BC Bear Facts
January Update: 1/10/21
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE:
Dear Boulder Creek Families,
Well, I don't know about you, but I am happy to say that 2020 is over. And although there will still be plenty of bumps in the road, I foresee the road smoothing-out as our 2021 journey proceeds. My sincere hope is that we have a relative return to unity and normalcy by Fall 2021.
We have made it through another round of Distance Learning (DL). I hope we won't have to return to DL as a whole school or district for the remainder of the school year. However, we all need to keep in mind that there are sure to be times when a class or classes may slide in and out of DL due to a shortage of substitutes. Please know if this happens, it is beyond our control. We want our students on campus!
Our teachers and support staff will be revisiting this year's school expectations with our students as though it's the beginning of the year. We can all use the reminders. It would be very helpful if you could review the Phase 3 - In-person Learning Restrictions below with your child/children before they return to campus. Please get masks ready each evening before school the next day. Students should always have an extra face mask handy in their backpacks in case they left their primary mask at home or in the car at drop-off. Remember, ALL (TK-8) students and parents need to wear a mask as they enter and exit school each day. We will be asking all those who don't have a mask to wear one. We appreciate your cooperation. All 3-8 students will also be required to wear masks in their classrooms. We will enter the remainder of the school year fearless, but this doesn't mean we will be reckless. Remember, we want to stay open!
We are all extremely excited to greet our students at the gate again! I wish all of our families the very best of health and a much happier 2021.
Tina Croes
Click HERE to register online.
2021-22 STUDENT REGISTRATION BEGINS!
It's already that time of year again! And, we can't wait until 2021-22 as we are staying positive that Boulder Creek will be able to return to many of the activities and events that enhance student learning as well as our family-like culture.
**REMEMBER** You do not have to re-register your child if he/she is already a Boulder Creek student.
We register students on a priority system with the first priority going to those who reside in the school attendance area and are not currently enrolled in school. Here are the registration dates and corresponding priorities:
Starting January 11, 2021
- Residents of the school attendance area, not currently enrolled in school
Starting January 19, 2021
- Those who moved into the attendance area after the first registration period
- Siblings already in the school of choice with an Inter/Intra-District Agreement
- Those who live inside the Enterprise Elementary School District boundaries with an Intra-District Agreement.
Starting January 25, 2021
- Those who live outside of the Enterprise Elementary School District boundaries with an Inter-District Agreement. (See below for more information on Interdistrict Transfer).
If you have specific questions, you may contact our Student Services Clerk, Devin McComas at dmccomas@eesd.net or 530-224-4140.
WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF YOUR CHILD IS COVID POSITIVE, A CLOSE CONTACT OR HAS SYMPTOMS?
If your child is positive, has come in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, or has any symptoms listed on the CDC checklist, please keep him or her home from school and contact our school office. School or district officials will provide you with the information you need as to when your child may return to school. In addition, your child will be allowed adequate time to make up missed work in accordance with EESD school board policy. Please contact your child's teacher if you'd like to request work so there isn't as much to make-up upon return to school.
It is very important that we follow this procedure in order to reduce the possibility of exposure at school when we return in-person. If we have exposure at school, there is a very good chance a cohort (class or grade level) may need to quarantine and return to Distance Learning (DL) for a period of time.
There will be times when cohorts of students are unavoidable, and we understand. However, timely communication may help us minimize such occurrences.
Besides keeping your child home because he/she is a known close contact, please keep children home if they show symptoms in order to minimize exposure and illness to all colds, flu, potential COVID, etc. When our staff is ill, they are required to stay home. We could move to DL because of a shortage of staffing.
Thank you so much for your cooperation and understanding.
2020-21 YEARBOOK
The 2020-21 yearbook will be a keepsake to be sure!
It’s time to order your 2020/2021 yearbook. All orders will be placed online at ybpay.com. Our school code is 11517121. The price is $20.20, and yearbooks must be ordered by April 2, 2021.
