Hartford-Sumner Elementary School

FREE food boxes! Wednesday October 28th starting at 9:30am at Mountain Valley High School (2nd driveway student parking lot) till all the boxes are gone. This will be a drive thru food distribution. Please stay in your car. Food boxes will have 12 pounds of produce, 5 pounds of meat, and 5 pounds of dairy, and accompanied by a gallon of 2% milk.

Celebrate National Principals Month with me this October! Check out www.principalsmonth.org for activity ideas. #ThankAPrincipal

Pre-screening for school in-person attendance As of Friday, October 16, 2020 RSU 10 will no longer be using MyMed Bot for Pre-screening to come to school. Instead we ask everyone to follow these Pre-screening questions found at this link: https://5il.co/m1yc If you have any questions please contact your school nurse. Thank you!

Please see the latest update at this link: https://5il.co/lxqi

Please complete the Community Survey on Racism at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TC9pObWgNpTuma50HKyhKA1QzNEWZJp5BsVBFl6OK8Y/viewform?gxids=7628&edit_requested=true

Notification of Lead testing results. RSU 10 10/6/20 As part of the HSES well system, and the Safe Water Drinking Act, we are required to monitor drinking water quality. During the monitoring period of June-September we exceeded the levels of lead in 1 classroom. The Maine Rural Water Association has given us guidance on how to correct this issue We have significantly reduced water use at this school due to working remotely since March, as well as many students choosing to learn remotely this fall. This is believed to be the main cause of this issue. This year we have not allowed students to drink from the water fountain systems due to the abundance of safety precautions taken due to the COVID 19 Pandemic. We will continue this practice until it is deemed safe to use the fountains again. Food Services is also taking maximum precautions. RSU 10 is actively working to fix this issue and will notify you when the Maine Rural Water Association deems it safe to drink. Scott Holmes, Director Buildings, Grounds & Transportation 799 Hancock St., Suite 1 Rumford Me 04276 207-418-7062

Please see the Updated Return to School Handbook at this link and note the Yellow highlighted changes: https://5il.co/lr01

9/25/2020 - Please see the message at this link: https://5il.co/lgtr

I am sorry for the mix up about today's virtual Parent/Family Technology Training. Today's training is for adults with students in PK - grade 2 and will focus on iPads, Seesaw, and Zoom. It starts at noon. If you would like to join, here is the Zoom link for that meeting -- https://networkmaine.zoom.us/j/86728895343 You will need to have Zoom on your device to access this meeting. Go to zoom.us and follow the directions. We will make this a weekly feature, but the Zoom link will be sent out via email beginning next week -- unless other arrangements are made. Thank you, Leanne Condon

Below are resources to help parents and students with technology. We will offer a virtual parent training on technology for elementary schools this Friday, 9/25 at noon. A Zoom link will be sent out. Elementary School Parent Remote Learning Resources https://5il.co/lcfz MS/HS Parent Remote Learning Resources https://5il.co/lcg0

Please see the message at this link: https://5il.co/lbfd

Please read the latest update at the following link: https://5il.co/l6ev

Covid-19 Update 9/15/20: https://5il.co/l269

Dear Parent/Guardian, The RSU #10 Nutrition Program now has a convenient online Free and Reduced meal Application process . Even though meals through December 31st are at no cost, our school still needs to process meal applications for meal eligibility. Please feel free to contact the Nutrition office at 369-5560 X 8227 if you have questions regarding the online process. Thank you, School Nutrition Parent Letter: https://5il.co/kzr6 NutriCloud Flyer: https://5il.co/kzr5

Please see the message at this link: https://5il.co/kzke

At this link you will find the 20-21 bus routes for the Nezinscot Valley Region https://5il.co/kmfr

Please view this letter regarding Return to School Screening information! https://5il.co/klcw

The September 2020 Student/Family Remote Learning Expectations Handbook is here! https://5il.co/kiuh * The Table of Contents is clickable. * Information may be updated * More training videos will be coming

We are looking forward to getting back to school here in RSU 10. Teachers will be here next week and everyone will be busy putting all the finishing touches together for a healthy and safe beginning of the school year. I wanted to send a reminder found at this link: https://5il.co/jhuq regarding the six(6) requirements from the MDOE for coming to our school buildings. For more information please go to the doe.maine.gov website and review the Framework for Re-opening Schools.

Attention Parents! In an effort to get class rosters, schedules, staffing and bus routes completed we need to ask for no additional changes to registration for in-person vs. remote learning after today. Your cooperation will help us be ready for the start of our school year! Thank you, Deb Alden