Welcome to Hybrid Learning!
Dear Patrick Henry Families, welcome to the 2020-2021 school year! Our second quarter will be a hybrid model of some in-person and some virtual teaching. Please see below for details about our new schedule. Thank you for your patience as we all learn this new system together. We miss you and hope you are staying healthy and safe!
PLEASE NOTE: THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 23RD WILL BE ALL VIRTUAL. ALL STUDENTS WILL REMAIN AT HOME AND LOG INTO TEAMS BY 8:00AM. IN-PERSON LEARNERS WILL RETURN TO SCHOOL ON DECEMBER 7TH.
Virtual Students (PreK – 5th Grade):
- School will begin at 8:00am and end at 2:12pm. There will be one hour of assignments given at 2:12 that students should complete after their teacher has logged off the call for the day.
- You might have a new teacher for second quarter.
- Please be patient with your teacher as he/she gets the new students ready for the expectations of the class.
- Check your Teams app early in the morning to see if you have been invited to a new team and to make sure you can access your new team meeting.
- If you cannot find your meeting on Monday morning, please call the school at 314.231.7284.
In-Person Students (PreK – 5th Grade):
- Doors open at 7:45am, school begins at 8:00am, and school ends at 2:12pm.
- All students will go through a health screening at the door.
- PreK and Kindergarten students will enter through Door 3 and go directly to their classrooms.
- 1st and 2nd grade students will enter through Door 2, pick up breakfast, and go directly to their classrooms.
- 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students will enter through Door 1, pick up breakfast, and go directly to their classrooms.
- Students must wear a mask, bring their fully charged iPad, their iPad charger, a full water bottle, and books/supplies they have been using for learning.
- Dismissal has changed, please see below for updates:
- PreK students will be located on the O'Fallon side of the building outside of Door 3
- Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade students will be located near the playground outside of Door 3 on the 10th Street side of the building
- 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students will be located near the playground outside of Door 9 on the 10th Street side of the building
- The end of the day is now 2:12pm. All students must be picked up by 2:12pm.
- Bus riders and students enrolled in afterschool care will be walked to their area by a staff member.
- Walkers and pick-up students will be walked outside to the front of the school by their classroom teacher. Walkers will be released. Pick-up students will remain with their classroom teacher until the parent pulls/walks up and confirms with the teacher that they are there to pick up a specific child.
- If you want to pick your child up for early dismissal, you must call the school when you are outside the building and a staff member will walk the child to you outside. No parents will be allowed in the school at any time.
IMPORTANT FOR ALL IN-PERSON LEARNERS: Do NOT send your child to school if he/she has any of the following symptoms: fever, cough, congestion/runny nose, vomiting, diarrhea, sore throat, headache, fatigue, muscle or body aches, difficulty breathing, or loss of taste/smell. Check your child carefully each morning. If a child is found with any of these symptoms while at school, they will be sent home and will not be able to return to in-person learning for 14 days or until they bring a clearance note from a doctor that provides an alternate diagnosis for their symptoms. Always keep your child home if you are unsure.
Please keep in mind that your child may have to return to virtual learning suddenly if any of the following occur:
- He/she is not following the safety guidelines at school (must return to virtual learning for the remainder of the quarter)
- He/she has been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for the Coronavirus (must return to virtual learning for 14 or more days)
- He/she exhibits symptoms while at school (must return to virtual learning for 14 days or provide a doctor’s clearance to return to school
Be sure to have a back-up plan in case this happens.
For all tech support questions, reach out to Ms. Kelsey Jones. Ms. Jones can be reached by phone at 314-231-7284, or by email at kelsey.jones@slps.org.
For a copy of Dr. Rogers' training powerpoint for parents, click HERE.
For an introduction to the iPad and Microsoft Teams, click HERE.
For assistance accessing Microsoft Teams, please click HERE for tutorials.
For the daily schedule by grade level, click HERE.
Stay Connected!
Each week, Dr. Rogers publishes a blog to celebrate all of the fun things happening at Patrick Henry. That tradition will continue in the virtual world. Click below for updates from around the school, and stay connected with us!
November 20: https://www.smore.com/rkup0
November 13: https://www.smore.com/y1x8v
November 6: https://www.smore.com/xv2g9
October 30: https://www.smore.com/3hsqf
October 23: https://www.smore.com/s9nv8
October 16: https://www.smore.com/481fz
October 9: https://www.smore.com/xfvj8
October 2: https://www.smore.com/utpd6
September 24: https://www.smore.com/t2vax
September 18: https://www.smore.com/fspqz
September 11: https://www.smore.com/e3tu0
September 4: https://www.smore.com/pk5a0
