Evansville High School

Fall 2020-2021 LEARNING OPTIONS

The information below is designed to assist students and families with their educational decision for the fall of 2020. All EHS students will have a choice to attend school through a Blended in-person option, a virtual option through Edgenuity, or our fully virtual JEDI Charter School.

High School Schedule

Due to the uncertainty and potential for switching between educational platforms during the course of the 2020-2021 school year, we will be running a schedule where the year will be divided into 4 terms. Students will follow their semester one A day schedule for the 1st term and their semester two A day schedule for 3rd term. Students will follow their semester one B day schedule for 2nd term and their semester two B day schedule for 4th term. This ultimately means that staff and students will have 3-4 classes to focus on at a time, as opposed to 7-8 in a typical year in the modified block schedule. 2 credit courses (AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, Algebra) will continue to run for all four terms.

These changes will allow students to put more focus on fewer courses simultaneously, and staff to give more timely, meaningful feedback to smaller groups of students.

Four Choices:

BLENDED OPTION

Students choosing the Blended option will be in a combination of in-person and virtual learning on an alternating day schedule. Students with last names beginning A-K (Blue) will be in attendance in-person on Mondays, Tuesdays, and two consecutive Wednesdays the first half of the month. Students L-Z (White) will attend on Thursdays, Fridays, and two consecutive Wednesdays the second half of the month. The days when students are not in attendance, they will attend virtually during their normal classroom times/hours for live instruction. These learning expectations will be 5 days per week. See the 'Sample Cohort Student Schedule' chart below.

What can you expect if you choose the Blended option?

Students will attend classes onsite at the normal class times on their cohort day. Students will attend classes during their normal class times virtually through Google Meet on their non-cohort days.
Students should be available for synchronous, or real time learning with the rest of their class during their normal scheduled class times 5 days per week. Therefore, students should not be seeking employment or other obligations that will prevent them from attending class, in-person or virtually.

Splitting into the Cohorts

In order to adhere to safety guidelines and recommendations regarding social distancing, all students 9-12 will be divided into 2 groups (cohorts). Those whose last names are A-K will be Blue Cohort and students whose last names are L-Z are White Cohort .*
Every school day will have a designation of Blue Day or White Day.
On Blue Days, students in the Blue Cohort will be in attendance at school and follow their assigned class period schedule. Students in the White Cohort will attend their classes virtual during their assigned class period.
The Blue Cohorts will be attending school every Monday, Tuesday and two Wednesdays in a row. The White Cohort will attend every Thursday, Friday and the opposite Wednesdays from the blue cohort. A calendar will be provided.
We understand that some households with students in grades 6-12 have different last names, in this case please contact your student’s administrator for your options.

EDGENUITY VIRTUAL OPTION

What can you expect if you choose the Edgenuity model?

Students choosing the virtual model through Edgenuity will attend virtual courses aligned with Evansville High School Curriculum from home on all days.
Students will experience all learning remotely and are not expected to attend in person.
An ECSD Learning Contact will monitor student progress and offer support academically.
Virtual students through Edgenuity will have the option to request transition to our Blended option at any point because of the alignment between curricula. These requests will be given consideration based upon class/cohort sizes.
Click HERE for more information on Edgenuity.

JEDI VIRTUAL CHARTER SCHOOL OPTION

What can you expect if you choose the “JEDI” model?

Students choosing the fully virtual charter option through JEDI will attend virtually from home using the JEDI curriculum.
Students will experience all learning remotely and are not expected to attend in person.
The curriculum and instruction is fully implemented by JEDI.
The ECSD Learning Contact will monitor student progress and attendance.
Click HERE for more information on JEDI.

ECSD Virtual -- FULL-TIME SYNCHRONOUS FROM HOME

What can you expect if you choose the ECSD Virtual full-time synchronous option?

Students will attend classes during their normal class times virtually through Google Meet.
Students should be available for synchronous, or real time learning with the rest of their class during their normal scheduled class times 5 days per week. Therefore, students should not be seeking employment or other obligations that will prevent them from attending class, in-person or virtually.

*****Normal EHS grading processes and attendance practices will be in place for all students with all models*****

What are the safety precautions being made for the fall?

Face coverings will be worn by staff and students.
There will be changes to the lunch period to accommodate physical/social distancing.
The school building will not open until 7:45 am. When students arrive at school, they will be expected to go directly to their TRIE class. Students will not be able to congregate in hallways or other common areas. Breakfast will be available as “grab and go” to their classrooms.
Lockers will not be utilized in order to prevent crowding in the hallways. Backpacks will be allowed and should only contain essential materials for instructional purposes.
Cell phones will not be required to be placed in cell phone pockets for sanitary reasons but must be left in backpacks during instructional time.
Established one-way traffic patterns in hallways to limit students’ exposure as they move about the building.
Custodial staff will clean and sanitize the building with a continuous focus on high use areas.
After each school day, the entire building will be sanitized with an Electrostatic Sprayer.

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