News From Across GMRSD
16 Dec 2020
Massachusetts is First State in Nation to Gain Federal Approval to Continue Pandemic EBT through School Year 2020-2021
More than 500,000 students will resume receiving P-EBT benefits in December
BOSTON – The Baker-Polito Administration today received federal approval to issue Pandemic EBT benefits (P-EBT) for the rest of the 2020-2021 school year. P-EBT promotes increased food security for families who participate in the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National School Lunch Program (NSLP), covering the cost of missed school meals for more than 500,000 students in...
14 Dec 2020
FREE COVID testing at Greenfield Community College this week on Tuesday 12/15/20 and Wednesday 12/16/20. You need to preregister. These two, consecutive days of testing will be held at Greenfield Community College (One College Drive, Greenfield) on Tuesday, December 15th 2020 (10am – 3pm) and Wednesday, December 16th 2020 (1pm – 6pm) – testing is free, does not require a medical referral, and you do not need to have COVID-19 symptoms to get tested. However, you must pre-register to receive a test (pre-registration details below).
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14 Dec 2020
Dear Families,
i-Ready allows your teacher(s) to meet your student exactly where they are and provides data to increase your student’s learning gains. i-Ready consists of two parts: Diagnostic and Personalized Instruction. The i-Ready Diagnostic is an adaptive assessment that adjusts its questions to suit your student’s needs. Each item a student sees is individualized based on their answer to the previous question. For example, a series of correct answers will result in slightly harder questions, while a series of incorrect answers will yield slightly easier questions.
i-Ready...
14 Dec 2020
Press Release and District Announcement
During the week of January 7, 2021 the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Public School Monitoring (PSM) will conduct a Tiered Focused Monitoring Review of the Gill-Montague Regional School District. The Office of Public School Monitoring visits each district and charter school every three years to monitor compliance with federal and state special education and civil rights regulations. Areas of review related to special education include student assessments, determination of eligibility, the Individualized Education...
14 Dec 2020
Press Release and District Announcement
During the week of January 7, 2021 the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Public School Monitoring (PSM) will conduct a Tiered Focused Monitoring Review of the Gill-Montague Regional School District. The Office of Public School Monitoring visits each district and charter school every three years to monitor compliance with federal and state special education and civil rights regulations. Areas of review related to special education include student assessments, determination of eligibility, the Individualized Education...
14 Dec 2020
Press Release and District Announcement
During the week of January 7, 2021 the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Public School Monitoring (PSM) will conduct a Tiered Focused Monitoring Review of the Gill-Montague Regional School District. The Office of Public School Monitoring visits each district and charter school every three years to monitor compliance with federal and state special education and civil rights regulations. Areas of review related to special education include student assessments, determination of eligibility, the Individualized Education...