Full-Year Distance Learning (FYDL)
Wednesday Newsletter #9 October 7, 2020
The Adjusted Weekly Schedule for K-1 students starts on 10/12
Starting Monday, October 12th, the elementary schools will be reopening for their kindergarten and first-grade students. We are so excited for those students and families who will get to attend school in small cohorts. We wish them all good luck!
Many of our FYDL families have reached out to me to ask how this might impact our program. I can inform you that our program will remain intact, and we will not see our numbers grow. This decision was to keep classroom continuity within our program.
Below is a sample of the adjusted FYDL weekly schedule for students in grades K-1. The adjustments include a later lunch from 11:50 am-12:50 pm, moving content block 3 to before the lunch period. It also designates a "recess break" before block 2, and before block 3. We want students to walk away from the computer and take a break.
The start and end times for the day will not change.
The adjusted weekly schedule will roll out as the Hybrid opens for the grade-level bands.
- K/1- October 12
- 2/3- October 26
- 4/5- November 9
Due to the shifts in blocks and the elementary hybrid schedule adjustments, the "enrichment specials" might result in a block change as well. Your classroom teacher will notify you if there is a schedule change.
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH ACTIVITY FOR THE PAUSD COMMUNITY: CHANGING THE WORLD ONE WORD AT A TIME
Ms. Medina will read and discuss "Mango, Abuela and Me," and "Hablar," her essay which is part of "The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love and Truth," a new collection of essays by children's book authors.
This event will take place on October 14, 2020, at 12:00 p.m. (PT)/3:00 p.m. (ET). To register, please visit their Zoom event page.
Materials Distribution this Friday, 10/9 from 2 pm- 4pm. Location: Greendell Elementary
Some families will receive an email from their teacher inviting them to visit Greendell this Friday from 2 pm -4 pm to pick up another round of supplies. You will notice that this will be requested of our primary students more often than our upper grade. Primary students will tend to have more pickups than upper grades because it is developmentally more appropriate for these students to use pencil, paper, and hand-on activities more often.
Remember, each teacher will email their families to alert them if this "Supply/Materials Distribution" is one you need to attend. If you do not receive an email, then you are not scheduled to pick-up supplies at this time.
Greendell School Materials Pick-Up Instructions
Please drive to Greendell Elementary and follow the steps outlined below:
- Please park your car.
- Please wear a mask.
- Please walk up to the indicated area on the map as "START HERE."
- Please follow the direction of the arrows. It is one-way only.
- Please pick up your child's materials, sorted by teacher, on the table(s) outside the MP Room.
- Please maintain 6ft distance from others at all times.
- Please return to your car once you reach the area indicated on the map as "END HERE" and leave campus.
Thank you!
Parent Readers Needed for Project Cornerstone
Project Cornerstone
Are you interested in being a caring adult in your child's classroom and teaching them life skills? Join fellow parents to become a classroom reader! We still need volunteers for grades 1-5. Come to the kick-off meeting tomorrow, October 8th, 8:45 am-9:30 am. Stephanie Abbey will share everything you need to know and prepare you for this rewarding experience.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://pausd.zoom.us/j/93045145367?pwd=Z1dKWWZFay83cGIzQzg4emd3eHhYQT09
Meeting ID: 930 4514 5367
Passcode: ProjectC
Project Cornerstone Books for K and Grades 1-5
Attached are the books that will be used this year for kindergarten and grades 1st-5th.
Reminder! Greendell for Attendance
The attendance email is greendellattendance@pausd.org. This is the best way for a parent to report an absence.
The office phone is (650) 856-0833. Voicemails left on this phone number will be forwarded to the Greendell office staff.