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Ms Bonnie reads The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear
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PROVINCETOWN STAFF READSDr. Reynolds reads The Widow's Broom by Chris Van Allsburgh
Mr Gillane reads a fireside story about Ping
Ms Francis reads Tootle
Ms Becca reads, I Will Not read This Book!
Dr Reynolds reads Jolly Mon by Jimmy & Savannah Buffet
Ms Helena, Bea and Simon read The Knight and the Dragon
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Provincetown Schools
12 Winslow street
Provincetown MA 02657
508 487 5020
Provincetown Schools including the Early Learning Center & WeeCare are closed through at least Tuesday, April 7th. This decision was made jointly with neighboring districts, our internal team, public health officials, and with School Committee endorsement. It comes on the news of the confirmed case of COVID-19 on Cape Cod. Prior to March 27th we will reassess our likely need to extend the closure.
For our closure to be successful, we must practice social distancing and flatten the curve on the spread of the virus. Please read the article below for a complete explanation on why social distancing is crucial at this time. We urge you to check our website at least daily for the latest updates and ideas regarding remote learning and enrichment.
Please emphasize to your children that we are closing to help our community and that we will be sending lots of ideas for things to do at home while we are apart. Your child’s teacher will be in contact in the days ahead with more specific information.
The entire staff and I extend our sincere hopes that this action supports a quicker resolution to this challenge. Please reach out if you need support by calling the school directly.
Dr Timothy Reynolds
Principal / Provincetown IB Schools
For our closure to be successful, we must practice social distancing and flatten the curve on the spread of the virus. Please read the article below for a complete explanation on why social distancing is crucial at this time. We urge you to check our website at least daily for the latest updates and ideas regarding remote learning and enrichment.
Please emphasize to your children that we are closing to help our community and that we will be sending lots of ideas for things to do at home while we are apart. Your child’s teacher will be in contact in the days ahead with more specific information.
The entire staff and I extend our sincere hopes that this action supports a quicker resolution to this challenge. Please reach out if you need support by calling the school directly.
Dr Timothy Reynolds
Principal / Provincetown IB Schools
From the Superintendent of Schools:
Now that schools have closed, there are many questions about what that means and how you can help students & families who will be impacted. Our website will be focused on information for students and families. Facebook’s Provincetown Schools page will be our way to inform the community on how people can help. Throughout all of this, we urge you to put self-care and social isolation at the top of your list. The school is closed to all visitors. There will be essential staff working and maintaining needed services. Food will be distributed by staff to preserve the confidentiality of our students. For families, this first week of closure will use up our 5 snow days. This will extend our last day of school to June 23rd for students. We will use these 5 days to plan and gain clarification from the state on various aspects of an extended closure. By Monday, March 23rd, we will announce our plans for student work/enrichment.
How can you help?
Starting on Monday, Stop & Shop will provide a bin at the front of the store for basic supplies & food items you may wish to donate. We can purchase basic foods through our outstanding breakfast and lunch programs. But our families could also use shelf stable foods of all kinds like rice, dried beans, crackers, snack foods, cereal, soaps, white vinegar for cleaning, olive oil, canned goods, sauces, tissues, Tylenol for kids or adults. In addition, we are happy to distribute diapers, baby wipes, small games, school supplies like crayons, markers and paper tablets for drawing or journaling. We will update this list as needs develop.
Donations can also be dropped to a large bin in the lobby of the gym off the back parking lot between the hours of 1-3 PM. Signs will direct you. You can also ship directly to the school from Amazon or other online vendors. Our address is 12 Winslow Street, Provincetown, MA 02657 ATTN: Judy Ward We are grateful for the outpouring of care to our schools. We also ask that you support our local food bank and Council on Aging. We must take care of everyone in our community
Now that schools have closed, there are many questions about what that means and how you can help students & families who will be impacted. Our website will be focused on information for students and families. Facebook’s Provincetown Schools page will be our way to inform the community on how people can help. Throughout all of this, we urge you to put self-care and social isolation at the top of your list. The school is closed to all visitors. There will be essential staff working and maintaining needed services. Food will be distributed by staff to preserve the confidentiality of our students. For families, this first week of closure will use up our 5 snow days. This will extend our last day of school to June 23rd for students. We will use these 5 days to plan and gain clarification from the state on various aspects of an extended closure. By Monday, March 23rd, we will announce our plans for student work/enrichment.
How can you help?
