August 2020 Newsletter
K-Beach Elementary School
Welcome to a New School Year
Our focus this year for K-Beach Elementary is on safety, social-emotional learning, and personalized learning. This will allow us the opportunity to meet the academic and social-emotional needs of our students whether they are attending in-person or virtually. Our heightened focus on safety protocols will make our building as safe as possible for students and staff. If you haven't already read our K-Beach Smart Start Plan, I would encourage you to do so below. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions about any aspect of our plan or anything else that comes to mind as we embark on a new journey.
I am excited for another successful school year, and I am honored to partner with you in your child's education!
Sincerely,
Janae Van Slyke, Principal
Starting the Year in Red
We hope to return to in-person learning soon!
Kindergarten
Bussing is not offered while the community is in red, so transportation will need to be provided by the family. If you are not comfortable with your child attending in-person learning while our community is in red, you can still access learning through our Kindergarten teachers' online classroom. Links to online classrooms are available on our K-Beach website.
Important Changes
Parents/guardians, please do a temperature check on your child each morning before school. If your child has a temperature of 100°F or greater, he or she will need to stay home.
Volunteers and visitors will be limited to parents and guardians only. Visitors will be required to wear a mask when in the building.
School will start at 8:25 a.m. this year. For the safety of all students, there will be no morning recess. For this reason, the school doors will not open until 8:10, which is when the first group of students will be permitted in the building. Parents who are dropping their child(ren) off at school will follow the drop off schedule below.
• Drop Off Last Names A-G 8:10
• Drop Off Last Names H-P 8:15
• Drop Off Last Names Q-Z 8:20
Parents of Kindergarten students or New-to-K-Beach students may walk their child to the classroom on the first day of in-person learning. All returning students must be dropped off outside.
All students in grades K-6 will wear a mask when they are outside of the classroom. This could occur when leaving class to go down the hall to the bathroom or nurse’s office, riding the bus, coming into school in the morning before they reach their classroom, or leaving at the end of the school day. Please have your child put on his/her mask before leaving your vehicle if you are dropping your child off at school.
Microwaves will not be available to students during lunch this year. This decision was made to reduce the risk of contamination from many students touching a single object. Thank you for understanding.
K-Beach has a staggered schedule for dismissal of busses, walkers, and pick-ups. Parents will remain in their car during pick up time.
• Bus Riders 2:25
• Parent Pick Up A-G 2:30
• Parent Pick Up H-P 2:35
• Parent Pick Up Q-Z 2:40
Drop Off Lanes
Parent Drop Off A-G 8:10
Parent Drop Off A H-P 8:15
Parent Drop Off A Q-Z 8:20
Pick Up Map and Times
Parent Pick Up A-G 2:30
Parent Pick Up H-P 2:35
Parent Pick Up Q-Z 2:40