This year is off to a great start. Overall our students are logging in daily (M-F), submitting high-quality work, and making excellent progress in their courses. A few of our instructors have mentioned that some students have been expecting to work for a total of 2 hours each day. I want to emphasize that their daily schedules/routines should include dedicating roughly one hour to each course daily. While we are virtual, we operate much like a traditional school, and there are a lot of standards to cover over the semester.

I have included a sample schedule below, but please keep in mind that there are no specific times during which students are required to log in during the day. The schedule is flexible for each student's needs as long as they are working 4-6 hours per day and staying on pace.

Thank you for your continued support and for being a partner in your student's learning! I look forward to sharing information with you throughout the year. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Warmest Regards,

Mrs. Sabrina Ciolino

Principal

Peak Prep Pleasant Valley

Mobile: 415-320-1401
Email: sabrina.ciolino@peak-prep.org
Website: peak-prep.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peakprep/
Address: 2150 Pickwick Drive #304 Camarillo, CA 93010

Would you like to request a virtual meeting with me? Click this link!

Pacing in grades TK-5 is based upon the schedule set by your teachers. If your student has missing assignments, please feel free to work during the upcoming breaks to catch-up, but do not forget to notify your teacher that you have uploaded a missing assignment.

Pacing in Edgenuity is based upon the school calendar, which means that the system recognizes that students will not be expected to log in during Thanksgiving and Winter break. This is your student's opportunity to get back on track in their courses if needed. I would strongly encourage all students currently behind to use this time to catch up, but please be aware that our faculty will be unavailable during these breaks.

Please stress with your student(s) the importance of completing their assignments and maintaining a minimum 2.0 GPA with no Fs as a key to ensuring they do not fall behind their peers academically. Any student behind in their courses should be meeting with their teachers during Intervention hours to get extra help. As a reminder, you can also schedule 1-1 time with your teachers to get extra support when needed.

Please be aware that all communications generally receive a reply from school staff within 24 hours (not including holidays or weekends). Although the online system is typically available 24/7, our staff members are available during normal business hours, Monday through Friday.

Internet For All Now: The California Emerging Technology Fund has provided access to affordable offers, as well as a number to call 1-844-841-INFO (4636) to assist parents: http://www.internetforallnow.org/get_affordable_internet_today.

The following table contains special offers extended by various providers throughout the state.

SLOPERA! A Bite-Sized Opera is based on Mo Willems’ book I Really Like Slop! that brings Elephant and Piggie to a place they’ve always belonged: the opera! An opera uses music and theater to tell a story. In most operas, the actors sing almost all of their lines. While opera can be made with all kinds of musical styles, operas often use classical singing and tell stories that include big, BIG emotions, or feelings, like utter despair and total joy. Elephant and Piggie will show us how high and low their voices and their feelings can go!

Piggie shares a lot about pig culture with her friend in this show: her connection to Swineland; her love for her Oma (a German word for grandmother); and, of course, a traditional pig food, slop! Sadly, Gerald does not love slop the way she does. It can hurt when you share something special with a friend and they do not like it or they think it is weird. In the Slopera!, Elephant and Piggie must figure out how to appreciate each other’s differences. Maybe they will find out that trying new things doesn’t mean you have to like every new thing.

This opera performance is approximately 20 minutes long. Two opera singers perform as Mo Willems’ characters Elephant and Piggie. The Elephant opera singer is dressed in a black tuxedo and wears large gray elephant ears. Piggie opera singer is dressed in a long green dress and wears a pink headband with small pig ears. The singers use a slop puppet—a blue bowl with green fabric inside that bounces out to represent slop. While performing, the singers often move on and off the stage. A pianist accompanies the performance.

Email: Peggy.Paules@peak-prep.org for the Zoom link!

Mwahahahahaha! The Omaha Children's Museum has gone a little MAD with the Halloween spirit! In this live, online class, we'll stretch our STEM skills with a Halloween-themed science show! We'll try out kooky experiments, as the museum leads us through activities like blowing up soap, shrinking chip bags, and making giant mega foam!

CLASS DETAILS

October 20
Wednesday @ 2:00 PM-2:45 PM (PT)
1 x 45min session (45 minutes)
All ages welcome
(Best for grades K-2)
FREE

Re-engagement may be triggered by one or several of the following items:

1) If a pupil fails to complete assignments on time.

2) If a pupil is not generating attendance for more than three (3) school days or 60% of the instructional days in a school week,
3) If the pupil violates the terms of their master agreement.

4) If a student fails to attend daily synchronous instruction or live interaction.

5) If satisfactory academic progress in one or more courses is not being made.

Satisfactory academic progress for each pupil enrolled will be determined by all of the following:

1. The student's achievement and engagement in the program.
2. The completion of assignments, assessments, or other indicators that evidence that the pupil is working on assignments.
3. Learning required concepts, as determined by the supervising teacher.
4. Progressing toward successful completion of the course of study or individual course, as determined by the supervising teacher.

Each Friday, your Homeroom teacher will send the parent/guardian a Learning Log via Dochub. The learning log is a record that the parent/guardian will sign and initial certifying that the student listed above has "engaged in [required] educational activities" on each day that they have initialed.

Please take a minute to initial, sign, and finalized your student's learning log every Friday afternoon.

Each student at Peak Prep has been assigned a homeroom teacher. Your homeroom teacher will be your primary point of communication for support.

Email: info@peak-prep.org
Website: www.peak-prep.org
Location: 2150 Pickwick Drive #304 Camarillo, CA 93010
Phone: 855-900-7325
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peakprep/
Twitter: @peakpreppv