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Natick Public Schools in Natick, MA has started to lock the front doors of all of their schools.  Before the Newtown CT shootings, only 1 out of 8 of Natick’s schools had a camera and buzzer system.  Since January, locks and buzzers were installed at all 8 of their schools.

For Weston Public Schools in Weston, MA the previous policy was to have all school doors locked except for the front door.  Their new policy is to have all doors locked including the front door.  They also have plans to install either buzzers or cameras in the coming weeks. 

After the Newtown, Connecticut school shootings in which 20 children and 6 adults were killed, several school systems have put new security measures in place. These include locked front doors and tighter visitor sign-in policies.  They have also launched reviews of their current safety policies.

When skating outdoors, make sure your child skates with at least one other person. Kids that skate alone could fall through the ice and drown. There would be no one to save them.

If your child unfortunately does get sick, you must keep them home from school if s/he has:

• A fever over 100 degrees Fahrenheit during the past 24 hours (or has taken a fever reducing medication within the past 24 hours).

• A cold in the active stages: coughing, running nose, sneezing.

• A sore throat and/or swollen neck glands.

• An undiagnosed rash or skin eruption.

• Vomiting or diarrhea during the past 24 hours.

• Head lice that have not been treated.

If you are uncertain if your child might make the other children sick, you should contact the school nurse or your doctor before sending to school.  It would be wrong to infect the rest of the students and teachers with your child’s illness.

As you have probably heard, there are a lot of colds and flu around this year. Both respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses have been especially circulating within the schools. This is due to the fact that children tend to spread germs easily and lack of fresh outdoor air. Remember all of these stay healthy tips:

1.  Hand washing is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of illness.

• Wash your hands often -- when they are dirty, before eating, after using the restroom and after sneezing into a tissue.

• Use soap and warm water and rub your hands together for at least 15 seconds before rinsing and drying.

• Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are ok to use when your hands aren't visibly dirty.

2.  Cough Etiquette

• Avoid coughing or sneezing into your hands - use a tissue or your elbow.

3.  Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. Germs spread this way.

4.  MOST IMPORTANTLY stay away from people who are sick and stay home when you are sick.

1/3 of children that have once been diagnosed with autism are no longer considered to be on the spectrum by the time they pass adolescence.

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Dover, MA MCAS Testing Schedule 2013

The MCAS tests for Dover-Sherborn High School students in Dover, MA will administered on the following dates:

Biology Session 1 – February 4, 2013

Biology Session 2 – February 5, 2013

English (ELA) Composition Sessions A & B – March 19, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Sessions 1 & 2 - March 21, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Session 3 – March 22, 2013

Math Session 1 – May 13, 2013

Math Session 2 – May 14, 2013

Science and Technology/Engineering (STE) Session 1 – June 4, 2013

Science and Technology/Engineering (STE) Session 2 – June 5, 2013

MCAS Retests (for Dover-Sherborn High School students that have previously received Needs Improvement/Failing scores)

English (ELA) Composition Sessions A & B – February 27, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Sessions 1 & 2  - February 28, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Session 3 – March 1, 2013

Math Session 1 – March 4, 2013

Math Session 2 – March 5, 2013

If your child has certain special needs issues and invited to a birthday party, try to include them as much as possible.  If the birthday party is a drop off party, you may ask to stick around by volunteering to help all the kids in order to be there for extra support and safety.  Socialization is important and it is your duty to do everything possible to make sure it happens.

Here is how to tell the difference between a cold and the flu:

Cold

• Gradual onset of symptoms

• No fever

• Slight body aches

• Headache uncommon

• Runny nose, sneezing

• Sore throat common

• Hacking cough

Flu

• Sudden onset of symptoms

• High fever

• Often severe body aches

• Headache common

• Sometimes runny nose, no sneezing

• Sore throat uncommon

• Dry cough