Shepherd Glen Elementary School

Hamden Families – Coronavirus Updates

As you know, all Hamden Public Schools are closed due to the Coronavirus. Although essential staff may be in our buildings, our schools and central office are currently closed to the public.

Related to school meals, breakfast and lunch are available Monday - Friday, from 9:00-12:00 each morning at Hamden High, Hamden Middle and Church Street Schools. Any child 18 years and younger is eligible for these meals, which can be picked up by students or parents/guardians.

We have created a page to provide Hamden Public Schools updates during the Coronavirus pandemic. Please regularly check www.Hamden.org/Coronavirus for current information affecting the Hamden Public Schools community.

Food Service Will Continue During Spring Break

On Thursday April 9th, Whitson's School Nutrition and Hamden Public Schools will be providing families with four days worth of breakfast and lunch meals.This is because there will be no meal service on April 10th, Good Friday.

Bagged meals for the 4 days will be separated in our eco-friendly plastic grocery bags (one bag for breakfast items, one for lunch items). As our normal custom has been, families may requests as many meals as they have children under the age of 18 in their household.

We will resume normal service beginning Monday, April 13th. Even though it's Spring break, food service will continue throughout the week.

Heat-At-Home-Meals Available April 1, Weekend Meals Start April 3

Chicken nuggets, pizza, mac and cheese... how does that sound? Starting April 1, Hamden is pleased to add heat-at-home foods to our take-away meal program. Our breakfast and lunch program will include new fully-cooked food options that can be heated at home. Sandwiches are yummy - but variety is the spice of life!

Fresh fruit and veggies are also included in the food options available.

The take-away meals are available at our five food distribution locations: Church Street School, Ridge Hill School, Hamden Middle School, Hamden High School, and the Keefe Center. Meals are available Monday-Friday, from 9:00-12:00 for any child 18 years of age or younger.

Here's a copy of the upcoming menu. Help us spread the word - we want to keep our kids happy and healthy!

Please email Mrs. Helenski at @Dhelenski@hamden.org if you are in need of passwords or have a distance learning related question.

At-Home Instructional Materials

More resources can be found on Shepherd Glen's Library Media Page.

Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence Visits Shepherd Glen

On Monday, March 3, educators from across the country, as well as internationally, visited Shepherd Glen. They came with the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence to see the fantastic work Shepherd Glen does with the RULER program.

Author Skype - Josh Funk

Second graders skyped with author Josh Funk on Friday, February 28. We read his books about coding, How to Code a Sandcastle and How to Code a Rollercoaster and asked him lots of questions about those books!