District Communications

Dear Winooski Families,

Dear Winooski Families,

We want to keep you informed about local resources to help support your family during these difficult times. As information is coming quickly and the situation changes frequently, we appreciate your patience with our numerous communications.

If you are in need of food you may go to the Winooski Food Shelf located at 24 West Allen Street in Winooski.

They are open today, March 25th from 2:00-4:00pm and will have dry goods, meat, and toiletries. They will also be open Saturday, March 28th from 9:30-11:00am and will have fresh produce, bread, and deli items. If you would like to access the Food Shelf for the first time, please bring a piece of mail with your Winooski address.

Please note, if your family already went to the Food Shelf on March 11, you can’t go again today, but you can go again on Saturday. They have a new procedure in place that asks all food shelf clients to please wait outside the location and pick up pre-packaged bags that will be made available. Please remember to stay six feet apart from other Food Shelf clients or staff.

Take care,

Emily Hecker

WSD Communications Director

We have new translations on COVID-19 in 11 languages on our webpage: www.healthvermont.gov/covid19 in the “Translated Materials” section.

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WSD Learning Materials Pick-Up and Meal Distribution

Thank you to all WSD families who joined us Friday to pick up student learning materials. We appreciate your patience and kindness during this challenging and rapidly-evolving situation.

If you were NOT able to make it on Friday, please see the information below about learning material pick-up. To make things easier on everyone, we will hand out student learning materials at the same place and time as our meal distribution. We highly encourage all children in Winooski to participate in our FREE meal program. More info can be found below.

PreK-5th grade

If you haven’t picked up your PreK-5th grade student’s educational work materials you may pick them up on Monday, March 23rd from 9:30am – 10am. All student materials need to be picked up at the meal distribution site location closest to your home. Use this document to find the distribution center where your child’s materials will be.

Middle/High School Students

Your student’s advisor will reach out IF your student still has work to pick up.

Middle and high school students need to pick up their materials on Tuesday, March 24th from 9:30am – 10am.

Use this document to find the distribution center where your child’s materials will be.

Meals are available to all children in Winooski, Monday – Friday, from 9:30am – 10am. If there is a barrier to your child participating, please let me know at 802-388-7061.

You may pick up meals from the following locations:

• Winooski Family Center, 87 Elm St.
• O’Brien Community Center, 32 Malletts Bay Ave.
• Winooski School District, 60 Normand St.

If you have questions, please contact:

For Middle/High School students, Angie Small: 802-383-6106 [email protected]

For JFK Elementary School students, Linda Casier: 802-383-6025 [email protected]

Take care,

Emily Hecker, WSD Communications and Development Director

Dear WSD Families,

Winooski School District is committed to nourishing our students’ bodies and minds during this time of school dismissal.

To help us support this goal, tomorrow, Friday, March 20th at Winooski School District, (60 Normand Street) you may pick up:

9am to 10am: Fresh produce

All community members may pick up onions, potatoes, and oranges from Veggie Van-Go. This will be available at the main/middle lobby entrance. Please note, Veggie Van-Go is only available from 9am to 10am.

9am – 11am: Meals for children

Prepared meals will be available for all children and teens ages 0-18 in Winooski – please note, children do not need to be registered students in our district to receive meals. Tomorrow, student meals will be available specifically from 9am to 11am ONLY at the WSD. (Meals will also be available at the Winooski Family Center and O’Brien Community Center at 9:30am.) Meals will be available at the elementary school entrance.

9am – 11am: Distance learning materials

Our teachers have been hard at work creating distance learning plans for all Winooski students. Learning materials will be available at the middle-high school entrance.

• JFK elementary students will have learning packets to bring home, which include math and literacy worksheets as well as necessary school supplies.

Middle and high school students will receive:

• Chromebooks and chargers for all middle school students and any high school students who don’t have their device yet. More information about remote learning plans will be shared tomorrow.
• musical instruments for all middle and high school band and orchestra students.
• art supplies (if students have art class this semester)
• books, journals, reading materials, and other supplies depending on your student’s classes

​Student distance learning materials will be organized by school and alphabetized by students’ last names. If you have students at the elementary, middle school and high school, please let our staff know so they can provide you with all the necessary materials.

Pick-Up Procedures:

• Please be patient and trust we are all doing our very best.
• For the health and safety of everyone involved, we highly encourage you to pick up your fresh produce, student meals, and learning materials from your car.
• We will have staff ready to bring you everything you need, straight to your car.
• There will be three stations as seen on the map below.
• Cars must be single-file. No parking will be permitted.
• If you walk to the district for pick-up, please practice social distancing by keeping a distance of six feet between yourself and other people in line.

If you are unable to pick up your students’ Chromebooks and learning materials tomorrow they will be available for pick up at the other food pick up sites, the O’Brien Center and the Winooski Family Center on Monday, March 23rd from 9:30am-10:00am. We will choose the location closest to your student’s registered address.

(Please note: FREE internet is available from various providers during this time. Find more information below.)

If you have questions, contact me at [email protected] or 802-338-7061 and I’ll try to find you an answer.

And please take care of yourself and your loved ones,

Emily Hecker

WSD Communications and Development Director

Information about free internet:

• Comcast Internet Essentials — 60 days free for qualifiers https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/internet-essentials-low-income-broadband- coronavirus-pandemic and Comcast public Wifi — free for 60 days on all Xfinity-branded hotspots https://www.xfinity.com/