Dear Thompson Community:
If this were the conclusion of any typical spring break, students and staff would be gearing up to return to school next week. Students would resume learning, playgrounds would be filled with happy children, our sports teams would be preparing for their spring season and on and on. But this has not been a typical spring break and we are not gearing up to return to school next week.
Instead, we are faced with challenging times that are riddled with lots of questions and uncertainties. I know this has been a tough time for our entire community. The current reality is extraordinary and unprecedented. I am so very proud of our entire staff team who have begun to adjust and shift their work tasks to continue to serve our students and community. I am also very proud of our students and families who have shown an extraordinary resiliency to adjust to an ever-shifting and complex reality that, for now, has become our new “normal”.
As an organization, we will adjust, be agile and will confront these challenges. Please know that as a TSD team, we are currently developing short, medium and long-range plans and structures to support our students to best meet their educational needs. We are launching an academic website to temporarily provide enrichment and extension activities for students at each of our grade levels. We will be working to further develop these opportunities for students as we shift learning from a general website to a more personalized approach that connects students to their home schools and classroom teachers. This opportunity is in development and will take several weeks to deploy. But we are working hard to make it a reality. Please CLICK HERE to visit the “TSD Learns” web site.
We are also mindful that students and families will have questions around class and grade-level completion for this school year, graduation expectations, transition activities for the upcoming school year, testing and assessment, open enrollment, as well as a myriad of other topics and needs. I ask for your patience and understanding as we navigate the need to provide you with this information. For now, we are most focused on the health and safety of our students, staff and community. Please understand that school and work will look different. It will need to, as we do not have access to our buildings as well as the conventional methods that we have utilized to deliver instruction and services.
Our commitment is to continue to provide you with timely, accurate and frequent information. Our staff stands ready to serve our students and our community. But we will need the time and space to work within our new and ever-changing paradigm.
None of our success at Thompson School District would be possible without the tremendous support of our entire community. Thank you again for all that you do each and every day.
Sincerely,
Dr. Marc Schaffer
Superintendent
Thompson School District
Emergency Food Distribution Program for Students
Beginning this Monday, March 23, Thompson School District will launch an emergency food distribution program to benefit students throughout the district. In addition, the Loveland Rotary Club’s KidsPak program will begin an effort soon afterward to provide additional support to our community.
The Food Bank for Larimer County is also planning daily meal distributions at Lincoln, Monroe and Winona elementary schools in Loveland. Please see their website here for more details on relevant dates and times.
Building Care
Thompson School District is working with guidance from the Larimer County Department of Health and Environment to ensure our buildings are disinfected and safe. The district is in the process of disinfecting all buildings and allowing proper time for them to sit idle to ensure we have a safe environment. Buildings will continue to be unavailable for events and community rental while the district is closed.
Assisting Children During Uncertain Times
During uncertain times, predictability and structure can help young people feel safe and cared for. While this article focuses on preschool and early childhood, the ideas of creating structure and routine are important for all of us.
As you build a routine and structure at home, you might consider incorporating one of these Daily Literacy Challenges! Alter the activities depending on the age and grade of your child(ren)!