Hampden Meadows School

Dear Families, Please check your email. A communication was just sent from the Elementary Principals.

After consulting w/ guidelines provided by the State concerning best practices around preventing the spread of COVID-19, we are postponing BMS Art's Alive play for Sat 3/14. Updates on dedicated page: https://www.barringtonschools.org/article/198359?org=barrington-schools

Updates provided to School Districts today from Dr. Scott of RIDOH and the Rhode Island Department of Education posted on the Barrington Public Schools' Website 3/11/20. https://www.barringtonschools.org/article/198359?org=barrington-schools

March 11, 2020 1:00 PM Dear Families, After consulting with the most recent guidelines provided by the State concerning best practices around preventing the spread of COVID-19, we are postponing tonight's Girls' Puberty Night at Hampden Meadows, PTO Bingo night at Sowams, and Art's Night at Primrose. This evening, Barrington Public Schools will engage in a statewide conference call updating us on the best practices for PK-12 Schools in Rhode Island. After the conference call, we will send out a more formal communication about events occurring throughout our District over the next few weeks. If Barrington receives additional information during the conference call, we will share that with you as well on our dedicated page: https://www.barringtonschools.org/article/198359?org=barrington-schools Sincerely, Michael Messore, III Superintendent Barrington Public Schools

Dear Families, After consulting with the most recent guidelines provided by the State concerning best practices around preventing the spread of COVID-19, we are postponing tonight's Girls' Puberty Night. This evening, Barrington Public Schools will engage in a statewide conference call updating us on the best practices for PK-12 Schools in Rhode Island. After the conference call, we will send out a more formal communication about events occurring throughout our District over the next few weeks. If Barrington receives additional information during the conference call, we will share that with you as well on our dedicated page: https://www.barringtonschools.org/article/198359?org=barrington-schools Sincerely, Michael Messore, III Superintendent Barrington Public Schools

Our awesome Intern helping to facilitate the CML Meet today! #hmstoughtigers

GIRLS NIGHT INFO- We understand that there are concerns about COVID-19. At this time, the RIDOH is recommending that people practice caution when meeting in groups—that they do not attend if sick—and that they avoid shaking hands or hugging. They have not yet recommended cancelling events. In light of that, we plan to hold the Girls Puberty Night this Wednesday, March 11, from 6:15-7:30. If you or your child feels ill, we ask that you please stay home. If you are uncomfortable attending a public event due to other factors, you are encouraged to check out The Care and Keeping if You, Volume 1, and attend next year when Dr. Douglas returns for her 9th Puberty Night! If there are updates to the RIDOH recommendations, we will notify you ASAP—so please check our website before coming out Wednesday night.

Nominate a K-12 Educator for the Wilson Civic Merit Award! Click below for more info: http://www.lwvri.org/WilsonCivicMeritAwards.html

Covid-19 update courtesy of the Providence Journal Bulletin https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20200309/raimondo-declares-state-of-emergency-in-ri-over-coronavirus?template=ampart&__twitter_impression=true

Hampden Meadows Families- Please take SURVEYWORKS! Your opinions in this survey help us to be a better school! https://surveys.panoramaed.com/ride Code 01105family

Girls Night (Growing up) for 4th and 5th grade with Dr. Megan Douglas is Wednesday, MARCH 11 at 6:15pm.

COVID-19 updates courtesy of WPRI. https://www.wpri.com/health/coronavirus/ridoh-everyone-urged-to-take-coronavirus-preventative-measures/amp/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_wpri_feed&__twitter_impression=true

The next Girls' Basketball game, the Division Semi-Final, will now be at 3PM on March 8th against South Kingstown at Rhode Island College.

The next Student Council meeting is on 3/25/2020 after school.

Grade 4 CML entry form: https://docs.google.com/a/barringtonschools.org/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciSacNwQHjz2iwGwUKWQb5EI3MsqeBiaGFLMfGNy5DXo1f7w/viewform

Grade 5 CML entry form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSce8gNMzg3aaX_P9pOEzBeYy8VGC-cALy4qWZ4PvX8pSlu6sA/viewform

Any children who want to participate in the CML meet #5, should complete this entry form by March 10, 2020. Please see attached links. Grade 5 Grade 4

Governor Raimondo and Rhode Island Department of Health to hold a press conference at 10:30 am on Thursday, March 5, 2020. Covid-19. https://turnto10.com/news/local/ridoh-raimondo-to-provide-coronavirus-update

Tough Tiger Meeting March 10@ 7 PM on the second floor of the Public Library

Dear Hampden Meadows Families, The SurveyWorks Stakeholder Survey Initiative is an effort to gather the information that will help improve the quality of schools across Rhode Island. The surveys capture and assess information that helps educators understand and act upon what students, teachers, support professionals, administrators, and parents say about the climate, culture, and learning environments in their schools. The window to take the survey is open now.This is the link to the survey. https://surveys.panoramaed.com/ride As a parent at HMS, please complete this survey using the family code:01105family