LCE Return to Campus
4th -6th Hybrid Students Return Monday, March 1, 2, 4, and 8
Dear Families,
This newsletter will provide you with information about what to expect when our upper graders return for in-person learning in the following order:
Monday, March 1 (4th Grade Arias and 4th Grade Worster)
Tuesday, March 2 (4th Grade Lloyd)
Thursday, March 4 (5th Grade Carlson, Drange, and Franz)
Monday, March 8 (6th Grade Redecker and Schwartz)
Please take some time to review the information, policies, and protocols that we have in place. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions or concerns. We are looking forward to having our upper graders back on campus again after so many months apart!
Sincerely,
Emily Blaney
Hybrid Schedules
AM Cohort:
7:45 - 8:10 Arrival
9:00 - 9:20 1st and 2nd Grade Recess
9:10 - 9:40 TK and Kindergarten Recess
9:30 - 9:50 5th and 6th Grade Recess
9:50 - 10:10 3rd and 4th Grade Recess
11:05 - 11:20 Dismissal
11:05 - 12:05 Cleaning of Classrooms
PM Cohort:
11:40 - 12:05 Arrival
1:00 - 1:20 1st and 2nd Grade Recess
1:10 - 1:40 TK and Kindergarten Recess
1:25 - 1:45 5th and 6th Grade Recess
1:50 - 2:10 3rd and 4th Grade Recess
3:00 - 3:15 Dismissal
Photo Credit: Photo by Malvestida Magazine on Unsplash
Protocols at Home
Health Protocols
If a Student is Sick
We are running multiple scenarios by the Department of Public Health, and I will update you on protocols as things change or I get more clarification, but the bottom line is this:
STAY HOME IF YOU ARE SICK.
Pre Screener App
Protocols at School
Arrival
Students will arrive via the carline, from CEC, or by walking onto campus. The protocols for each scenario are similar. Students will get their temperature checked before exiting the vehicle if they are in the carline. Please wait for a supervisor to come to your car for the temperature check. If students are coming from CEC, they will follow the CEC protocols for checking in and walking from CEC to school. If a student walks to school with their parent, both student and parent should check in at a station where a supervisor will take the temperature of the student. In all scenarios, a student who has a temperature of 100.4 degrees will not be allowed to go through the gates. Students will stop at a hand sanitizing station before entering the gates, and from there, they will go to the playground to line up for school.
Waiting Area
Supervisors monitor the playground, and each cohort will have a paw print to mark where they line up to wait for their teacher. This is similar to the traditional school year, but now, students will be spaced 6 feet apart both in line and between lines. Parents will say good bye to their children at the gates. TK arrival works differently. TK has a separate gate, and students will be screened there. TK parents may stay behind the TK gates (not in the waiting area) and wait there with their students or say good-bye at the gate.
Dismissal
The LCB side of campus will not use numbers. You will be assigned an exit point - either Encinas or LCB.
Inclement Weather
In the event of rain, the following protocols will be in place:
1. Students who are dropped off in the carline or walked to school will proceed to the outdoor covered pavilion where they will sit at our marked spaces (yellow x marks) to maintain 6 feet of distance. Once those spaces fill up, we will ask the teachers to open their classrooms so that students can enter the classrooms earlier than usual.
2. Recess will be held indoors, and students will remain distanced with a paraprofessional. Students cannot remove their masks indoors, so if they must have a snack, arrangements will be made for them to safely eat their snack outside the classroom in small groups.
3. Pick up at the end of the day will remain the same if it is a light rain. Therefore, it is important that your child brings an umbrella to school on the days when there is a chance of rain since they will be waiting on the paw prints for dismissal. If there is heavy rain, students will be released from the classrooms.
*Protocols for TK and Kindergarten may differ, and teachers will reach out with specifics.
More Protocols at School
Mandatory Face Mask Policy
Frequent Hand Sanitizing and Hand Washing
Six Feet Distancing and Other Safety Measures
Travel Quarantine Reminders
a. "non-essential" travel includes travel for tourism or recreational in nature.
b. "essential" travel includes travel associated with the operation, maintenance, or usage of critical infrastructure or otherwise required especially by law, including work and study, critical infrastructure support, economic services and supply chains, health, immediate medical care, and safety and security.
2. All persons arriving in or returning to California from other states or countries must self-quarantine for 10 days after arrival.
Asynchronous Days
5th Grade - March 1, 2, and 3
6th Grade - March 3, 4, and 5
All teachers who are asked to open their classroom for in-person instruction receive three days to prepare for this transition. Teachers will prepare assignments for students to complete, but they will not be meeting with their classes via Zoom or Google Meet on these days. Students MUST complete these assignments in order for their attendance to count.
Cohort Tours
Photo by Joshua J. Cotten on Unsplash (I thought of my little ducklings following me around campus when looking for this photo)
Friday, Feb. 26 Schedule for 4th and 5th Grade Hybrid Students:
8:20 - 8:40 a.m.
AM Arias Cohort
8:45 - 9:05 a.m.
AM Worster Cohort
9:15 - 9:35 a.m.
AM Carlson Cohort
9:45 - 10:05
AM Franz Cohort
10:15 - 10:35
AM Drange Cohort
10:45 - 11:05
PM Lloyd Cohort
11:15 - 11:35
PM Arias Cohort
11:45 - 12:05
PM Worster Cohort
12:15 - 12:35
PM Franz
12:45 - 1:05
PM Drange
Friday, March 5 Schedule for 6th Grade Hybrid Students:
8:30 - 8:50
AM Redecker
10:00 - 10:20
AM Schwartz
1:30 - 1:50
PM Redecker
2:00 - 2:20
PM Schwartz
Medication at School
Emily Blaney
Email: eblaney@lcusd.net
Website: lcelions.net
Location: 4540 Encinas Drive, La CaƱada Flintridge, CA, USA
Phone: 8189528350
Twitter: @lceblaney