Dear Parent/Guardian,

Monday will mark the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, and our faculty is extremely excited to welcome you all back. Below are some brief instructions regarding how to access your courses on Monday. If you have any difficulty, please do not hesitate to reach out to your homeroom teacher.

As always, please feel free to reach out to me at any time if you have a question or concern. If you would like to request a virtual meeting, please click the link at the bottom of my signature line.

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!

To access your courses, you will first need to log into your Peak Prep Student Gmail account that we have created for you.

If you have already completed the setup of your peak student Gmail account, you are all set.

If you are new to Peak or have not yet logged into your Peak Gmail account, please follow the directions emailed to you by your homeroom teacher, and let them know if you run into any issues.

If you need assistance, please email Darla.Hanson@peak-prep.org

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.

• Commit to working on your courses daily (M-F)
• Work in your courses for 4-6 hours per day.
• Attend live lessons & office hours
• Schedule specific times M-F as “school work” time
• Use the Assignment Calendar and Progress Reports as your measure of course completion
• Make frequent contact with your instructor when you need help progressing through your course
• Attend all meetings with your homeroom teacher

We want your student to be successful, and we are here to help. If your student is struggling, please let us know so that we can put the proper support in place.

Our Tk-5th grade students will be accessing their curriculum via Schoology.

How to log in to Schoology:

1) You will need to log into your Peak Prep Student Gmail account if you have not already done so (instructions were sent to you earlier this week). If you have any difficulty, please reach out to your homeroom teacher for support.

2) Visit: peak.schoology.com

3) Enter your Peak Prep Student email address and click next.

4) Enter the password for your Peak Gmail account and click next.

That's it! You are logged into Schoology! When you log in to Schoology in the future, it will automatically bring you to the google single on-screen, and you will simply need to click on your Peak Prep student account. You will not need to enter your Gmail password.

6th-12th Graders will access their courses via the Edgenuity LMS.

This progress bar is blue if you are on track, green if you are ahead, and red when you start to fall behind. For more information, view the Edgenuity Student Manual.

How to log into the Edgenuity LMS:

1) Log in to https://learn.edgenuity.com

2) Click the Students button.

3) On the login screen: Enter your username: your peak prep student email address

4) Click forgot password.

5) Log into your Peak Prep Student Gmail account and follow the instructions to reset your password (remember to make sure it is easy to remember and do not forget to write it down).

6) Log in to Edgenuity.

7) Watch the mandatory student orientation video (3-5 minutes).

8) Begin your courses.

Guided Notes are optional, ungraded resources for educators to offer to students as they learn. Each printable worksheet corresponds to a single lesson and features lesson-specific content to help students focus on key concepts and words and take better, more comprehensive notes. Guided notes are provided in almost all your courses.

The Benefits of Enhancing Instruction with Guided Notes

1) HELP IN IDENTIFYING KEY IDEAS

Students often struggle to determine the most important concepts in a lesson and may spend time taking notes on everything. This can result in information overload as valuable energy is spent trying to process information that isn’t as important. Guided notes can help by providing students with an outline of the most important details. And because most information is provided in the guided notes, students can focus their energy on building a solid understanding rather than trying to write down everything.

2) INCREASED ENGAGEMENT

There is plenty of evidence to show that information is more likely to be absorbed when the listener is actively engaged in some way. Note-taking in any form can help by giving students something tactile to be engaged in during instruction. Guided notes are particularly helpful because they allow students to leave a lesson with robust notes of the key concepts without overburdening their focus on the note-taking process.

3) HIGHER RETENTION OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Well-crafted guided notes will purposefully leave important ideas blank with the expectation that the student listens carefully during a lesson to fill in these blanks. This keeps the student actively listening for those key ideas, and then encourages them to write those ideas down. The physical act of writing down keywords and phrases increases the likelihood that the idea will be retained, and it engages multiple modalities in their interactions with key concepts. Retaining the most important information is ultimately the goal of guided notes.

Under the mandates of AB 130, a student who is participating in Independent Study (IS) must be documented and include records of participation in live interaction and synchronous instruction, assignments, assessments, and grades.

Documentation of live interaction and synchronous instruction is required for each school day. If a pupil does not participate in independent study on a school day, it shall be documented as non-participatory for that school day, per Education Code (EC) 51747.5.

Live interaction is defined as the interaction between the student and LEA classified or certificated staff, and may include peers, provided for the purpose of maintaining school connectedness, including, but not limited to, wellness checks, progress monitoring, provision of services, and instruction. This interaction may take place in person or in the form of internet or telephonic communication.

Synchronous instruction is defined as classroom-style instruction (Live Lessons), or designated small-group or one-on-one instruction delivered in person or in the form of internet or telephonic communications, involving live two-way communication between the teacher and pupil.

These provisions allow the school staff to connect with students every day and readily identify when a student begins to show behaviors toward disengagement within the IS environment. Students who do not comply with the live interaction activities and/or synchronous instruction opportunities will trigger the need for daily follow-up by local staff. If the disengagement continues then this will trigger the tiered re-engagement strategies.

AB 130 requires school districts and county offices of education to implement tiered re-engagement strategies for IS students who are not generating attendance for more than three school days or 60 percent of the instructional days in a school week, or who are in violation of the students’ required written agreement. These strategies may include, but are not limited to:

• Verification of current contact information for each enrolled student;

• Notification to parents or guardians of lack of participation within one school day of the student’s absence or lack of participation;

• A plan for outreach from the school to determine the student’s needs, including connection with health and social services as necessary;

• Confirm or provide access to connectivity and devices to participate and complete assignments; and

• Conference between the parent, student, and teacher to review the IS written agreement, and possible reconsideration of student’s participation in the IS program and impact on the student’s educational achievement and well-being.

Tier 1 re-engagement: The universal approach is provided when the student is initially missing from the IS environment.

Tier 2 re-engagement: The teacher, registrar, counselor, or others cannot reach the student or the student continues to be non-participatory.

Tier 3 re-engagement: Intensive intervention efforts are required. The student is non-participatory despite the offering of needed support and intervention.

Attendance and chronic absenteeism remain relevant for the 2021-2022 school year, even for students in IS. As stated in EC 51747.5, if a pupil does not participate in an independent study on a school day, it shall be documented as non-participatory for that school day. Students who miss as little as two days per month are missing 10% of the 20 school days offered on average and are considered Chronically Absent. Per EC 60901, Chronic Absenteeism may be a result of excused absences, unexcused absences, and missed school due to disciplinary consequences, such as suspension or removal from school. Over the long term, chronic absenteeism is correlated to lower reading levels as of grade three assessments, increased rates of high school dropouts, adverse health outcomes and poverty in adulthood, and an increased likelihood of involvement with the criminal justice system. The early grades (TK-2) lay the foundation for a positive school experience and continued enrollment throughout the students’ school career. The importance of attendance carries over for all ages and into all instructional settings, including IS.

We are in the process of planning our virtual meetups for the 21-22 school year. If you have an idea for a meetup you would like to attend please email Sabrina.Ciolino@peak-prep.org

Each student at Peak Prep has been assigned a homeroom teacher. Your homeroom teacher will be your primary point of communication for support. You will be receiving a welcome email and call from your homeroom teacher next week!

Our calendar was recently approved by the school board and is available now!

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