Dear Parents,
The faculty and staff have been working hard this morning in planning for the distance learning that will take place in the weeks ahead. We understand that this will be a unique situation for everyone, and there is no "one size fits all" approach. If you have questions or concerns, let us know, and we will certainly be flexible. Please remember that it's important to be calm and reassuring with our kids throughout this temporary closure.
Also, please remember that this is new for all of us - parents, students and teachers - and working together as a team for our children is our primary mission.
During the day today, teachers entered lesson plans for the week in our FACTS SIS / PARENTSWEB system
that you already access for grades, volunteer hours, etc.
BEGINNING TOMORROW,
please sign into the PARENTSWEB Family portal by
CLICKING HERE
. (You can also access it by going to our school website and clicking in the top left hand corner on PARENTSWEB.) The District Code is
SB-VA
and you would enter your personal login and password. From the menu on the left side of the screen, click "
Students
" and select "
Lesson Plans
." You can then view the lesson plans for each of your students by changing the student name in the box near the top of the page. If you have any issues, please email us for assistance.
This is the work your child's teacher expects them to do for this week.
Teachers have tried to show how the work can be spread out over the course of the week, but you are welcome to adjust the plans based on your schedule at home. The teachers will provide specific instructions for collecting work. Teachers will plan regular check-in times so they have a chance for personal interaction between student and teacher and can answer questions. Please understand that some teachers may also begin employing some new distance learning technologies and applications to support your learner during this time. We appreciate your patience as our teachers get these added supports in place.
And we are here for you!
For schoolwork/lesson plan related questions, please email your child's teacher.
(All teacher's emails follow the format of first initial last name@saintbenedictschool.org. Ex. Sean Cruess is scruess@saintbenedictschool.org; Michelle Cisik is mcisik@saintbenedictschool.org.)
For Renweb/Parentsweb related questions
,
please email Elizabeth Hanson at ehanson@saintbenedictschool.org.
For any other concerns,
please email Sean Cruess, Principal at scruess@saintbenedictschool.org.
After today, the school building will be closed for the remainder of the next two weeks. That does not mean we won't be working, though.
Email is the preferred method of communication at this time, but we will also continue checking the voicemail for the school office.
The Third Quarter ends Friday, March 20, and report cards should still go out on March 27 as planned. We expect that they will be sent electronically rather than as a printed report card document.
We encourage families to stay up to date on what the Center for Disease Control and our state Department of Health are asking us to do. CLICK
HERE
for helpful information on keeping your family and our communities healthy.
Remember that the purpose of our closure is to stop the spread of coronavirus by social distancing. This is
not
the time for class get-togethers, play dates, social events, or sleepovers. We must do our part to stop this disease in our local community.
As always we place our trust in Our Lord. Please see this
important letter
just out this afternoon from our Bishop regarding the temporary suspension of the Mass.
Families, please take the time you normally would spend at Mass on Sundays and dedic
ate it to watching the Mass on TV or online. The Diocese has launched
WatchtheMass.com
; a new, simplified website where you can watch daily & Sunday Masses from their studio chapel in both English and Spanish. Mass is also available at different times on the EWTN network.
Please keep Sunday holy and continue to commit this time to Our Lord.
We all look forward to putting the Coronavirus in our rear view mirror as a school, and getting back to life as we know it, but until that time, please know that we are all here, working together, to navigate the days ahead for the health and well-being of our students and our families.
May God Bless You and Your Family and our Wonderful Comet Community!
Mr. Cruess