July 10, 2020
Dear LISA Academy Family,
At the direction of the Governor and the Department of Education, schools in Arkansas will open later than previously planned.
LISA Academy Schools will open for students on August 24, 2020.
The academic calendar will be updated as soon as possible and will be shared with you both through an email and on the schools' websites.
These are very uncertain and challenging times. We remain committed to working cooperatively with the state authorities, our LISA families, and staff to find the best possible approaches to providing a safe, quality education for our students.
As I communicated in my last email, all LISA Academy families should have received information from the individual schools regarding options for the fall semester. You may select either completely virtual instruction, or the on-site option that utilizes blended learning. In light of the later school start date, we have extended the
deadline for submission of your choice until July 24th
. If you did not receive the information, please contact your student's school to indicate your decision. Students who do not submit a response will be automatically enrolled as on-site students for the fall of 2020. In the event that we receive direction from authorities that schools must close, students receiving on-site instruction will immediately migrate to online learning, utilizing Schoology, LISA Academy's newly purchased online Learning Management System (LMS).
Providing a quality education for every LISA Academy student is our top priority. We also have plans in place to ensure that the on-site option will be as safe as possible, with the implementation of multiple screening and safety precautions and scheduling modifications to keep students safe.
Please contact your student's school if you have any questions or concerns. We look forward to serving our LISA Academy students and their families again this school year. Together we are mighty!
Sincerely,
Dr. Fatih Bogrek, Superintendent
