Hart-Ransom Elementary

A reminder that parent conferences are being held next week. Teachers have scheduled them on Aeries. Teachers will be contacting you to let you now how your progress report will be sent to you. Some teachers are sending them digitially, some are having you pick them up on Friday with their packet of work and others are mailing them. Teachers will let you know prior to conferences how the progress reports will be delivered to you in grades TK through Third Grade. Students in grades 4th through 8th progress reports will be mailed.

Please note that the progress reports are not final grades. The progress reports are designed for a halfway check in point. If students are not performing well, this is the time to send an email to the teacher and to have a discussion during parent conferences. Students still have a chance to improve their final grades.

Parent Conferences week is minimum day schedule with all student live meets ending before 12:50 or before lunch at 11:55 a.m. Parent Conferences will start at 12:50 p.m. You will be receiving reminders from Parent Square if you are signed up for a Parent Conference. Please note that all live meets normally in the afternoon will be canceled so Parent Conferences can be held.

Distance Learning is really going well overall. We are all so proud of our students, parents and teachers for hanging in there with all of the different challenges we have faced. We have had chrome book issues, google classroom fatigue, getting logged off unexpectedly, feeling disconnected and many others. Despite these challenges we are all so very proud of how we are all working together to make Distance Learning the best we can possibly make it.

I know we are all really looking forward to when students can return to school, and I am hoping that is sooner rather than later. I know that Stanislaus County has to be at or below a daily new case rate of 7 per 100,000 population with a positivity rate of 8% or less, and we must hold those numbers for two consecutive weeks before we can move to Tier 2 (Red). When that happens, we will be allowed to have students in grades TK-8 back on campus. I think we are getting closer to those numbers.

Below are pictures of our amazing teachers teaching in their classrooms. Our teachers are working so hard and we thank them for their dedication and passion for their students.

Synchronous Live Attendance + and + Classroom Work Completed K

No Attendance - and - No work completion A (ABSENT)

No Synchronous Live Attendance - but + Completed Work B

Synchronous Live Attendance + but - No Work Completed F

Excused Absence E

Please note that these are the codes that we are utilizing during distance learning to differentiate between the different events above. The F does not mean it is a letter grade F. We typically give grace to students that receive a code F and allow flexibility to get the work completed because the instruction or work completion or practice of lessons is our ending goal. We also turn A for absences into Code E if we receive calls for illness, doctor's appointments and other excused absences. We want all students to be a "K" because they attended their live sessions and had work completion. Code F can also be turned into a "K" with work completion and if teacher has prior knowledge of why the work was completed on a timely basis.

Teacher office hours are a time when parents can schedule private meetings to discuss student needs and this can be scheduled with an email. The teachers will send parents a google calendar invite once they know of your needing to meet with them. Most teachers are using the teacher office hours to help students as an additional advisory time or using the time to contact students. Student advisory hours are for students only. Parents please do not come onto the student's teacher live meets, or student advisory hours to have discussions with the teacher. Students can also schedule private meetings with teachers during student advisory hours if they wish to do so. If either student or parent has a pressing question or need that comes up on non-parent office hours or non-student office hours days, you are always welcome to email the teacher. Teachers really try hard to get back to parents on the same day when possible. If you do not receive an email back you can always call the office or email Mrs. Holt and I can help. We want you to have the best experience and want you all to understand that everyone is working really hard to ensure that our student's needs are met with the importance they deserve. We are all here to help our students be as successful as possible.

NEWS FLASH

“All Kids Eat Free until December 31, 2020!”

Hart-Ransom Union School District is participating in the “Seamless Summer Program” beginning October 1, 2020 thru December 31, 2020. Our Cafeteria program will be serving FREE MEALS to all the children in our community and surrounding areas.

Drive-up curbside and pickup your FREE Breakfast and Lunch for your child(ren) at No Cost, Monday thru Friday from 11:00 AM thru 12:30 PM.

*Program begins October 1,2020 and ends December 31,2020!

We thank Mr. Martins for putting on a great Autumn Parade. It was so wonderful to witness the family and student spirit along the parade route. The teachers also were so excited to show our students how much they are missed. It was a great event and I thank you all for happiness this generated with all who participted. Here are some pictures of our Hart-Ransom Spirit.

Many students are experiencing problems with chrome books needing repair. The insurance cost is only $25.00 a student to cover power adapters, keyboards, screen replacements, or other mechancial failures. The coverage does not include theft, so it is very important that chrome books are not left in cars where they can easily be stolen. The coverage also doesn't include liquid spills or water submersion, so it is important students are careful with drinking milk, juice or water when they are on their chromebooks. If students have no insurance the lowest price replacement is $45 for a power adapter and up to $260 for a full chrome book replacement. Obtaining the insurance is really worth having that piece of mind. Sadly, we have already had parents having to pay the higher costs because they didn't have the coverage. We recommend that you consider getting coverage today.

Chromebook Open Enrollment is open again from September 25th through October 2nd. You can come to the office and purchase directly or you can easily go onto MySchoolBucks with the link below.

https://bit.ly/HRMySchoolBucksCBInsurance