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Message From Our FORCE Staff
August 21, 2020
We hope your week of distance learning next week goes great and remember to reach out with any questions or needs of support!
As always, we want to thank our community of parents and guardians for supporting Fiddyment Farm Elementary School, our students, and our staff! Stay healthy, stay safe, and take care!
Have a wonderful weekend and remember to always - "BE A FORCE FOR GOOD"
Ryan Poulsen - Principal
&
Fiddyment Farm Staff
We are the F.O.R.C.E.
F - Focused O - Organized R - Respectful C - Compassionate E - Encouraging
As always, we want to thank our community of parents and guardians for supporting Fiddyment Farm Elementary School, our students, and our staff! Stay healthy, stay safe, and take care!
Have a wonderful weekend and remember to always - "BE A FORCE FOR GOOD"
Ryan Poulsen - Principal
&
Fiddyment Farm Staff
Our school mission is to maximize learning for each member of our FORCE!
We are the F.O.R.C.E.
F - Focused O - Organized R - Respectful C - Compassionate E - Encouraging
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Everyone here at Fiddyment Farm just want to give our families a HUGE THANK YOU!
We truly appreciate your flexibility, your patience, and your support over these past 2 weeks as we all have navigated this new way of learning. We truly apologize for all the bumps along the way, and we are positive that the experience for all will improve as the technology kinks get ironed out, and we continue to learn best practices for our students and families!
We wouldn't be able to make it all work without your support!
We appreciate you and we thank you!
Due to Distance Learning, we are having to email out our "Annual Family Notice" for the 2020-2021 school year! This must be signed by ALL families and returned to the school site. This year, they can be printed out, signed, scanned, and emailed back to our school office. Our school secretary, Noel Balkema has already sent out an email to families regarding this and many of you have already sent them back - THANK YOU!
If you still have to sign it and send it back, we have included a PDF copy of the notice in the blog email for you to print out, sign, scan, and email back JUST THE LAST PAGE to:
nbalkema@rcsdk8.org
We will also be sending hard copies out with our next materials deployment, so you can get a hard copy then, sign it, and return it at the next materials/collection date.
(More on material deployment and collection below)
THANK YOU!
Have you seen the latest update from Superintendent Garcia regarding the possible return of students to the campus? In case you missed it, see the message below.
August 19, 2020
Good morning,
With the news that Placer County has been removed from the COVID-19 Monitoring List as of today, we felt it was important to convey what that means for our district and how we are planning to return students to school this year.
While we believe this is a step in the right direction, our goal is not to just reopen schools, but to remain open. When we can safely do so, we will return to in-person instruction through a series of stages outlined below and in the Reopen and Remain Open attachments. We plan to continue with distance learning for most students through October 30, 2020.
Stage I: Distance learning for all students. (current stage)
Stage II: Distance learning continues for most students. Some Special Education students, English Learner students, and Intervention students may be able to return to school for required services, assessments, and instruction. To enter Stage II, Placer County must remain off of the monitoring list for 14 consecutive days, so the earliest we could begin Stage II is after Labor Day.
Stage III: Hybrid model. Students could potentially return to school Wednesday, November 4, 2020, the first day of the second trimester.
Stage IV: Traditional model with restrictions.
Stage V: Traditional model with no restrictions.
The California Department of Public Health Guidelines prevents us from offering the traditional schedule model at this time due to our inability to accommodate all students while maintaining physical distancing.
Parents will select the full-time year-long at home distance learning program or the hybrid model for their child(ren) the week of September 28, 2020.
Based on student registrations, we will form new classes in October, reassign teachers and prepare our facilities for Stage III. There is the potential that more students could return to in-person instruction on November 4, 2020, the first day of the second trimester.
While reopening plans vary by district, our intent has been to provide families and staff consistency and stability, while balancing the needs of our students. As conditions allow, we plan to transition from a hybrid model to a more traditional model. If conditions decline, we will move from a hybrid model back to distance learning.
Please review the attached Board approved Reopen and Remain Open planning documents for specific details related to the reopening stages, health precautions and protocols, transportation, food services, and student activities. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions after reviewing the Reopen and Remain Open documents.
