Principal's Newsletter: 4-5-21

Dear Burr Families, 

It was wonderful to have full classrooms at Burr today! The children and teachers were all happy and excited to see each other.

Our wonderful PTO supplied delicious cupcakes for the Burr staff and had decorations and a wolf mascot outside welcoming everyone!  

Many thanks to those of you who followed the Blue Zone rules making school arrival and dismissal safe and efficient for everyone.  We will continue to have staff outside reminding people about our Blue Zone rules so that we can all get used to them. Please remember these rules are the same at every elementary school in Newton.  

This is a busy week, so I have a few reminders for everyone: 

The JCM Analytics Pooled Testing at Burr will include students starting tomorrow. If you have signed up to participate, your child was given a nasal collection kit to bring home today. You must collect the sample at home tomorrow morning and send it to school in his/her backpack. Staff will be visiting each classroom to collect the samples from students and staff. 

Wednesday, April 7, is a 1:00 PM dismissal

Thursday, April 8, is a 12:30 PM dismissal

I realized the multiple early dismissal days and different times can be confusing, but we will get to a consistent schedule next week. This week, our parent-teacher conference schedules has required time adjustments.  If you have any questions or concerns, please email or call the school at the number listed below. 

Best, 

Mindy

johalm@newton.k12.ma.us

617 559 9360