom/common area teachers. For safety and security reasons, parent(s)/guardian(s) are not permitted in this area.

Daily Dismissal Procedures (Parent Pick-Up):

• Parent(s)/Guardian(s) are reminded to park in the parking lots, not in the front loop.
• Students ending the day in a common area will be walked back to an area near their homeroom class for dismissal.
• As a reminder, all adults picking up children must have the proper photo identification with them at all times (i.e. driver’s license, passport). Children will not be released if the required identification is not presented.
• No parent(s)/guardian(s) will be permitted into the building.
• For safety reasons, students will not be available for pick up between 1:45 pm and 2:15 pm.
• Children assigned to the following Connector classrooms (Rechenberg, Banach, Adanatzian, Haldenwang) or the following West Wing classrooms (Mikuletzky, St. Germain, Paola, Hawes, Dreher, Eck’Art, Reese) should be picked up at Door #1.
• Children assigned to the following East Wing classrooms (Stivala, Buck, Cheeseman, Berardo, Dillon, Nicoletti, Christ) should be picked up at Door #27.
• Children assigned to the following East Wing classrooms (Davis, Ruggiero, Nelson, Bodziak, Brandt) should be picked up at Door #26.

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 Mustang News...

Welcome back to another exciting school year!  I hope that everyone had the opportunity to enjoy time spent with family and friends during the summer break.  Everyone has been busy getting the building ready for the first day of school on September 8, 2020.  I look forward to getting to know the students and families of those new to our building and catching up with those returning to our school. The most exciting part of September is that all of us have a chance to make a fresh start as we greet a new school year.  Welcome back to all! 

Mrs. Hoffman