A team from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will attend the February meeting of the Secondary Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC). The state education officials will provide an overview of the Tiered Focused Monitoring progress for parents. The SEPAC meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 24th from 6:00 to 7:00 PM. It will be held virtually on Zoom. GLCPS Parents will be sent the link prior to the meeting via the Remind application. For more information, contact GLCPS Special Education Director Amie Fernandes at
[email protected]
Thursday, January 28th, 2021, GLCPS will be hosting a Virtual Enrollment Open House. All current and prospective students and their families are invited to attend this hour-long program which begins at 6:00 PM. During this event, our staff and students, led by Executive Director Stephen Furtado, Sr. and Principal Pires, will give an overview of the school, provide a student’s perspective of what it’s like to attend GLCPS, and present student work.
Due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases, GLCPS will remain in the remote teaching and learning model at least through February 28, 2021, Executive Director Stephen Furtado announced today. "It was our hope to begin the hybrid model at the end of January but unfortunately the number of Covid cases continues to increase in New Bedford and the surrounding towns," said Dr. Furtado. "We have been told by medical authorities that the number of cases will continue to increase as a result of holiday gatherings and traveling that occurred outside of our State."
(This letter was addressed to GLCPS staff on the eve of the attack on our US Capitol on January 6, 2021 by supporters of President Trump as Congress was moving toward ratifying the election of Joseph Biden as the next president of the United States.)
As a political science major and student in Constitutional law, I have tried to capture my emotions over today’s events. It is easy to cast blame and to point fingers. I, too, want to vent and allow my temper to get the best of me. We have witnessed a display of violence against our institutions that has not been seen since 1814 when the Capitol and the White House were burned to the ground. Unfolding before our eyes was an attack, not against buildings, but against the Constitution; a document that clearly states the process of validating a presidential election. That same Constitution gives all of us the right to protest but not in a violent way.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health Immunization Division has extended the deadline for students to receive the mandated flu vaccine. The deadline is now February 28, 2021. GLCPS families can email documentation of the flu vaccination or reach out with any questions or concerns to the nurse's office for the school. Families can email documentation of the flu vaccination or reach out with any questions or concerns by emailing Nurse Tomlinson at
[email protected], or Nurse Aguiar at
[email protected] or by fax using 774-328-8694.
First, the Board of Trustees and I have decided to begin winter vacation earlier than scheduled. Therefore, the last day of school before the winter vacation is Friday, December 18, 2020. We will return to our normal academic schedule on Monday, January 4, 2021.
Second, as we approach the next remote learning deadline I want to update you regarding our next steps. Our decisions are based on the data we receive from the Department of Public Health and the Center for Disease Control. We have watched the number of Covid-19 cases increase significantly in New Bedford and throughout the State. This second surge is troubling and the number of cases could continue to increase throughout the holiday season. New Bedford continues to be in the “red zone”. Given this information GLCPS will remain remote through January 31.
GLCPS is now accepting applications for the 2021-2022 School Year.
The state of Massachusetts has launched a new website to help families concerned about their child's mental health specifically related to the Covid-19 epidemic and all of the changes that have happened because of it.
There will be no Grab'n'Go meals available at the main campus on January 6th and January 7th. We will resume the food program on Friday, 1/8.
Please contact us with any questions or concerns at 508-991-4105.
The Global Learning Charter Public School's YEARBOOK fundraiser is underway! Here's how you can support the effort to raise $3,000.00 to keep the cost of the yearbook affordable for students.
Our goal is to raise $3,000.00 to keep the cost of the yearbook at an affordable price.
