Please click on the link below to read the latest update on vaccinations:
https://mailchi.mp/maine/cu5lemq6y0-1322724?e=30078ce095
Please click the link below to read Superintendent Wolfrom's update on the ongoing Budget Process.
https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1138700/Budget_Update__3.pdf
Click the link below to read FAQs regarding the district's ongoing responses to COVID-19. The live link is on the district's website in the Gallery.
https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1131766/COVID_FAQs.docx.pdf
Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with our new Superintendent Search section on the website.
https://capeelizabethme.sites.thrillshare.com/page/cape-elizabeth-superintendent-search
WCSH 6 shares a video of one of our own:
https://newscentermaine.com/embeds/video/97-f756d987-669e-4854-9791-7b1d1cbae34c/iframe?jwsource=cl
Please take a moment to read the letter below from our School Nurses regarding travel for Winter Break.
https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1118176/Travel_Guildelines_for_Winter_Break.pdf
CEMS is celebrating a Day of Welcome by joining civil rights teams from across Maine to promote the idea that our school communities are for everyone and that all the parts of your identity make our school community a better place. FMI: http://bit.ly/CEMSWelcome2021
Please take a moment to look over the Sara Alert system the state is using regarding Covid-19 symptom tracking. After clicking the link below, you'll need to scroll down on the MDOE page.
https://mainedoenews.net/
Ms. Kaufman's 6th graders wondered: even if it is just one drop in the ocean, how did that drop get there? So they followed one from its origin all the way to the Spurwink River. And along the way, discovered how that drop, with many of its drop friends, resulted in erosion.
On 1/27/21, CEMS will host the first of three conversations led by Mindfulness Director, Erica Marcus, and CEMS Tech Integrator, Jonathan R. Werner. They will provide a forum to share, discuss and learn about the impacts of tech on kids and families. FMI: https://bit.ly/3oSz8lK
7th graders performing Feudalism skits in Mrs. Briggs' History classes using props purchased with an MSPA grant. Since the Plague seems to be part of the reenactment currently, all props were sanitized after 1- touch use. @CapeMspa https://www.facebook.com/groups/175878782576476/
The pandemic has forced us to temporarily close the MakerSpace at CEMS. But that hasn't stopped IDEA Lab students from creating some AMAZING projects! This impressive Zoom-ready phone stand was the brainchild of 6th grader Mirabella Gradie in collaboration with her grandfather.
Coordinated by the Maine DOE, our awesome school nurses were vaccinated yesterday at local health care practices. Take THAT COVID! #ThePowerofUS
With the holiday approaching, please take a moment to review the travel guidelines set by the State of Maine:
https://www.maine.gov/covid19/restartingmaine/keepmainehealthy
Vermont and New Hampshire are still on the exempt list.
In an effort to have our schools open next week, we have developed a bus schedule that will hopefully only have to be implemented for the week of December 7-11, 2020. There will have to be double runs in order to provide students with transportation to and from school. The times listed will be arrival times at schools in the morning, and departure times from school in the afternoon. 2nd wave bus students should plan to be at their bus stops 15 minutes after their normal time. We are asking parents who can transport their own students to school next week, to do so in order to help out with this transportation challenge. Please check your email to view the schedule. Thank you.
Effective Thursday, December 3, all Cape Elizabeth Schools will transition to full remote learning. Please check your email for the letter from Superintendent Wolfrom regarding the positive case.
As we get ready for Thanksgiving Break, CEMS wanted to THANK the Cape Community for supporting both our remote and in-person learning. Have a fun, safe week and we'll see you soon!
https://youtu.be/vupzOYWHNf0
UPDATE: Massachusetts has been removed from the travel exemption, people coming to ME from MA must either quarantine for 14 days or receive a negative COVID-19 test with a sample taken no longer than 72 hours from arrival in ME. This will go into effect on Monday 11/16/20.
The Mills Administration has released its Friday Health Advisory, and although Cumberland County remains in "green", they are closely monitoring our county. Please see the media release by clicking the link below.
https://mailchi.mp/maine/media-release-maine-doe-celebrates-april-as-the-month-of-the-military-child-1322264?e=529b28fd2e
Click below to learn more about Cape's recent Professional Development exploring the interrelationship of trauma, racial identity, and COVID-19 and their impact on our students.
https://bit.ly/3naFdIZ
