The Siegrist Star
Week of December 7, 2020
Second Semester Class Assignment
Recently, all of our families completed their declaration for their student’s learning scenario for second semester (which begins January 11, 2021). More than 140 families district-wide, have chosen for their child to return to in-person learning from remote learning at the elementary level. As you can imagine, those changes have a significant impact on staffing for both the remote and in-person learning scenarios for our learners. We will need to make some alterations to class assignments for our students to create balanced and safe (in-person) learning environments for our learners for second semester. We want to keep families informed about our process. The graphic below shows our timeline for this process.
Process Timeline
November 2020: Families make remote or in-person declarations for second semester
December 2020: District Leadership identifies staffing needs for both remote and in-person learning
December 4, 2020: Buildings communicate class assignment process to parents (WE ARE HERE)
December 2020: Buildings create balanced class lists for second semester
December 2020: Buildings prepare building and classrooms for change in class sizes
December 18, 2020: Buildings communicate to families about student-teacher assignments for second semester (beginning January 11)
January 4, 2021: Students return from winter break to 1st semester teacher/class (to complete assessments and progress monitoring for report cards)
January 11, 2021: Students start with second-semester teacher/class - January 11, 2021
This process may result in your child being assigned to a different teacher for second semester. We will be alerting families on December 18 through email about that classroom assignment.
Important to Know
Not all students/grades will require a resort of students (due to varying numbers of staff and students returning from remote).
To avoid confusion, all families will receive an email on December 18 confirming each student’s teacher assignment for second semester.
We will not be accepting parent requests for change, or stay-in-place for this process.
All teachers want to keep all of their students, so they will not be the deciding factor on placements. Rather teachers will be involved in creating a balanced classroom using their current information about students’ academic, social, and emotional information.
No administrator wants to move students mid-year. This particular situation this year is certainly an exception to our current practices.
Your child will be looking to the adults in the home for guidance on their personal reaction to the assignment. We would ask that you find a positive frame to discuss this change (if there is one) with your child.
BE THE CHANGE TALLY!
Upcoming Siegrist Events
DEC 5 - Virtual Book & Gift Fair Ends Today at 5pm!
DEC 9 - PLC Day - Early Release 1:30pm
DEC 23-JAN 1 - NO SCHOOL - Winter Break
JAN 4 - School Resumes
Click here to view the full Siegrist Elementary calendar on our website.
Virtual Book & Gift Fair ENDS TODAY AT 5PM!
Milk charge with a home lunch.
Medication for Students
The health room would like to remind parents to bring all necessary medication in person to the health room for their child(ren). For the safety of your child and other students, medications should never be sent in backpacks or with children. If you have questions, please call our health room.
December is the month of the COMPASSIONATE Pirate!
YEARBOOK ORDERS FOR 2020-2021
We also a few extra 2019-2020 yearbooks for sale for $20.
Now Hiring: Substitutes
We are hiring substitute teachers! You pick your schedule - short and long term positions, as well as pre-scheduled and on-call positions are available.
- Long-Term Substitute: $18.67 per hour (after completion of 5 consecutive days on same job)
- On-Call Substitute: $15.33 per hour (if used day of)
- Substitute: $13.33 per hour
innovation team spotlight
This Week's Featured Innovation Team:
We will not be introducing a new Innovation Team this week. Innovation Team Highlight will resume next Monday, December 14, 2020.
Upcoming Community Events & Flyers
Siegrist Elementary Contacts
Email: itao@platteco.k12.mo.us
Website: http://plattecountyschooldistrict.com/siegrist
Location: 1701 Branch Street, Platte City, MO, United States
Phone: (816)858-5977
Facebook: facebook.com/SiegristElementary/
Twitter: @Siegristelem