GREETINGS
Most students around the country started remote learning this week. For the KIPP Jacksonville Team and Family, this new reality launched on Monday with a successful process to pick up resources to continue learning at home. To date, 95% of students have received the materials needed for Phase 1 of KIPP At Home. Thank you to our staff and families for making this process a success!
 
- Your KIPP Jacksonville Team & Family
UPDATES
VIRTUAL MEETINGS
Our teams have not let the new reality of working from home stop them from connecting. Instead, meetings are still happening but virtually. This kindergarten team held their first virtual grade level meeting, sharing funny stories and setting goals for the upcoming week in distance learning.

ALUMNI
Supporting our KIPP Jacksonville alumni with their post-secondary planning continues! The KIPP Through College team is hosting a series of webinars and virtual info sessions. This week, they hosted a virtual information session featuring Edward Waters College. Participants were able to learn about the admissions process and unique program offerings at EWC, the first HBCU in the state of Florida. The next webinar, “Secure the Bag: Evaluating Financial Aid Awards” will be on Thursday, April 2 at 6:00pm.

KIPP STEM CHALLENGE
Every Wednesday, KIPP STE is posting five new challenges in five different science categories and selecting winners. Each winner will be celebrated nationally and will receive a $25 Amazon gift card to order the reading book (or LEGO’s!) of their choice! KIPPsters can go to  kippste.org  to access this week’s challenges and begin! Also, families can join the STE Challenge Facebook group to collaborate and share projects and like the KIPP STEM Facebook Page for more STEM content and resources.
STORY TIME
Meet Ms. Jemmott. She has created a YouTube channel filled with videos of her reading stories. After she finishes each book, she asks the viewer questions and tasks them with an Accelerated Reader (AR) challenge to assist with comprehension. Students can also enter this read aloud in their daily reading log assignment. So far she has read the following stories:
VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS
Remote learning has staff and families exercising their creativity, transforming parts of their homes into classrooms. Here’s a sneak peek into Ms. Marshall’s new KIPP At Home fourth grade classroom.

FREE MEDITATIONS
Headspace®, an English-American online healthcare company, specializing in meditation, is offering free meditations you can listen to anytime with a collection called, “Weathering the storm.” It includes meditation, sleep, and movement exercises to help you out, however you’re feeling.    Click here to access.

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