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Update about Returning to School in June
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Hello Leary Families,
Here we are heading into June! We are hoping that you all continue to be in good health. As we head into face-to-face instruction next week, we need to let you know about a few things if your child is returning to school.
Start and End of Day
- We really need parents to follow a couple of important routines as they drop of and pick up their children each day. If you are able to help us by following these, it is really appreciated.
- Please bring your child to school and pick them up each day as close to start time as possible, if possible
- Please meet at your assigned door as close to the bell time as possible
- Please meet your child at the end of the day as close to the bell as possible to allow for appropriate social distancing; our entry/exit doors are a bit of a choke point…
- There will be directions to the appropriate doors for your children around the grounds on Monday and Wednesday morning
- Students who are late must come to the front door and will be met by a staff member who will help them through our entry procedures and get them to their class
- Please remember no parents or other community members are allowed in the building during Phase 3
Things to Bring, or not…
- Given the program we will be working on with your children, they will not need to bring as much with them each day.
- Please send your child with the following each day:
- Lunch, refillable water bottle, appropriate clothing for the day, and perhaps sunscreen and hat on a sunny day
- Please do not send the following each day:
- Backpack, inside shoes, any toys or things from home (they’ll have to be confiscated for the day)
- Please send your child with the following each day:
Things to Bring Back!
- Please bring back any library books, or other supplies your child’s teacher may have sent home at the start of the lockdown.
- Please hang on to any technology that we have sent home for now. There will be an email sent out about when and how to return that!
- If your child is NOT coming back for face-to-face instruction in June, you can return their supplies or library books to our greeter at the front door between 8:30 and 9:30 starting on Monday, June 8
- If you still need to pick up any of your child’s supplies or belongings from the school, please contact your child’s teacher to arrange this
Childcare Spaces
- Parents who have requested essential services childcare spaces (as laid out in previous emails) will receive an email tomorrow with details for what to do on Monday. At this time, we are able to accept all students who have requested childcare thus far into the program.
Wishing you a happy and healthy last days of May!
Warm regards,
Jim Edgcombe Devin Atkins
Principal Vice Principal
FG Leary Fine Arts Elementary
May 21, 2020
Good Afternoon, Leary Families
We are hoping that you are well as this move to the next phase of Covid-19 response. You received an email from the School District earlier this week with a general statement about some of the things that will occur in relation to increased face-to-face instruction beginning on Monday, June 1st. The following email will give you some specifics about how that will occur at Leary Fine Arts.
As you are aware from the previous email, the return to school in June is an absolutely optional decision for parents to make for their children. To help you better make that decision, here is how some of that is going to look:
Class Assignments:
- We are not allowed to have more than 50% of our entire student population in the school at one time.
- Classes are being split in half to allow for this.
- Each student will be assigned two days per week that they can attend school
- Classes are being split to allow siblings to attend on the same to days to help families
- Leary students will be assigned to either Monday/Tuesday or Wednesday/Thursday
- Friday will be a remote learning day for all students; families will still receive a weekly agenda of suggested activities from their child’s teacher for the following week each Friday
- You will receive an email from your child’s teacher early next week to inform you of the 2 days your child is being assigned to attend
There will be no personal requests for specific days possible due to the complexity already involved in setting this up.
School Routines:
- Only students and staff will be allowed in the building
- Parents may contact the school virtually, by phone, or by email, but may not enter the building
- Every staff member and child will diligently practice Hand Hygiene; this means they will wash their hands frequently during the day (e.g. each time they enter and leave their classroom, during activity transitions., before and after eating, etc.)
- You may have heard the social distancing will look different at school:
- Social distancing will be somewhat relaxed for K-5 students, as recommended by the Provincial Health Officer, but students may not at any time touch each other
- Each classroom and area of the school will be set up to promote this with visual cues, assigned seating, as well as regular teaching, practice, and reminders about the expectations
- Adults/Staff will still fully respect existing Social Distancing guidelines (2 metres) from each other
- Students and staff may, at their discretion, wear personal masks while at school
- Students and Staff will also learn and practice Respiratory Hygiene; what to do if you have to cough or sneeze.
