Mt. Angel School District has been hosting Community Listening Sessions to update families and the community on Distance Learning and answering questions submitted by parents and families. The next session is scheduled for 7:00 pm on Thursday, November 5th. This session will include one teacher from each building presenting best practices for parents and students learning from home. To help building principals prepare for Nov. 5th, please use this link for submitting questions in advance. Please submit your questions at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwnccGz4dZ6RLX3nPjb4ufUKDguQ7ZqdlFwvKJ0nn3MAZm3w/viewform?usp=pp_url .

Here is the ZOOM Link to the Community Listening Session; https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81853330591. We hope you are able to join us on Tuesday evening.

Mt. Angel Middle School will be moving to 4 days of synchronous learning, beginning the week of October 26th. I appreciate Mr. Tiecke responding to the community’s feedback and working with his staff and other administrators to make this possible. Beginning next week all 3 buildings will be providing synchronous instruction 4 days per week. This is great for our kids, they value the daily interactions and support from all of our staff online. In the event a teacher is unexpectedly absent due to illness or other reasons on a day of synchronous instruction, students would be notified that asynchronous instruction may occur on those days if substitutes are unavailable.

• Have a schedule for each student, write it down and keep in a location visible at all times.
• Designate a space for learning that limits distractions.
• Have students wear ear buds or ear phones to limit distractions from surrounding noises.
• Encourage your student to write down questions for teachers and ask questions often.
• Access teachers for help during office hours.
• Treat asynchronous instructional times for learning the same as asynchronous learning times.
• Save your internet connectivity by turning off all other devices that us Wi-Fi while attending classes online. This may include phones, Alexa, Surveillance systems, smart tv's etc..

We are pleased to announce that the USDA has again extended the waiver to continue with our ability to provide free meals to children up to the age of 18. We continue to offer two programs. Grab and Go at St. Mary’s Elementary between 11:30 am – 12:30 pm. And meal delivery on school days (M-F) between 9 am – 12:30 pm to addresses within the Mt Angel School District boundary. See MASD91.org for specific address delivery times. Important changes to the delivery program that we need to mention. We cannot leave food unless we are sure someone is home at the time of delivery. Acknowledge the delivery by opening your door, or look out the window to make contact with bus drivers. Also, unless you wish to open your door to accept delivery, please place a cooler or container on your doorstep and we will place your meals in the container. Some food may be perishable. Be sure to eat, refrigerate or freeze the food as needed. If you receive meal delivery, you cannot pick up duplicate meals at the Grab and Go site.

If you are not already pre-registered for meal delivery you may complete a form online at www.masd91.org or by calling the district office at 845.2345.