Parent Expectations

• Review the Remote Learning Plan.

• Establish a daily routine and provide an appropriate space to support student learning.

• Review assigned work, discuss expectations with your child, and communicate with teachers.

• Emphasize the importance of learning and education.

• Expect your child to read at least 20 minutes and practice math facts everyday.

• Ensure that children are eating healthy each day including fruits, vegetables and protein in their diets.

• It is important that students get an appropriate amount of sleep each night. The following guidelines should be considered: Ages 3-5 (11-13 hours of sleep), Ages 5-10 (10-11 hours of sleep), Ages 11 up (9 to 10 hours of sleep).

• Children should be exercising at least an hour each day most of which should be moderate or vigorous aerobic activity.

• Health, wellness and social emotional needs must be a priority for all children during this time. We encourage parents to contact our school Counselor, Mrs. Jutte and Mrs. Marconi, or our school Social Worker, Mrs. Pike if you need assistance

Parent Tips

• Understand Roles: Parents are not expected to take the place of their students’ school teachers. Instead, parents should play a support role. A good rule of thumb is to keep your children engaged and thinking critically. Even though staying home from school might feel like a holiday, remind your children that they are not on vacation.

• Making Space for Learning: Your children will achieve their best work in a quiet, comfortable, and dedicated space devoted to learning. Ideally, this will be a different space than where they normally play games or watch television.

• Set clear expectations: Parents should build time into their remote work day to assist with their students’ learning and schedule other activities they know their children will be able to do independently. Consider scheduling “office hours” when you’re available for school-related questions.

• Show empathy: Allow yourself, your children, and their teachers some latitude and grace during these unprecedented times. Understand you are not going to have all the answers and this transition is not going to be perfect. Acknowledge this is not an ideal situation for anyone and give yourself permission to be flexible.

• Plan your work and work your plan: Good planning can relieve stress for both children and parents. Check-in with your kids about their plans and help them develop a written schedule not only for the day, but for the week. Help them prioritize and learn to create goals, tasks, and deadlines, just like adults do when they go to work.

• Take regular brain breaks: Make sure your children take plenty of breaks from computers in order to get time away from screens. Set alarms similar to those students would encounter at school and encourage them to get up, get some fresh air, have a snack and participate in physical activities.

• Ask for help: Remember that you’re not alone in this journey. For parents working with multi-aged children, take a team approach and ask older siblings to help support younger students. Don’t hesitate to ask your child’s teacher for tips and guidance. Additionally, reach out to other parents to see what they’ve found effective.

• Encourage reading: When in doubt, have your children read. When you have time, read with them. For younger readers, consider using audiobooks. If you can’t do anything else, have your children read!

Attendance Policy

Attendance in a remote learning environment will be recorded each week to allow for flexibility in each family's schedule. Attendance will be determined through the completion and submission of assignments. Students will have assignments/tasks for each day of the week. At the end of the week the classroom teacher will submit their classroom attendance. If a student did not complete and/or submit the assignments/tasks for any of the days that week then the student will be marked absent for that day.

As part of the remote learning environment some lessons will be synchronous (live learning sessions) via zoom. Attendance at these sessions is recommended so students have the opportunity to participate in the lesson and ask questions. If a student is unable to participate at the scheduled time, they will be able to view the lesson and complete any assignment(s)/task(s) related to that lesson at a later time. Attendance will be based on the work completed and not on the student’s ability to participate in the zoom sessions. However, attendance during zoom sessions will be beneficial to each student’s learning.

Thank you for your support!