Staff Polar Bear Express
Updates for Week of July 10
Compass Rose Legacy Middle School
CRA Polar Bears do what's...
- Respect
- Ingenuity
- Growth
- Honesty
- Teamwork
Email: info@compassrosesa.org
Website: https://www.compassrosepublicschools.org/
Location: 3300 Sidney Brooks, San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone: 210-540-9265
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CompassRoseSA/
Welcome from your CR Legacy Middle School Leadership Team !!!
Hello Team!!
We hope you all are doing well!! Here are your weekly updates. This week the newsletter has a ton of updates regarding our reopening. Please make sure to read the Covid-19 updates and review the links. In addition, make sure to complete the action steps at the end of the newsletter. I hope everyone is enjoying their summer :)
Clear Goals, Full Hearts, All In!
Brittany Mike, Monica, and Vincent
Covid- 19 Updates from Brittany
We hope that all of you are staying safe and continuing to relocate safely to San
Antonio. We have been hard at work here working with new information every day from
local, state and federal agencies and have some significant updates to share. We have
shared the following documents with families and we are asking you all to read and
familiarize yourself with these documents:
• Letter from the CEO https://docs.google.com/document/d/18GlM_colJaeEHWHcpPiYqKv3i0TARnz7aAwLOITfBaM/edit?usp=sharing– this is a letter from Paul to our families connecting them to
the below resources
• Parent FAQ
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RVIByMGOk5QVoIHB697Ot1Z_k_rycR-R/view?usp=sharing– this is a quick one-pager for families.
• Reopening Plan https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rN9usloQZ9LRqq659H2shkek4rBxHqRdWWdvFnbiR88/edit?usp=sharing– this is a public document and you should be familiar with this
document as it has been shared with families.
• COVID Web page
https://sites.google.com/compassrosesa.org/instructionalhub/covid-19-our-plan-for-a-safe-return?authuser=0 – this is the public web site that we will continue to update and revise as we move forward.
Your role is to start to read and familiarize yourself with all these documents before we
come together on August 3rd.
Regarding our own campus, we have made the following decisions to maximize student
and staff safety.
- We will be offering both virtual and in-person learning as an option for all students.
- We are currently polling all families to gauge their preference and a large percentage so far are preferring the virtual option.
- We will be moving to a shortened in-person school schedule, which will run from 7:15 AM to 2:15 PM for students.
- Students will be in batched cohorts and not have individualized schedules to limit student to student interaction.
- Teachers will travel from room to room and students will not transition between classes. After 2:15, we will transition to synchronous learning to provide additional acceleration (intervention) to students until 4:30 pm.
- During the in-person schedule, teachers will teach live classes and also have time to follow up with students who are viewing recorded lessons for that day.
CR Legacy Teacher Spotlight - Meet your team!
Frank Lopez , 6th Grade Science and 6th grade GTL
Favorite book: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Inspirational quote: "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." ~William Butler Yeats
What are you excited for this school year?
I am excited to start my fourth year at Compass Rose and see our school continue to grow.
Hannah Gomez, Lead Special Education Teacher
College: Texas A&M University at San Antonio. Bachelors of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies. Focus in Special Education EC - 12.
Favorite book: Dare To Lead By: Brene Brown
Inspirational quote: Everyone you meet if fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. ALWAYS. - Robin Williams
What are you excited for this school year?
I'm excited about growing our Special Education program and building an amazing team. I'm excited to learn more this year and really challenge myself to learn as much as I can.
Adai Viramontes , SPED Para Professional
Favorite book: Bible
Inspirational quote: When something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let is destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.
Dr. SeussWhat are you excited for this school year?
Finally getting to meet the scholars.
Building Update - Check out images of the floor plan, cafeteria and a classroom!
Check out out the Academic Calendar !
Action Items
Upcoming Events ! Mark Your Calendars!
Upcoming Staff Virtual Happy Hour
July 29 @ 4:30pm
Summer PD Dates
- Compass Culture Camp - Find Your True North. Optional Summer Institute: July 29-30
- Network PD begins: August 3rd at 8 am Location: Port San Antonio Cafeteria
- School based PD: August 10 at 8 am Location: CR Legacy Elementary
Donors Choose Project - Optional but highly encouraged
Here are some quick steps:
1) Go to this site: https://www.donorschoose.org/teachers
2) Use your personal email and select Compass Rose Academy with the Outer Circle address.
3) Begin writing up your project.
Our budget is very tight and we have minimal funds around the following items:
a. Classroom libraries – this would consist of a bank of independent reading books for students that they could read or check out in your classroom.
b. Professional Development – these would consist of, now mostly online, opportunities for you to engage in content relevant to you.
c. Field Trips – a typical bus for a day costs from $1,000 - $1,500. Buses will also have spaced out seating so that means we need twice as many buses per field trip now. These may be limited now, in our situation.
d. Other classroom supplies tied to projects or resources that you may want for your classroom.
4) Once you have set up your account and posted a need, please let both Brittany and Monica know that you set up an account.