The Buzz School Community News Issue #12

Have a safe holiday weekend! Gilbert School's fall semester starts on Tuesday, September 8

For the first week of the school year, students in Cohort A will report for in-person classes on Tuesday, Sept. 8 and Wednesday, Sept. 9. Students in Cohort B will report for in-person classes on Thursday, Sept. 10, and Friday, Sept. 11. All students, teachers, and staff must wear a mask when present in the school building! Attention parents: The Gilbert School wants you to help us with screening students for Coronavirus symptoms. Please screen your children before you send them to school! If they display ANY symptoms, please keep them home! Remote and hybrid learning will be part of this semester. We anticipate there may be some technological glitches. However, we will work on any solutions to any disruption to remote learning. We ask that you please be patient with us as we go through this unusual opening of school! The Gilbert School fully intends to deliver the best education to our students in this school year!

TGS COVID Assessment guide

Click here for The Gilbert School Health Services COVID Self Assessment Guide. A self assessment is a quick check on yourself that you do every morning to see if you exhibit any possible symptoms of COVID. It is designed to reduce the chance of spreading COVID to others. If you have any questions contact Kelli Gilbert RN BSN at [email protected] or Darlene Webb RN at [email protected] or call 860-379-8521 ext. 1441

Interim Guidance for the Use of Face Coverings in Schools during COVID-19

Universal source control, or the wearing of face coverings (masks) that completely cover the nose and mouth at all times by everyone when in public or any time a person is within 6 feet of someone not living in their household, has been the most important mitigation strategy implemented during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Click here to read the full story.

Interim Guidance for Responding to COVID-19 Scenarios in Connecticut School Districts

The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) and State Department of Public Health (DPH) have collaborated to provide school districts with guidance and protocols for responding to specific COVID-19 scenarios that may occur with school reopening for the 2020–21 school year. This guidance complements the Containment Plan (p. 23) requirement of Adapt, Advance, Achieve: Connecticut’s Plan to Learn and Grow Together, which instructs school districts to develop written protocols for containment and immediate response related to symptoms of, diagnosis of, or exposure to the virus. Click here to read the full story.

Public Health Indicators on COVID19 Data

Pulled from data.ct.gov and represent 7 day rolling average of cases (confirmed and suspected) as calculated by the daily data reported by towns to the Connecticut Department of Public Health. As of this week, Winchester is in "orange" - which means that the number of COVID-19 cases in town favors moving to hybrid learning. Click here to read the full story.

CIAC press release on football

Click here to view press release.

Main elevator being repaired

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the school building's main elevator is not functioning. It is continuing to be repaired and we are hoping the repair project will be completed soon. The Gilbert School will be contacting families who have children who are dependant on the elevator to work out virtual teaching arrangements for the beginning of the school year.

Roof repair project

A roof repair project for the school building is ongoing. Work on the project will continue while classes are in session next week. The project was originally scheduled to be finished before the new school year, but was delayed due to the storm and power outage in August. The project will be completed after the first week of school.

7th Grade Orientation

Here is a link for a slideshow that was presented at this week's 7th grade orientation.

Important informational videos for parents

Attention parents: please watch these videos which contains COVID specific information for parents at this link.

Athletic department's parents meeting

Parents of Students Who Want to Participate in Gilbert Sports On Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 5:30 p.m. the Gilbert Athletic Department will be holding their annual parents meeting. This will be a virtual meeting on the Zoom website. We will be discussing the Gilbert sports programs and what you need to know for your athlete to participate. We will also discuss the ever changing experience that is Covid-19 and how it is impacting sports here at Gilbert.   Click here to join the meeting This meeting is open to all parents. I look forward to seeing everyone there. If you have any questions please contact the Athletic Director at:  Buckley Morgan 860 379-3721 Email: [email protected]

TGS Supply list for students

Click here for a school supply list for TGS students

School bus routes

School bus routes for 2020-2021 are available at this link

Important information

The following important information pertaining to the fall 2020 reopening can be accessed via the following links: Back to School Letter Learning Models and Information Covid-19 Student Handbook Addendum

Travel advisory

Attention all parents and students and families taking trips outside of Connecticut this summer: The Gilbert School wants to remind you that if you travel to one of 33 locations on Connecticut's travel advisory list, when you come back to Connecticut you must self-quarantine for 14 days. You have to self-quarantine before the start of school. More details on the travel advisory, including updates, can be found at this link

Attention Gilbert Alumni! We want to stay in contact with you! Please fill out the form at this link so we can stay connected!

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