Communications

2021-2022 School Year

• Superintendent's Update, October 3, 2021

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• Holiday Weekend Message September 3, 2021

• Superintendent Update August 23, 2021

• Superintendent's Message, Mid-Summer Update, August 5, 2021

  • School Calendar and Schedule

  • Delta Variant & Vaccinations

  • Travel

  • School Operations & itigation Strategies

  • School Buses & Transportation

  • Social Distancing & Masks

  • Cohorting & Use of Instructional Spaces

  • After School Activities/Extra-Curricular/Athletics

  • Visitors/Volunteers

  • Ventilation System/Cleaning

  • Close Contact/Quarantine/Staying Home if Ill

2020-2021 School Year

• Superintendent's Message, Last Day of School Message, June 17, 2021

• Superintendent's Message, May 8, 2021

  • Current Trends

  • Vaccine Update and Vaccine Clinic for 12+ Year-Olds on May 14th and May 19th

  • Quarantine Protocols Update

  • Distance Learning Update

  • School Start Time Update

  • End of Year Activities

• Superintendent's Message, April 27, 2021

  • Update on Quarantine Rules

• Superintendent's Message, April 23, 2021

  • Pfizer vaccines available for students next week at NCHS!!

• Superintendent's Message, April 15, 2021

  • Pfizer vaccines available for NCHS students on 4/18 at Danbury Mall

• Superintendent's Message, March 31, 2021

  • Recent COVID-19 Trends

  • Travel Guidelines

  • Vaccination Update

  • Returning to School after Break

  • Mitigation Strategies

  • Early Release Wednesdays

  • End of year activities

• Superintendent's Message, March 9, 2021

  • Metrics

  • High School Return to Fully In-Person

  • Travel Guidelines

  • Vaccinations

  • High School Sports

• Proms, Graduation, and End of Year Activities

• Superintendent's Message, February 10, 2021

  • Travel Guidelines for Domestic and International Travel

• Superintendent's Message, February 1, 2021

  • SNOW DAY on February 2, 2021

• Superintendent's Message, January 10, 2021

  • School the week of January 11th

  • Keeping Ourselves and Each Other Safe

  • Short Term Outlook

• Reminder from the Nurses, January 8, 2021

• Superintendent's Message, December 21, 2020

  • School reentry in the New Year

  • CT Travel Advisory and health form

  • Testing

  • Moments that Matter

• Superintendent's Message December 18, 2020

  • Change in quarantine timelines from 14 days to 10 in alignment with CDC and DPH revised guidelines

  • CDC Coronavirus Self Checker

• Superintendent's Message, December 17, 2020

  • SNOW DAY!

• Superintendent's Message December 6, 2020

  • • Quarantine Rules

    • Professional Learning Wednesdays

    • Cohort X and Y Schedules

    • Snow Days

    • 7 Steps for Staying Safe

    • 12/4 Asymptomatic Testing

• Superintendent's Message November 22, 2020

  • • Saxe Middle School 8th Grade Team Purple-Remote learning

    • Decisions about Quarantine and Remote Learning

    • District Closures

    • Thanksgiving Holiday

• Superintendent's Message November 13, 2020

  • • DPH Metrics

    • High School transition to Hybrid

    • Mitigation strategies reminder

• Superintendent's Message November 11, 2020
  "Swiss Cheese" model of mediation strategies
  Regional metrics
  Gators no longer permitted
  Potential return to hybrid if metrics further degrade
  Governor's Travel Ban
  Rules and purposes of quarantine
  Restrictions on gathering size (10) and curfew (10:00 PM - 5:00 AM)

• Superintendent's Message November 22, 2020

Saxe Middle School 8th Grade Team Purple-Remote learning
Decisions about Quarantine and Remote Learning
District Closures
Thanksgiving Holiday

• Superintendent's Message November 13, 2020
  DPH Metrics
  High School transition to Hybrid
  Mitigation strategies reminder

• Superintendent's Message November 11, 2020
  "Swiss Cheese" model of mediation strategies
  Regional metrics
  Gators no longer permitted
  Potential return to hybrid if metrics further degrade
  Governor's Travel Ban
  Rules and purposes of quarantine
  Restrictions on gathering size (10) and curfew (10:00 PM - 5:00 AM)

• Superintendent's Message, November 8, 2020
  Testing results:
  540 asymptomatic students and teachers
  Zero positive results

• Superintendent's Message, November 11, 2020

"Swiss Cheese" model of mediation strategies

Regional metric

Gators no longer permitted

Potential return to hybrid if metrics further degrade

Governor's Travel Ban

Rules and purposes of quarantine

Restrictions on gathering size (10) and curfew (10:00 PM - 5:00 AM)

