Hello again, parents:

With the announcement of school continuing remote instruction for the remainder of the year, we are continuing to adjust our schedule to meet the needs of as many students and parents as possible. As noted in Mrs. Estes’ email Friday evening, we will need to switch our Mondays and Fridays for our fifth-graders. Please refer to this document regarding the most recent schedule for our students. Not all students meet during all of our scheduled times, so be sure to ask your child which math group and which reading group to which they belong. Also, please know that by using the calendar feature of Classroom, students only see the assignments and Zoom times that have been assigned to them. We have set aside dedicated times for each core subject within the four-day week. These times may involve being part of a Zoom meeting, require students to work on an assignment on their own, or they may involve a combination of online and offline work. We feel very strongly it is also important for all students to have plenty of time to get outside, partake in family activities, and enjoy their own hobbies and interests. We hope that our revised schedule reflects as such.

We have also factored opportunities into our weekly schedule to offer support to you and your students, such as time to receive extra help on assignments, as well as one on one check ins. We hope that these blocks will provide your students the time needed to progress on their class assignments, check in with us, and receive the help they might need. We have also created a system which we hope will allow for a more direct way for each student to correspond with us directly in lieu of having email. We will be sharing this with our students on the Fifth-Grade Classroom page.

We will continue to gather feedback and tweak the schedule as needed. As always, please let us know if you have any questions or concerns as we move forward.

Thank you for your continued support,

Kimberly & Tim