Remote Learning Planning Days / Schoology Update

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Remote Learning Planning Days

Dear LFHS Students and Families,

Under recent guidance received from ISBE, we are allotted five (5) Remote Learning Planning Days to utilize with our faculty beginning on March 30th. We plan to utilize these days for our faculty and staff to plan, prepare, collaborate, and engage in instructional and learning activities aligned with our recent guidance. Our faculty and staff have been working tirelessly to provide meaningful learning and well-being experiences for our students. These days will be scheduled and utilized to provide them with the time they need to sustain this important work with students.

For students, these days will be non-attendance days. Students are not expected to complete or submit work on these days. We recognize the importance of scheduling time for our students to have learning breaks and to focus on their well-being.

We will be utilizing the following upcoming dates as Remote Learning Planning Days (non-student attendance days):

Monday, April 6th
Monday, April 20th

We will communicate additional Remote Learning Planning Days, as we receive more guidance regarding the duration of our remote learning. Again, these are non-attendance days (days off) for students.

Also, Monday, April 27th was previously scheduled as an Embedded Emergency Day. We will still move forward with this day as scheduled. This is also a non-attendance day for students.

In short, here is an overview:

Date

Purpose

Students

Faculty/Staff

April 6, 2020

Remote Learning Planning Day

Non-Attendance Day

(no coursework)

Planning and preparation workday

April 20, 2020

Remote Learning Planning Day

Non-Attendance Day

(no coursework)

Planning and preparation workday

April 27, 2020

Embedded Emergency Day

Non-Attendance Day

(no coursework)

Non-Attendance Day for Faculty and Specified Support Staff

Please reach out with additional questions or concerns. We’re hopeful that these days will be extremely beneficial to our students, families, and staff.

Thank you,

Chala Holland

Principal

Schoology Update

Dear LFHS Students and Families,

Thank you for your continued patience and flexibility during the eLearning process. Schoology, the District 115 learning management system, is an integral part of remote learning. The platform hosts course information and is the primary hub of communication between teachers, students, and families.

As vast parts of the country have moved to eLearning, the Schoology platform has experienced significant issues. The website is down many times of the day or simply experiences intermittent functionality. We understand this is not ideal, as all members of our learning community rely on Schoology to help facilitate eLearning.

Schoology engineers are working on fixes that will hopefully get the platform up to 100% functionality. In the interim, D115 teachers have been encouraged to continue using Schoology as their primary hub of information, but they may be reaching out to students via district email for communication. It is important for all stakeholders, primarily teachers and students, to maintain flexibility in regards to sharing and collecting resources, assigning and completing coursework, and meeting time frames/deadlines.

Our district is working proactively with Schoology to identify a timetable for when their platform will be fully operational. An effort has also been made to partner with them to find short-term solutions that can aid our teachers and students. We can’t stress enough the importance of ongoing communication between all stakeholders as eLearning continues. We are all navigating these unique times together, and maintaining a healthy learning experience for all students is always at the forefront of our minds as we continue on this educational journey.

Thank you for your patience. We will continue to keep you updated as we work to address these issues.

Alan Wahlert Ed.D.

Director of Teaching and Learning

awahlert@lfschools.net