At-Home Rapid Test Program: Sign up to receive biweekly test kits: https://tlcdeaf.jotform.com/220323858930052

Symptomatic Testing on Campus: Consent is required to receive COVID testing during school hours:
 
If your child is sick or experiencing any symptoms -
 please keep them home.
In this Newsletter:
  • Town Hall Slides
  • Mask Mandate Update
  • Welcome, Julie Tibbitt!
  • Skyward Student Database - Family Access
  • TLCPA Upcoming Events
  • Announcements
Hello, TLC Families,
 
I want to thank those of you who took the time to join our meeting on February 17.
 
We want to acknowledge that our meeting did not offer an opportunity for a “live” question and answer session. We did ask for any questions to be submitted in advance through our shared Jot Form; the reason for this is to keep all inquiries in the same place and ensure nothing fell through the cracks. We did include the questions we received through JotForm on the Google Slides, but we apologize if we missed any specific questions that may have been directly sent through email. We are sharing the Slides with you, and we added a couple of questions that were asked just before the Town Hall began. Our recorded session in ASL/English, Spanish, Portuguese and French will be shared as soon as possible.
We also recognize that going forward, it would be beneficial for our families and participants to be able to ask questions as we are sharing information. We will plan for a more interactive dialogue in any future family presentations that we host.
 
If you feel we missed any other questions related to our current COVID guidelines, please email us at healthandsafety@tlcdeaf.org. 
 
We hope you had a wonderful, restful break and we appreciate your partnership with us.
 
As a reminder: TLC will still require masks to be worn on campus after break. We are waiting to see what the numbers look like before announcing any change in our current health and safety policies.

Please test your child on Sunday, February 27, before returning to campus next week.
Glennis Matthews
Superintendent
Upcoming Dates:
  • March 2: Early Release (Prof. Dev.) 
  • March 14: Family ASL Classes Begin - Register Here
  • March 18: No School
Welcome Julie Tibbitt!

Julie Tibbitt, Ph.D, is thrilled to join the TLC community as a part-time IEP consultant. She has worked as a teacher and principal, most recently at American School for the Deaf. She currently works as the D/HH Program Director in the Special Education department at Saint Joseph's University (based in Philadelphia, PA). Julie looks forward to supporting TLC in enhancing their IEP services.

If you would like to chat with her, please reach out to her at jtibbitt@tlcdeaf.org. She will be working remotely and in person. Her first day on campus will be Tuesday, March 1!
Family Access to Skyward Student Database
Hello TLC Families!
 
I know many of you are looking forward to being able to see the school calendar, grades, report cards, meal schedule, payments, etc. 
 
We are thrilled to announce these opportunities are now available through Family Access in our new database program, Skyward! Student access will be open for Secondary and students will be introduced to their accounts during school.
 
Family and Student Access are quite similar. 
 
Please note that Family Access across ECC, Elementary and Secondary departments may appear quite different as we are rolling out the software in phases. 
 
Primary parents or guardians will receive an email from Skyward; be sure to check your spam folder. In the email, you will find your login ID and a link to set your password. 
 
Once you enter the homepage, there will be a column of different tabs. If you would like to see more information about each tab, please go to our dedicated Skyward Tutorials web page.
 
If you are having trouble logging in or experiencing any other issues, please fill out this form. You may also login directly here.
 
We hope you will enjoy having Family Access! 
News from the TLCPA:
Save the Date: TLCPA Meeting
Thursday, March 3
6:30 PM EST
Meeting ID: 975 3235 2448
Passcode: 912661

To request multilingual interpreting, please email theacabral@gmail.com 
  • Camp Sol Summer Camp: Click Here for Information
  • Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf is inviting deaf and hard-of-hearing students to register for our upcoming competitions for spring 2022: SpiRIT Writing (https://www.rit.edu/ntid/writingcontest) and Digital Arts, Film, and Animation (https://www.rit.edu/ntid/digital-arts-film-and-animation-competition). 
  • RIT Explore Your Future: If you’re looking for a way to help your college-bound high school students make important decisions about life after high school, encourage them to join us at Rochester Institute of Technology this summer for Explore Your Future! EYF is a week-long, on-campus summer program for college-bound deaf and hard-of-hearing high school students who will enter their junior or senior year in fall 2022. More information here.
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