CDA Community,
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Stay well and together we will get through this crisis. Thanks.
Andrew Jenkins, Principal
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Email Sent on May 17, 2020
Dear CDA Community,
I hope this finds you well. I continue to be heartened by our students’ engagement in their work through Google classroom and Zoom. It was also great to see so many of them on Flipgrid celebrating their fitness through our virtual Jogathon. I have made a goal of watching each of their posts. It has confirmed for me how creative and vibrant we are as a community. Thanks so much for supporting all of the ways we have worked to maintain our vital community through this pandemic. Below are some important updates. As always, please feel free to email me with any questions.
Superintendent’s Updates
Please take time to watch the weekly updates Superintendent Beutner provides on KLCS at 11:00 AM and streamed on the district’s website. This past Monday, he shared updates on a virtual summer school opportunity for all students. Updates and applications can be found here. They announced that families can start applying on Monday, May 18th, at noon. As I receive more information, I will share it, but the website has what is known at this time.
Enrollment for 2020-2021
We have begun enrolling new students for the 2020-2021 school year. If you know of anyone who needs to enroll his/her child, please have him/her email me. All students who are currently enrolled do not need to re-enroll. We do, though, need notification that you are not returning. We also need to be notified if you have moved so that you will continue to receive information by US mail. Report cards will be mailed home after June 12th, the last day of school, and we will mail letters to all incoming first through fifth grade students’ families welcoming them back to the new school year and announcing class assignments. Our staff matrix will be announced this Friday, May 22nd, in our May/June newsletter.
Mid-Term Notices
California Education Code requires that we notify all families whose children are at risk of earning a “2” on their report card by end of marking period. Students are being held harmless for work completed during remote learning, and no student will earn a grade lower than what data had supported by March 13, 2020. Students also cannot earn a “1” for this reporting period. That being said, if students were performing in any area at a level commensurate with a “2” in our grading system when we transitioned to remote learning on March 16th and are at risk of earning that mark by June 12th, your teachers will be notifying you by phone or email by Thursday, May 21st. Please know that our goal is to work with you this school year and next to ensure that all of our students are meeting grade level standards, expectations for which can be found here. If you want to see how students are expected to learn and gain some insights into the kinds of experiences that may help them achieve the goals set for them in each grade, the frameworks are also a great resource. Please feel free to reach out to your child’s teacher if you have any questions about notices you may receive. Thanks.
Fifth Grade Culmination
Our fifth grade culmination committee has been meeting weekly to plan a virtual culmination for our fifth graders that honor their time in elementary school. Virtual culminations will be held by Zoom by class on Friday, June 5th, at times that will be determined this week. We will be sending a separate email to our fifth grade families with more details. Thanks.
Materials Return and Yearbook Distribution
We will be working on a schedule to have families return library books, textbooks, and devices during the week of June 15th or sooner. A staggered schedule will be created to ensure social distancing guidelines are met. All family members must wear a mask, and gloves are recommended. We are also asking that you return your items in a disposable bag. If you wish to return library books or textbooks sooner than the end of the school year, please email me. Families who wish to keep their devices for the optional remote summer school can communicate that with me once they apply. We will need to collect the devices, though, when it concludes so that we can clean and service them.
Once we receive our yearbooks, we will create a schedule to distribute them that coincides with materials and device return.
Unless you are moving or your child is in fifth grade, materials that were left behind in the classroom will be waiting for your child when s/he returns for the new school year. Thanks.
LAUSD Kids Learn Workbooks
You should have received by US mail these workbooks that are intended for use over the summer. Guidance on how you can use them so that your child is well supported can be found here. Thanks.
Meetings
Zoom links for our meetings this week were emailed to families. We have rescheduled our SSC/ELAC meeting tentatively for May 27th at 3:30 PM. This week at our Coffee and Tea with the Principal meeting, we will be sharing resources on the California Department of Education’s website that families can use to support remote learning. Please remember that these meetings are now bi-weekly. Thanks.
May 18th (08:00 AM) and May 20th (03:45 PM): Coffee an Tea with the Principal
May 19th and 20th (08:00 AM): Morning Assembly
May 20th (07:00 PM): Booster Club Meeting
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