Centennial Elementary
Return to Learn
Excited for 2020-2021
We are thrilled to be beginning our 2020-2021 school year on August 17, 2020. While there have been many changes over the last five months, our love for your students and our desire to get back into the classroom with them has not waned. For this coming school year, you will have the option of face-to-face instruction or virtual instruction. It is important that you have information that is available to date to make this critical decision. Please see below the differences between the two.
Face-to-Face instruction
- Classes held at Centennial and taught by Centennial teachers
- Classes mirror pre-Covid schedules with a few changes to adhere to the increased safety protocols
- Safety protocols in place including but not limited to: social distancing, face coverings required for 4th grade and up and strongly encouraged for others, additional sanitizing of surfaces, minimized touch points, no sharing of supplies, teachers rotate rather than students, no large gatherings of any kind
- Lessons designed and implemented for students to master grade level TEKS, not simply complete a task
- No outside deliveries of any kind--this includes food deliveries to school.
- All visitors in the building will be required to have an appointment. This includes arrival and dismissal times
- Access to specialists, PE, recess, and intervention by Centennial teachers
- Micro-closure procedures will be enacted for students or staff who come into "close contact" with a person testing positive for COVID-19. Micro-closures are defined as a short shutdown between 1 - 5 days. This will be determined by the Health Department.
Virtual Instruction
- Students will "attend" class virtually using an LISD Ipad or Chromebook.
- Students are expected to follow a schedule set by the teacher every day and communicate with their teachers throughout the day.
- Some of the learning will be synchronous (with the teacher) while some assignments will be asynchronous (on their own).
- Students will participate in at least 180 minutes of instruction in all the content areas.
- Grading will follow the LISD grading policy. In grades 1-5, this means a minimum of 9 assignments will be graded and recorded, a nine week assessment will be given at the end of each grading period, and grades will be numerical with a 70 or above.
- Classes will be taught by a certified teacher, but not necessarily a Centennial teacher.
- Students will have specials (music and art) as well as PE.
Possible Questions You May Have
- Will we have Open House in August? At this time, we are minimizing adults in the building so we will have virtual Open House. You will get more information about this in August.
- Will students be locked into their learning choice for the entire school year? No, students are locked into their learning choice for a 9 week grading period. At the end of the 9 weeks, a different choice can be made.
- Will I be able to walk my student into the building in the morning? At this time, students will be met at the door by staff and directed to class. However, if you need to make an appointment with a teacher, you can do so at anytime.
Making a decision
The information presented above is to help our Rocket community make an informed decision regarding instructional options as we near the start of the 2020-21 school year. The deadline to make a choice for the upcoming school year is August 3, 2020; however, if that decision can be made sooner that will help in our planning. If you have not yet selected the preferred learning option, please go to the online registration site to complete registration and instructional preference. https://www.lubbockisd.org/registration
Please know that no matter which option you select, we are here to support you academically, socially, and emotionally.
If you have additional questions, please feel free to give us a call at (806)219-7800.
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