NTI Daily Newsletter for EES
Daily Updates and Announcements
Update for March 25th
Update: No pick-ups and drop-offs after FRIDAY
From Your Principal, Mrs. Pass
I hope your family is hanging in there as we progress through these days. Everyone has been amazing! I know this situation can be really hard. Remember, we are all in this together! If everyone just keeps doing his/her best, we will still learn and grow.
Have a great day today!
From Your Special Areas Team
As we all learn from our first week of NTI, special areas will be making some changes and improvements to make it easier for parents and students to access our lessons for your children.
You can easily find special areas lessons by going to Google Classrooms and choosing the Special Areas classroom available for your child. (World language has a separate Google Classroom for classes in grades 2-5 called "Nihongo.") Once there, click the "Classwork" tab at the top of the page. You will find the lessons clearly marked under the special area heading. We have worked together to make the Google Classroom experience more uniform and simpler to understand. Thank you for your patience as we all learn this new technology!
The goal of the special areas team during these NTI days is to provide your student with experiences that enrich each student's learning and cultivate the development of the whole child, while still staying true to each content's standards.
Each week, please encourage your child to try to complete lessons from special areas. Although all content areas are important, we do not want students and parents to feel stressed by specials lesson as we all adapt to this new normal for learning. Students are free to complete them on their own time table, as they can. Special areas can help provide something different for your child to learn and experience that may be a welcome break from their core content area work. Thank you!
Important Update on use of our playground!
7 Hills Church: GO PACK to help students and families during COVID-19
. Our heart is to serve the community in any way that we can so we have created “GO PACKS” to help relieve some of the pressure that families are feeling at this time. Below you will find some of the contents of these GO PACKs:
- Oatmeal
- Pop-tarts
- Microwavable mac & cheese
- Applesauce Cup
- 2 packs of Raman
- Packet of fruit snacks
- Packet of Goldfish
- Pop-top chicken noodle soup
- Granola bar(s)
- Toilet Paper
We have made sure that our facility where these bags were packed was cleaned and disinfected. All volunteers involved in packing these wore gloves and were not COVID-19 symptomatic in any way at the time of packing.
Parents can pick up a GO PACK this Wednesday - Friday (March 25th – 27th)
Where: 7 Hills Church (6800 Hazel Ct. Florence, KY 41042). Follow the signs to the RED tent on campus. Families will pick up their GO PACK at the red tent
When: Wednesday – Friday (March 25th – 27th) from 12-6pm
*For us to best serve our community we are asking that families only request 1 box per 2 family members in their household.
* Next week, drive thru pick up times for GO PACKS might be different. We will send details once we know when those days/times will be.
It will be a drive-thru experience so parents will not need to get out of their car. Our volunteers will walk the packs out to their car with gloves on and will maintain appropriate distance. We appreciate everything you are doing to serve families during this time. Stay safe and well!
Best,
The 7 Hills Church Outreach Team
A Message from Mrs. Neace
Access Code for Counseling Google Classroom : syei3ub
Parents/guardians,
We understand that the Non-Traditional Instructional (NTI) days are new and different. New and different can be exciting, but it can also lead to frustration and/or worry. Your students may experience feelings of sadness over missing their friends and teachers. They may experience worry about getting their school work completed or having a new routine and schedule. If your child experiences any of these feelings it is important to let them express themselves without judgment. Let them know that their feelings are normal and ok. Sometimes just listening is the best thing we can do. Attached is a one sheet guide on handling worry. You can gently remind the kids to use some of the strategies that we have learned at school that are outlined in this handout.Have a question? Ask your teacher!
Feel free to email with questions throughout the evening or in the morning. Those questions will be answered during school hours as soon as the teacher is able to get to them.
How do I join my child's Google Classroom?
Mustang Shout Outs!
Mustangs who leveled-up in Lexia!
Alexis Tran
Elijah Casteel
Emma Kouns
Makenli Williamson
Dylan Tucker - completed Lexia and started Reading Plus!
Mustangs who clipped up to the Principal!
Joel Stec
Zoey Doering
Chaylin Dell
Sarah Summers
Leighton Rankin
Graham Sargee
Elijah Casteel
Carsten Bockhorst
Brady Gruelle
Jakob Laymon
Lydia Markey
Talon Singh
Fimi Smith
Alexis Tran
Pranav Uppalapati
Isabella Williams
Mana Yamamoto
Emmett York
Adam Hill
Nylah Smith
Christopher Temple
Dylan Tucker
Remley Wynn
Matthew Yocum
Aden Beaudin
Megan Bedel
Kodie Baker
Join Mrs. Hook to get your day started!!
Students, feel free to join "Mental Healthy and Happy with Mrs. Hook" Google Hangout Monday-Friday at 9:30 for 15 minutes of calming and mindful activities to get your day started!
