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Natick Public Schools does not discriminate in employment nor in its educational programs, services, and activities on the basis of race, creed, color, age, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, physical and intellectual differences, immigration status, homeless status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Federal and State Legislation Addressing Discrimination in Educational Institutions
You will find links to the contacts for each of the following statutes below.
NPS Engage | Weekly District Update: April 29, 2022
May
Please also refer to your school calendar for school-based activities & information.
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- Virtual Coffee Hour: Tuesday, May 17, 6:00 - 6:45 p.m. - Dismantling Systemic Barriers for Equitable Access to Opportunity
Next Meeting:
Novus Agenda is updated frequently, please check the agenda 24-hours before any upcoming meetings.
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Dear Community:
With great pleasure and pride (and deep gratitude to Town Meeting), I share that the Natick Spring Annual Town meeting voted unanimously to support the school budget for the FY23 school year. You can view our Town Meeting presentation online. This presentation includes a video overview of the district (slide 2), and the results of prior investments from Town Meeting. Thank you for viewing! This budget continues additional reading intervention, screening and support, supports the revision of our math curricula K-12, the deployment of new curriculum in social-emotional learning at the K-4 level, and new social studies units (delayed during COVID) for K-4. This budget enables smaller class sizes across the district, adds special-area offerings and more intervention and special education service blocks to the middle schools. The resources to provide those expanded services should mean that all students, regardless of disability or support need, should experience the full range of world language and arts offerings within their middle school day, should families desire it.
Grant funding is being used in the coming year, just as it was this year, to expand and accelerate our academic and social-emotional interventions for students. These resources and roles will continue to be shared at school committee meetings each quarter as they have been this year. Our vital themes for grant funding use next year include:
- Early elementary and the transition from PreK
- Additional Tier 2 Support K-8, especially to address lagging literacy deficits
- Study hall/CDS supports for students with Ds and Fs
- Executive functioning and behavior/social-emotional learning support for kindergarten
- Maintaining added guidance and social work resources K-4
- Executive functioning and behavioral management supports 5-12
- PK-12 special education supports, particularly for inclusion, testing
- Individual access to on-demand writing support and content-area tutoring supports in multiple languages for students in grades 5-12
This budget, developed by our team in response to our student performance and need data, supported by school committee advocacy, allows for more personalized services for all students. We are grateful to you, Natick citizens, for your ongoing support of the schools.
Anna
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Caimano Named Director of Safety & Security
FBI veteran to coordinate emergency management planning throughout school system, town

NPS Superintendent Dr. Anna Nolin and Natick Police Department Chief Jim Hicks have named Jim Caimano as the district's first director of safety & security. This is a two-year position federally funded by the Department of Justice’s COPS grant. The position will audit current town and school building for safety and security protocols. To learn more about Mr. Caimano, read the press release on the NPS website.
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Last Day of School Set by School Committee
SY 2022-23 calendar also updated

The School Committee voted Monday, April 25 to approve the last day of school as June 21, 2022 (early release) for all schools EXCEPT Lilja School. Lilja School will have a full day of school on June 21, 2022 and their last day will be on June 22, 2022 (early release).
Also, the 2022-2023 school year calendar was modified. The first day of school is Wednesday, August 31 and there will be a full day of school the Friday before Labor Day, September 2.
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External Communications Survey

Reaching an entire school community in today's digital and mobile world requires planning. As a district, we're examining the best methods to connect with families and our community. We’re asking for your feedback via this survey as we evaluate our communications efforts. Please take five minutes to provide your input. Thank you for your insight!
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Register for Natick Summer Learning Program
For over twenty-seven years, Natick has offered a summer programs for students entering grades K-12 and beyond that offers week-long courses for learning recovery, enrichment, exploration, and fun! Join us this summer! Natick Summer Programs are self-supporting program open to all students without regard to sex, race, religion, color, or national origin.
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DAILY COVID Symptom Screening (Checklist)
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Students and staff who are SICK should STAY HOME.
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4/29/22
COVID Update (Click to Enlarge)
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Chart Terminology: CC's = Close Contacts
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Updated COVID-19 Testing Procedure
Natick Public Schools is no longer pool testing. We have implemented at-home weekly rapid antigen tests. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is providing antigen (rapid) COVID-19 tests for students to use at home with the expectation students test at home once a week.
How to Administer the At-Home COVID Test
The test being sent home is the iHealth Labs COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits. The tests can be completed in 15 minutes without the need to send a sample to a laboratory. Mobile phones or computers are not needed for any part of the test.
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