April 18, 2020
Dear North Royalton City Schools’ Community,
As we come to the end of our spring break, I almost feel it was closer to winter break with the way the weather acted this past week! Nonetheless, I hope that you and your families are doing well and staying healthy. When we return from break on Monday, our teachers will again provide lessons and activities to keep our students engaged in the learning process. As we move forward, please contact your child’s teacher or principal if you have any questions. Last week, we communicated the learning and grading plan. You can access that document by
clicking here
.
We are anticipating Governor DeWine will make an announcement early this coming week as to what the future of our school year may look like. While we do not know what he will tell us, if he does close schools for the remainder of the year, we have started to plan for a process to have students/parents come into the buildings to clean out lockers and desks of personal items and for the return of athletic/band uniforms and equipment. We need to carefully plan for this to make sure that we have safe social distancing practices and limit the number of individuals in a building at any given time. Once we have this plan in place we will communicate it out to everyone. I appreciate your patience in allowing us to put together this plan prior to contacting your building principal to get access to the building.
Below are some updates and reminders for you. As I stated, we continue to work each day to provide meaningful instruction for our students, while at the same time taking into consideration the difficulties families are experiencing during this crisis. If you have a question regarding your child’s academic needs or any other needs, please contact their teacher or building administrator. As always, you can email me at
greg.gurka@northroyaltonsd.org
or call 440-582-9030 and leave me a message.
North Royalton Educational Foundation:
The North Royalton Educational Foundation (NREF) is a group of volunteers who give of their time to help make our District a better place.
The NREF was established in 1986 to enrich educational opportunities for students and teachers. The Foundation helps fund District programs that recognize academic excellence, provides Teacher of the Year, Support Staff of the Year, and Friend of Education awards, and sponsors yearly Educational Foundation college scholarships to graduating seniors. The Educational Foundation also serves as a vehicle for individuals and families to set up special memorial scholarships. Each year at this time, the NREF hosts an annual reception to honor these various groups and to raise money to provide scholarships to our seniors to help them with their college, career or military futures. With the current stay at home orders, the NREF is unable to hold their reception. However, we ask that if you are able, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to the foundation to allow us to continue to help the senior class of 2020. If you are interested in helping out,
click here
. Thank you for your consideration and assistance.
Food Services:
Our food distribution program will resume on April 20.
We will continue to offer bagged meals for families affected by the closure on Mondays and Thursdays. On Monday, three meals will be provided and on Thursday two meals will be provided. This will help both our staff and families to not leave their homes as often. Parents who are interested in receiving meals should complete this
electronic form
or call 440-582-9041 for each child by 5 p.m. the day before the meal is requested. I want to once again thank our food service and custodial/maintenance staff for their efforts.
Technology:
As we continue through this school closure, if you have a situation where you need internet access, you can use the middle school parking lot (enter driveway #1 and turn immediately right, parallel with Ridge Road.) Park in one of the spaces facing the building for best reception. You would choose the guest WiFi option and the password is bears123. If you need support with technology, please email
HelpDesk@nrapps.org
or call 440-237-8800 and leave a message.
Assistance for Families:
The safety and well-being of our students is of the utmost importance to us. There are many organizations that are offering assistance during this time of need. Attached to this email is a list of resources that has been compiled by the Cleveland Clinic. Please also remember that, even though school is not in session, we continue to monitor our Safer-Oh Hotline where you can report dangerous situations involving our students that are occurring in the community.
Calls or texts to 844-SaferOH (844-723-3764) are answered by analysts in the Ohio Homeland Security’s Threat Assessment and Prevention (TAP) Unit and are anonymous.
How the 2020 U.S. Census Helps Schools:
This once-a-decade population count serves as the basis for distributing federal assistance to schools and educational institutions, including Title I aid, the National School Lunch Program, and special education grants to states. It is very important that you count everyone, every child, even those 0-5 years old, and anyone living in your home on April 1.
It has never been easier to respond on your own, whether online, over the phone or by mail. For folks wishing to complete the questionnaire by phone, call 844-330-2020. Phone lines are open every day from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m. eastern time. Visit
https://2020census.gov/
.
Thank you for your support for our students and staff.
Greg Gurka
Superintendent
North Royalton City Schools
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