Starting on Monday, Stop & Shop will provide a bin at the front of the store for basic supplies & food items you may wish to donate. We can purchase basic foods through our outstanding breakfast and lunch programs. But our families could also use shelf stable foods of all kinds like rice, dried beans, crackers, snack foods, cereal, soaps, white vinegar for cleaning, olive oil, canned goods, sauces, tissues, Tylenol for kids or adults. In addition, we are happy to distribute diapers, baby wipes, small games, school supplies like crayons, markers and paper tablets for drawing or journaling. We will update this list as needs develop.
Donations can also be dropped to a large bin in the lobby of the gym off the back parking lot between the hours of 1-3 PM. Signs will direct you. You can also ship directly to the school from Amazon or other online vendors. Our address is 12 Winslow Street, Provincetown, MA 02657 ATTN: Judy Ward We are grateful for the outpouring of care to our schools. We also ask that you support our local food bank and Council on Aging. We must take care of everyone in our community
THE ESSENTIAL NEED FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING RIGHT NOW
From: Asaf Bitton MD, MPH | Executive Director | Ariadne Labs
Brigham and Women's Hospital | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Brigham and Women's Hospital | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
I know there is some confusion about what to do next in the midst of this unprecedented time of a pandemic, school closures, and widespread social disruption. I have been asked by a lot of people for my opinion, and I will provide it below based on the best information available to me today. This is my personal and well-informed opinion, and my take on the necessary steps ahead.
What I can say as a physician and public health leader, is that what we do, or don't do, over the next week will have a massive impact on the local and perhaps national trajectory of coronavirus. We are only about 11 days behind Italy and generally on track to repeat what is unfortunately happening there, as well as much of the rest of Europe very soon. At this point, containment through contact tracing and testing is only part of the necessary strategy. We must move to pandemic mitigation through widespread, uncomfortable, and comprehensive social distancing. That means not only shutting down schools, work (as much as possible), group gatherings, and public events. It also means making daily choices to stay away from each other as much as possible to Flatten The Curve (see below).
Our health system will not be able to cope with the projected numbers of people who will need acute care should we not muster the fortitude and will to socially distance each other starting now. On a regular day, we have about 45 thousand ICU beds nationally, which can be ramped up in a crisis to about 93 thousand. Even moderate projections suggest that if current infectious trends hold, our capacity (locally and nationally) may be overwhelmed as early as mid-late April. Thus, the only set of interlinked strategies that can get us off this concerning trajectory is to work together as a community to maintain public health by staying apart. So what does this enhanced form of social distancing mean on a daily basis, when schools are cancelled?
1. No play-dates, parties, sleepovers, or families visiting each other's houses. This sounds extreme because it is. We are trying to create distance between family units and between individuals across those family units. It is uncomfortable, especially for families with small children or for kids who love to play with their friends. But even if you choose only one friend to have over, you are creating new links and possibilities for the type of transmission that all of our school/work/public event closures are trying to prevent. The symptoms of coronavirus take 4-5 days to manifest themselves. Someone who comes over looking well can transmit the virus. Sharing food is particularly risky - I definitely do not recommend that people do so outside of their family. We have already taken extreme social measures to address this serious disease - let's not actively co-opt our efforts by having high levels of social interaction at people's houses instead of the schools. Again - the wisdom of early and aggressive social distancing is that it can flatten the curve above, give our health system a chance to not be overwhlemed, and eventually may reduce the length and need for longer periods of extreme social distancing later (see what has transpired in Italy and Wuhan). We need to all do our part during these times, even if it means some discomfort.
2. Take walks/runs outside, but maintain distance (ideally 6 feet between people outside your family). Try not to use public facilities like playground structures as coronavirus can live on plastic and metal for up to 3 days, and these structures aren't getting regularly cleaned. Try not to have physical contact with people outside of your family. Going outside will be important during these strange times, and the weather is improving. Go outside every day if you can but stay physically away from others. Try not to have kids play with each other (even outside) if that means direct physical contact. Even basketball or soccer involve direct contact and cannot be recommended. If people wish to go outside and have a picnic with other families, I strongly recommend keeping distance of at least 6 feet, not sharing any food at all, and not having direct physical contact. Invariably, that is hard with kids, so these shared, "distant" picnics may be tricky. Do not visit nursing homes or other areas where large numbers of the elderly reside, as they are at highest risk for complications and mortality from coronavirus. We need to find alternate ways to reduce social isolation in these communities through virtual means instead of physical in-person visits.
3. Reduce the frequency of going to stores/restaurants/coffee shops for the time being. Of course trips to the grocery store will be necessary, but try to limit them and go at times when less busy. Consider wearing gloves (not medical - but perhaps washable) and of course washing hands before and after really well. Leave the medical masks and gloves for the medical professionals - we need them. Maintain social distance from folks. Take-out meals and food are riskier than making food at home given the links between the people who prepare food, transport the food, and you. It is hard to know how much that risk is, but it is certainly higher than making it at home.
