Hello JGW Families,
As we move toward our new “remote learning” schedule starting Monday, April 6th, here is a message from staff about what to expect:
GRADE 5:
Ms. MacDonald: Math and science : Assignments will be posted on Monday and due on Friday. Log into Google Classroom and read through the expectations. A video lesson will be posted, along with accompanying assignments. email:
jamie.macdonald@haverhill-ps.org
Mr. Marinella: I’m using google classroom for both of my classes. History- Since we did not meet everyday in school, i am not doing daily assignments. Instead I am putting up longer, research based projects on that should take some time to complete and keep them busy. English- I am posting a few days week (maybe 2 readings, and a discussion/writing piece) , reminding students to continue to read and journal using google or just regular notebooks. I am also adding reading assignments with questions, and practice MCAS-type assignments, and readworks. I added all my parents to their kids google classroom so they can get updates on info and assignments being posted. Parents and students, are encouraged to email or comment on the assignment with any questions or concerns. I am using readings, and videos to supplement material that would otherwise be direct instruction. A lot of students and parents have been in contact which is great, I just am reminding them to check the google classroom a few times a week for each class to see what is needed.
Ms. Sanguedolce: Hello! I have set up a Google Classroom to provide my classwork, and I’ll be using Google Meets on Mondays to introduce the work for the week. I will meet with each color group separately. You will receive an invite for those virtual meetings. During our first meeting, I will go over the expectations for the meetings and the school work. I will assign all work on Monday, and it will be due on Friday. The students can work on it daily or in chunks. There will also be extra work posted for anyone needing additional challenges. Office hours are available everyday for anyone needing extra help. Please email me with any specific questions or concerns. Stay safe, happy, and healthy!
Mrs. Simes: We will continue our Google Meets, please make sure that your student checks “Stream” on Google Classroom for the times and link information. Assignments for the week are organized within the “Week of 4/6.” Students are continuing working on creating their poetry portfolios from our “live” meets. Using their knowledge of figurative language/literary devices, they are reading and analyzing different poems; looking at the poem’s structure and rhythm, how the title relates to the poem, understanding the speaker’s point of view, addressing the mood and tone, paraphrasing the poem, and identifying the theme. Students have created a limerick poem, an acrostic poem, and a poem with onomatopoeia. Students are reading “The Great Gilly Hopkins” and are completing writing tasks (comprehension questions, identifying figurative language, summarizing, et. al.) related to each chapter read. Also, students have also been told about journaling about their life during this unprecedented time. We have talked about primary sources in class and their journals could be primary sources for future generations.
Ms. Lees: Miss Lees in fifth grade will be with Mr. Marinella and Mrs. Simes for ELA and with Mrs. Sanguedolce and Ms. MacDonald for Math – Orange and Purple groups. If students and their parents of her small groups would like to set up weekly phone appointments to check in, she will be sending out emails to schedule them this week. She is available in Google Classroom for questions about ELA, Math, and Social Studies to support all assignments. Just email your questions through Google. Resource pages for educational websites and supports have been emailed and are available upon request. Students who have a Lexia Account should be working on their reading skills 45 to 60 minutes per week (10 – 15 minutes a day). This is an ongoing weekly assignment and students will be given credit for their work with Lexia. — I wish we were all in school together but we’ll stay connected through our on-line classrooms.
GRADE 6:
Mr. Taylor: Red and orange group ela- Assignments are posted in google classroom in the classwork section. There are also messages posted in the stream for students to access as far as where they can find assignments. I’ve added a new website, noredink.com, to help work on some writing. The class codes for the different groups have been posted in the stream. Yellow and orange group social studies – no work is being posted yet. Keep watching the news to stay updated on the current global situation. Some geography work will be posted within the next couple of days.
Ms. Sargent: Hello. Starting Monday I will be sending work via email to all the email addresses I have. My list has been updated so if you do not receive anything please email me to let me know and I will add you. I will also be using Google Classroom Google Calendar and having Google Meets. If your child has questions on anything that I send out I would ask that he/she email me. If you would rather a call please e-mail the question along with a phone number and I will get back to you.
Ms. Delong: We will be working in the Google Classroom in both Science and Social Studies. In Science we will be taking a look at cells and working on materials from Stemscopes. In Social Studies, we will be starting an Ancient Civilization research project. Students will also be continuing to write in their COVID-19 journals. My office hours are Monday-Friday from 12-1pm, and I am always available via email.
