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6th Grade Cedar Reader:New Schedule
A special edition for 6th grade students and families
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Why The New Schedule?
We didn't know what we didn't know, until we knew we didn't know it. As parents, you get it. We make decisions based on what we think/know is best for our kids...and then things change...and then COVID.
Here is what we know:
- It's not educationally sound for 6th graders to wait until 1:30 PM to engage in Core classes. We know this based on student feedback, parent feedback, teacher feedback, and our "failure" data from quarter 1.
- We know that 6th graders are transitioning from working with 1-2 teachers to getting to know and work with 6-8 teachers.
- Our 6th graders have not been in a school for almost an entire calendar year. Their memories of school are based in 5th grade.
- A 6th grader doesn't know how to utilize time management and planning to schedule homework for the next morning.
- They have the most energy and engagement in the morning, not after lunch.
- They are programmed from elementary school to do their work after school until it's done, but our schedule doesn't give them ANY time during the day to start. They are often doing work many hours after school ends.
- We have many students who need to engage with family and siblings after school and don't have time for hours of homework.
- We have wanted to make this change for a while and feel the winter break allows for a smoother adjustment.
A blank schedule template is being mailed home today. Do not fill it out. Your student's teachers will do it with them. A few groups of students will have pre-filled templates. We recommend that once it is completed you post it near your student's work area.
ALL 6th grade students will have a schedule change beginning January 4, 2021.
New Schedule - Whole School
Parent Q&A Meeting
Join Zoom Meeting
https://beavertonk12.zoom.us/j/3561545230?pwd=VE5NV3kxdDhLNWlvTDhWVGVhUEtCUT09
Meeting ID: 356 154 5230
Passcode: Wolves