Creative City Connector: Special edition! 3/12/21

3/12/2021

March 12, 2021

Dear Families,

We are busily preparing for school re-opening on April 12 for those families who have elected to return. We have designed a plan that ensures equitable access to instructional resources to both in-person and virtual learners.

In summary, the final plan has the following components and was developed after reviewing the number of in-person learners and their distribution by grade level:

All students returning to in-person learning will be on campus for 2 days and will learn virtually for 3 days each week, either Monday & Tuesday, OR Thursday & Friday. Wednesday will always be a virtual day for all so we can do deep cleaning in our school. Please note that, at this time, there is no schedule option that has students coming in person every day.

A-Team/Resource/Intervention Classes will be virtual for all students.

The Special Education Staff and Related Service Staff will be returning to the building to provide services to the in-person learners and will continue to support virtual learners.

Kindergarten and Grade 5 Classes with Mr. Appel, Ms. Griffin, Ms. Lewis, Mr. Patterson, Ms. Ritwo, Mr. Davis, and Ms. Mitchell, will be onsite teaching in a Hybrid fashion -- both the virtual and in-person students at the same time. Homerooms will remain intact.

Grades 1, 2 and 3 will have higher numbers of in-person learners and require a different structure. These grades will have one Teacher and one Support Staff in person in the building working with in-person learners ONLY, and two Teachers in the virtual space working exclusively with students who will remain virtual. Some homeroom assignment changes need to be made to accommodate this structure and will be shared next week.

Grade 4 will continue departmentalized teaching (one teacher per subject). English Language Arts will continue to be taught virtually for all students, including in-person learners. Some homeroom assignment changes need to be made to accommodate this structure and will be shared next week.

The virtual learning schedule will not change: Live instruction will occur 8:30 – 2:00, and Asynchronous Work, Small Group/Teacher Office Hours being held from 2:00 – 3:20 pm.

Additionally, to account for the potential homeroom class changes that will occur in this plan, we have extended second trimester for this year only. We will remain in Trimester 2 through April 9, with report cards coming out on April 16. Trimester 3 will begin the day homeroom changes take effect, Monday, April 12, and it will be shorter than usual (45 days long, the same as a standard academic quarter).

This plan accommodates the 105 students (30% of our total students) whose families responded to the Opt-In survey by March 1st that they wanted to take part in our in-person learning program. We are keeping a waiting list for those who responded on March 2nd or after.
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Visit https://forms.gle/7vyGEWnymtzdrWBE7 to place your child on the waiting list.
Contact our main office at 443-642-3600 if you had indicated that you were returning to in-person learning, but have now changed your plan.

We will have information sessions for families to discuss the information in this letter and to respond to questions you may have.  Please visit us on the Community Breakfast link on Zoom at one of the following times (content will be the same at each meeting):

Wednesday, March 17 at 6:00pm
Thursday, March 18 at 9:00am

We look forward to working with you and your family to support success and achievement for all of our students.

Sincerely,

Traci Mathena                                                            Marisa Canino
Principal                                                                      Executive Director

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