Dear SJA Families,
Thank you for all your efforts this first week as we begin the journey into distance learning. Seeing the excited faces of our students was extremely rewarding as the teachers and students enjoyed seeing each other again. Thank you to all of our students who participated in the Kick-off to Distance Learning Week! Overall, we are very pleased with our first week knowing that we need to make adjustments as we progress in this process.
Our faculty had a Friday recap Faculty meeting and the teachers are all aiming to do the following:
1. Adjust
schedules
as needed
(i.e. add extra live Zoom math classes and add
additional small group instruction to Early Childhood).
2. Make every effort to provide/ post the
assignments as organized as possible
for families in 5th grade and lower
(by sorting assignments per subject and or
per day).
3. Go through the April and May calendar until the end of the school year and
determine what are the
essential concepts and standards
that need to be
taught and decrease the amount of work accordingly.
4. Extend
deadlines for Art and for Music.
5. Continue to
work with families
according to their home life situations. If you
have any concerns regarding your home life situation, please reach out to your
child’s homeroom teacher. Everyone is trying to be as
flexible
as possible.
Since the Week of April 6th is a short week, we ask all work to be submitted for this week by
Noon Thursday, April 9th
(instead of Good Friday and Easter weekend).
PLEASE NOTE THAT MONDAY, APRIL 13TH IS A SCHOOL DAY.
I thank many of you for Ccing me on the many kind and supportive emails you sent the faculty. Your support means the world to the teachers. We are all trying to do our very best to make Quarter 4 as successful as possible for your child(ren).
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
-Philippians 4:13
Many blessings,
Mrs. Roberts
Principal