- Parents must do a daily assessment of their child’s health for symptoms of common cold, influenza, COVID-19, or other respiratory disease prior to entering the school
- Students and staff who present with any of those symptoms at school will be isolated and sent home, including children of essential service workers
- If a student or staff member is assessed by their family physician or nurse practitioner and it is determined they do not have COVID-19, they may return to school once symptoms resolve
- Recess and lunch will also be staggered so as to only have four classes of children outside at any time during unstructured playtime
Cleaning
- The District is following what are called enhanced cleaning measures that do a deep clean of every room used in the school each evening and more regular surface cleans during the school day
- Areas like washrooms will be cleaned more frequently, and will have staff to monitor, sign students in and out, etc. to ensure safety of all members of the school community
- Any shared equipment (e.g. balls, sports equipment, sand toys) will be cleaned as they are used, and student Hand Hygiene procedures will help to ensure these stay safe as well
Priority For 5 Day Childcare Placements
For June, 2020
Due to limited space and staffing, as well as the need to meet health and safety guidelines for Covid-19 for students and staff, we will be prioritizing placements for our in-school childcare in the following way:
Tier 1 (Highest Priority): School-aged Leary Fine Arts students whose parents are employed in Health and Health Services, Law Enforcement, First Responders, Emergency Response, Social Services Workers, Teachers and other SD33 School-based Staff
Tier 2 (Second Priority): School-aged Leary Fine Arts students with identified Special Needs; and, school-aged students who are deemed vulnerable due to factors out with their control (e.g. social-emotional, socio-economic, others)
Tier 3 (Third Priority): School-aged Leary Fine Arts students whose parents are employed in all other occupations not included in Tier 1 that are listed in the Essential Services Workers List (LINK)
Please note that we will be supporting Tier 1 starting June 1st. We will add in additional Tiers (on a full or part time basis) as we determine space availability after June 3rd.
Additionally, childcare at the school will run the hours of the regular school day; parents will be responsible for securing before and after school care.
Moving Forward
That was a lot of information, but hopefully it helps you to be well informed about how we are going to restart our school, and what it will look like.
Again, expect to hear from your child’s teacher early next week with information about which days your child is assigned to, as well as which door and time your child will enter the building on their assigned days, and which order they will enter the building in.
Thanks for your support as we figure things out. We fully expect that some things may need to be tweaked or changed as we identify other things that need to be addressed, and as Chilliwack specific procedures are further developed.
Regards,
Jim Edgcombe Devin Atkins
Principal Vice Principal
FG Leary Fine Arts Elementary
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Chilliwack School District COVID-19 Responses
The School District Office is Closed to Public Walk-ins
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Closures
PLAY STRUCTURES: Play structures are closed to the public until further notice to stop the spread of COVID-19 and keep our community safe. |
Questions and Updates
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Email Sent to ALL Leary Families on April 16, 2020
Good Thursday Afternoon, Leary Families!
We are hoping that you all continue to be in good health, and that you are slowly feeling more comfortable with this new way of learning. Thanks to all of you we are hearing that BC is quickly flattening the curve!
Life will continue as it has been this week, and you should receive your weekly Learning Activities for next week by end of day tomorrow.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to myself or Miss Atkins if you need any assistance at all. We are getting pretty good with tech help, and can also help you to find answers to other questions you may have.
We have been having Fred the Lion show up every second day or so on our school website, with a message of encouragement for your children. You can find him at the top here: fgleary.sd33.bc.ca
Wishing you a sunny and restful weekend, and really hoping that we can all beat this thing soon so we can see each other again in the school!
Warm regards,
Jim Edgcombe Devin Atkins
Principal Vice Principal
FG Leary Fine Arts Elementary
Ph: 604.792.1281
Jim_edgcombe@sd33.bc.ca; devin_atkins@sd33.bc.ca
ONLINE CALENDAR LIVE!
Weblink
This link can be opened on any browser as a webpage: FG Leary Calendar
Add Web Calendar to Mobile Devices
Apple: Settings à Passwords & Accounts à Add Account à Other à (Calendars) Add Subscribed Calendar
Paste this address: https://mail.sd33.bc.ca/owa/calendar/3cd564792e5a4117bb903e550130ef3a@sd33.bc.ca/2f856d923b80404dbc6eced0621e68628928254505182466273/calendar.ics
Android: On a Desktop or Laptop open your Gmail account and select Calendar.
On the left hand side select the “+” beside Other Calendars, Select à From URL
Paste this link https://mail.sd33.bc.ca/owa/calendar/3cd564792e5a4117bb903e550130ef3a@sd33.bc.ca/2f856d923b80404dbc6eced0621e68628928254505182466273/calendar.ics
Select à Add Calendar
Go into your device's Calendar app, in the settings make sure your Google account is checked, then select 'Sync Now'.
You may need to select the Google account calendar, then under "Other calendars" check the subscribed calendars the Android device is to sync with (by default, the "Other calendars" may not be checked).
Parents,
In order to help you receive the communications we will sometimes send home on Take Home Thursdays, we are going to try colour coding what comes home, so you can spot the various forms and newsletters that often come home. Nothing worse than getting a non-descript permission form the day of a Field Trip! Hope this helps.
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Hello Leary Families,
Here we are heading into June! We are hoping that you all continue to be in good health. As we head into face-to-face instruction next week, we need to let you know about a few things if your child is returning to school.
