Dear Parents and Caregivers,<\/p>\n
Please review Putnam Valley Central School District\u2019s Parent\/Student Expectations for the 2020 – 2021 school year. We recognize that this upcoming school year will be challenging and unlike any other, yet filled with new learning for all.\u00a0 Please read and become familiar with this document.\u00a0 This document has been updated in the Continuity of Instruction plan (COI Plan) located on the district website. \u00a0 If you have any questions please contact your child\u2019s school or visit our website at www.pvcsd.org<\/a>.\u00a0 If you require technology support, please begin by visiting the Parent Technology Support website at Parent Tech Support Site<\/a>.\u00a0 We value your partnership and know that working together will ensure that our school community remains strong.<\/p>\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n Jenette Mistretta Parent\/Student Expectations:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Parents and caregivers are asked to partner with the school district to monitor their students\u2019 participation in the lessons and learning activities provided by teachers.\u00a0 It is critical that all students remain engaged and connected with their teachers and peers.\u00a0 This way of learning is different and there must be a concerted effort between students, parents, teachers, and administrators to ensure its success.<\/p>\n Attendance:<\/strong>\u00a0 Students are expected to participate in both in-person and virtual instruction and will be held responsible for being present in class, in-person or virtually.\u00a0 Normal attendance procedures will be followed when students miss several classes.\u00a0 Teachers will use Powerschool to track daily attendance.\u00a0 Student attendance will be recorded every day that school is in session; in-person, hybrid, and full time remote learners.<\/p>\n In-person attendance<\/u> – students are physically in the classroom.<\/p>\n Remote learning attendance<\/u> – Students are present on a Google Meet, or demonstrate engagement as directed by the teacher.<\/p>\n Participation:<\/strong>\u00a0 Students are expected to be present and actively engaged in the learning tasks, ask questions, and virtually collaborate with classmates at home and in school.\u00a0 Students will also be required to complete a variety of self-directed and asynchronous activities. This way of learning is different and there must be a concerted effort between students, parents, teachers, and administrators to ensure its success. When working virtually on Google Meet, the “Chat” stream should be used only at the request of the teacher or to ask the teacher a question. Students must also keep their cameras on during online learning, so that students are visible to their teacher.<\/p>\n Daily Schedule: <\/strong>\u00a0Students are expected to follow their daily schedule of classes and actively participate in those classes in-person and virtually.\u00a0 Students will check in with their teachers at the beginning of each class.\u00a0 Students will log into Google Meet 2-3 minutes prior to the start of class.<\/p>\n Grading:<\/strong>\u00a0 Students will be graded in a traditional manner.\u00a0 The Elementary School will return to the standards-based model, with a positive narrative grading format for remote learners.\u00a0 Middle School and High School will continue with numeric grading.<\/p>\n Social Emotional Well-Being:<\/strong>\u00a0 Students should reach out to a teacher or clinical staff member for support when needed; our focus in the beginning of the school year will be on establishing a comfortable learning environment for all students.<\/p>\n Distance Learning Etiquette:<\/strong><\/p>\n Behavioral Expectations:<\/strong> All students whether participating in-person or remotely will be held to the PVCSD Code of Conduct.\u00a0 The typical classroom rules of the teacher apply at home.<\/p>\n Communication:<\/strong>\u00a0 Students and parents should reach out for support by emailing teachers, counselors, support staff, building, and district administrators.<\/p>\n Healthy Practices:<\/strong>\u00a0 All students will be required to wear a mask while in school unless they are eating or participating in a teacher directed mask break.<\/p>\n Students will be asked to practice appropriate hygiene practices, including hand washing, use of hand sanitizer, and respiratory protection.\u00a0 Students must follow social distancing guidelines and regulations to the fullest extent possible.<\/p>\n Home Health Screening:<\/strong>\u00a0 All families are required to complete a home health screening each day before their child(ren) leaves for school.\u00a0 This screening must include a temperature check.\u00a0 If your child exhibits any of the symptoms related to COVID-19, they should be kept home from school.\u00a0 Students who continue to exhibit symptoms should be seen by a doctor and provided a note before returning to school.\u00a0 Parents will be periodically required to acknowledge that they are conducting a daily health screening and temperature check of their child(ren).<\/p>\n In-School Health Screening:\u00a0 <\/strong>The district will conduct random temperature checks during arrival and throughout the school day.\u00a0 Any child with a fever of over 100 degrees, or displaying any symptoms associated with COVID-19, will be sent to a quarantine room and will need to be promptly picked up from school.<\/p>\n Return to School Procedure:\u00a0 <\/strong>Students who exhibit symptoms associated with COVID-19 must be cleared by a doctor and be symptom free before returning to school.\u00a0 Please review this CDC link for more detailed information:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/if-you-are-sick\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n Jenette Mistretta Dear Parents and Caregivers, Please review Putnam Valley Central School District\u2019s Parent\/Student Expectations for the 2020 – 2021 school year. We recognize that this upcoming school year will be challenging and unlike any other, yet filled with new learning for all.\u00a0 Please read and become familiar with this document.\u00a0 This document has been updated in… Continue Reading Parent\/Student Expectations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[86],"class_list":["post-8086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-superintendent","tag-covid19","clearfix"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8086"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8354,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8086\/revisions\/8354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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