LEES News
October 1st, 2020
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First Day of Hybrid Learning
Elementary students will attend school on a hybrid schedule where they will be assigned one of two groups. Group 1 will attend in-person school on Mondays and Wednesdays. Group 2 will attend in-person school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. On days when students are not physically in school, they will engage in a blend of synchronous (real-time) online learning with their classroom teacher and/or independent work as assigned. This will enable students to continue progressing in their curriculum. Fridays will continue to be asynchronous learning days similar to our current remote-learning schedule.
Students are expected to be at school on time. Our first bell rings at 8:20am and the tardy bell rings at 8:25am. Due to supervision and safety reasons, students should not be dropped off before 8:10am.
AT-HOME HEALTH SCREENING GUIDE FOR COVID-19
- Take temperature at home prior to coming to school
- Stay home when you are sick or have COVID-19 symptoms
- Stay hydrated and use a refillable water bottle
- Wash hands regularly or use sanitizer
- Use face coverings appropriately and avoid touching your face
- Social distance appropriately
- Engage in enjoyable activities
It will be very important for families to screen their students at home before sending them to school. Please click here to download our attached home-screen checklist to use as a guide to screen your child on their in-person learning days.
How to make face masks more comfortable for kids
News from the Heath Office
If your child is going to be absent from school, please call the office at 720-652-8101. In an effort to provide a safe and healthy environment for your child, students, and school staff members we will need to collect the following information when you call to report an absence:
- Is your child absent due to illness?
- In the last 14 days have you or your child had close contact with anyone who has been diagnosed or has Covid-19 like symptoms?
- Is your child experienced any of the following symptoms that are new or unexplained?
o Temperature of 100.4 or higher? (If yes, what is the temperature?)
o Chills
o Cough
o Loss of taste or smell
o Shortness of breath of difficulty breathing
o Body aches
o Congestion, runny nose
o Diarrhea
o Fatigue
o Headache
o Nausea, vomiting
o Sore throat
4. If yes to any of the above, what was the date when symptoms started?
Thank you for your cooperation as we are committed in keeping your child and our staff members health and safety a priority.
Water Bottles
Breakfast and Lunch
10:00am-10:45am
Lyons High
Mead Elementary
Frederick High
Altona Middle
Thunder Valley
Erie Middle
Mountain View Elementary
Northridge Elementary
10:00am-11:30am
Timberline
11:00am-12:00pm
Sunset Middle
11:30am-11:50am
Coal Ridge
On Fridays, the food bags will include extra food for the weekend.
Drop Off and Pick Up
Our campus opens at 8:10. Students are not permitted to be on campus prior to that time. We ask that families limit the number of adults and non-Longmont Estates children who accompany your student on campus. Each class will be assigned a place to line up.
On the first day of school, we will have additional staff available to help students carry their materials inside and get them settled.
At the end of the school day, students will exit the same doors they entered in the morning unless they are riding the bus home. Please establish a meeting location with your child and make sure they know what the plan is each day.
No Volunteers or Visitors
Library Books
We appreciate your efforts in helping us retrieve the missing items.
2020 Elementary Supply List
If you are concerned about being able to buy school supplies for your children, Crayons to Calculators is here to help! Crayons to Calculators, a collaboration among area non-profit organizations, is a community-wide school supply drive for students in need. Crayons to Calculators is focused on ensuring that all students in St. Vrain Valley public schools begin school with the supplies they need to succeed.
Longmont Estates has a limited number of backpacks available. Backpacks are available on a first come, first served basis. In an effort to comply with social distancing regulations, when you arrive, we ask that you call the front office at 720-652-8101 and let us know the grade level of the student(s).
We ask you to stay in your vehicle as you drive through the Hug-and-Go Lane and a staff member will deliver your supplies.
Announcing the Longmont Estates Online Book Fair
Get amazing titles for the young readers in your life and support the LEES library at the same time. Now, through the end of of October, any online purchase made through our online book fair will mean 40% of the purchase benefits our school library.
Using Google Chrome or Firefox, head to media.svvsd.org/eFairs and click on the Longmont Estates Elementary logo. Need some recommendations on high-interest, engaging titles? Email Stephanie Brockman at brockman_stephanie@svvsd.org and she'll be happy to help.
Click below for a peak at exciting books the fair has to offer!
Mrs. Shaffer’s STEM Update
Hello! Next week as we transition to our hybrid schedule, our STEM and Library schedules will change as well. Students in grades 3,4, and 5 will come to the STEM lab for coding in Code.org during the month of October. They will come once a week, with both students in Groups 1 and 2 having the opportunity to have STEM in person. This will eliminate the need for students to have STEM through Webex.
Students in grades K, 1, and 2 will be seeing Mrs. Brockman in the library during this same period of time. We will switch grade levels in the beginning of November, and switch back again in Dec. This will continue as long as we’re in the hybrid environment. When I am not seeing students for STEM, I will put optional STEM activities that they can work on into their Seesaw and Schoology folders.
As always, please feel free to reach out with any questions.
Mrs. Shaffer
shaffer_jessicca@svvsd.org
VEX IQ Online Robotics Academy
The Innovation Center is proud to offer a VEX IQ Online Robotics Academy, a virtual after-school STEM learning club that meets once a week for 8 weeks. Fourth and fifth grade St. Vrain students will learn how to program a virtual robot using the VEXcodeVR program, a block based coding environment powered by Scratch Blocks.
Go to the Innovation Center Website to learn more about this opportunity!
CHIPOTLE RESTAURANT NIGHT
Make dinner a selfless act by joining us for a fundraiser to support Longmont Estates Elementary. Come in to the Chipotle at 1100 Ken Pratt Blvd Ste B in Longmont on Tuesday, October 13th between 4:00pm and 8:00pm. Bring in this flyer, show it on your smartphone or tell the cashier you’re supporting the cause to make sure that 33% of the proceeds will be donated to Longmont Estates Elementary.
NEW! ORDER ONLINE FOR PICKUP
Use code 4F7MAW7 before checkout in ‘promo’ field. Orders placed on Chipotle.com or through the Chipotle app for pickup using this unique code will be counted towards the fundraiser.
Contact Us
Email: roeder_tara@svvsd.org
Website: lees.svvsd.org
Location: 1601 Northwestern Road, Longmont, CO, USA
Phone: 720-652-8101
Facebook: facebook.com/LongmontEstatesEagles
Twitter: @LongmontEstates