Washington Update
Family Communicator - Week of June 15th
Preparing for the Fall - Washington School Proactive Measures
1. Full School Model- How could we educate kids if we were in school full-time?
2. Remote Learning Model - If kids do not come back to school in the fall, how can we improve remote learning for all students?
3. Hybrid Model - What if some students were in school and some were not? How can we make that work?
Although it is too early to tell, we are planning for several different scenarios. Our Instructional Leadership Team has met throughout the Pandemic Leave and budgeted for several things for the fall. Here are some of the steps we are taking:
- One of the main CDC guidelines requires kids to have their own materials. We have ordered the necessary school supplies for all kids and we will place them in a personal plastic pencil box. This pencil box will travel with the kids to avoid any sharing of materials.
- The district is moving to 1:1 devices for all students. Devices will be available for home learning for every student if we need to move to the remote model in the fall.
- We have saved some discretionary funding for PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) products for next school year.
- We have increased our professional development fund to help train teachers with remote learning. We are all hoping for more personal contact through remote learning in the fall.
- We have purchased a Social Emotional Learning program called First Step to help students learn manners and perseverance. It also has an anti-bullying program component. It uses role playing to help kids learn what to do when they get upset. We believe we can use this program in school and remotely.
- We are identifying an isolation room for any students showing symptoms in addition to the regular nurse's office.
- The state will adjust curriculum to make up for lost learning time from March - June.
- We have purchased individual headphones and bags for all students next year so they will not have to share.
One of the advantages of our school is that we are a close knit experienced staff willing to change with the times. Although we cannot predict every scenario, we wanted to let you know that we are being proactive in making school safe for all students. One of our school site councils members next year is moving on to Middle School so we will have an opening or two. We would love to get additional ideas from families related to school in the fall.
Mr. McCrevan
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