Mrs. Rubera: To help students learn, I will be using the following:
- G Suite (on the HPS Launchpad)
- Google Classroom
- Google Meet
- Google Calendar
- ClassLink (on the HPS Launchpad)
- jrubera.wordpress.com (my website/blog)
To communicate with families, I send out a weekly e-mail on Sunday night with an overview for the week. That e-mail is also included on my website/blog, jrubera.wordpress.com. You can subscribe to my website/blog to receive a notification every time I post, or you can e-mail me at jrubera@haverhill-ps.org so I can add you to the family contact list. Families can also follow me on instagram: @jrubera10, Twitter: @jrubera, or TikTok: @j.rubera for fun ways to stay connected.
Mrs. Aylward: Next week as we start remote learning, we are going to get back to where we were when all of this started. For reading, we are going to get back into reading Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, with a focus on the hero’s journey and figurative language. For writing, since it is National Poetry Month, we will, of course, be writing some amazing poetry!
Mrs. Guisti: Mrs. Guisti is working with the grade 6 teachers to be informed of all classroom assignments in order to work with any students that receive services from her or from support staff. Mrs. Guisti, Ms. Blanchette, and Ms. Cronin will be available to adjust/modify assignments in order to meet students needs. Mrs. Guisti will also be working with small groups of students via Google meet and during office hours to review and reinforce skills as well as to clarify assignments. Mrs. Guisti is also offering online reading programs for her students who have been using these all year as well as students who wish to try online reading programs to reinforce reading skills. For Mrs. Guisti’s small ELA groups that see Ms. Aylward, Mrs. Guisti has set up a google classroom in order to assign work on the novel Holes that the students did not complete prior to school closing. Please reach out to Mrs. Guisti with any questions or concerns at
nancy.guisti@haverhill-ps.org.
GRADE 7:
Mrs. Trombly: Mrs. Trombly.‘s math classes will have 2 to 3 assignments per week. They will be posted all on Google classroom with reminders sent through the Remind app and email. Assignments will be posted in varying ways. Some weeks they will be posted Monday to be finished by Friday at 1 PM, some weeks they will be posted daily. All assignments will be due regardless by Friday’s At 1 PM. If anybody has any questions or any concerns please feel free to email me or message me at anytime. All work will be passed in via Google classroom or you may take a picture of it and email it to me or send it via the Remind app. at 1 PM. If anybody has any questions or any concerns please feel free to email me or message me at anytime. All work will be passed in via Google classroom or you may take a picture of it and email it to me or send it via the Remind app.
I will be using Google meets And pre-recorded lessons to help students with any concerns they may have. Office hours will be 1 PM Monday through Thursday. Students may contact me at anytime the way they already have been if they have any questions. and pre-recorded lessons to help students with any concerns they may have. Office hours will be 1 PM Monday through Thursday. Students may contact me at anytime the way they already have been if they have any questions.
Mr. LeGrand: I’m using Google Classroom and Google Meet for all my classes. Students are expected to continue working on iReady and complete other assignments from my Google Classroom. All announcements, assignments and assessments will be found in my Google Classroom. I will share with my students different ways of getting in contact with me if they have any questions or need help completing their assignments. Please have your child check their Google Classroom daily. You can email me if you have any questions:
wlegrand@haverhill-ps.org
Ms. Marciano: Every Monday, parents will receive a Newsletter that highlights what students are working on for the week. There will be a task list posted on Google Classroom for students – this will be posted every Monday by 9am. Student are to work through that task list in that specific order. There will be task numbers, assignment names/expectations, due dates and specifics on how to turn in each assignment on the task list. Assignments are expected to be turned in by 1pm on the specific due dates. Students need to make sure they read the directions clearly for every assignment. Ms. Marciano will have “office hours” where she is available for emails/calls/extra help – these office hours will take place Monday-Thursday from 12:00-1:00pm.
Ms. DiGloria: All grade 7 Social Studies work will be posted to Google Classroom. There will be 2-3 assignments per week with posted due dates. Ms. DiGloria will be using FlipGrid to walk students through how to use different websites and how to complete assignments, so they can watch videos to help them. She will have “office hours” most days for students to ask questions live, but is always available by email and if students post on the Google Classroom “stream” – there will be a post for every assignment so students can ask questions. All work will ALSO be communicated via email. If you are NOT receiving Ms. DiGloria’s weekly emails (sent on Mondays), please reach out ASAP:
krista.digloria@haverhill-ps.org.
