Multicultural NightOn Thursday, May 9th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm MURSD will be hosting our annual Multicultural Night at Nipmuc. This is a fun celebration of the rich diversity of our school community. At this event we have student performances, tables featuring country and culture-themed activities, highlights from student travel within the district, food trucks and more. If you are interested in leading a student group to perform at the event or participate in another way, please contact Meagan Pike at [email protected]. If you are interested in hosting a table to share something special about your own culture fill out this Google Form, or share it with students who would like to participate. HOMEWORK GUIDELINESWith the April vacation coming up soon, this is a friendly reminder to review our district homework guidelines, in particular, related to no homework over vacation and references to religious holidays listed below from our guidelines. If you haven't read through our district guidelines, please do so.
Blackstone Valley job FairLet your friends know, MURSD will be represented at the Blackstone Valley Job Fair being held at Milford High School from 4:30-6:30 on Tuesday, April 9th. MURSD educators are often our best networkers, so tell folks who might be interested in joining the team to stop by. summer curriculum ProjectsWe are looking ahead to the summer and will be seeking proposals from MURSD educators for summer curriculum projects for summer 2024. Projects will be selected based on how the project aligns to the District's goals and objectives of the Strategic Plan, School Improvement Plans, and other relevant factors. A high priority will be placed on continuing to realign new curriculum to grade-level standards, developing common, formative assessments, creating sharable resources that can support inclusion in general education classrooms, and developing deeper, authentic learning opportunities (project-based learning, activities that develop our portrait of a learner, etc.) that can be embedded into existing curriculum. Priority will be given to collaborative projects and all projects must have principal endorsement. We will post a form after April break that you can fill out to have your project considered, but we wanted to put this on your radar now to enable you to start thinking about this and discussing your ideas with your principals. --Cheryl Unlocking english learners' potential - meeting ThursdayOur district book study of Unlocking English Learners' Potential continues on THURSDAY from 4:00-5:00 with a third (optional) book discussion. We've included these as ways for folks who like to discuss the book to get together, but changed the date from Monday so as not to conflict with the eclipse. We're looking forward to focusing on Chapters 3 and 9. --Cheryl Curriculum mapping refresherWe heard from several departments that folks need a little refreshers with our curriculum mapping software, ATLAS. We want you to know that the platform has several self-serve, asynchronous webinars that will help you familiarize yourself with the system and the basics of curriculum mapping. Log onto ATLAS and click on the "learn" link to be brought to the webinars. As folks start to think about capturing the amazing things they did this year, ATLAS is a great place to do it. It links with Google Drive and enables all of the folks on your team to map out resources and lesson plans together. Reach out to Cheryl or Brittany if you have any trouble accessing these resources. TEaching about the solar eclipesAre you looking for some lessons to teach about the solar eclipse? Here are some different sites and blogs to help you. As you know the Solar Eclipse is happening on 4.8.24! To get ready for the day this blog post has 4 different solar eclipse themed activities you can do with your class. You could try a digital breakout, play a game, create a stop motion video or write a myth. Most important is to go out and observe the eclipse on the big day if you can! Edweek put out this article about the solar eclipse to provide important information as well as some additional ideas for your classroom. PBS Learning Media and this resource will provide you with additional tools to teach about the eclipse. Virtual Field Trips You Can take today!Would you like to take your students on a field trip? Check out these 9 different virtual field trips you can with your students. https://classtechtips.com/2024/02/28/spring-virtual-field-trips/. Journey to Washington State to check out tulips, enjoy the national parks, listen to the symphony or even make your way through the rainforest! Laughter is the best medicine
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