Stuart Public Schools

Distance Learning Letter 4-3-2020 Dear Stuart Parents, Guardians, and Students,                  Stuart School wants to thank all of you for being patient during the past couple of weeks while we were receiving the expectations, recommendations, and guidelines from the Oklahoma State Department of Education regarding the construction of our district’s Distance Learning Plan.             The goals of our Distance Learning Plan are (1.)To provide our families with materials that will review pertinent material covered throughout the year and to allow students to cover additional material that would have been covered in their traditional classroom if we were to have been able to remain in school the rest of the academic year. (2.) Allow our students to either maintain the grade they had in each of their classes at the end of the 3rd 9 weeks grading period, or possibly raise their grade by successfully completing sufficient work during the last few weeks of the school year.         Students will either work online or will be given paper and pencil assignments to meet the criteria of our district’s Distance Learning Plan. Online students will need to utilize the following web resources to cover the suggested material for their classes: www.studyisland.com    HS students should log in with their Stuart school username and password. Elementary students can have their parents create a FREE account for them by using the link provided on our school app. *you may contact Stuart school if you need your child’s login information.         www.ixl.com Both Elementary and HS students can login using their Stuart school username and password to access their grade level courses *you may contact Stuart school if you need your child’s login information. www.abcmouse.com Elementary students in grades Pre-K through 8 can have their parents create a FREE account for them by using the link provided on our school app. ***Be sure to check our school website for specific assignments in study island & ixl from Mr. Homer, Mrs. Clark, & other teachers. Recommended work schedule for students completing online studies:   Students are expected to complete 3 topics/Lessons of 20 questions minimum in each of their core subject areas (Ex. Math, Reading/ELA, Science, Social Studies) weekly for a minimum of 60 questions per subject per week on their school Study Island or IXL accounts. Recommended work schedule for students completing paper and pencil work: Students are expected to complete a minimum of 3-4 worksheets/assignments/bookwork in each of their core subject areas (Ex. Math, Reading/ELA, Science, Social Studies) weekly for a minimum of 60 questions per subject per week. Some worksheets may not have 20 questions so just strive for the 60 questions per subject per week.) . Students will be given a manila folder to return completed work/assignments.  Do not return any books or unused portions of workbooks.  Just return the completed assignments.  Any additional materials can be used during the summer to work with your children or they can be thrown away as the books are being cycled out this school year. Online work and Paper/Pencil assignments are due on May 12th. We understand this is a trying and stressful time and parents, now, more than ever, we need your help.  Please be involved in your child’s lessons.  Please reach out to our teachers for help.  All teachers will be available for parents & students to contact regarding questions associated with their assignments.  We know online and over-the-phone help is not the same as sitting face to face with a teacher, but we must do the best we can and make the most out of the situation we are in.  Please contact Stuart school if you do not have a contact number for your child’s teacher.  Together we are stronger and we know that we will persevere!                 

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Below is a link to access COVID-19 FAQs issued by the OSDE.... https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/OKSDE/bulletins/2845d5e

Beginning this Friday, April 3rd, grades pre-k through four, along with students for all other grades who do not have connectivity to the internet or a device to do online work will need to pick up student work from 8 a.m. until 2 pm. We ask that you drive up and we will bring out their work. Please stay in your vehicles and stay in line. We are allowing no entrance into the school to protect our cafeteria staff who are providing meals for students. We are only giving work at this time. Upon the CDC giving the all clear, we will choose a date this summer for people to come get their child's belongings from their classroom or locker and we will schedule prom and graduation ceremonies at that time. Thank you for your cooperation and all of your prayers!

On the News page on our website we have listed some links from the OSDE for our Teachers and Parents. Please go on and look at these as they have some very good information.

By the end of next week, Stuart school will be contacting parents to schedule times to come pick up items from students lockers. Any students who do not have connectivity will also have packaged work that parents can pick up at that time. Please do not bring students with you when you come to pick these items up. Again, these times will be scheduled as we cannot have numerous people at the school. Thank you for your help and prayers during this time.

The link below contains updated information from the OSDE.... https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/OKSDE/bulletins/2836d68

Click on the link below for more OSDE information.... https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/OKSDE/bulletins/282d191

Please follow the link provided for the Stuart School letter to Parent Regarding distant learning instructions and end of year information. https://5il.co/e5uj

Study Island information for students grades Kg-12.

Link for ABC Mouse for parents of students Pk -8.

Parents we urge you to PLEASE fill out the survey and also PLEASE be sure to list your child's name even if you are not interested. We have received a few that do not list names, this information is important to us!

