From the Middle EMS and ELA

Below you see links to our Virtual Back to School Nights. These zoom meetings will provide an opportunity to hear about all the plans and ask questions.

Also, as promised, our student schedules are now complete and ready for view. To see these schedules, students and parents can login to Parent Portal (Infinite Campus) to view schedules.

Our schedule is quite different this year in order to accommodate the variety of recommendations and safety needs. Students will rotate through a block schedule--they will have three classes a day (2 core classes and 1 elective class). In order to safely follow our cohorts, students were grouped based on academic needs. Students will complete a new elective class each quarter (as opposed to each semester).

We will provide printed copies of students' schedules on the first day of school--Thursday, August 27th.

My next newsletter will explain the procedures for day one--August 27th. We are planning all sorts of fun events for our students to welcome them back to the building. Watch for those details next week.

~Annessa Hart, Principal

annessa_hart@engschools.net

WELCOME BACK VIDEO

Returning Families: Wednesday, August 19 at 5:30 pm

Topic: ELA Back to School Zoom - Returning Families
Time: Aug 19, 2020 05:30 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5551836036?pwd=M3RMczFkNm90MVljRHUrdU5MY3VKdz09

Meeting ID: 555 183 6036
Passcode: 779667

New Families: Thursday, August 20 at 5:30 pm

Topic: ELA Back to School Zoom - New Families
Time: Aug 20, 2020 05:30 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5551836036?pwd=M3RMczFkNm90MVljRHUrdU5MY3VKdz09

Meeting ID: 555 183 6036
Passcode: 779667

Time: WEDNESDAY, August 26, 2020 5:30 PM Mountain Time

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6631360738?pwd=MkgrWkpKVEIwcytkVWVJK2NRTy96UT09

Meeting ID: 663 136 0738

Passcode: 308819

The first day of school for all EMS/ELA students will be Thursday, August 27th.

Students can arrive starting at 8:00 am. More details coming soon.

Pencil Bag

Pencil sharpener (small, handheld)

Ruler

Pens (at least 10--leave some at home)

Pencils (at least 20--leave some at home)

Colored Pencils

Highlighters (at least 2 colors)

Scissors

Glue Sticks

3" to 4" Three-Ring Binder

Graph Paper

Calculator--preferably the TI-30ii (linked here)

Headphones to connect to Chromebook for listening activities

1. Students and staff are required to wear masks at all times while in the building. No exceptions.

2. Students will report in the morning to the same assigned door every day. We will run a "soft start" to our morning. Students can enter the building starting at 8:00 am and either eat breakfast or go directly to the first classroom for study hall. Period one starts at 8:25 am.

3. Students and staff will complete health screens and temperatures checks every day before coming into the building.

4. Students will use the hallways for passing periods on staggered schedule.

5. We will maintain our small cohorts all day long--in classes, in hallways, and at lunch. Cohorts consist of less than 20 students.

6. Students will go through their classes on a BLOCK schedule. Students will have 2 core classes a day (Lang Arts, Math, Science, History), which will rotate every other day. Students will have just 1 elective each quarter that they will attend every day.

7. We will not be allowing visitors (including parents and siblings) in our building for the time being.

8. School will be dismissed in a "rolling release" fashion dependent on how they leave school (by walking, by bus, etc.). This is to ensure that we don't have large groups congregating.

Also, if you need assistance logging into Parent Portal (Infinite Campus), please email Lori_Martinez@engschools.net