New Reporting of District COVID Cases:

Going forward, the district will not be sending out emails to inform of COVID cases in schools. Instead, we will post the identified positive cases by student, staff and school at the end of each week. Cases for the week of March 7^th are already posted on the school website and this will be the first item under the pink COVID banner on the district site. The link for our COVID information page on the website is: gmrsd.org/covid

Recognitions:

Girls’ Varsity Basketball Wins League Title - The Turners Falls High School Girls’ Basketball Team advanced to the WMass Semi-Finals. We are very proud that the girls had an outstanding season, culminating with their first Franklin County South League Title since 1983! Congratulations!

Turners Falls High School Extravaganza - I would like to recognize Principal Christopher Barnes, Assistant Principal Kristen Schreiber, and all of the staff, student, and parent volunteers who helped make this event a great success. Wednesday, March 2, the administration and high school students and staff hosted nearly 100 students and families at the first TFHS Extravaganza. The event highlighted a variety of TFHS programs, clubs, events, and activities, allowing students and families to get a better picture of the opportunities that are available for students at the high school. The evening concluded with a student-faculty game of dodgeball. Since that night, we have received several communications from families who had a great time and who were filled with pride in our high school, our students, and our staff. Thank you again to all those who helped make this night fun and exciting for everyone.

Weekly COVID Public Health Report COVID Data- March 10, 2022:

Town/City- Risk Status Cases Last 14 days % Positive Tests

Bernardston <5 1.92

Erving <5 2.34

Gill <5 2.41

Greenfield 46 2.75

Leverett <5 .28

Montague 24 3.95

Northfield 6 2.70

Orange 13 3.76

Sunderland 5 .89

Warwick <5 2.33

Wendell 0 0

State 11,176 1.85

Update from State/Commissioner/COVID Safety Protocols:

The CDC ranks the risk of transmission for counties across the country in one of 3 categories: Low, Medium or High. Franklin County has been rated as LOW risk of transmission by the CDC, as of Monday, March 14.^.

• Thursday & Friday, Mar. 17 & 18 - Early Release Days for Parent-Teacher Conferences

• Monday, Mar. 21 - Mask-Optional Begins

• Monday, Mar. 21 - Spring Athletics Begin for High School and Middle School Students

• Tuesday, Mar. 22 - School Committee Meeting, 6:30 p.m.

• Wednesday, Mar. 23 - Early Release Day

• Thursday-Sunday, Mar. 25-27 - TFHS/GFMS present their spring musical, Mary Poppins, Mar. 25 & Mar. 26 at 7 p.m. and Mar. 27 at 2 p.m. Tickets available online (go to our website and and click on "UniPay Online Payments" at the bottom of the page) or by cash payment at the door.

• Tuesday, Mar. 29 - Sheffield School Council, 4-5 p.m.

• Wednesday, Mar. 30 – Friends of Hillcrest, 5-6 p.m.

• Contact Information for Each School

• GMRSD COVID Information: Find all the district COVID information on this webpage, which includes details on upcoming vaccine clinics, COVID resources, testing, safety protocols, and COVID reporting.

• GMRSD Family Engagement Webpage: Information and resources for families, updated frequently by our Family Engagement Coordinator, Stacey Langknecht.

• School Lunch Menus

• 2021-2022 School Year Calendar