The Riverwalk Roar
March 29, 2020
Note from Dr. Compton
Pride,
Happy Sunday! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Like last weekend, the weather was beautiful so I hope you and your family were able to spend some of it outside.
I do not have anything new to share, but I did want to use this as a reminder about a few things that I shared in Wednesday's newsletter.
Check-in
On Wednesday, we asked that our students check-in with us to let us know how they are doing. We only heard from about 25% of our students. If your child hasn't checked-in yet, please have them do so by clicking this link. Our administrative team, counselors, and teachers have been, and will continue to attempt to contact students and families of those that appear to be inactive in an effort to provide additional support. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you wish for a member of our staff to contact you or your child.
Wednesday - Friday
We are not sending home new work for these three days. Our students have a few options:
- use this time to catch-up on any of the previous work that they still need to finish,
- work on their math, and/or
- work on life skills like cooking, cleaning, and yard work
- as always, keep reading daily
Report Cards
Report cards will be mailed home on Thursday.
Friday, April 3rd
To make up for extra time that we're in "PD" this week, the teachers will not have have office hours on Friday. They will have normal office hours Monday through Thursday this week. On Monday, we are having a virtual staff meeting, so the teachers will not be available:
- Elementary: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
- Middle/High: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Spring Break
Like you all, our staff have put so much of their time and energy into altering their lesson plans to work in a distance learning model, that I'm encouraging them all to "disconnect" during the week of April 6th. They will not be available during this time. They'll return on Monday, April 13th reenergized and ready to take on the next three weeks (that gets us until May 1st).
Work After Spring Break
On Thursday, along with your report cards, you will receive your work for the 15 days after we return from Spring Break. You'll notice a drastic difference from what the work looked like these first 15 days. In addition to daily online math practice and daily reading, the rest of the work will be wrapped up inside a PBL project that you and your child are sure to love. In addition to it aligning to our PBL model, we're hoping that this change will be less stressful for your child and their family.
Let me end by saying that I know this situation that we're in now is not fun, not easy, and it's difficult for all of us. I also know that you all have so much more going on than just being your child's "at-home" teacher/facilitator. Please make time to take care of yourself. If you need anything, or if you're feeling overwhelmed, please reach out. We're all here to support you.
My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light!
~Edna St. Vincent Millay
Have a great week, Lions, Spring Break is just around the corner.
~Dr. Compton
This Week's Newsletter Photo
This week's photo was taken from our Facebook submissions from our Wednesday challenge of helping your parents around the house.
Lion Artists of the Week (picked by Dr. Compton's daughters)
Check out Riverwalk Academy's online art gallery at Artsonia. Artsonia is the World's Largest Student Art Museum. Yet it's so much more than that! It's a free, safe, educational program designed to connect parents and families with their child's creative activities at school.
Reading to our Cubs
Pride, we're going to "Read to our Cubs" twice a day, live on Facebook. We will have a guest reader one each night at 7:00 pm on Sunday through Thursday, and another guest reader on each morning at 9:30 am, Monday through Friday.
Weekly Art Virtual Challenge
Click here to view the link referenced below.
About Us
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