All families should have received their child(ren)’s 1st Quarter report card, progress report, and MAP testing report, either by email or in the mail. If you have not received this yet, please contact the Secondary department at secondary@tlcdeaf.org or 774-999-0926.
This week on Wednesday we all participated in our TLC’s school wide professional development - ASL as a Heritage Language workshop. This gave us an opportunity to explore the ASL standards and figure out how we support our students’ language development and their varying cultural background or relationship with other heritage languages. We also had an opportunity to reflect by describing which ASL standard(s) we would use when teaching one of our lessons. This workshop was definitely a learning experience for all of us.
Next week begins our December break. Thursday, December 23rd is a half day for our MPS students with a noon dismissal. As you plan for students’ return to school on Monday January 3rd, please remember that families are asked to self-monitor their children and keep them home if they or family members are sick. We notice that many families have already been doing this, and we appreciate your efforts in preserving the health of our community. Families are encouraged to contact the TLC Nursing department with any questions about their child’s health.
Again, we want to share resources available in your community for families who need support during December break or at any time are experiencing stress or crisis.
Starting in January, we will be starting a community newsletter for all MPS/WS families which will alternate every other week. The Secondary department newsletter will be sent on Friday January 7, and then the first community newsletter will be on Friday, January 14th. The new schedule for newsletters will continue through the rest of this school year.