Respectfully,
Derk Garcia
Superintendent
Derk Garcia, Superintendent
1050 Main Street, Roseville, CA 95678
(916) 771-1600 ext.50130 | dgarcia@rcsdk8.org
We hope distance learning is going as smooth as possible for all of you! Remember, we know that every family's situation and environment is different, and we will always do our best to help support and accommodate to make things possible for the success of our students!
HERE ARE SOME TECHNOLOGY REMINDERS:
Need a Chromebook still?
We have plenty! If you are struggling with a slow device, an iPad or something that is just not working for you, please let us know. We have enough Chromebooks for every student - feel free to call the office (916-771-1880) or stop by and we can help you out!
Did you get insurance for the Chromebook you loaned out?
If you are interested in purchasing insurance for the Chromebook you loaned out, you can get insurance to cover yourself from any unfortunate accidents at home.
iReady Support for Families
If you are interested in learning more about iReady and how to best support your child with the online program:
Need Technology Support?
During Distance Learning, families can request technical support for issues related to:
- Learning Applications
- Forgotten usernames and/or passwords
- Not receiving District emails
- District Provided Mobile Device Support
- Registration Support
If you need assistance in any of these areas, finding support is as easy as filling out a simple form and someone from the technology department will be contacting you to help!
Below is our plan for Student Materials Drop Off AND Collections through Trimester 1
Our Multi Purpose Room will be open WEEKLY with the OPTION for Grade Level Teams to use it to deploy materials and/or collect completed work.
EACH GRADE LEVEL TEAM will communicate with their families when specific deployments and collection days will be.
(Example - Kindergarten may have materials to pick up every week, but 4th grade may only need to get materials out every 2-3 weeks.)
STARTING NEXT WEEK - 8/27 & 8/28
The MPR will be open:
EVERY THURSDAY from 3pm -6pm
&
EVERY FRIDAY from 9am - 12pm.
All families that are INFORMED by their teachers to pick up materials or drop off work can come anytime on these days during these times. (You may have a week or 2 when you are not informed by your child's teacher to pick up or drop off.)
Here are the guidelines for parents:
- Parents will line up outside the door of the MPR (distanced 6 ft apart)
- We will regulate the amount of people in the MPR . (Ex. when full, when 2 people leave, 2 people will then be let in and so forth)
- Everyone entering the MPR will be required to wear a face covering
- We ask that if possible, you PLEASE do not bring children with you, unless you have no other option.
Any questions for clarification around Materials Deployment/Collection, please reach out to your child's teacher and we will do our best to support!
Have you visited the RCSD Distance Learning Web Page yet? There is a ton of great information about online learning and resources under the "Parent Resources" section, that you can access in the top right hand corner of the webpage! Please take time to check it out!
Roseville City School District is here to help!
If you or anyone you know is struggling at home with coping with the stress this change has brought upon us all, our school district wants you to know that we are here to help you as best we can. The district has trained professionals that can assist and support students and families, and we also have immediate access to and contacts in professional help through the Placer County Office of Education!
If you are someone you know feels like they need to reach out for help (non-emergency help), then please click the link below and someone will contact your for support! - Thank you!
If your child needs emotional support during this challenging time, RCSD wants to help and has set up Virtual Calming Areas to help students find activities to cope and reset.
Fiddyment Farm is actively seeking help with our PTC Board and Event Chairpersons. There will be almost a whole new board this year that needs to be created, so if you would like to be involved, the students and the school need your help!
If you are interested in helping out as a board member, or perhaps being a chairperson for a PTC event next year - GOOD NEWS - Our FIRST PTC MEETING is coming up! - Tuesday, Sept. 1st! You can attend and express your interest, which would be truly appreciated!
We will be holding a VIRTUAL PTC meeting on September 1st to elect interested PTC board members, approve a budget, and go over ideas about fundraising needs for this school year.
If you can give up an hour of your time to support Fiddyment Farm, please put this meeting on your calendar - the Zoom info will be sent out the morning of the meeting.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
ONLINE ENRICHMENT!
(Flyers will be attached PDF to blog email)
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