Start and End of Day
- We really need parents to follow a couple of important routines as they drop of and pick up their children each day. If you are able to help us by following these, it is really appreciated.
- Please bring your child to school and pick them up each day as close to start time as possible, if possible
- Please meet at your assigned door as close to the bell time as possible
- Please meet your child at the end of the day as close to the bell as possible to allow for appropriate social distancing; our entry/exit doors are a bit of a choke point…
- There will be directions to the appropriate doors for your children around the grounds on Monday and Wednesday morning
- Students who are late must come to the front door and will be met by a staff member who will help them through our entry procedures and get them to their class
- Please remember no parents or other community members are allowed in the building during Phase 3
Things to Bring, or not…
- Given the program we will be working on with your children, they will not need to bring as much with them each day.
- Please send your child with the following each day:
- Lunch, refillable water bottle, appropriate clothing for the day, and perhaps sunscreen and hat on a sunny day
- Please do not send the following each day:
- Backpack, inside shoes, any toys or things from home (they’ll have to be confiscated for the day)
- Please send your child with the following each day:
Things to Bring Back!
- Please bring back any library books, or other supplies your child’s teacher may have sent home at the start of the lockdown.
- Please hang on to any technology that we have sent home for now. There will be an email sent out about when and how to return that!
- If your child is NOT coming back for face-to-face instruction in June, you can return their supplies or library books to our greeter at the front door between 8:30 and 9:30 starting on Monday, June 8
- If you still need to pick up any of your child’s supplies or belongings from the school, please contact your child’s teacher to arrange this
Childcare Spaces
- Parents who have requested essential services childcare spaces (as laid out in previous emails) will receive an email tomorrow with details for what to do on Monday. At this time, we are able to accept all students who have requested childcare thus far into the program.
Wishing you a happy and healthy last days of May!
Warm regards,
Jim Edgcombe Devin Atkins
Principal Vice Principal
FG Leary Fine Arts Elementary
May 21, 2020
Good Afternoon, Leary Families
We are hoping that you are well as this move to the next phase of Covid-19 response. You received an email from the School District earlier this week with a general statement about some of the things that will occur in relation to increased face-to-face instruction beginning on Monday, June 1st. The following email will give you some specifics about how that will occur at Leary Fine Arts.
As you are aware from the previous email, the return to school in June is an absolutely optional decision for parents to make for their children. To help you better make that decision, here is how some of that is going to look:
Class Assignments:
- We are not allowed to have more than 50% of our entire student population in the school at one time.
- Classes are being split in half to allow for this.
- Each student will be assigned two days per week that they can attend school
- Classes are being split to allow siblings to attend on the same to days to help families
- Leary students will be assigned to either Monday/Tuesday or Wednesday/Thursday
- Friday will be a remote learning day for all students; families will still receive a weekly agenda of suggested activities from their child’s teacher for the following week each Friday
- You will receive an email from your child’s teacher early next week to inform you of the 2 days your child is being assigned to attend
There will be no personal requests for specific days possible due to the complexity already involved in setting this up.
School Routines:
- Only students and staff will be allowed in the building
- Parents may contact the school virtually, by phone, or by email, but may not enter the building
- Every staff member and child will diligently practice Hand Hygiene; this means they will wash their hands frequently during the day (e.g. each time they enter and leave their classroom, during activity transitions., before and after eating, etc.)
- You may have heard the social distancing will look different at school:
- Social distancing will be somewhat relaxed for K-5 students, as recommended by the Provincial Health Officer, but students may not at any time touch each other
- Each classroom and area of the school will be set up to promote this with visual cues, assigned seating, as well as regular teaching, practice, and reminders about the expectations
- Adults/Staff will still fully respect existing Social Distancing guidelines (2 metres) from each other
- Students and staff may, at their discretion, wear personal masks while at school
- Students and Staff will also learn and practice Respiratory Hygiene; what to do if you have to cough or sneeze.