A Message to 8th Grade Families:
It’s that time of year to order your 8th-grade ads to be printed in the yearbook. We’ll be offering five types of 8th-grade ads. The ads range in size from 2x4 to a whole page. Ad prices have been reduced this year. There have been some updates with Lifetouch and the ads are now created online directly by you. You will log on to the ybpay.com website to order your ads and yearbooks. Once you have chosen your ad design and ordered it, you will receive a separate email with a link to design the ad. Once you have created your ad, you will submit it, and that’s when I’ll get it.
All ads must be purchased by March 5th. All completed ads must be submitted by March 12th.
2020-2021 Yearbook Ad Options include:
- Shout-out ad: $10 text only
- 8th Grade Ad: $25 approx. 2 x 4 inches
- ¼ page Ad: $50
- ½ page Ad: $75
- Whole page Ad: $125 with one free yearbook
Any questions? Please feel free to email me, malspach@eesd.net .
Best,
Melody Alspach
Yearbook Advisor
4-8 DISTANCE LEARNING CLASSES
Like Kindergarten through 3rd grades, we now have dedicated Distance Learning classes/teachers for 4th-8th grades. Staffing at the 4/5 level at Boulder Creek had to be restructured in order to provide Distance Learning (DL) teachers.
What did all this mean for some of our students? Students at multiple grade levels may have been affected because either their schedules were changed, or they were moved to another class.
These types of changes mid-year are not ideal and typically would not happen in any normal year. But we all know 2020-21 is not by any means normal. In the end, giving Distance Learners a dedicated class/teacher means our in-person teachers will no longer have to teach students physically in front of them along with teaching students who are at home at the same time. This will be a win for ALL of our students and their teachers.
This also means that these students and their parents have made a commitment to Distance Learning. Any returns to in-person learning or vice-versa to Distance Learning MUST go through the school office. Changes will be made based upon available space on rosters along with administrative approval.
Phase 3 = In-Person Learning with Restrictions
- EVERY MORNING BEFORE LEAVING FOR SCHOOL take your child's temperature and run through the EESD self-screening checklist. See the CDC symptom list. Students and adults with any of the symptoms on the list should stay home and notify the office.
- Students will arrive as close as possible to the start time (see bell schedule below) of the youngest child in the household. There will be no early drop-off as the playground and cafeteria will be closed per Shasta County Public Health and the need to not mix cohorts of students. Students will go directly to their classes upon arrival and will not be allowed to congregate on school grounds.
- Adults/volunteers are not allowed onto campus without a pre-approved appointment. ALL adults must wear a mask when on campus.
- We will make an exception to the above in the mornings for Kindergarten students only. Parents wearing a mask may walk K's to the exterior classroom door and leave promptly.
- ALL students (TK-8) will wear a mask and practice social distancing when arriving on campus and departing at the end of the day, as these are our highest traffic times. PLEASE BE SURE YOUR CHILD LEAVES THE HOUSE IN THE MORNING WITH HIS/HER MASK. If you need help obtaining a washable mask for your child, please contact your child's teacher or our school office.
- ALL TK-8 students are required to wear a mask while on campus with the exception of when they are eating and drinking. Short breaks will be provided during the day outside, when students can maintain six feet of social distance, for those students who need them.
- At a minimum, all students will be asked to wash and/or sanitize their hands every time they enter or exit the classroom.
- Students will need to maintain social distancing wherever feasible while at school. They should always follow the directions of their teachers or support staff.
Please review these rules with your child so he/she knows what is expected before they return.
DROP-OFF/PICK-UP TIMES AND PARKING LOT PROCEDURES Where/when should I drop-off and pick-up?
Grade-Level Start and End Times
If you have more than one child at Boulder Creek, your family's start time is decided by the start time of the youngest child in the family. Teachers know which of their students are older siblings and therefore will not mark them tardy for coming in a little late. This flexibility is built-in because we can't have younger siblings on campus early with no place to go. Please see the times below and drop-off accordingly so all children in the family can go straight to class upon arrival.
