Harwood Middle School Summer Edition, June 29, 2020

Harwood Middle School celebrate their end to a very unique
school year.  Pictured here our 8th graders receive a send off
via drive through complete with balloons, Harwood gifts and letter snd well wishes
as they head to their 9th grade year in the fall.  

June 2020

Dear Students and Families:

As you can imagine creating the master schedule in our present situation has been challenging.  Prior to going remote we had collected student course requests from the class of 2021 & 2022. We then collected student requests from 2023 & 2024 remotely, we thank you all for your attention to that process.

The goal is to send student schedules out later this summer July we have been given an opportunity to review the return to school guidelines. School counselors will be available prior to the start of school in August to work with students who need to add, drop or change their schedules.

Thank you for your patience. I wish you all the best as we approach the end of this school year. Enjoy your summer break.

Take Care,

Sally McCarthy

Director of School Counseling

smccarthy@huusd.org

Harwood Middle School Families/Students 

Crossett Brook Middle School and Harwood Union Middle have compiled a listing of summer learning resources for your middle school student. The resources links offer both academic and enrichment activies for all levels of learners. This is a great summer to build time for continuing to build academic skills and pursuing interests and learning as part of daily routines. Part of our rationale for leaving chromebooks home with families for the summer was to support access to these kinds of resources for all.

HUUSD Middle School Resources 2020

What will school look/feel/be like next year?   

HUUSD district and school based teams have been working on possible models for what school will look like next year. Our work is based on the initial The Vermont Agency of Education return to learn document.   The state plans on sending at least four more installments of "Return to Learn" documents over the summer to inform our work. We are creating plans for some possible scenarios or a combination of the following:

• Continued remote learning/ no in person school, 
• In-person instruction with enhanced safety measures.  
• In-person instruction with safety measures. 

Levels of interactions/ or not for the 20-21 school year will be determined by the VT Dept of Health and Agency of Education. Over the next few weeks HUUSD will communicate with school famlies regarding the details for how school will open in August. We also understand, as we have been told repeatedly by state officials, that the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve rapidly and the guidance may change. Please know we are taking all you have shared with us, all we have learned, and our best thinking to work to meet the needs of our community.  More to come. The Harwood Middle School will be sending out periodic updates on our school blog beginning late July through the August to keep you informed about the planning process.