Clark Primary Cats Newsletter
June 2, 2020
B.F. Clark Primary Elementary
Email: noreply531@springisd.org
Website: springisd.org/clarkpri2
Phone: (281) 891-8600
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Dear Parents
This is our last week of school and as we reflect on these past few weeks, we are grateful for you and the support you have given us. We are very pleased with our students’ engagement related to instructional learning and we know this could not have happened without your partnership. Included in this newsletter is a video showing amazing student engagement in learning.
Please know that we continue to plan for this upcoming fall semester and will be sharing information as soon as decisions are made by our district.
Your child’s report card will be sent via email by the end of the day tomorrow, June 3. If your child does not meet grade level standards for promotion, your child will have the opportunity to attend summer school. Our school’s grade placement committee will meet to determine placement for the following school year after completion of summer school.
We wish you and your family a Safe and Wonderful Summer.
Respectfully,
Cynthia Gomez
Have a safe, healthy and fun summer!
NEW INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR IS APPROVED FOR 2020-21 SCHOOL YEAR
Parents and guardians, please be advised that our Board of Trustees approved our new instructional calendar on Thursday. This revised calendar is designed to give us the flexibility to deal with potential COVID-19 disruptions or closures.
The approved calendar most closely matches the recommended intersessional option proposed by TEA, with students starting in August and having longer breaks around Thanksgiving, in the winter and in the spring. The last day of instruction will be June 25 for all grades except seniors, who would finish on May 28.
Specifically, the first day of the new school year will remain Aug. 17, with intersessional breaks scheduled for Oct. 5-9, Nov. 16-20, Jan. 4-8 and March 8-12. All of those breaks are set to occur around regularly scheduled vacation times, except for the week in October. The built-in breaks give the district more options to cover required instructional time. For instance, if a COVID-19 closure period was needed in the fall or early winter, one of the planned intersessional breaks later in the year could be used to recoup instructional time.
During those COVID-19 breaks, seniors will continue remote learning at home, which will give them the required instructional time to graduate by the end of May – the same as with a traditional calendar. To see the complete calendar, please visit: www.springisd.org/calendar
SUMMER LEARNING AT-HOME IS COMING SOON
In light of ongoing health and safety concerns related to the pandemic, Spring ISD has redesigned summer school for this year into an online experience available to ALL students and tailored to meet specific instructional needs.
Specifically, the district will be hosting two Summer Learning At-Home sessions to run Monday through Thursday with the first scheduled for June 10-30 and the second slated to run July 7- 28.
For students requiring grade-level support in order to be ready for the next school year, the sessions will include targeted tutorials in reading/literacy as well as STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics). For students looking for additional learning opportunities, we will be offering different enrichment camps depending on their grade level, including AP boot camp, GT camp, STEAM Camp and Literacy Camp.
Watch for more information about these offerings with specific guidance on what programs might best meet the needs of your student. If you’re thinking of participating in ANY of these programs, please do not turn in your district-issued Chromebook. You are invited to keep it until the end of our summer school sessions.
Pre-K and Kindergarten Online Registration for 2020-21 School Year Opens April 27
Spring ISD prekindergarten and kindergarten online registration for the 2020-21 school year opens April 27. Pre-K students will need to be four years old on or before Sept. 1, 2020 and meet Texas Education Agency eligibility requirements. Students who will be five years old on or before Sept. 1, 2020 and are not enrolled in Spring ISD PreK this year may also pre-register.
This will be the first year that full-day prekindergarten has been offered at every elementary school, and the district is hoping parents will take advantage of early registration to enroll their children.
To register for prekindergarten or kindergarten and for more information, including eligibility requirements and Frequently Asked Questions, parents should go to www.springisd.org/prek. District staff will be available to assist parents in both English and Spanish with the online registration, if needed, by calling 281-891-6337