The B.Y.E. Buzz

Principal Corner

We have had a great first week of school! Thank you so much for blessing us with your child(ren). We are so glad to have the kids back at school. Last week teachers focused on building relationships and teaching school routines and procedures. This week we will continue with our school routines and add academic routines

Our new arrival/dismissal system seems to be going very well. A few reminders to keep us all safe:

Students can enter the building in any door although we do encourage Kinder/1st grade to be dropped off at the front (especially if they do not have older siblings). Doors do not open until 7:25. Please do not drop students off early.
Be sure to pull all the way up for drop off. Once all cars are stopped, multiple cars will unload at the same time. This will keep our line moving faster. If your child's classroom is in the green hall you might be asked to pull past the green hall and the child will walk back to the green hall door. If the weather is bad your child can enter the door closest to their car and walk through the building to get to their classroom.
When exiting from the side of the building we ask that you do not cut through the parking lot or the bus lane. I know we are often in a hurry in the morning but we must be safe. We have pre-k and bus students that are being dropped off in the back of the building.
Please do not turn west off of Carver road during drop off or pick up. The line wraps around Pippin Apple Circle.
Handicapped parking places are reserved for those with a handicap parking permit. Please do not use these spots unless you are permitted.

Please let us know if you have any questions!

Digital Forms

We have moved to digital forms this year. Please complete the following form. It gives permission for many things. Things like technology use, picture/video publishing, and students' work displayed. Technology insurance is optional. There is a link to pay for technology insurance online. If you chose to send money to the school, please label it "Technology Insurance."

The Springdale Schools Acceptable Usage Agreement can be seen here. Specific information regarding technology insurance is located in this document.


Lunch Students can purchase a tray or bring their lunch. We will have one choice in the cafeteria line this year. Kindergarten will be eating in the cafeteria each day. 1st-5th graders will alternate every other week eating in the cafeteria and the classroom. Trays will be delivered to the classroom on days that students eat in the room. Check out the lunch menu here! Please pay for breakfast/lunch online OR send lunch money in an envelope with student and teacher name. Free and Reduced Lunch Forms will be coming home from school. The other option is to complete the form online. Students are eating in their classrooms every other week. Please send silverware and napkins as needed.	How does my child get home? If your child is going home a different way please call the office by 2:00pm to make that change. It is very important that we have time to call the student and let them know. If you are checking your child out early, please check them out before 2:30. The office gets extremely busy in the afternoon. We want to be able to get your child quickly when you arrive.	Notes from Nurse Amy Nurse Amy is back at BYE! If you have medication, please drop it off at the school between 8:00-11:00 or 1:00-3:00. The District requires a doctor order with all medication. Please do not send in backpacks. If your child has accidents, send an extra change of clothes. Please see the chart below from Nurse Amy. It is very important for your child to stay at home when they are sick. They can keep doing schoolwork through their Google Classroom or SeeSaw app. Our goal is to limit extra students in the nurse office due to possible Covid exposures. We will be asking teachers to handle small nurse things (like band-aids) in the classroom this year.

Lunch

Students can purchase a tray or bring their lunch. We will have one choice in the cafeteria line this year. Kindergarten will be eating in the cafeteria each day. 1st-5th graders will alternate every other week eating in the cafeteria and the classroom.

Trays will be delivered to the classroom on days that students eat in the room. Check out the lunch menu here!

Please pay for breakfast/lunch online OR send lunch money in an envelope with student and teacher name.

Free and Reduced Lunch Forms will be coming home from school. The other option is to complete the form online.

Students are eating in their classrooms every other week. Please send silverware and napkins as needed.

How does my child get home?

If your child is going home a different way please call the office by 2:00pm to make that change. It is very important that we have time to call the student and let them know.

If you are checking your child out early, please check them out before 2:30. The office gets extremely busy in the afternoon. We want to be able to get your child quickly when you arrive.

Notes from Nurse Amy

Nurse Amy is back at BYE! If you have medication, please drop it off at the school between 8:00-11:00 or 1:00-3:00. The District requires a doctor order with all medication. Please do not send in backpacks.

If your child has accidents, send an extra change of clothes.

Please see the chart below from Nurse Amy. It is very important for your child to stay at home when they are sick. They can keep doing schoolwork through their Google Classroom or SeeSaw app.

Our goal is to limit extra students in the nurse office due to possible Covid exposures. We will be asking teachers to handle small nurse things (like band-aids) in the classroom this year.


