Weekly Update

 Good Evening and Happy Friday,

As announced yesterday, LCPS will be returning to 100% distance learning starting Tuesday, December 15th. I am saddened to not be able to see your children in-person, but am excited that we will still continue to learn together, and I am confident that they will be able to smoothly transition back to distance learning.

We will be going back to our “old ways”, where students will log into Schoology each morning, go to our homeroom page, and click on the Daily Assignments page. All students will use the same student schedules for Monday-Friday.

I will still hold our small groups on Monday December 14th for those students currently in a virtual small group, but I will not have small groups Tues-Thurs until after winter break (if we are still distance learning). I want to allow students to adjust back to this schedule, and I want to be able to have enough time to plan authentic reading lessons.

There will be no reading groups on Monday, December 21st. 

Weekly Parent Plans: 

Click here to access next week’s parent plans. Materials should be picked up on Monday, December 14th from 2:30-4:00 p.m. in the Pinebrook Bus Loop. There are materials that  will be used during our lessons up until winter break and after winter break. Please do not complete these assignments until instructed to do so. Some activities we will do together during our synchronous time, and others will be used during asynchronous times. I will include instructions in parent and student schedules.

Supply Pick up: On Monday, December 14th, First Grade will be holding a supply pick up at Pinebrook, from 2:30-4:00 p.m. in the bus loop  

I will be there to hand out a bag of activities that we will use next week in class, a holiday gift for your child, and a special treat for us to enjoy while we watch the Polar Express together on the 22nd (Shhh, it’s a surprise for students!). I look forward to seeing you and your child safely from a distance, if you can attend.

In order to help our First Grade teachers know which cars to approach, it would be very helpful if you could hold up a piece of paper with the words "Miss Drumheller" and your student’s name written in large bold letters as you drive up to the line. 

Please let me know if you have any questions, or if you will not be able to attend the supply pick up day.

Library: 

You may return books to school on our supply pick up day. Mrs. Higgins has shared a new way to request library books.  Below are the directions:

1.Students fill out a book request form.

2. Pick up curbside on Mondays from 8:00-2:00  OR pick up books when they pick up their lunch.

3.  Books can be returned to the book return bins curbside Monday - Friday.

Here is the book request form:

https://forms.gle/q5kySwBxvu4jp3Ek8

Puma Paw:  

Please click here to access the Puma Paw for important school and grade-level information.

I appreciate your support and patience in advance as we once again make another transition. I will be working to adjust to a new schedule as will the students. This weekend I will be working on reconfiguring student plans for next week to fit our new schedule and adding new buttons to our Schoology page. 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! :) If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please reach out at any time!