How partnerships could help strengthen distance learning for our students and families ?

A brief history

On March 2020, a mandatory quarantine was order by NM Governor Michelle Grisham Lujan. As a result, schools were closed and families had to remain home to maintain social distancing with the objective of flattening the curve for the spread of the Covid 19. Meanwhile, Hayes Middle School students and families experienced a great deal of challenges for the following areas: distance learning, food, clothing, housing and loss of employment among others issues. A decision was made to coordinate a community school council to help us prepare for the summer and the school year 2020-2021. This project has as a mission to engage our school partners to decrease the amount of setbacks for our students and families related with distance learning and socio emotional supports.

How Can you help? Here are some ideas:

1)Be a speaker during an assembly, or in a classroom.

2)Support a Project based Learning activity once a week with your expertise.

3)Contribute/ donate your time, materials or resources for a specific project based learning activity. For example: help students with green architecture in Project Lead the Way, support with a bus and expertise for a field trip to a museum or an Institute, etc.

4)Be a mentor for students that want to follow a career path similar to yours. For example: Medicine, nursing, surgery, Mechanical engineer, translator-Interpreter, computer coding/science, etc.

5)Be a volunteer for a sport, community events, fairs at our school. For example: curriculum night, Science Fair, Health Fair, Career fair, Make a Difference Day, Open House, etc.

6) Collaborate and participate at our community school councils. Twice a month for an hour.

7) The Sky is the limit: Use innovation to be part our amazing community school!

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