Monday, March 23rd
We know that these are challenging times and wanted to continue to provide connections to our school community. We will continue our Daily Announcements with a variety of stories and activities for families to enjoy. In today's announcement we have also included information on our Meals Program for Children and some information we have collected from Internet Service Providers.
Story Time with Mr. Flanagan
Today Mr. Flanagan will be reading "Home" By Amanda Bates
Home - By Amanda Bates
Be creative! -Mrs. Bates 😊
2 by 2 fitness! From the PE Dept.
Do 10 up-downs together
Bear walk from one wall to the other.
Pretend to jump rope for 1 minute.
Meal Program for Children
The Maple Run Unified School District is now using the Free Summer Feeding Program to help feed the children of our community during the COVID-19 closures. We have our pick-up sites listed below and we are also delivering to bus stops in Fairfield, St. Albans City, and St. Albans Town. Our Delivery times start at 10:30 for St. Albans City and Fairfield, and they start at 11:30 for St. Albans Town. As we continue this program times may change, so please make sure to read or listen to future informational blasts.
Remember - there is no charge for this meal program. It is free to all children 18 and under. For people living in Fairfield, St. Albans City, and St. Albans Town we have permission to deliver to bus stops. For any other families, we have 3 pick-up sites in the city open for all children 18 and under even if they are not in our school system. Our charge is to feed our children during this uncertain time.
The bus delivery will be once a day Monday through Friday. Someone must come out and meet the bus at the normal bus stops. If you are not there when the bus arrives, a meal cannot be left. For Fairfield and St. Albans City routes, the delivery will be from 10:30-11:30. For St. Albans Town routes, the delivery will be from 11:30-12:30. The package will have lunch for the day and breakfast for the next morning. There will be pick-up sites in the following locations; St. Albans City School, BFA St. Albans and St. Albans Town Education Center. Pickups will be from 11:00-12:30. These sites are also providing two meals in each package, lunch, and breakfast.
If you have any questions or want to be added to our meal delivery list, please reach out to the following staff at your prek-8 school:
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: How to File a Complaint, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:
mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
fax: (202) 690-7442; or
email: program.intake@usda.gov.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Free Residential Internet Access
Comcast will make it even easier for low-income families who live in a Comcast service area to sign up by offering new customers 60 days of complimentary Internet Essentials service, which is normally available to all qualified low-income households for $9.95/month.
2. Also, we are increasing Internet speeds for the Internet Essentials service from 15/2 Mbps to 25/3 Mbps for all new and existing customers, which will be the speed of the service going forward. In this way, we will ensure that Internet Essentials customers will be able to use their Internet service for all their increased needs as a result of this health crisis.
We want to make it as fast and simple as possible to access this service:
• To receive the increased Internet speeds, existing customers will not need to do anything. The new speeds will be rolled out nationally over the next few days.
• We’ll send all new customers a free self-install kit that includes a cable modem with a Wi-Fi router. There will be no term contract or credit check and no shipping fee. To sign up, applicants can simply visit www.internetessentials.com. The accessible website also includes the option to video chat with customer service agents in American Sign Language. There are also two dedicated phone numbers 1-855-846-8376 for English and 1-855- 765-6995 for Spanish
Consolidate Communications is offering two free months of DSL access for students, teachers, and staff. Take advantage of the offer in two easy steps:
1. Call Consolidated Communications: 1-855-399-3084 2. Mention Offer Code: Two Months Free
This offer includes free installation and no equipment fees for two months. Students and their families do not have to sign a long-term contract to receive this offer. Consolidated doesn’t cap the amount of data you can use or charge extra based on your use.
Charter-Spectrum will offer free Spectrum broadband and Wi-Fi access for 60 days to households with K-12 and/or college students who do not already have a Spectrum broadband subscription and at any service level up to 100 Mbps. To enroll call 1-844-488-8395. Installation fees will be waived for new student households.
• Charter will partner with school districts to ensure local communities are aware of these tools to help students learn remotely. Charter will continue to offer Spectrum Internet Assist, high speed broadband program to eligible low-income households delivering speeds of 30 Mbps. https://www.spectrum.com/browse/content/spectrum-internet-assist
• Charter will open its Wi-Fi hotspots across our footprint for public use.Spectrum does not have data caps or hidden fees.
