Superintendent Update - Friday, September 24, 2021

I wanted to update the community on some virtual events coming up in the near future.  I hope to see you at some of these.  Just one quick update, the health screening tool will be ready next week and I will do a robocall and email when it is ready so everyone will look for it.

Highlands Current Community Conversation with me Wednesday, September 29 at 7:00.  Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/cc_beacon/register   You will be able to submit questions.  The theme is centered on schooling during the COVID era.

Beacon City School District Zoom Town Hall on the Social/Emotional Inventory Thursday, September 30 at 7:00.   At the end of the last school year, we surveyed students, staff, and families and also did some one on one interviews with folks.  We will share the data at this Zoom town hall and share some next steps and answer questions that come up.  The session will be recorded and put up on Youtube.  The link will be sent out and posted next week.

Beacon City School District Capital Project 2021 Zoom Town Hall Tuesday, October 5 at 7:00.  At this Zoom town hall, we will discuss the proposed Capital Project in detail and answer questions that people have. We will share the slides in advance and put the Town Hall up on Youtube.  This is in preparation of the October 26, 2021 Capital Project vote.  The 2021 Capital Project is a $26 million project that is both tax neutral and also will positively impact learning spaces across all six schools and improve district infrastructure as well.

Beacon City School District Capital Project 2021 Zoom Town Hall Tuesday, October 12 at 5:30.  At this Zoom town hall, we will discuss the proposed Capital Project in detail and answer questions that people have. We will share the slides in advance and put the Town Hall up on Youtube.  We can answer questions at this event from folks not able to attend the prior one.

I will be working on setting up schedules for our Wellness and Diversity/Equity Committee next week.  

Community Updates and Things to Do:

Home athletic events today:  Girls Varsity Soccer at 4:15 and Varsity Volleyball at 5:00.

Beacon Hebrew Alliance will once again be holding a Blood Drive on Sunday, October 3, 2021 from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at Lewis Tompkins Hose located at 13 South Avenue, Beacon, NY.  For more information, please contact: ostrovskyrebecca@gmail.com

Guardian Self Storage is holding its annual coat drive.  They will be collecting coats at their Beacon location 629 Rt 52, Beacon or any Guardian Location October 1, 2021-October 31, 2021.  There will be no local pick up this year; however, you can stop by and drop off coats that you are no longer using that someone in need will appreciate.  For more information about the coat drive, please contact Vicki McDonald at beacon@guardianselfstorage.com

Have a great weekend. 

Matt