Important updates: school closure, virtual learning, and more

April 16, 2020

Governor Announced School Closure

Dear Families,

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented us all with some of the most challenging times we have ever experienced in our Sheboygan Falls learning community.

Per the Governor’s order earlier today extending the Safer at Home order until May 26:

" Public and private K-12 schools shall remain closed for pupil instruction and extracurricular activities for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year ."

Please see the statement from State Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor:

“The closure of school buildings does not mean the end of services to children. The Department of Public Instruction remains committed to supporting schools and districts as they continue to care for their students, advance continuity of learning, provide meals for students, plan for the remainder of the year, and begin to plan for summer school opportunities and next fall due to COVID-19.”

We understand this may be difficult for our students to learn and it is not the ending of a school year any of us wanted. Our District will continue to provide counseling and emotional supports to students in need.

Our District will continue to deliver Virtual Learning . We will continue to make connecting with our students our highest priority. Please reach out to your child's teacher or principal if you are having issues with connecting a school-issued device to the Internet.

We will also continue to distribute meals on our Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule. We appreciate families who have been wearing masks in the drive-thru lane, as this helps keep our staff safe.

Plans are being made and will be communicated to families soon about the following:

spring events, including high school graduation
summer school
schedule for picking up school supplies/locker items

We appreciate your patience as we make plans that will help us keep our students safe.

We truly appreciate the outpouring of kindness and the strength we have seen in our school community. Please continue to stay safe, practice social distancing, and remain at home as much as possible. We greatly look forward to the time when it is safe to be with each other again.

Jean Born

Superintendent

More on Virtual Learning

The District would like to thank families for the support they continue to give to our students as we deliver lessons virtually. We recognize the challenge and appreciate your efforts!

Keeping your child engaged in learning routines will help them during the weeks ahead. Several families have reached out to inquire about pass/fail grades (fourth quarter and semester two) that other districts have taken on for the rest of the school year. Our immediate focus is feedback about the work students are submitting, and a determination on report card grades has not yet been made.

We will continue to track daily attendance with the number of logins in through Classlink, as we will be required to report this to the Board of Education and the Department of Public Instruction.

Plans are being made for our 5K learners who are at home with limited materials for learning. Please watch your Infinite Campus email inbox for a message next week.

Free WiFi Locations

If students are unable to connect at home, please contact the principal at your school for help troubleshooting. We have also made a list of locations that have been reported with free WiFi if you park your car near the building. Students can use the WiFi to sync their Google accounts and then return home to complete assignments. Please remember to follow social distancing and stay in the car for safety.

LTC Sheboygan campus
Sheboygan Falls Memorial Library
Mead Public Library
Sheboygan Blue Line Ice Center
Target
Home Depot
Culver's
Panera

NEW

Additional Public wifi spot @ SFES Parent Pickup Lot

The District has a wifi network named, “SFSD Public Monitored” which is available in the elementary school parking lot off Miley Avenue from 8:00a.m. to 7:00p.m. each day.

Note: This is not to be used as an opportunity to meet up in the lot for social purposes. Those interested in using our wifi must remain in their vehicles and understand that we are able to monitor the parking lots through the use of our security cameras. If it becomes a problem where social distancing is not being maintained and we have concerns about the safety of our students, the network access will be shut down.

Thanks for Sharing your Photos

We are truly enjoying the photos of Kindness week and learning at home that staff, students and families are sharing. In case you missed them on our social media pages, you can check some of them out here!