Dear families,

A reminder that there will be no school tomorrow, Monday, January 18th, in honor of Martin Luther King Day.

I also wanted to share with you some resources regarding the inauguration on Wednesday, to support conversations families may have with their children.  These links have been shared with the staff as well.

For older students:

Bill of Rights Institute:  Peaceful Transitions
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/playlists/peacefultransitions

Generation Citizen:  Teacher Resource Guide
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18fgIgjgBBekoqmz5R78Z27OiZFsYtNQWrVqgYLDcXjM/edit?ts=5ff87c67

National Constitution Center: Nothing less than a miracle: The Constitutional transition of power
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/nothing-less-than-a-miracle-the-constitution-and-the-peaceful-transition-of

For younger kids:  (parents can sign-in with access codes on their school’s library site)

PebbleGo Next:  Electoral College
https://site.pebblego.com/modules/11/categories/8853/articles/11333

Understanding Check and Balance
https://site.pebblego.com/modules/11/categories/8854/articles/8782

https://www.apa.org/topics/talking-children

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-difficult-subjects

Also on Wednesday at 7:30pm is the Supporting Your Child in the 2020-21 School Year forum.  Please register in advance for this forum via this Google Form.  You can also use the form to submit questions to be answered during the presentation or the Q&A session.

And on Friday, Jan. 22nd, at 7pm, we’ll be having our PTO Online Trivia Night — please see below for details and to sign up!  We’d love to see you there!