Virtual Parent Orientation

You will receive a link to join in a Virtual event during which teachers will be giving you important information about this year's curriculum, practices, and learning. Please save the date(s) and time(s).

Monday, 8/24

5:30 p.m. Grade 5

6:15 p.m. Grade 4

Tuesday, 8/25

5:30 p.m. Grade 3

6:15 p.m. Grade 2

Thursday, 8/27

5:00 p.m. Grade 1

5:45 p.m. Grade K

6:30 p.m. Grade PK

September |

9/7: Labor Day- (Group A) NO SCHOOL

9/8: Fall Teacher/ Staff Collaboration Day- (Group A) NO SCHOOL

& Restaurant Night @Chick-Fil-A ( Drive thru only) | 2nd & Byrant | 5-9pm

*Please check emails frequently. Heritage is sending out information as we receive it. If you receive phone calls, please check your voicemail messages. Heritage is also making robo calls with important info. Thank you for your patience. You know you want information. We are working to get it to you.

• Students will need to complete all assignments for their three at-home days by Sunday night at 11:59 PM.

• Students will need to login & work on a regular schedule. They can work ahead, but should not get behind.

• Create a schedule for daily, at-home school work that works for your family.

• Time on task will equate to about 3.5 hours for elementary and 4.5 hours for secondary.

• This will not all be screen time.

• Attendance for the three at-home days will be taken based on completed work for those days.

• Don’t let a question hold you up! Contact your teacher if you need help.

• Teachers will be teaching during the day. They will answer emails after before/after school or on Wednesdays.

Enter the campus from Sorghum Mill Road. Follow the road until your car is at the front entrance. Drop-off for students will begin @8:50a.m. School Begins at 9:20a.m.

A staff member will be on duty until 9:15 A.M. to greet students. Students need to be inside the school building by 9:15a.m., so that they are inside the classroom by 9:20 when school starts. Children should exit cars on the right side of the car only and enter the school via the front doors. Please pull all the way forward to the next available numbered sign; this will allow 6-8 cars to unload at once. Please note there is a blind spot as cars come around the corner of the SW pod.

** Parents MUST stay in your car. We will have teachers who will assist your students into the building and to then to their classrooms.

** Please note we are flexiable with this on bad weather days.

These guidelines are very informative! Please take the time to read.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released a clarification on the level of protection provided by face shields (versus the more widely used face masks) with the following warning: “CDC does not recommend use of face shields for normal everyday activities or as a substitute for cloth face coverings.”

For this reason, students (PK-12) and teachers attending Edmond Public Schools will be required to wear cloth face masks when entering the building and moving through the hallways.

The mask requirement also extends to all school facilities, grounds, and classrooms for teachers and students in grades 1-12. Students will be asked to wear masks as they line up for class, or when entering and exiting the building during arrival and dismissal. From time to time, teachers will also be providing brief mask “breaks” for students. Students are not required to wear masks on the playgrounds during recess as long as they can practice social distancing. If you haven’t done so already, it’s a good idea to practice having your child wear a mask around the house so they become used to it.

Face shields may be appropriate and used sparingly in some situations such as when an elementary teacher or language specialist is delivering instruction from a small table or desk where seeing the face of the student is crucial. Additionally, face shields may be appropriate for special needs students as prescribed in an IEP.

Breakfast Price: $1.90

Lunch Price: $3.10

Online Payment Plus

Meal accounts may be registered online www.mypaymentplus.com. With an online account, parents have the ability to make payments, monitor purchases and balances, and even set up automatic low-balance notifications and/or deposits to make sure funds are always available for their students!

August 2020 Menus

Breakfast

Lunch

Pre-K Lunch

Virtual Students

PK – 11:55

Gr 2 – 11:10

Gr 1 – 11:40

Gr K – 12:10

Gr 3 – 12:40

Gr 4 – 1:10

Gr 5 – 1:35

Students who have late lunch will have snack in the morning. Students who have early lunch will have snack in the afternoon.

• Meal pick-up and deposits MUST be made at the student's home school.
• Breakfast and Lunch will be available for pick-up at the same time.
• Meals will be charged to the student's account according to his/her meal benefits status.

Looking for the Free & Reduced-Price Meal Application for the 2020-21 School Year?

Meal Applications can be submitted online by clicking on the following link: https://frapps.horizonsolana.com/edmp01

* Online applications offer faster processing (usually within 1 business day) than printed applications (up to 10 business days).

* Online applications are more accurate and more secure.

* Spanish option is also available.