- Parents must do a daily assessment of their child’s health for symptoms of common cold, influenza, COVID-19, or other respiratory disease prior to entering the school
- Students and staff who present with any of those symptoms at school will be isolated and sent home, including children of essential service workers
- If a student or staff member is assessed by their family physician or nurse practitioner and it is determined they do not have COVID-19, they may return to school once symptoms resolve
- Recess and lunch will also be staggered so as to only have four classes of children outside at any time during unstructured playtime
Cleaning
- The District is following what are called enhanced cleaning measures that do a deep clean of every room used in the school each evening and more regular surface cleans during the school day
- Areas like washrooms will be cleaned more frequently, and will have staff to monitor, sign students in and out, etc. to ensure safety of all members of the school community
- Any shared equipment (e.g. balls, sports equipment, sand toys) will be cleaned as they are used, and student Hand Hygiene procedures will help to ensure these stay safe as well
Priority For 5 Day Childcare Placements
For June, 2020
Due to limited space and staffing, as well as the need to meet health and safety guidelines for Covid-19 for students and staff, we will be prioritizing placements for our in-school childcare in the following way:
Tier 1 (Highest Priority): School-aged Leary Fine Arts students whose parents are employed in Health and Health Services, Law Enforcement, First Responders, Emergency Response, Social Services Workers, Teachers and other SD33 School-based Staff
Tier 2 (Second Priority): School-aged Leary Fine Arts students with identified Special Needs; and, school-aged students who are deemed vulnerable due to factors out with their control (e.g. social-emotional, socio-economic, others)
Tier 3 (Third Priority): School-aged Leary Fine Arts students whose parents are employed in all other occupations not included in Tier 1 that are listed in the Essential Services Workers List (LINK)
Please note that we will be supporting Tier 1 starting June 1st. We will add in additional Tiers (on a full or part time basis) as we determine space availability after June 3rd.
Additionally, childcare at the school will run the hours of the regular school day; parents will be responsible for securing before and after school care.
Moving Forward
That was a lot of information, but hopefully it helps you to be well informed about how we are going to restart our school, and what it will look like.
Again, expect to hear from your child’s teacher early next week with information about which days your child is assigned to, as well as which door and time your child will enter the building on their assigned days, and which order they will enter the building in.
Thanks for your support as we figure things out. We fully expect that some things may need to be tweaked or changed as we identify other things that need to be addressed, and as Chilliwack specific procedures are further developed.
Regards,
Jim Edgcombe Devin Atkins
Principal Vice Principal
FG Leary Fine Arts Elementary
Click the image NOW to see!!
It's Fred! A Reminder About Zones of Regulation...
(more tools below)
Check back soon for Fred's next message!
More Zones of Regulation Resources for Home HERE!
Click the image to get to our online resource page. We hope you find it useful!
Chilliwack School District COVID-19 Responses
The School District Office is Closed to Public Walk-ins
|
Closures
PLAY STRUCTURES: Play structures are closed to the public until further notice to stop the spread of COVID-19 and keep our community safe. |
Questions and Updates
|
Email Sent to ALL Leary Families on April 16, 2020
Good Thursday Afternoon, Leary Families!
We are hoping that you all continue to be in good health, and that you are slowly feeling more comfortable with this new way of learning. Thanks to all of you we are hearing that BC is quickly flattening the curve!
Life will continue as it has been this week, and you should receive your weekly Learning Activities for next week by end of day tomorrow.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to myself or Miss Atkins if you need any assistance at all. We are getting pretty good with tech help, and can also help you to find answers to other questions you may have.
We have been having Fred the Lion show up every second day or so on our school website, with a message of encouragement for your children. You can find him at the top here: fgleary.sd33.bc.ca
Wishing you a sunny and restful weekend, and really hoping that we can all beat this thing soon so we can see each other again in the school!
Warm regards,
Jim Edgcombe Devin Atkins
Principal Vice Principal
FG Leary Fine Arts Elementary
Ph: 604.792.1281
Jim_edgcombe@sd33.bc.ca; devin_atkins@sd33.bc.ca
ONLINE CALENDAR LIVE!
Weblink
This link can be opened on any browser as a webpage: FG Leary Calendar
Add Web Calendar to Mobile Devices
Apple: Settings à Passwords & Accounts à Add Account à Other à (Calendars) Add Subscribed Calendar
Paste this address: https://mail.sd33.bc.ca/owa/calendar/3cd564792e5a4117bb903e550130ef3a@sd33.bc.ca/2f856d923b80404dbc6eced0621e68628928254505182466273/calendar.ics
Android: On a Desktop or Laptop open your Gmail account and select Calendar.
On the left hand side select the “+” beside Other Calendars, Select à From URL
Paste this link https://mail.sd33.bc.ca/owa/calendar/3cd564792e5a4117bb903e550130ef3a@sd33.bc.ca/2f856d923b80404dbc6eced0621e68628928254505182466273/calendar.ics
Select à Add Calendar
Go into your device's Calendar app, in the settings make sure your Google account is checked, then select 'Sync Now'.
You may need to select the Google account calendar, then under "Other calendars" check the subscribed calendars the Android device is to sync with (by default, the "Other calendars" may not be checked).
Parents,
In order to help you receive the communications we will sometimes send home on Take Home Thursdays, we are going to try colour coding what comes home, so you can spot the various forms and newsletters that often come home. Nothing worse than getting a non-descript permission form the day of a Field Trip! Hope this helps.
