Good Afternoon, Reading Public School Staff and Community,

I hope you are having an amazing weekend.  Here is Spring Update #12.  Have a great rest of the weekend and week ahead!

• Graduation Tonight at 6:30 p.m.-This evening, 304 Reading Memorial High School Seniors will be graduating from Reading Memorial High School at Hollingsworth Field.  A High School Graduation is a community celebration where teachers, administrators, staff, and community members, have made a tremendous impact on these students since they either entered preschool in 2006-07/2007-08 or entered kindergarten in 2008-09.  Thank you to everyone who has made a difference in the lives of these students.  We wish them the best of luck and good fortune on their next milestone ahead!

The graduation can be seen live on RCTV at 6:30 p.m. at the following link: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_th6mDRqznc

• Health Data-We are pleased to announce that we had no positive school cases this past week nor did we have any positive pools!  In addition, we have had over 800 RMHS students who have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

• Vaccine Clinics for Second Doses-The vaccine clinics for the second doses are planned for the following dates and times:
  • RMHS on Wed 6/16 8-12
  • Thursday 6/17 8-12 @ Coolidge and 1-4 at Parker

Below are the links for the different clinics.  Please click on the link for your school if your child had a first dose and pick the time that you will be getting the vaccine.

• Reading High School calendly URL: https://calendly.com/info7/reading-high-school?month=2021-06
• Coolidge Middle School calendly URL: https://calendly.com/pelmedscovid/coolidge-school?month=2021-06
• Parker Middle School calendly URL: https://calendly.com/pelmeds2/parker-middle-school?month=2021-06

• Heat Wave-On Friday we received a reminder from DESE that we no longer have the option of shifting all students to remote learning on hotter days and have those days count as school days.  If we cancelled school, we would need to add a day to the end of the school year for every day that is cancelled.  We will work with staff to provide cooler alternatives, teach more classes outdoors and have more frequent mask breaks during the school day.  We also encourage students to bring water bottles from home.  We will have water available in our schools, but given the demand for bottled water, we encourage students to bring water from home as well. 

• Last Day of School-The last day of school is Monday, June 21^st.  It will be an 11:00 a.m. dismissal for all students.

• 2021-22 Calendar-The 2021-22 School Calendar with early release days is located at the link below.  Please note that due to the Fall and Spring Open House Events, the early release days in September and May are moved from Friday to Thursday.  All other early release days throughout the school year are on Friday.

https://www.reading.k12.ma.us/index.php/download_file/3098/1/

John Doherty

Superintendent

Reading Public Schools

82 Oakland Road

Reading, Massachusetts 01867

781-944-5800

John.doherty@reading.k12.ma.us