If you do not have internet access for the online application, printed applications are available at your child's cafeteria. Completed applications (pages 9 & 10 of the application packet), may be emailed to (Lisa.Wind@edmondschools.net); faxed (405-330-7303); or turned in to your child's cafeteria, school office, or the Child Nutrition Office (125 N. State Street).

Again, the grab and go lunches/breakfasts are available for currently enrolled students regardless if they qualify for free and reduced-price meals. You do need to come to your child’s home school, so that their account can be charged for the meal. For children who received free and reduced meals, we do need to account for the number we serve each day. Just drive by the east side of the school on Monday-Friday (even Wednesday) between 10:40-11:00, and we’ll hand you a bag.

* Click here for school-specific Drive-Thru times/locations

Group B: Devices went home on Friday

Group A: Devices will come home Monday.

All EPS students will receive a district Chromebook or iPad, as follows:

PreK-6: Students will receive a district iPad (PreK-3) or a Chromebook (4-6) on their first few days of school.

Device Protection Plan & more info

As with all district resources, families will be financially responsible for loss, theft and damage to iPads and Chromebooks. The District provides a low-cost Student Technology Protection Plan (STPP) to help offset these costs. Please check the technology page on our district website daily for updated information on the STPP, as well as information regarding devices, tech support, and general technology information and Q&A.

We want to send a huge shout-out to our Watch Dog Dads for making the first days of morning drop off run so smoothly. On short notice, you guys showed up and put smiles on all the kids faces!! You guys are just the best!!!

Mrs. Drees is currently working up all the details for our Watch Dog program this year so if you are interested in joining our Watch Dog team, be on the look out for more info in the next week or two.

Hello Heritage Families,

On behalf of the Heritage Elementary PTO, welcome to our school! As we begin this school year in such unchartered territory, we want you to know that the most important thing is your family’s health and well-being. Our school’s leadership and staff are diligently working to make this transition back to school as seamless as possible for both students and

Now more than ever, we need YOU, to participate in our efforts to stand in the gap to support our amazing school family!

Traditionally, our school year is packed full of events and fundraising opportunities that give back to our students exponentially. Due to current circumstances, we are restricted as to how we carry on those opportunities. You can rest assured our team of officers and our amazing PTO are working through how to plan those events!

We want our school family to continue to have meaningful experiences. We also want to continue to provide amazing educational opportunities in the classroom for our students.

Our volunteers are essential to our school family and we will be communicating on how you can serve the needs of our teachers and students.

Monthly meetings will be held virtually until further notice. Those times and online platforms will be posted.

Again, thank you for supporting Heritage PTO

Stephanie Coy, PTO President

If you ordered a water bottle, those will be delivered just a tad later but no much!

Thank you for your sales! The proceeds minus our cost directly benefit our school and your interest has been amazing!!!

Have your kids came home from school with a missing lunch box, or a lost sweater, maybe someone else’s water bottle?? Have you had to dig through the outrageous amounts of items in lost and found to find your child’s jacket?

Well, your Heritage PTO has teamed up with Mabel’s Labels fundraising to create a solution!

Mabel’s Labels offers name labels that are dishwasher safe, machine washable, and 100% water proof for all of your child’s belongings. There are many different packages and labeling options available and shipping is free!!

Here’s how it works:

• Go to: campaigns.mabelslabels.com

• Type in: Heritage Elementary PTO

• Start Shopping

• Items will be sent directly to you with the address you provide

• Estimated shipping time for labels is 3-9 business days, and again, it’s free shipping!

• Mabel’s Labels gives our school back 20% of sales!

Students will not be sharing supplies this year so this a great way for everyone to keep track of their belongings in the classroom as well!!

Our fundraiser with Mabel’s Labels begins today and will be open throughout the school year.

Visit our Website NOW! Stay up-to-date with all of our upcoming events and fundraisers; important PTO information; Volunteer; make Donations, and find out all the ways to help support Heritage!

Edmond Public Schools has launched an official mobile app designed to enable parents, staff, and students to stay informed and up-to-date on important issues, information, and activities underway within the school community. The free app is available for download in the Apple and Android app stores by searching for Edmond Public Schools.

The app features push notifications so that users may be notified about important events, announcements, and news in real-time such as bus delays. Users have the ability to choose which of the district’s schools they would like to follow, making their app experience personal and school-specific.

Key features include:

· Push messaging from both the district and school sites

· News

· Google Calendars

· Online grade book and attendance

· Lunch Menus

· Athletic Information

· Language Translations

The mobile app replaces the district's previous app, SchoolWay, which abruptly ceased operations last summer. The app was developed in cooperation with Intrado, provider of School Messenger solutions.

Susan Parks-Schlepp

Public Information Officer/Director of Community Engagement

(w) 340-2858 (c) 659-5932

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