Dear Families,
As I noted in my Friday evening email, the Ivymount 2019-20 school calendar has been updated to reflect changes due to the COVID-19 situation. Please review the
updated calendar
. We will be making up the missed days by making the next two professional days school days, adding one day to the beginning or end of Spring Break and extending the school year to June 19.
Our programs are not providing remote instruction during the 10 days we are off. Any materials you received from your programs are voluntary and intended to be helpful. In addition to what you may have received from your programs, we are adding more resources to the Ivymount family portal. We also plan to help you sort through the many resources being shared on social media, including companies providing apps and internet products for free. Your directors will share these with you as these resources become available.
We know two weeks at home is a long time for you and your family, especially with activities canceled. Our recommendation is to set a
schedule
for your child that includes
daily routines
(chores such as making bed, dishes),
scheduled meal times
,
structured activities
(i.e. academic content from your programs, academic apps), s
cheduled recreation activities
(i.e. daily hike, dog walk, electronic game time) and
social time
(i.e. interactive game, FaceTime call with a friend from school, parallel play, family hike). Don't forget to check our
Facebook page
for the IvyMoves videos and resources previously shared.
We will continue to update families by email about COVID-19. All communications will also be posted to the
COVID-19
page of the Ivymount website. To date, Ivymount, Maddux and Outreach Programs have had no reported cases of individuals with symptoms or exposure. We will share any information with you as it becomes available. We ask that you notify us at
studentcovidreport@ivymount.org
if you or someone in your household has been exposed to the virus or has been tested positive for the virus. This email will come directly to me and student/family privacy will be maintained.
While the region has been focused on virus news and planning, last week, staff and students at Ivymount also continued with engaging educational instruction as always. See below for photos of some of the ways that students celebrated Read Across America month and Pi Day.
During the closure period, IvyNotes will not be published. Please look for your next IvyNotes on April 5.
Sincerely,
Susan Holt
Executive Director
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All Ivymount Campus Events Canceled Until We Return on March 30
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Guest Reader Brings Books to Life
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Last week,
guest reader
Raven Wilkes, from local theater group Only Make Believe, visited Ivymount as a guest reader in celebration of Read Across America Month.
Ivymount elementary and middle school students from Autism, MAP and MLN listened as she read
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever
,
My Pet Book
,
Hello Lighthouse
,
Little Brown
, and
Potato
.
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This year’s Read Across America theme features authors and settings
from different regions of the United States. For example, children's literature includes
Pecos Bill
from the Southwest, and
Stuart Little
from the Northeast.
It also includes Postcard Art depicting the various states made in Ms. Prati’s art classes.
In the library, students were invited to borrow and read a collection of seven titles representing various states.
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MLN Students Celebrate Pi Day
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March 14 marked Pi Day, an annual celebration of the mathematical sign pi. March 14 was selected because the numerical date (3.14) represents the first three digits of pi, and it also happens to be Albert Einstein’s birthday—the perfect pi-incidence.
Last week, some of our MLN students learned about Pi and its origin. In classrooms they watched a short video about the history of Pi.
They then created connecting links with the digits of Pi to visualize its enormity. Using string, they also measured circular foods to discover their circumference, radius, and diameter.
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