4. If you are sick, definitely stay home and contact a medical professional. If you are sick, you should try to isolate yourself from the rest of your family within your house as best as you can. If you have questions about whether you qualify or should get a coronavirus test, you can call you primary care team and/or consider calling the Partners Health Care hotline staffed 8AM-8PM every day - 617 724 7000, or the Massachusetts department of public health at 617 983 6800. Don't just walk in to an ambulatory clinic - call first. Obviously if it is an emergency call 911.
5. We need to push our local, state, and national leaders to close ALL schools, events, gatherings, and public spaces now. A local, town by town response won't have the needed effect. We need a statewide, nationwide approach in these trying times. Contact your representative and the governor to urge them to enact statewide closures. As of today, 6 states had already done so. We should be one of them. Also urge them to fund emergency preparedness and make increasing coronavirus testing capacity an immediate and top priority.
I realize there is a lot built into these suggestions, and that they represent a real burden for many people, businesses, and communities. Social distancing is hard and may negatively impact others, especially those who face vulnerablities in our society. I recognize that there is structural and social inequity built in and around social distancing recommendations. We can and must take steps to bolster our community response to people who face food insecurity, domestic violence, and housing challenges, along with the many other social inequities.
I also realize that not everyone can do everything. But we have to try our absolute best as a community, starting today. It is a public health imperative. If we don't do this now voluntarily, it will become necessary later involuntarily, when the potential benefits will be much less than doing so right now.
Asaf
Asaf Bitton MD, MPH | Executive Director | Ariadne Labs
Brigham and Women's Hospital | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
What I can say as a physician and public health leader, is that what we do, or don't do, over the next week will have a massive impact on the local and perhaps national trajectory of coronavirus. We are only about 11 days behind Italy and generally on track to repeat what is unfortunately happening there, as well as much of the rest of Europe very soon. At this point, containment through contact tracing and testing is only part of the necessary strategy. We must move to pandemic mitigation through widespread, uncomfortable, and comprehensive social distancing. That means not only shutting down schools, work (as much as possible), group gatherings, and public events. It also means making daily choices to stay away from each other as much as possible to Flatten The Curve (see below).
Our health system will not be able to cope with the projected numbers of people who will need acute care should we not muster the fortitude and will to socially distance each other starting now. On a regular day, we have about 45 thousand ICU beds nationally, which can be ramped up in a crisis to about 93 thousand. Even moderate projections suggest that if current infectious trends hold, our capacity (locally and nationally) may be overwhelmed as early as mid-late April. Thus, the only set of interlinked strategies that can get us off this concerning trajectory is to work together as a community to maintain public health by staying apart. So what does this enhanced form of social distancing mean on a daily basis, when schools are cancelled?
1. No play-dates, parties, sleepovers, or families visiting each other's houses. This sounds extreme because it is. We are trying to create distance between family units and between individuals across those family units. It is uncomfortable, especially for families with small children or for kids who love to play with their friends. But even if you choose only one friend to have over, you are creating new links and possibilities for the type of transmission that all of our school/work/public event closures are trying to prevent. The symptoms of coronavirus take 4-5 days to manifest themselves. Someone who comes over looking well can transmit the virus. Sharing food is particularly risky - I definitely do not recommend that people do so outside of their family. We have already taken extreme social measures to address this serious disease - let's not actively co-opt our efforts by having high levels of social interaction at people's houses instead of the schools. Again - the wisdom of early and aggressive social distancing is that it can flatten the curve above, give our health system a chance to not be overwhlemed, and eventually may reduce the length and need for longer periods of extreme social distancing later (see what has transpired in Italy and Wuhan). We need to all do our part during these times, even if it means some discomfort.
2. Take walks/runs outside, but maintain distance (ideally 6 feet between people outside your family). Try not to use public facilities like playground structures as coronavirus can live on plastic and metal for up to 3 days, and these structures aren't getting regularly cleaned. Try not to have physical contact with people outside of your family. Going outside will be important during these strange times, and the weather is improving. Go outside every day if you can but stay physically away from others. Try not to have kids play with each other (even outside) if that means direct physical contact. Even basketball or soccer involve direct contact and cannot be recommended. If people wish to go outside and have a picnic with other families, I strongly recommend keeping distance of at least 6 feet, not sharing any food at all, and not having direct physical contact. Invariably, that is hard with kids, so these shared, "distant" picnics may be tricky. Do not visit nursing homes or other areas where large numbers of the elderly reside, as they are at highest risk for complications and mortality from coronavirus. We need to find alternate ways to reduce social isolation in these communities through virtual means instead of physical in-person visits.
