On the Horizon
Sept 28-Oct 2
Message from the Principal
Dear Harbor Heights Families,
I hope this message finds you and your family safe and well. I’m writing to share information about our school’s COVID-19 Site Safety Plan. This plan will be in place for our K/1 students who have chosen to begin in-person learning starting Monday, Sept 28th.
Each school in the Peninsula School District has an assigned COVID-19 Building Site Coordinator and at our school this person is Kelsey Brookman. As our Site Coordinator, Kelsey is prepared to follow this plan and respond in the event of a health concern at our school. She will work with our school’s response team to manage COVID-19 cases should any happen at school. She will also report suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases to the district COVID-19 Safety Coordinator. Read more in the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department's School COVID-19 Case Response Toolkit.
Here’s a link to our school’s COVID-19 Site Safety Plan.
Please know safety remains my top priority as we transition back to meeting with students in person, and I will continue to take all appropriate measures as outlined by PSD and the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department to help keep students and staff safe at Harbor Heights.
If you have any questions about safety protocols at our school, please contact either me or Kelsey.
Sincerely,
David Bentler, Principal, bentlerd@psd401.net
Kelsey Brookman, Assistant Principal BrookmanK@psd401.net
Kindergarten and 1st Grade In-Person Learning reminders
Transportation: K/1 Bus Routes Link
- If riding the bus in the am, please send students with a completed attestation form
- If getting dropped off by car, we will hand you an information packet directly by 8:50 am
- Please ensure your teacher and the office know transportation home-PPU or bus?
Here is a K/1 Opening plans document with additional information: print an attestation form attached below or in the link (English pg 9, Spanish pg 10) see the slides presentation from our last community chat, and more!
Attendance Information - Call X1807
- A cough
- Shortness of Breath
- A fever of 100 or higher
- A sore throat
- Chills
- New loss of taste of smell
- Muscle or body aches
- nausea/vomiting/diarrhea
- Congestion/running nose (not related to seasonal allergies)
- Unusual fatigue
- Headache
If your in-person student is homesick, please call our attendance line (253) 530-1807.
12-1 Free Lunch Pick Up Daily at PPU
Summer program will continue all 2020! This means any child, 0-18, can pick up a lunch and breakfast M-F. It has been great to see you already, we welcome all of you. A sack lunch and breakfast will be available for any youth, this will continue even as more and more students come for in person learning, free lunches will be 12-1 pick up.
When other schools are shut down (like HH due to air quality, GHHS, Evergreen Elementary, and Purdy still have lunches served 12-1)
Contact Tina Burbridge if you have any ?'s at burbridget@psd401.net
Socktober will happen in 2020 - More details to come soon on this great HH Event!
Read & Lead and Yearbook Updates
Read and Lead Medals: If you still need to pick up your Read and Lead medal from last year, please email the VPO at harborheightsvpo@gmail.com so we can coordinate with you!
Yearbooks: All 2019-2020 Harbor Heights students get a yearbook for FREE compliments of the VPO. If you have not picked up your yearbook yet and you have a current 1st-5th grade student, please contact the Harbor Heights office at (253) 530-1800. If you have a current 6th grade student at Goodman, they have your yearbooks. Please contact their office at (253) 530-1600.
Fondi's Follow Up
Technology Issues Being Resolved
Please make sure you know your students 7 Digit student number - this student number serves as the username and email for Chromebook log in and Student Portal. Once you log in completely to my.psd401.net with your 7 Digit student number and password, your Portal will allow simpler access to Schoology and Zoom sessions. Feel free to pass on to your teacher any tips and tricks that helped you to log in to the most essential resources.
Remote Learning 101 Links
- How to start using your Chromebook
- Parent Portal and PowerSchool - The main hub for student data
- Teacher, contact information, lunch accounts, etc.
- Parent Portal Information
- Schoology - Our PSD learning management system
- Central location for all learning resources, directions, assignments
- Schoology Step by Step
- Zoom - Video Conferencing for direct, live (synchronous) connection
Since we are now all learners at home, one of the most supportive practices families can do is become familiar with these 3 primary platforms. Teachers, the office, and admin can help with basic resource or technology questions.
See our most up to date Fall 2020 HH information https://hhe.psd401.net/fall2020
For District Updates https://www.psd401.net/schoolreopening
PSD Tech Tutorials with videos
Harbor Heights Elementary
We are a passionate community dedicated to the success of the whole child
Email: bentlerd@psd401.net
Website: https://hhe.psd401.net/
Location: 4002 36th Street Northwest, Gig Harbor, WA, USA
Phone: (253) 530-1800
Facebook: facebook.com/hhorcas