Blended Learning Important information for those that have chosen the blended learning option. Students will attend school either M/W/F or T/TH. Students will be issued a tech device and participate in their self-guided learning on their remote learning days. If the work is not completed, they will be considered absent. Classroom teachers will be busy working with students that are participating in on-site learning. If your child has a question while working from home, please send an email to get help from a support staff member. The email address is young-remote@sdale.org. Classroom teachers will not be able to respond due to their on-site obligations. A staff member will return all emails within 2 hours If the blended model is not working for your child notify an administrator ASAP. (cnorwood@sdale.org, splumlee@sdale.org).	Lifetouch- Picture Day Fall Picture day is September 24 and 25. Lifetouch is taking all appropriate COVID precautions during pictures this year. They will be screened at the office before entering the building. Online picture orders can be made at mylifetouch.com using the school picture day ID: EVTFHCVR8 Lifetouch photography sent us additional spring 2020 pictures by mistake. We will send them home to your child if we have them for you. There is no need to send any money or return them. Consider it a gift from Lifetouch.	Covid Reporting *go.sdale.org/covid* If a staff or student tests positive for COVID or has a COVID exposure please complete the form at the site above. Someone will call you and we will move forward with the next steps provided by the ADH. Please notify the administration or nurse as well. When we have a positive exposure in the building we will notify all parents via letter/automated phone call. If your child is directly affected, you will get a personal phone call describing the next steps.

Blended Learning

Important information for those that have chosen the blended learning option.

Students will attend school either M/W/F or T/TH.
Students will be issued a tech device and participate in their self-guided learning on their remote learning days. If the work is not completed, they will be considered absent.
Classroom teachers will be busy working with students that are participating in on-site learning. If your child has a question while working from home, please send an email to get help from a support staff member. The email address is young-remote@sdale.org. Classroom teachers will not be able to respond due to their on-site obligations.
A staff member will return all emails within 2 hours
If the blended model is not working for your child notify an administrator ASAP. (cnorwood@sdale.org, splumlee@sdale.org).

Lifetouch- Picture Day

Fall Picture day is September 24 and 25. Lifetouch is taking all appropriate COVID precautions during pictures this year. They will be screened at the office before entering the building.

Online picture orders can be made at mylifetouch.com using the school picture day ID: EVTFHCVR8

Lifetouch photography sent us additional spring 2020 pictures by mistake. We will send them home to your child if we have them for you. There is no need to send any money or return them. Consider it a gift from Lifetouch.

Covid Reporting

go.sdale.org/covid

If a staff or student tests positive for COVID or has a COVID exposure please complete the form at the site above. Someone will call you and we will move forward with the next steps provided by the ADH. Please notify the administration or nurse as well.

When we have a positive exposure in the building we will notify all parents via letter/automated phone call. If your child is directly affected, you will get a personal phone call describing the next steps.


Take Home Folders We will have "take-home folders" that students bring home with classwork and occasionally school information. Classroom teachers will share more information about take home folders. School wide communication will be sent home in a digital format.	Notes from the PTA Online merchandise orders close Friday, Sept 4th. No paper order forms are being sent home this year. Online orders only. Contace byepta@gmail.com with order questions or concerns. Orders expected to arrive late September. Click here for the store! We have some merchandise that has arrived and it will be handed out as we get it. The picnic tables have been ordered. They will be delivered soon for families to have lunch with their child outside.	Counselor Corner Mrs. Nelson has created a virtual office for the school year. Check it out! https://rb.gy/4s94ib

Take Home Folders

We will have "take-home folders" that students bring home with classwork and occasionally school information. Classroom teachers will share more information about take home folders. School wide communication will be sent home in a digital format.

Notes from the PTA

Online merchandise orders close Friday, Sept 4th. No paper order forms are being sent home this year. Online orders only. Contace byepta@gmail.com with order questions or concerns. Orders expected to arrive late September. Click here for the store!

We have some merchandise that has arrived and it will be handed out as we get it.

The picnic tables have been ordered. They will be delivered soon for families to have lunch with their child outside.

Counselor Corner

Mrs. Nelson has created a virtual office for the school year. Check it out!

https://rb.gy/4s94ib

The Basics of Arrival and Dismissal

Arrival:

The doors will open at 7:25 and students will report straight to their classrooms or to eat breakfast. Please do not drop students off prior to 7:25. Car riders can be dropped off at either the front doors or the side doors of the school. We would strongly encourage those that have students in kindergarten and first grade to use the front doors. Please pull ALL the way forward so more students can exit their cars at the same time. Kindergarten and 1st-grade students should wear their lanyards so we can help them find their class. Students that are walking/riding bikes should enter through the front doors and not arrive before 7:25.

Dismissal:
All students will wait in their classroom until their car has arrived in the afternoon. K and 1st grade (and siblings) will report to the front door. 2nd- 5th-grade students will exit from the west side of the building out of the blue/green hallway. Car tags will have names and numbers. The number will be typed in and your child's name will display in their classroom. At that time they will report to the car. It is VERY important you go to the correct location for pick up in the afternoon so your child reports to your car. ALL cars will report to the front line after 3:20. Our car line ends at 3:25. Walkers will be dismissed at 3:15. Please do not have students walk to your car parked on a side street or the pool. The car line has been finishing by 3:15-3:20 daily so you can pick them up at that time. We have already had several students run across the street and not use a crosswalk. This is very dangerous.