DESE Update: April 5th, 2019
1. Message from Commissioner Riley about the 10th Grade English Language Arts MCAS: The Department heard from Boston Public Schools administrators on Friday, March 29, that some students had raised concerns about an essay prompt that was near the end of the 10th grade English language arts MCAS test. On Sunday, March 31, I decided […]
January 30, 2018
Dear Colleagues, We continue to get calls requesting information for schools, parents and students pertaining to the current influenza epidemic. To supplement to what was shared in last week’s email , links to additional information from the CDC are included here: MDPH Information for Schools: https://www.mass.gov/service-details/information-for-school-and-childcare-professionals CDC Information for Schools: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/school/qa.htm CDC Information on How to […]
January 10, 2017
Dear Colleagues, Hope you are staying warm and dry from the winter weather! We look forward to seeing you (or a representative of your school district nursing staff) at the upcoming Regional Meetings! The winter meetings for each Region are scheduled over the next few weeks and we hope as many of you as possible […]
January 4, 2017
Dear Colleagues, Happy New Year! Welcome to 2017!! This email is packed full of news of events, seminars, workshops and other information essential to ALL school nurses. Please be sure to forward to all School Nurses in your community! Please note the attached memo concerning vision screening protocols. Apparently, an older version was circulated recently […]