Mrs. Berthiaume: Starting Monday, April 6, 7 Red, 7 Orange, and 7 Yellow ELA classes will on Google Classroom. If you have questions, please email me. We will be using the myOn app, which is accessed through the launchpad. I will have instructions for you if you haven’t used it before.
Mrs. MacKinnon: Hello 7th grade families. I have set up my google classroom and will be using that to post assignments, daily agendas, and online and classroom discussions. We will continue using stemscopes and will be reiterating skills from the past couple weeks. Our two main topics will be geoscience processes and natural hazards. Geoscience process will be due by this Friday, April 10th. And the natural hazards will be due by next Friday April 17th. For those that have finished both assignments already, I will be posting supplemental work to count as extra credit.
Please stay safe and healthy
Ms. Bilmazes: Looking forward to interacting with everyone tomorrow! Please follow the schedule listed for Mrs. Berthiaume and Mrs. Trombly. I am part of their Google classrooms. Any questions, please email me.
cbilmazes@haverhill-ps.org
GRADE 8:
Mr. Blaustein: I hope this finds you as safe and well as can be under the current conditions! As I am sure you have heard Haverhill Public Schools is officially rolling out remote learning as of Monday, April 6, 2020. What this means for my classes is the following:
ELA- Blue/Yellow- Assignments and communications will take place in the Google classrooms I have set up. We will be reading “The Outsiders”, a digital copy will be made available to students on line. I will post assignments on Mondays and Thursdays. All Assignments are credit/no credit. My ELA office Hours are M 11-12, Wednesday 11-12, Friday 11-12. If questions arise, you may send me an e mail to arrange a phone call.
Civics- Red/Purple- Assignments are loaded into the McGraw Hill cue in Blocks I will put smaller or “chunked” assignments in the Google classrooms have set up for these groups But you will work through the McGraw Hill cue. All assignments in the cue are open until 6/23/2020and are credit/no credit. I will be assigning new material from Chapter 5 the Legislative Branch, however students are encouraged to complete chapter 4. My Civics office hours are Tuesday 12-1, and Thursday 12-1. If any questions arise, you may send me an e mail to arrange a phone call.
Mr. Harris: Mr. Harris will be moving his classes onto Google Classroom. Students should already be loaded into the classes, and can access the google classroom through the G Suite on the HPS launchpad. If there are any questions, issues, or concern please email me at
jharris@haverhill-ps.org Math assignments will be a mix of videos, practice problems, and writing assignments. Please do your best to show your work, and submit work through the google classroom or via email. Some assignments will still be through the iReady platform – these will still be posted/updated on google classroom. Civics assignments will be a mix of reading and videos, with written assignments. Please do your best work, submitting assignments through google classroom. Some assignments may be given through our online platform – these will still be posted/updated on google classroom. I will be holding “office hours” throughout the week and will post notice and links to those hours on the google classroom. I will also be available via email.
Mr. Lewis: Mr. Lewis’s ELA class will be held on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 11-12. All assignments will be posted via Google Classroom by 10 am. Given the circumstances we are currently all experiencing, we will begin our remote learning by reading The Outsiders! Assignments will focus around guided reading questions, character analysis, and creative writing. My office hours will be Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9-10am. I will send out a Google Hangout invite via my Classroom stream 10-15 minutes before the scheduled office hours. If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at
mlewis@haverhill-ps.org
Ms. Deblasis: Tomorrow we will be moving to a remote learning model for school. I will be continuing to send you email updates with any work I will be assigning. I will also be setting up a Google Classroom for students to access, as well. I will be available through Google Meets on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 12:00-1:00.
I will also be available from 1:00-2:00 on Wednesday for office hours. As always, you can reach me at anytime with questions or concerns via email. Thank you very much for your understanding and patience as move into this new phase of learning.
Mr. Yanoff: My class just finished a project on quadratics and they are working to finish our book so we are ready if there is district final. We have been meeting through google meet and classroom three times a week and probably daily soon. I have met with some students individually when they need extra help.
Ms. Brown:Ms. Brown, Ms. Coffin and Ms. Kaiser, will be co-teaching in grade 8 Google classrooms. We plan on using Google Meets, if a grade 8 special education or ESL student needs more 1:1 assistance with assignments. We would like to request that your child, or yourself, email us at
kbrown1@haverhill-ps.org,
scoffin@haverhill-ps.org and
m.kaiser@haverhill-ps.org If you would like to receive a phone call, please email us with your questions, along with a phone number, and we will plan to get back to you. Ms. Brown’s office hours will be on M,W,F from 1-2.
