Written by: Josh Griffin, Principal
With just one more week of school prior to a well-deserved Spring Break, I hope that this message finds you and your family doing well. As has been the case this semester, we have many important updates/reminders to share with D’Evelyn families, and I hope that you will find the following materials helpful in your planning for next week, next month, and the 2021-2022 school year. CMAS Testing As we have shared in the past few weeks, the week of March 22nd will be an important week of CMAS testing for our students in grades 6-8. In addition to Mr. Wille’s School Messengers he has distributed to our families over the past few weeks, you can review the CMAS schedule in his February 21st Jaguar Tracks article linked to our Jaguar Tracks Administration page. Good luck to our students completing CMAS testing and thank you for giving your best effort on these assessments in the upcoming week. Spring Break Our 2021 Spring Break runs from March 29 - April 2. Especially this year, the break will be an important opportunity for our students, teachers, staff, and families to rest, relax, and enjoy some time off of school. It is my sincere hope that you and your family enjoy a restful and fun Spring Break, finding yourselves recharged for a strong last two months of the 2020-2021 school year. April 5th - 100% in-person learning We are excited to welcome our students back to 100% in-person learning on April 5, 2021. One area where we will need support from students and families is in pick-up and drop-off. Because of the increase in the number of students attending school each day, we will need to return to our scheduled arrival times by family. Below, please find our schedule for drop-off for all days of in-person learning for the duration of this school year. We are grateful to our students and families for your commitment to this schedule, as we expect to be welcoming and health screening more than twice as many students each day as we have been throughout this school year. Thank you in advance for your compliance with this drop-off schedule. Assigned Morning Drop-Off Locations In order to honor health/safety guidelines, and provide time for health screening all students and staff entering the building each day, we will follow these assigned morning drop-off plans: · West Parking Lot Parking & Drop Off is reserved for: o student drivers o students riding with student drivers o 6th grade students riding with older students or in “6th grade only cars” · South Parking Lot (Main Entrance) Drop Off is reserved for: o School bus drop off · East Parking Lot Drop Off is reserved for: o Parents, family, carpool drop off Assigned Drop-Off Times We will have assigned arrival windows for students based upon the first letter of last name as follows: · 7:00 - 7:10 am, students with last names starting with A - Haz · 7:10 - 7:20 am, students with last names starting with He - Pit · 7:20 - 7:30 am, students with last names starting with Pos - Z Students riding in carpools or with student drivers should arrive and enter the school during the assigned time period of the last name of the driver of the car. Assigned Dismissal We will have two dismissal times for students each day as follows: · Students doing 7th Hour and Lunch at home will be dismissed at 12:15 · Students having lunch and 7th Hour at School will be dismissed at 2:30 Pick up locations will mirror drop-off. Student drivers leave the west parking lot, busses will pick up and depart the south lot, and parent/family/carpool pick-up will be in the east lot. 2021-2022 plans Thank you to our families that shared their level of interest in the 100% remote-learning model for the 2021-2022 school year. Earlier this week, we sent a direct communication to all families that completed the survey indicating that due to the very low interest in a remote-only option for the 2021-2022 school year, it is unlikely that we will be able to offer that option for D’Evelyn students next year. For those families that did not receive the direct email, you can view the content of the letter here. As outlined in the letter, due to the low interest in remote-only learning among current and incoming D’Evelyn students for the 2021-2022 school year, it is unlikely that we will be able to offer this program. Nonetheless, we will do one last community outreach in April to ensure that we have an accurate picture of the interest in remote learning for next year. I encourage families that were considering remote-only in 2021-2022 to begin considering their possible options for next year in the event that D’Evelyn does not offer 100% remote learning for students. As noted in the letter, it is my hope that with increasingly positive news regarding the Covid-19 pandemic and vaccine distribution, more of our students will continue to feel comfortable attending school in person next year. I will provide additional updates on our plans for 2021-2022 in upcoming Steering Committee meetings, including the April 5th meeting. In the event that you have concerns or wish to discuss options further, please contact your child’s assigned counselor or administrator. Thank you for your continued and ongoing support during this school year. I am grateful for the steady dedication and support of our students and families. Comments are closed.
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