WELCOME BACK TO HITEON

Greetings Hiteon Families,

Next week Hybrid learning begins. We are excited to have your children back at school. Please take some time to familiarize yourself with the information provided in this message. Attached is the Hiteon Return to School slide deck sent last week. Please review it if you have not already.

Best,

Meghan Warren, Principal

Jenny Read-Emslie, Assistant Principal

• Wearing a Mask is a MUST!
• Home Screener for Sick Students
• Hybrid Start Dates
  
• Specials Schedule
• Arrival & Dismissal
• Transportation Changes
• Playground Use
• Nutritional Services Information
• Bus Transportation Update
• Update Emergency Contact Information in ParentVUE

Students returning to hybrid will be asked to remember the Three Ws:

Wear a Mask

Wash your hands

Watch your distance 6 ft.

We ask families that have students returning to the building for Hybrid learning to have their child(ren) practice wearing a mask for more extended periods of time. Two hours might be hard for some of our students. Also, discuss what 6 feet looks like and feels like. Anything we can do to pre-teach these things is appreciated.

Bandanas and Gators are NOT considered appropriate and safe face coverings.

If your child has any primary Covid symptoms or generally does not feel well the Beaverton School District requires your child to stay home for 10 days after the onset of symptoms unless:

• Proof of a negative COVID-19 test result OR a doctor’s note indicating a different diagnosis and that COVID-19 is not suspected & be fever free for 24 hours without use of fever-reducing medications.

Primary Covid Symptoms include: Fever of 100.4 or higher and/or chill, cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, or new loss of taste or smell.

Click on the picture below for more information.

Hybrid Start Dates

K-2: STARTS MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2021

3-5: STARTS THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021 (will continue in CDL until April 8)

3-5: Monday, April 5 & Tuesday, April 6 (current CDL schedule)

Hybrid Schedule

7:45 - 8:00 Hybrid Student Arrival

8:00 - 10:15 Hybrid in-class instruction

10:15 - 10:30 Dismissal

10:30 - 12:00 Break

12:00 - 2:15 Asynchronous Instruction (Specials)

Below we have attached the new specials schedule for your students that will be effective starting April 5th for K-2, and April 12th for 3-5. Although the times, and possibly days, for Music and PE have changed; the zoom links and passwords have stayed the same! Due to the hybrid transition, all specials will be asynchronous, on Seesaw. There will be no live PE or Music on zoom until April 12th.

Music Password: music PE Password: PE

• All students in K, 1st, and 2nd now have Music on Monday and Tuesday and PE on Thursday and Friday.

• All students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th now have PE on Monday and Tuesday and Music on Thursday and Friday. New schedules with active links will be posted to Seesaw in students Music and PE classes later this week.

Click here to access the new Specials Schedule

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask!

Sincerely,

Your Hiteon PE & Music Teachers

Kristina Hansmann • Tina Strub • Traci Chelf

Marisa Quinn • Julia McGarrity

Families that are driving or walking students to the school, please know that adults are not allowed into the building at this time. If you are driving your student, we ask that you stay in your car and drive through one of the drop off zones. Please do not park and walk your students to their doors. We need to keep the number of people congregating at the entrances to only students to ensure the health and safety of all.

The arrival time is at 7:45 am. If you arrive before that, we will ask that your child(ren) stay in the car until 7:45. We will not have any supervision for children before that time, and it is not safe for them to be left unattended.

Dismissal begins at 10:15. Please look through the attached slide deck for specific instructions for walker or car pick up. If you are picking up your child(ren) by car, you MUST stay in your car. Do not park and walk to get them. You were sent a packet with a nameplate to place in your car window to help us learn your car and student(s).

The Hiteon playground will be closed during in-person instruction time. The playground is closed from 7:30 am - 10:45 am daily during the remainder of the school year. To adhere to the strict social distancing guidelines, it is required that all families leave the school grounds at dismissal time and not congregate on the playground. Thank you for your cooperation.

For transportation changes in advance, please communicate any change in going home plans to the classroom teacher the day before or earlier any changes via email and include the office secretaries valerie_sinnott@beaverton.k12.or.us and martha_spinks@beaverton.k12.or.us.

If an unexpected change is necessary on the same day, DO NOT email the teacher. For same-day changes, you must call the office as soon as possible at 503-356-2140. Do not email the teacher, as email will not be checked during the hybrid school day from 7:30 - 10:30 am.

Thank you for your support of this school-wide policy.

The start of In-Person Hybrid Instruction is right around the corner, and our Nutrition Services department has been hard at work developing a plan for how to continue to provide free meals for all children during both Hybrid and CDL. The USDA has provided waivers for the rest of the school year that allow any child (ages 1-18) to access free meals.

Starting April 5, meal service via bus routes will be discontinued.

● Hybrid students can receive a free daily meal bag to take home.

● Two days of meals will be sent home on Tuesday.

● No registration is required.

If you do not want your child to receive a lunch at the end of the school day, please fill out the following form and return to Valerie Lawrence, Cafeteria Manager at valerie_lawrence@beaverton.k12.or.us .

An email was sent out this week regarding Hiteon's bus transportation. If your student (by address) is eligible for bus transportation, it gave you the bus number, stop and times. If your student (by address) is NOT eligible for bus transportation, it will state this (as you live in the non-transportation zone). Because of social distancing, no requests will be available within the non-transportation zone for the remainder of this school year.

As we move toward In-person Hybrid Instruction, it’s very important for all schools to have up-to-date emergency contact information for their students.

You can update student information online through ParentVUE. After logging in, click on the Family Updates and New Student Enrollment button located in the top right of your screen.

To learn more, watch this tutorial video or visit our Online Verification webpage.

Meghan Warren, Principal

Jenny Read-Emslie, Assistant Principal

Hiteon’s Mission Statement

Hiteon is a community dedicated to providing an educational experience in which everyone can reach their full potential and make positive societal contributions. We strive to enhance personal, community, and global identities while developing life-long learners.

Email: meghan_warren@beaverton.k12.or.us
Website: https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/schools/hiteon/
Location: 13800n SW Brockman Road, Beaverton Oregon 97008
Phone: 503-356-2140