Mrs. Kaiser: Greeting to all my students! I hope you’re doing well as you navigate your online learning! As you continue to work from home, I encourage you to keep some kind of journal or record of your daily experiences. This historic period of time will be remembered for many years to come, and someday you may want to look back on these days from your eighth grade perspectives, through your own personal stories and accounts. I know you will all be busy with your class assignments, but when you’re ready for a study break, consider taking a virtual field trip or two: Travel west to Monterey, California to check out the Penguin live cam at the Monterey Bay Aquarium,
https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams/penguin-cam/ or head south to Baltimore, Maryland to experience the Blacktip Reef Exhibit at The National Aquarium,
https://www.aqua.org/Experience/live These are just a couple ways to virtually connect with nature. The live cams are “the next best thing to being there”! Take care, and keep up the good work!
SPECIALISTS:
GYM-Mr. Demarais: I will be using google classroom to send a variety of fitness workout challenges to the students to hopefully keep them active. They will also be getting informational posters that will demonstrate proper techniques as well as a weekly calendar to help track their cardiovascular fitness workouts. As I become more familiar with this technology and what it can do I will be expanding on our challenges.
SUPPORT STAFF:
Mrs. Vlahos: School Counseling Update
Students & families Grades 5-8: As we continue to navigate through these difficult times together please know that the I am available to connect with students and families. I continue to be available by email (jvlahos@haverhill-ps.org), please do not hesitate to reach out. I will also begin to hold office hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 930-11am.
8th Grade Specific Information: Any 8th grade student that has applied to a high school or high school program, has likely heard regarding the admission decision. If you are still waiting to hear from a high school to which you have applied I expect you will be hearing from those schools/programs in the very near future.
Over the next couple weeks, I will be working with 8th grade students on course selections. All 8th grade students and families are to complete the Google form (in the links below – English and Spanish available) regarding high school plans & course selections by April 17th.
Finally, I have created a Google Classroom for 8th grade students to maintain communication during this closure and update students on all 8th grade School Counseling related information as we transition into the Spring. The class code is: bmsppfo.
Stay healthy and be well.
Student Adjustment Counselor-Mrs. Midolo: I have sent out an email to all of my students and families with office hours and scheduled times for individual and group sessions. Please continue to encourage your child to access my google classroom page as I post new material daily. As always, if you have any questions or concerns you can reach me through email or through the REMIND APP. Thanks!
STUDENT SUPPORT CENTER- Mrs. Greenwood: The SSC Google classroom is up and running! Students check your email for the link and click! Ms Greenwood and Ms Christine look forward to being in touch with everyone and getting through this together!
Literacy Coach/Interventionist-Mrs. Forrest: Hello Families and Students! This is Mrs. Forrest, your Literacy Coach and Interventionist at JGW. In an effort to get back to “normal” as much as possible, I’d like you to encourage you to please take some time each day to read, write and practice your literacy skills.
We have a wonderful new resource in Haverhill called myON, which includes thousands of books for you to read. Your classroom teachers will be linking this resource to their Google Classrooms and in the very near future we will be creating assignments for you in myON. You can also access myON through ClassLink.
In the meantime, please feel free to reach out to me with any questions you may have about reading and writing at stephanie.forrest@haverhill-ps.org. Please stay safe and be well and I look forward to seeing you all again soon!
Speech/Language-Ms. O: I am excited to be returning to Whittier as the Speech-Language Pathologist starting next week! I know this is a difficult and stressful time for many, and I look forward to working together to support our students. I will be reaching out to many of you over the next week, as well as creating a Google classroom with specific assignments and resources for students who receive Speech services.
In the meantime, I want to refer you to an excellent list of fun resources for home practice in a number of areas which the Speech and OT departments have compiled. Please refer to this list, try out some activities and let me know if you have any questions or suggestions!
Middle School Speech activities:
I also strongly encourage families to please reach out to me directly if you have any question about your child’s Speech services or needs, or I can provide any support to you at this time.
I look forward to connecting soon!
TITLE 1 News: During this time home, this is an opportunity to create a time capsule. A time capsule is a great way for families to capture a time in history. Attached are some ideas of what you can include in your time capsule. Please contact Jean Sargent (
jsargent@haverhill-ps.org) or Jen Rubera (
jrubera@haverhill-ps.org) with any questions.
