UPE News Update
March 13, 2020
DATES TO REMEMBER
March
30 - Staff Reurns
31 - Students Return
April
3 - 6th to Tumbleweed Tiny House 11:20am - 2:30pm
7 - Landsharks Parent Meeting/First Practice 3:00pm (tentative)
8 - SAC Meeting 3pm
15 - PTO Meeting 3:00pm
21 - Class Pictures
22 - Spring Concert #1 - Kinder, 1st, 4th, 5th ---- 2pm and 6pm
23 - Spring Concert #2 - 2nd, 3rd, 6th ----- 2pm and 6pm
30 - Fine Arts Night 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Dear UPE Families,
I wanted to offer a few school-level details about the superintendent's email yesterday announcing next week's health-based closure of D14 schools.
Our top priority at UPE is, of course, the health and safety of our precious children. We are certainly aware of and sympathetic about the impact of the closure on working parents/guardians, but the closure next week will allow us to slow any potential spread of infection and to deep clean our facilities to ensure they are a safe and healthy environment.
As mentioned in the district communication, the school closure will start Monday, March 16, and continue until Tuesday, March 31. Students will return on March 31. There will be no conferences next week as originally scheduled. We will update you about the status of conferences when we know more about our schedule after spring break.
On Monday, March 16, teachers will prepare lesson plans and activities for 'distance learning' (electronic learning and/or activity packets) appropriate to your child's grade level and interests.
Teachers of students in grades K-2 will contact families via parent/email about these plans.
Teachers of students in grades 3-6 will contact students via each student's District 14 email.
Distance learning cannot equal the student experience of a regular classroom, but each teacher will try to offer electronic contact with his/her students as a class each morning,
Tuesday through Friday, and offer at least some level of academic or (fun) learning activities for the day.
We will provide links and directions for any electronic sources -- including the fabulous SORA site, at which students can access thousands of electronic children's books during their time at home! (At the very least, if your child spends a good share of next week reading and reading, they will have had as powerful an academic and fun experience as possible!)
Specialist and exploratory teachers also will contact you to offer activities in their areas for your child's ongoing connection to learning.
Please monitor your email Monday afternoon/evening for communication from your child's teacher.
The following week, Spring Break, the 23rd through the 27th, will proceed as normal -- with family fun and rest. The district will monitor the health and safety status of the district and community through that week and will offer updates to parents as the week draws to a close.
The current plan is that on March 30th, teachers will return to school for a work day to prepare for students' return on Tuesday, March 31.
As many of you already know, I will be undergoing hip replacement surgery and unable to respond to email for most of that week. That being said a staff member will be available at the school next week (whenever disinfecting activities allow) to support any questions you may have or to help coordinate access to materials. Please call us first, at 685-2227, to ensure someone is on site. If your access to the internet or other technology is limited, please contact your teacher and/or me, and we will help arrange alternate activities for your child.
Thank you for your support during the coming days. Our top priority is your child's safety, followed closely by a desire to keep them learning and curious to the extent we can during their absence. Together, we will ensure both goals are met!
Please don't hesitate to email or call me if you have questions or suggestions!
Thank you!
Chris
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