For Directors 

Directors Alerts

• Dominique Jean, a school nurse, will answer your urgent COVID-19 symptom questions (Is this dry cough from COVID-19 or due to allergies?). She can be reached at: 781-803-0766.
  
• For non-urgent COVID-19 related calls, please call 617-665-3648. One of two nurses will reply to all hotline phone calls and emails after they have checked the phone line or email account.
• For more complex medically related questions, Directors should contact MA Dept. of Public Health’s epidemiologist Dr. Katherine Hsu at 617-983-6948 or [email protected].
• EEC’s Reopening Plan requires programs to provide contact information for their local Board of Health.
  This information should now be:
  Address: 19 Windsor St., Cambridge, MA 02139
  Phone: 617-665-3648
  Email: [email protected].
• Early Years Project created two new checklists. Is the Child Feeling Safe? helps educators identify the needs behind children’s behavior while the Relational Safety checklist provides educators a way to recognize their own stress level and offers simple ways to de-stress.
• Read the text of a letter to the Massachusetts Delegation requesting they actively push through a final relief bill that includes $50 B to stabilize our field.
• HELP! Amy O’Leary, Strategies for Children, is asking educators to provide written testimony (stories and data) to help your MA legislators understand your experience. A 45-minute recorded webinar, Preparing Written Testimony, provides a great primer on state government and offers practical how-to tips. No need to take notes as a follow-up email documents steps to writing testimony. You can also read Amy’s July 1 written testimony here.
• The next Cambridge Directors Support Zoom meeting, led by Bess Emanuel and Polly Smith, will be held on Friday from 10-11AM. Check your email inbox every Friday morning for the Zoom link.

For Families

Activities for Families

• Click here for WGBH’s Family Fun at Home that has activities for children ages 3 to 5.
• For children ages 5 to 12, WBUR is offering CitySpace Summer (virtual) Camp. Click here to register.
• Find It Cambridge is regularly updating its Virtual Activities at Home category with online and at-home activities for all ages of children and adults to enjoy.
• Check out the Cambridge Public Library website for fun summer events.
• Attend Arts in the Park events to participate in free and easy arts and craft activities.
• Enjoy Summer in the City performances of music, storytelling, and puppetry, all sponsored by the Cambridge Arts Council.

Resources for Families

• Parents and caregivers who are experiencing any kinds of problems related to their children can call the Parental Stress Line for support: 1-800-623-8188. The Parental Stress Line is staffed by volunteer counselors who are sympathetic and nonjudgmental and is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.