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In This Newsletter...
  • Reminder: May 18th: ECC Early Release; Parent/Caregiver & Teacher Conferences
  • COVID Reminders
  • Family ASL Classes begin Monday - Last chance to register for Level 1
  • Photos of the Week: ECC Field Trip!
  • July Program
  • Upcoming Dates
Health and Safety Reminders
TLC recognizes the recent rise in COVID positive cases in our community. We continue to monitor the data and will inform you of any changes to our Health and Safety Guidelines should they be adjusted.

  • We continue to ask that our families and caregivers be active participants in the process by testing your child(ren) on a weekly basis. Please do not send your child to school if they are experiencing any COVID-like symptoms.
  • TLC is participating in the at-home rapid testing kit program. Please opt-in for biweekly test kit distribution, fill out this form. 
  • Additionally, if a student begins to exhibit signs of COVID-19 during the school day, we will provide testing on-campus. Consent is required to participate; please fill out this online form. 
  • Please Note: Due to the availability of COVID-19 vaccines, the at-home rapid testing program and the consent for at-school testing, TLC is no longer conducting contact tracing at school. Please refer to our Flow Chart for guidelines about our protocols.
Family ASL Classes:
We are offering FREE ASL classes for our TLC Families. Our Level II class is FULL but our Level I class still has spots available. Class will begin Monday, May 16th at 6:00 PM on Zoom. If you would like to take our Level I ASL Class, please register using this link by 12 PM on Monday.
Note: Translations provided by DeepL
Hello ECC Families and Caregivers,
Last week National Teacher Appreciation week came to a close. I would like to emphasize that we all can continue to celebrate the incredible work of our ECC educators beyond just a single week. There is no doubt the important role that an educator plays in the life of an ECC student and the community they serve. Their daily creativity, dedication, and selflessness make positive impacts in the lives of our students and families every day. ECC educators are shining examples of why ECC is such a special place to learn and grow. To our ECC educators, thank you for all that you do for our program and I hope you know how valuable each of you is to our community.

Glennis shared a recent announcement about an incident in regards to a racial slur. I wanted you to know that our program stands with The Learning Center for the Deaf united and firm in our commitment to creating an inclusive, welcoming, and safe space for all of our ECC students. Please do reach out if you have any questions or concerns about this.

I wanted to share a few things with you. We have a new intern, Tayler Nichols, from Rochester Institute of Technology starting on May 16th - June 17th and he will do his internship in the Arctic room. On July 5th, he will work in the Jungle room as our summer teacher.
We also have a new ECC teacher, Lexine Brooks, and she will start on June 6th. She will be teaming with our ECC preschool teacher April Brunsvik. 

Lexine studied in Early Childhood Education at Gallaudet University. 

We are looking forward to having her join our team!
Last week we had a field trip to the Children's Museum in Boston. It was our first field trip this school year and our ECC students did have a wonderful time playing, exploring, and meeting other students from Horace Mann School for the Deaf. We had our parent volunteers to help us as well to make this experience more meaningful. We will have a couple of field trips in July. More details will come soon. If you would like to help out, please let us know!
Our ECC staff received training on how to use The Brightwheel recently. We are ready to roll out this pilot. We will send you an invitation to set up your account with Brightwheel next week. Please keep your eyes for it. We will also send a survey in June as we would love to hear your feedback on this pilot.
Enjoy your weekend with your loved ones!
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Milmaglyn Morales
Director, Early Childhood Center
July Program
Planning for the month of July at The Learning Center for the Deaf brings a sense of excitement for us and we are eager to share some updates with you:

We will continue to have all academic classes in July, with a stronger emphasis on hands–on learning in various content areas and settings. In ECC and lower Elementary, we welcome an outdoor educator to our team to develop and provide activities in our outdoor classroom and natural setting located around TLC. 

Middle School learning activities will be focused on the theme of “We Build This City.” They will work together to create a world incorporating various social and academic skills. For high school we will focus on STEM-projects and hands-on activities. All departments will have weekly field trips throughout the month.

Students’ education and support service goals will continue to be addressed throughout the month of July. As we will have some educational staff who will not be working during the month of July, you will meet some new staff members in July. We look forward to welcoming them to TLC! 

We are asking all families to share their child’s schedule for July. Please complete the following JotForm by May 6th and let us know which dates you child WILL BE attending TLC.
Important Dates/Reminders:
  • May 18: Early release for ECC and Elementary only - Parent/Caregiver - Teacher conferences
  • May 26: PAC Meeting, 6:30-8:00 PM; Zoom information
  • May 30: Memorial Day (No School)
  • June 1: Early Release, 12 PM
  • June 2: TLCPA Meeting, 6:30 PM on Zoom
  • June 10: Graduation
  • June 16: Elementary’s last day in June (Full day of school for all students)
  • June 17: Full day for ECC & Secondary
  • June 20th: Juneteenth observed (No School)
  • June 21: Last Day for ECC and Secondary in June; Early Release 12 PM
  • June 22 - July 4: June Break for MPS
  • July 5: School re-opens for MPS
  • July 13: Early release; 12 PM
  • July 28: Last Day of School for MPS (Early Release; 12 PM)
  • August 2: Last Day of School for Walden
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