MEMORIAL SCHOOL
ANNOUNCEMENT
May 22, 2020
In observation of Memorial Day, there will be no remote learning on Monday, May 25th.
Schedule for picking up student's belongings/dropping off Chromebooks and chargers on June 2nd.

Schedule for 5th Grade Celebration on June 3rd.
The Sanborn Regional School District has received guidance from the State that all District facilities are to remain closed for the summer to the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the following plans will be put in place to address regularly-scheduled summer events.
 
Extended School Year Programming
 
Locating Extended School Year (ESY) programming in school buildings in Sanborn will not be an option this year. We are planning for the summer based upon currently known and anticipated health/safety recommendations, and therefore, have decided that ESY services will occur in a remote learning fashion. This applies to students with Extended School Year (ESY) services on their IEP. In addition, if your child has an IEP, you should have received a letter regarding Extended School Year services. Please refer to this letter for additional information. If you have questions or concerns, please contact your current Special Education Case Manager and/or Building Coordinator (LEA). 
 
Summer Enrichment
 
All summer enrichment camps are cancelled. We apologize for any inconveniences that this may cause families who were counting on the camps running. If you have already submitted payment to the high school, the District will be issuing you a refund. You can expect to receive a check in 3-4 weeks in the mail. Please email Sally L’Antigua at slantigua@sau17.net with any refund questions.
 
Athletics and Recreation:
 
Until further notice, all summer athletic / recreation programs are cancelled. Coaches are prohibited from personally participating in individual or group activities. This includes direct (on-site) supervision of student-athlete workouts from any distance, or coaching summer league teams at any location, whether they are permitted by local authorities or not. Coaches are encouraged to provide student-athletes with drills and skill work to be done independently. Coaches will actively discourage student-athletes from participating in any athletic activities with their non-family peers.
 
Sanborn Athletics leadership will actively monitor the advice from the NH Department of Education, various health-related agencies (such as the CDC) and the NH Interscholastic Athletic Association (NHIAA) for guidance on any changes to these guidelines. We hope to have a decision on outdoor activities starting on or around July 1 by the middle of June. 
May 21, 2020

Dear Families,

As the year is winding down, we would like to give you some information about lunch deliveries for the last few weeks of school. Memorial Day is on Monday, May 25th. We will not be delivering lunches on this day or on Tuesday. 
However, you will have received a breakfast and a lunch for each of your children with the previous Friday's delivery. We will be delivering on Wednesday, May 27th, and Friday May 29th.  

The last day of school is June 2nd which is a Tuesday. The last day for lunch deliveries will be Friday, June 5th. Beginning on Monday, June 8th families may come to the Sanborn Regional High School on M,W,F to pick up lunches for your children between 10 and 11. Staff will be in the front of the school waiting to put bagged lunches into your car. Lunch pickup will continue in this manner until Monday, June 29th. In order to ensure that we have enough lunches every day for pickup, we will be creating a survey which you will find on your child’s school website for families to indicate their interest in picking up food. Food will be available on a first come, first served basis; thus, it is important for you to complete the survey so that we may prepare enough lunches on a daily basis.  

Click here to complete the breakfast/lunch pickup survey.

The Sanborn Regional School District is exploring ways to continue to provide meals for pickup during the summer months. Once we have received approvals, we will let families know through the schools’ Facebook pages as well as the community pages and Mr. Ambrose’s Constant Contact Newsletters.

We recognize that despite the State of NH allowing businesses to reopen, not everyone will be back to work. If you and your family experience issues with job/income loss or food insecurity, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. We will help direct you to resources both in our district as well as in our community. Please reach out to me at hleavitt@sau17.net .  

Sincerely, 

Heidi Leavitt
Director of Counseling
Sanborn Regional School District
17 Danville Road
Kingston, NH 03848
Check out  Memorial Students Share Ways to Cope  website made my Mrs. Collins and the students of Memorial School.
Mental Health Coping Skills 

We all recognize how hard it is to stay busy and to cope when we “feel” that so many options are closed to us. It’s important to start to think outside the box of things to do!!

Things to do to clear your head as the weather gets nicer:
  • Frisbee Golf
  • Clement Disc Farm – Haverhill, MA
  • Amesbury Pines - Amesbury, MA
  • The Hollows - Manchester, NH
  • Google courses near me!
  • Rock painting for people to find as they are walking
  • Chalk activities for people walking 
  • Rock Garden - painting, formations,
  • Try a new “sport”
  • Bocce Ball
  • Cornhole
  • Croquet
  • Badminton (don’t forget the shuttlecock)
  • Plant vegetables - you don’t need to build a garden, grab a few pots!
  • Create games in your yard like Soccer Golf
  • Trail walking
  • Hiking
  • Fly a kite - it doesn’t need to be at the beach
  • Learn to cook a new thing every week - desserts? Dinners? Breakfast?
  • Learn to play an instrument - search Craigslist or FB Marketplace
  • Offer to do yard work for those who can’t - maybe they will pay you in cookies!
  • Make a tire swing
  • Create a time capsule - how cool would it be to look back on this time in ten years? You think you will remember?
  • Get crafty and creative
  • Plan a fantasy vacation- explore hotels and activities in cities you would love to visit
  • Virtual museum tours
  • Do a virtual job shadow
  • Teach a grandparent how to zoom and spend some time interviewing them, what did they do to prepare for life after high school
  • Make a COVID bucket list - all the things you wish you could do but can’t
Most importantly, reach out and be with people (following social distancing rules of course). Enjoy the sun or dance in the rain; be present in the moment and try not to worry about things you cannot control in the future. If nothing else, remember you can always find inspiration from Disney movies, for example “ "Venture outside your comfort zone. The rewards are worth it." - Tangled or “ Adventure is out there” - Up.