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Save the Date: TLCPA Meeting
Thursday, December 2
6:30 PM EST
Meeting ID: 975 3235 2448
Passcode: 912661

To request multilingual interpreting, please email theacabral@gmail.com by November 29
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In this Newsletter:
  • Health Attestation Reminder
  • High School Honors Classes
  • Please review Secondary Handbook and complete Consent Form
  • Interested in taking Family ASL Classes? Let us know here!
  • If you want to join our Parent/Caregiver Directory, Click Here 
Note: Translations provided by DeepL
Hello Secondary families! 
I hope you all had a good week! I have two items to share with you today:
 
First, at the start of this school year, all families signed a one-time Health Attestation form. There is no daily form this year, but the one-time form includes the expectation that families will self-monitor their children and keep them home if they or family members are sick. We want to remind families of this, and we are also reminding staff. In order to preserve the health of our entire community, students and staff who do not feel well are asked to stay home, and families are encouraged to contact the TLC Nursing department with any questions about their child’s health.
 
Second, regarding Honors classes in the MPS High School, we have made a short-term plan and are starting to work on a long-term plan. For this year, we have examined the opportunities that we are offering for students who want more academic challenges and have identified that we are offering a range of options.
  • This year we are providing an Honors option for all ELA/Lit classes.
  • This year we are offering AP Literature.
  • This year we are offering AP STEM classes through VHS Learning (enrollment is now closed, but this was announced during August).
  • This year we are offering two dual-credit classes: Introduction to Website Development for all students and Math in Society for seniors.
  • Every year we offer classes at Framingham Public Schools, where there is a wider variety of Honors and AP level classes.

In addition to the above opportunities, teachers are expected to provide work that is appropriately challenging for each student. If students do not feel challenged by the level of work, we encourage them to advocate for themselves, with support from their following teacher, school counselor, family, and school administrators, as needed. In addition, students who have questions about the above decision are encouraged to reach out to me for more information or discussion.
 
Long-term, we hope to spend some time later this year examining our approach to offering Honors-level classes in the high school. For example, we will look at how we schedule classes to see whether there is a better solution for providing Honors-level classes when there might be only a small number of students who want to take classes at this level.
 
Have a wonderful weekend, and keep in touch!
Interim Secondary Principal
VP: 774-999-0926
Yearbook Cover Contest
Deadline for Submissions: December 23

Students in any grade may participate! Share an 8.5x11 flyer of your idea for our Yearbook Cover! Design must include 2021-2022 somewhere in the design, and must include "The Learning Center for the Deaf" or "TLC". See flyer for additional details.
GivingTuesday is coming! On November 30th, you can join the global movement and give back to TLC. Here are a few ways how:

  • Make a safe and secure donation online. Your gift supports 200+ deaf and hard of hearing students, families and community members across Massachusetts;
  • Select TLC as your AmazonSmile beneficiary; 
  • Shop our Residential Student Amazon Wish List;
  • Set up a Facebook Fundraiser to invite your friends, family and colleagues to contribute to support our mission.Click Here to get started.