News From Across GMRSD
18 Dec 2020
Hillcrest Elementary School
Friday News
December 18, 2020
Dear Hillcrest Families,
I hope you all had a chance to enjoy our first Snow Day of the school year! My guess is that many families welcomed the opportunity to close down the Chromebooks and head out into the snow! Unfortunately, the snowstorm has put our Story Walk plans on hold and we’re now aiming to get the Story Walk set up by Wednesday, December 23rd for families to enjoy during the vacation week. Details on that will be posted on our website and Facebook page. Many of the...
18 Dec 2020
We have school next week Monday-Wednesday. Our winter break runs from December 24-January 3rd. School resumes on Monday, January 4, 2021.
Please consider joining up for free to support our school. This school year to date those who have signed up have earned us $234.00. This money is used to support evening events, replenish supplies for our playground, etc. Please check out our website on how to sign up and remember to enter Sheffield’s code: 05153. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Many thanks to all of you who supported our food drive...
16 Dec 2020
Massachusetts is First State in Nation to Gain Federal Approval to Continue Pandemic EBT through School Year 2020-2021
More than 500,000 students will resume receiving P-EBT benefits in December
BOSTON – The Baker-Polito Administration today received federal approval to issue Pandemic EBT benefits (P-EBT) for the rest of the 2020-2021 school year. P-EBT promotes increased food security for families who participate in the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National School Lunch Program (NSLP), covering the cost of missed school meals for more than 500,000 students in...
14 Dec 2020
FREE COVID testing at Greenfield Community College this week on Tuesday 12/15/20 and Wednesday 12/16/20. You need to preregister. These two, consecutive days of testing will be held at Greenfield Community College (One College Drive, Greenfield) on Tuesday, December 15th 2020 (10am – 3pm) and Wednesday, December 16th 2020 (1pm – 6pm) – testing is free, does not require a medical referral, and you do not need to have COVID-19 symptoms to get tested. However, you must pre-register to receive a test (pre-registration details below).
For more information:...
14 Dec 2020
Dear Families,
i-Ready allows your teacher(s) to meet your student exactly where they are and provides data to increase your student’s learning gains. i-Ready consists of two parts: Diagnostic and Personalized Instruction. The i-Ready Diagnostic is an adaptive assessment that adjusts its questions to suit your student’s needs. Each item a student sees is individualized based on their answer to the previous question. For example, a series of correct answers will result in slightly harder questions, while a series of incorrect answers will yield slightly easier questions.
i-Ready...
14 Dec 2020
Press Release and District Announcement
During the week of January 7, 2021 the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Public School Monitoring (PSM) will conduct a Tiered Focused Monitoring Review of the Gill-Montague Regional School District. The Office of Public School Monitoring visits each district and charter school every three years to monitor compliance with federal and state special education and civil rights regulations. Areas of review related to special education include student assessments, determination of eligibility, the Individualized Education...