• Superintendent's Message, November 8, 2020

Testing results: 540 asymptomatic students and teachers, Zero positive results

• Superintendent's Message, November 5, 2020

Increase in cases and quarantine numbersWays to keep families safe when there's a positive caseCommunity Spread due to gatherings

• Superintendent's Message October 26, 2020

Notification of additional staff cases

Students in Quarantine

Mitigation strategies in and out of school

• Superintendent's Message October 21, 2020

Notification of cases at East

Outlines Governor Lamont's Travel Restrictions

Continuation of 1/2 day Wednesdays through the end of the calendar year (to be revisited in December to consider extension in 2021)

• Superintendent's Message October 8, 2020

Revised re-entry plans for grades 7-12

Clarification on quarantining and testing

Rapid Antigen vs. PCR Tests

• Superintendent's Message October 4, 2020

Notification of additional cases at NCHS and West Elementary School

Information about CT Learning Model Indicators Website

• Superintendent's Message September 24, 2020

General Update and Revised Plans for full Saxe Middle School student return

• Superintendent's Message September 22, 2020

Notification of additional cases at NCHS

• Superintendent's Message September 21, 2020

Notification of a second positive case at NCHS

• Superintendent's Message September 20, 2020

Notification of a positive case at NCHS

• Superintendent's Message September 16, 2020

Outlines the K-4 phase-in plans for the week of 9/21

• Superintendent's Message September 10, 2020

Outlines potential scenarios for COVID cases in school

• Welcome to the 2020-2021 School Year message from Dr. Bryan Luizzi

• Onboarding and Re-engagement with Learning Plan overview and Q&A Wednesday, 8/12 at 6:00

• Superintendent's Message, August 11, 2020

• Superintendent's Message, July 26, 2020

• Superintendent's Message, July 14, 2020

2019-2020 School Year

• District Update and Survey Request, June 25, 2020

• Superintendent's Message, June 25, 2020

• Superintendent's Message, June 2, 2020

• Superintendent's Message, May 15, 2020

• Superintendent's Message, May 8, 2020

• Superintendent's Message, May 5, 2020

• Superintendent's Message, May 4, 2020

• Superintendent's Message, April 9, 2020

• Superintendent's Message, March 31, 2020

• Superintendent's Message, March 23, 2020

• Superintendent's Message, March 18, 2020

• Superintendent's Message, March 12, 2020

• Superintendent's Message, March 11, 2020

• Superintendent's Message, March 8, 2020

• Superintendent's Message, March 6, 2020

• Superintendent's Message, March 4, 2020

• Superintendent's Message, February 28, 2020

2020-2021 School Year

• Op-Ed from the Board of Education: A Reflection on 2020

• August 10th- the New Canaan Board of Education discussion of the Onboarding and Re-engagement plan available here: https://youtu.be/Qe7xIuPYlxU

2021-2022 School Year

• Back To School Webinar NCHS -August 23rd at 12PM

2020-2021 School Year

• Weekly Update

• New Canaan High School-COVID Operations Guide Overview and Q&A with New Canaan High School parents and guardians
  When: July 31, 2020 03:30 PM
  Recorded Webinar: https://youtu.be/bvHQVeTJym4

2020-2021 School Year

• Saxe Weekly

• Saxe Middle School-COVID Operations Guide Overview and Discussion with Saxe Middle School parents and guardians
  When: July 30, 2020 03:30 PM
  Recorded Webinar: https://youtu.be/7cv5IO-rL9Q

2020-2021 School Year

• East Elementary School- An overview of our COVID Operations Guide for 2020-2021 and question/answer period with parents and guardians of East Elementary School students in New Canaan, Connecticut.
  When: July 29, 2020 11:00 AM
  Recorded Webinar: https://youtu.be/pN1Hu4qpOgY

2020-2021 School Year

• South Elementary School-Charting our Course COVID Operations Guide overview and Q/A with South Elementary School Parents and Guardians in New Canaan, Connecticut.
  When: July 29, 2020 03:00 PM
  Recorded Webinar: https://youtu.be/DnKONOkwPCk

2020-2021 School Year

• West Elementary School-A webinar with a question and answer period about our plans for West School during the 2020-2021 school year.
  When: Jul 28, 2020 01:00 PM
  Recorded Webinar: https://youtu.be/gW1TNyP0doQ

• Reopening Information

• NCHS Fall Sports Update: 8/20/2020

• CIAC Resocialization Guidelines