Trailblazer Times
August 15, 2020
Dear VBL Families,
We had a wonderful morning celebrating student successes and badges earned during the first week of remote learning. Ask your student which badges they have earned so far.
All students earned a participation badge and will be receiving a virtual bee invitation to a social connection time on Zoom with their grade level and friends next week.
Teachers and paraprofessionals are working together to deliver lessons and provide small group or one on one support after each lesson each day. Students will be asked to participate based upon their performance on assignments and concepts by their teachers. In addition to this small group learning opportunity, we will be reaching out to our students with specific needs in order to schedule some in school learning time in the next week.
Next week we will start administering assessments and formative testing for mastery of concepts and re-teach will begin the following week. You and your student will be notified if re-teach is required for them. All re-teach periods will be from 2:45-3:15 Monday - Thursday.
Edmentum assignments for each class will also begin on August 17th. In each of these lessons students will be required to complete a "guided notes" template. I am excited to use this option in Edmentum. It will help guide their note taking skills without overwhelming their efforts. Teachers will be moving slowly with this piece and all pieces but will begin to explain this to students next week.
At this time all students have the Leadership Elective in Edmentum. They should be working at pace with this or ahead, but do not need to complete it all until the end date of September or December for high school students. There are due dates for each assignment and a course calendar to follow.
At this time, the date for in person learning has been moved to September or October.
I have received several messages of support from you. Thank you. If you have positives or criticism to share, please do. I appreciate all of your feedback and suggestions at this time.
Thank you for all of your support in this unusual circumstance. Please reach out for any reason.
Kristin
T-SHIRTS
V be L
Student Schedule
Attendance will be taken virtually each day.
Re-teach and assessments will begin the week of August 17th
VBL Calendar
Remote Learning Expectations
- Student will participate in lessons according to their schedule each day.
- Rigorous grade level content in Math, Science, Social Studies and Language Arts will be provided by teachers.
- Lessons will be delivered through Schoology.
- Student attendance will be counted DAILY.
- Parents and students will be given training in Schoology, Edmentum and other needs.
- Teachers will maintain connections with students through scheduled Schoology and Zoom Opportunities.
- Grading and feedback will be provided to students in a timely manner.
- Advanced math and re-teach will be available to students. Students in advanced math will be able to attend attend their recorded class at any time. Re-teach will be available daily directly following the instruction time.
- Special Education Support will be provided by Camille Haynie and our Special Education Support Team.
- Leadership Elective Course will be assigned and is mandatory for each student.
- All chats comments are appropriate and relevant to topic
- Video and Microphone on at all times
- Speaker Courtesy - Active Listening skills
- Calendars in Google cal
- Eat and restroom during your off class times
Message from our Superintendent
On August 17, 2020 the Vail School District will start providing On-Site Support Services for students who will most benefit from these opportunities. Site administrators are making direct contact with families of students who have been identified to have a critical need. Categories that are being prioritized include – students with disabilities, who receive free/reduced lunch services, designated English Language Learners (ELL), and those in the care of Foster Care/Arizona Department of Child Safety.
Due to health and safety, space, and staffing considerations the number of students served must be limited. If requests for on-site support services is greater than a school’s capacity, principals will prioritize based on the level of need.
Full-time fee based childcare may be available through Community Programs. Please contact our Community Programs Director Linda Kubiak for information on childcare at 879-2032, kubiakl@vailschooldistrict.org, or www.vailkids.org.
If you have not been contacted by your site and believe your child has a critical need for services, please click HERE to join the waiting list.
School Supplies
- 3 notebooks, one for ELA,Science and Math
- computer with internet access
- string and bouncy ball for science lab
In School Learning
- 3 notebooks, one for ELA,Science and Math
- computer with internet access
- college ruled lined paper (paper and writing instruments will not be loaned or shared)
- graph paper (supplies will not be loaned or shared)
- dry erase markers (paper and writing instruments will not be loaned or shared)
- writing instruments including a red or blue pen (paper and writing instruments will not be loaned or shared)
- ruler (supplies will not be loaned or shared)
- scissors (supplies will not be loaned or shared)
- colored pencils (supplies will not be loaned or shared)
- index cards
Free and Reduced Lunch
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Welcome to the 2020-2021 school year. We are happy to announce that the Free and Reduced Price School Meal Applications are now available for the 2020-2021 school year. Please remember that a new application must be completed every school year to determine if your child qualifies for free or reduced meal benefits. Also, due to the annual changes to income guidelines, every family is encouraged to apply for Free and Reduced Price School Meals.
Applications can be completed electronically at mymealtime.com. Paper applications will also be available in the office of your child’s school or at the district office.
If you have a student who is currently enrolled that received free or reduced meal benefits during the 2019-2020 school year and will have new student(s) joining the district in 2020-2021, please contact Vail Food Service after July 1 to have this benefit extended to your new student(s).
Your students free or reduced meal benefits from 2019-2020 will remain in effect for the first 30 days of the 2020-2021 school year or until a new application has been approved. As of today, the 30 days will expire on 9/22/2020.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Vail Food Service by email at vailfoodservice@vailschooldistrict.org or phone (520) 879-3913 or (520) 879-2015.
Thank you,
Vail Food Service
Mary Filip (520) 879-3913
Michelle Gibson (520) 879-2015
Vail Blended Learning
Email: murrayk@vailschooldistrict.org
Website: https://vbl.vailschooldistrict.org/
Location: 10775 East Mary Ann Cleveland Way, Tucson, AZ, USA
Phone: (520)879-1304
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vailblendedlearning