From Mrs. Taylor in the Library
I hope this finds all of our incredibly, awesome, Mustangs safe and sound! I really miss seeing your smiling faces when you come to the library. I miss searching for books with you in the mornings and choosing “just right books” together too. Although I miss being at school and seeing the students and teachers, I’m so grateful that I have a super-cool school to return to in the near future. I’ve updated my Google Classroom and I hope that each and every one of you will visit it and join. I have included reading lists (with more to come) for all ages as well as some fun-filled activities and goals that you can do. Please don’t hesitate to contact me. And, remember, KEEP ON READING!! GC code for the “NTI-EES Mustang Library” is 73dqg6h
A HUGE SHOUT-OUT
Help us stay connected! #eesntiky
From Your Assistant Principal, Mr. S
Student Behavior Norms & Procedures for Google Hangouts
The same behavioral expectations of the classroom apply to online learning.
When in a Google Hangout you are in a classroom.
Unmuting and talking is like calling out and interrupting in class.
Having side conversations in the chat bar is like talking to a friend while the teacher is teaching.
Unnecessary comments (not related to the topic or side conversations) in the chat can distract your peers and also prevent your teacher from seeing helpful questions or comments related to the discussion
Expected Behaviors In Google Hangouts
-Students will mute upon entering and only unmute when directed to by teacher
-Students will stay on topic and participate
-Student will only use the chat feature to contribute to the class conversation. No side conversations or off topic posts.
-Students will be respectful to all other participants (teachers and students)
Consequences
-Redirection from teacher/reminder of procedure not being followed.
-Removal from chat for that day
-Parent contact
Digital Citizenship
Digital Citizenship is showing your Mustang Pride online - making sure we are safe, respectful, and responsible while online and working at home.
See Mrs. Pass talk more about this on the link below:
Mrs. Aulick's Class
Mrs. Richard's K Class
Mrs. Louden's Class
Daily Google Hangout Times
PM Classes 2 PM
First Grade: 2 PM
Second Grade: 2 PM
Third Grade: 1 PM
Fourth Grade: 1-1:30 and 2-2:30
Fifth Grade: 2-2:45
Kindergarten: AM Classes 10 AM
PM Classes 2 PM
First Grade: 2 PM
Second Grade: 2 PM
Third Grade: 1 PM
Fourth Grade: 1-1:30 and 2-2:30
Fifth Grade: 2-2:45
Mrs. K STEAM Hangout 11:00 AM (Link on your child's Google Classroom)
Specials Google Hangouts Schedules
Special Areas classes will be doing hangouts from 11:30-12:00 each day if you would like to join. They will post their link to their Google Classroom.
Monday- Music Hangout
Tuesday- PE Hangout
Wednesday- WL Hangout
Thursday- Art Hangout
Friday- SEL Hangout
How to access Google Hangouts
District Food Delivery
Families will no longer be able to pick up food at their schools beginning Wednesday 3/18/20. Families will still need to call ahead to help us know how many meals to prepare for each location. Our buses will be delivering food to the locations and times are listed on the links below. Phone numbers to call and reserve a meal are also available via the links.
Please remember, ALL students that come to a location will be served a meal. This is not for just students that are on free and reduced lunch programs. A child can be served at any location in the district.
*** Erpenbeck Elementary 384-5375 is District 3 ***
Need Extra Assistance?
A Message from Nurse Aimee
I hope everyone is staying healthy and washing their hands. If I can help you in anyway or if you have questions, please don’t hesitate to e-mail me at aimee.lind@boone.kyschools.us.
Here are some links with some good information. The youtube video is a good one and answers a lot of questions that our kids might be asking. Try staying off social media, it is overwhelming and not always the most up to date and accurate information.
CDC-https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
WHO-https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
❤️❤️Kids questions answered https://youtu.be/vSsKQPqpS7A
Yearbook Order Form
From the Library
Need something to read? Try e-books! Tumble Books can be processed from our school website. The link is listed under the “Library Media Center” tab. It includes activities, quizzes, and videos. If you are unable to access it, email Mrs. Taylor at Belinda.taylor@boone.kyschools.us. You can also take AR quizzes when you come back to school.
Favorite books for kindergartners! https://www.greatschools.org/gk/book-lists/favorite-books-for-kindergartners/
No Tech Required Reading Activity
Character Analysis: Choose a character from a story and draw a picture of the character in the center of a piece of drawing paper. Around the character write/draw about the character's personality traits, actions, special words, thoughts and feelings, problems and challenges, and accomplishments. What do you have in common with this particular character?
Non-Traditional Instructional Plans for Each Grade Level
Quick Links
Erpenbeck Elementary
Email: ees.mustangs@boone.kyschools.us
Website: https://www.boone.kyschools.us/13/Home
Location: 9001 Wetherington Boulevard, Florence, KY, USA
Phone: (859) 384-7200
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ErpenbeckElementarySchool/
Twitter: @EES_Mustangs