3. Reduce the frequency of going to stores/restaurants/coffee shops for the time being. Of course trips to the grocery store will be necessary, but try to limit them and go at times when less busy. Consider wearing gloves (not medical - but perhaps washable) and of course washing hands before and after really well. Leave the medical masks and gloves for the medical professionals - we need them. Maintain social distance from folks. Take-out meals and food are riskier than making food at home given the links between the people who prepare food, transport the food, and you. It is hard to know how much that risk is, but it is certainly higher than making it at home.
4. If you are sick, definitely stay home and contact a medical professional. If you are sick, you should try to isolate yourself from the rest of your family within your house as best as you can. If you have questions about whether you qualify or should get a coronavirus test, you can call you primary care team and/or consider calling the Partners Health Care hotline staffed 8AM-8PM every day - 617 724 7000, or the Massachusetts department of public health at 617 983 6800. Don't just walk in to an ambulatory clinic - call first. Obviously if it is an emergency call 911.
5. We need to push our local, state, and national leaders to close ALL schools, events, gatherings, and public spaces now. A local, town by town response won't have the needed effect. We need a statewide, nationwide approach in these trying times. Contact your representative and the governor to urge them to enact statewide closures. As of today, 6 states had already done so. We should be one of them. Also urge them to fund emergency preparedness and make increasing coronavirus testing capacity an immediate and top priority.
I realize there is a lot built into these suggestions, and that they represent a real burden for many people, businesses, and communities. Social distancing is hard and may negatively impact others, especially those who face vulnerablities in our society. I recognize that there is structural and social inequity built in and around social distancing recommendations. We can and must take steps to bolster our community response to people who face food insecurity, domestic violence, and housing challenges, along with the many other social inequities.
I also realize that not everyone can do everything. But we have to try our absolute best as a community, starting today. It is a public health imperative. If we don't do this now voluntarily, it will become necessary later involuntarily, when the potential benefits will be much less than doing so right now.
Asaf
Asaf Bitton MD, MPH | Executive Director | Ariadne Labs
Brigham and Women's Hospital | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
PROVINCETOWN IB SCHOOLS TECH SURVEY FOR PARENTS - LINK
US GOVERNMENT CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL (CDC) WEBSITE
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH WEBSITE
TALKING WITH CHILDREN ABOUT CORONAVIRUS - WEBSITE
THE ESSENTIAL NEED FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING EXPLAINED - PDF LETTER
The PYP perfoming brilliantly to kick off our monthly all school assembly!!!
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1620: A Journey Padlet!
UNCLE URBANO and the DAY of the DEAD |
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What a fantastic performance we were treated to by the MYP at November's all school assembly!!! A big shout out to all the MYP students involved and to Bernadette Villanueva our vibrant Spanish teacher working alongside Michael Gillane our esteemed Visual Arts teacher. Big congratulations to everyone who helped put this show together!
THE FISHERMEN ARE FUN AND FIERCE!
Lookout Cape Cod soccer! our team are ready to go in their season opener today! Love those team colors and uniforms. A big thanks to the Provincetown VFW for our colorful kit this year!
GO FISHERMEN!!!!!
MA PARENT MINDSETS ABOUT EDUCATION
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Provincetown Schools: An International Baccalaureate World School
12 Winslow Street , Provincetown / MA / 02657 Phone: 508 487 5020 Fax: 508 487 5089
Email Principal: treynolds@provincetownschools.com treynolds@provincetownschools.com
12 Winslow Street , Provincetown / MA / 02657 Phone: 508 487 5020 Fax: 508 487 5089
Email Principal: treynolds@provincetownschools.com treynolds@provincetownschools.com
PROVINCETOWN SCHOOLS / Mission Statement
Provincetown Schools is a learning community committed to academic excellence. We ensure that all students acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to become compassionate, responsible, and reflective members of a global society. Establishing high expectations, we immerse students in other cultures while promoting home, school and community partnerships.
PROVINCETOWN SCHOOLS / Declaración de Misión
Provincetown Schools es una comunidad de aprendizaje comprometida con la excelencia académica. Aseguramos de que todos los alumnos adquieran las habilidades y conocimientos necesarios para convertirse en miembros compasivos, responsables y reflexivos de una sociedad global. Con el establecimiento de grandes expectativas, nos sumergimos en los estudiantes otras culturas, mientras que promovemos las asociaciones del hogar, la escuela y la comunidad.