School Start Times:
6-8 grades begin at 8:00 am (classrooms and office gate will be open at 7:45)
3-5 grades begin at 8:07 am (classrooms and gates will be open at 7:52)
K-2 grades begin at 8:15 am (classrooms and gates will be open at 8:00)
Students will be released from class based upon the dismissal time of the youngest child in the family. This way, parents will not have to wait for two or three dismissal times. This helps us clear our parking lots must faster and avoid long periods of time with many students in our pick-up areas. Students will be walked to a designated pick-up area (see below) and remain with their teacher/classmates. If they have an older sibling(s), the sibling will be excused from class early to meet their youngest sibling at the designated pick-up area. Please coordinate this with your children.
School End Times:
4-8 dismissal @ 1:10 pm (teachers on duty in assigned lot) until 1:25 pm
K-3 dismissal @ 1:00 pm (teachers on duty in assigned lot) until 1:15 pm
It is crucial that your child/children are picked up from school on time. We do not want them to mix cohorts, and there is no supervision for them beyond their own teachers' duty time.
Assigned Parking Lots for Drop-off and Pick-up
This location is decided by the youngest child in the family. Older children in the family will need to find their youngest sibling at the pick-up location that is assigned to that sibling's grade level. For example, Kindergarten will be picked up in the front parking lot, so all older siblings of Kindergartners will be dismissed at the Kindergarten dismissal time to find their Kindergarten sibling's class at the front of the school and wait for their parent there together. We will be out to help older siblings find their pick-up point. This should only take a day or two to get into the routine of where to go.
Parking Lot Assignments by Grade-Level:
- TK/K (and all older siblings) - Front Lot
1 and 2 (and all older siblings) - Back Lot
3 and 4 (and all older siblings) - Front Lot
5 (and all older siblings) - Back Lot
6-8 (and all older siblings) Front Lot
Please do not arrive earlier than your youngest child's release time (see above), as we want to be able to clear the parking lot quickly for each group. Thank you for your cooperation.
Please review the BC Flow of Traffic Map in order to determine which way to enter/exit the campus from the neighborhood depending on which parking lot you are assigned. Front lot = red arrows. Back lot = green arrows.
DECEMBER/JANUARY IMPORTANT DATES:
Monday, January 4th: Staff Development Day - No school for students
Tuesday, January 5th - Friday, January 8th: Resume Distance Learning
Monday, January 11th: Return to Phase 3, In-Person learning
Wednesday, January 13th: Parent Club Meeting (via Google Meet)
Monday, January 18th: Martin Luther King Jr Day - No school
LUNCH AND BREAKFAST
If your child is a Distance Learner and you need cafeteria meals, you may order meals on a weekly basis and pick up a box of frozen meals for the week on Mondays. If you would like this option, please email our Head Cook, Melody Alspach, at malspach@eesd.net.
* This is the EESD menu and is subject to changes at each school site.
OFFICE HOURS AND PROCEDURES
CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING EESD SCHOOL YEAR PLAN BUTTON FOR OUR DISTRICT'S DETAILED PLAN.
IMPORTANT LINKS
- help@eesd.net: for Chromebook questions (including how to get a device); technology troubleshooting as directed by your child's teacher
- eesd.net: for online resources and other district information
- bouldercreek.eesd.net: for weekly newsletters and other information
PARENT PORTAL LOG-IN
All parents, including new parents, should have logged into the Parent Portal at some point this school year. Why do you need to create a parent account? This is a secure platform through which you will receive your child’s report card, complete enrollment, and complete the necessary beginning of the year school forms like your child's emergency card. In the future, this is also how state testing results will be communicated.
Click HERE for the link to the parent portal. If you cannot log-in successfully, please email our tech helpline at help@eesd.net. Be sure to keep your log-in information in a safe but accessible place.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)
Under What Circumstances Could Boulder Creek Students Move to Distance Learning?
Directive of public health
Positive cases at a school site(s)
Inadequate staffing for classrooms (due to staff illness or quarantine)
A decline in county conditions resulting in a move to the “widespread” tier
Boulder Creek School
Website: https://bouldercreek.eesd.net/
Location: 505 Springer Drive, Redding, CA, USA
Phone: 530-224-4140
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bouldercreekschool/