We would like to get everyone's input on this survey. We ask that ALL parents fill this out so that we can have accurate information. If you do not have internet please call the main office between 8:30 am and 11:30 am and we will help you with the survey. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd0WhqFPdaJFIC9xwvHYw8y2iKlrkOgPz8nuYWOvf4BpX8-6g/viewform?usp=sf_link

After day 1 of delivering meals, we have discovered we need to change a few things to help with safety of both our staff and our patrons. In order to avoid dogs and from having to touch door knobs or Gates, we ask that you meet us at the vehicle when we pull up. We will honk and our vehicle will be a marked Stuart School vehicle. It will either be a four-door Ford pick up that says Stuart FFA on the door or it will be a light brown Ford Crown Victoria car with driver's ed signs on the front and sides. Thank you for helping us make meal delivery as safe as possible for everyone involved.

If you are interested in school lunches and breakfast for your children during the school closure, please call the school between 8:30 and 10 this morning so we can get a finalized list. We will have curbside pick-up or delivery if you need it delivered for your children .

FFA members, parents, and FFA supporters: This came from the State FFA Executive Secretary The Governor issued an Executive Order 2020-08 declaring an emergency caused by the impending threat of COVID-19 to the people of this State and the public’s peace, health, and safety. To ensure we are being proactive to address this impending threat, tough decisions are having to be made everywhere, and the same goes for us in the FFA world. No easy way to break the news. So, let’s just get to it: State FFA Interscholastics for all non-national qualifying CDE/LDE events for 2020 will be canceled. This includes the following: • Agricultural Education • Animal Science Quiz Bowl • Electricity • Entomology • Freshman Agriscience Quiz Bowl • Homesite Judging (National Contest Canceled) • Land Judging (National Contest Canceled) • Soil and Water Conservation • Rangeland Judging (National Contest Canceled) • Turfgrass Management The rest of the contests are postponed and will remain pending. This includes all region, area and state public speaking, parliamentary procedure, agriscience fair, and star contests. None of these events will happen in-person until after the Center for Disease Control guidelines allow. We are evaluating the ability to conduct these virtually, where applicable. More details to follow. Now on to convention. In accordance with the CDC guidelines the determination has been made to cancel the annual state FFA convention on the original dates of April 28-29. We are currently in the process of looking into the possibility of a pared-down event at the Cox Convention Center or another venue in late May or early June. Obviously, many variables will go into making the decision on whether that happens. If we are unable to hold an event in the summer, we will elect state officers digitally and pass out awards at agricultural instructors’ area meetings. Planning a convention of this size and scope requires a lot of planning with hotels, presenters, and staff. Many who require deposits well in advance. In the event of a complete cancelation, we will refund when and where we can. We will start with reimbursing all Expo Booth exhibitors immediately. The State Board of Education voted March 16 for all accredited public schools to cease operations to include all instructional services, grading and extracurricular activities, staff development, trainings or conferences, but essential clerical and administrative activities such as business management, nutrition services, maintenance may continue. Please be sure that during this time that your chapter is neither hosting nor attending an extracurricular event unless approved by your local administration. This is a difficult letter to write. I am devastated for the state officer team and FFA members across the state, who I know have put in months of preparation and intense work. But the safety and security of students, educators and staff is a top priority. Difficult times for all. Thanks in advance for your patience and understanding. Keep your heads up, and press on.

As per state board of education, we will have no meeting of teachers of any kind until April 6th. For the next 10 school days, you cannot gather for professional development, staff meetings, Etc. All administrators, secretaries, custodians, building and grounds maintenance, and kitchen staff will meet Monday morning at 8:30 am. We will review our survey numbers to determine what lunches we will provide for students, clean the building and grounds, and discuss our plan of action regarding work hours.

In order to serve our students meals during this mandatory shut down we need some information from you. Please fill out the attached survey so we can plan our routes and the number of meals we would need to prepare daily. Please respond by 9 am Monday, March 23rd. Thanks in advance for your response. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6-M0xoKsX1W8RKRi17ixDdtCHlIGBmhvq5h0OcmfLAhQr2A/viewform?usp=sf_link

Prom has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date. At this time we do not know the exact date or time but will get all info out to you as soon as we know. If you ordered a tuxedo from Mark Emmons, they have your information and will have the tuxes ready at the time of the rescheduled Prom at no additional charge to you. We are sorry for the inconvenience that this has caused.

Good afternoon. After watching the press conference with Governor Stitt yesterday and sitting in a webinar with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction today, it is suggested that we do not cancel school unless the Coronavirus spreads through community transmission. Community transmission is defined as "two people in areas of 800,000 have coronavirus that are not connected to travel or through personal contact with a known case." (This is roughly the population of Tulsa.) Please look at our website or at the CDC website and follow the guidelines for travel. It will tell who must self quarantine upon return and places where travel is restricted. If you plan on traveling outside our state or country on spring break, please look at those guidelines carefully. It is still determined that keeping your hands clean, maintaining social distance from others, and the cleaning surfaces with disinfectant are the best ways to prevent the spread of this virus. Thank you for your time and I hope you all have a wonderful spring break!