End of the Year Schedule for St. Ignatius Elementary Students and Families
Please check our FB page for our End of the Year Schedule. https://www.facebook.com/stignatiusschools
PTO Meeting 4pm today, May 11, Monday. It will be live streamed on PTO Facebook Page. Don't miss it!
Winners of the drawings from the Virtual Scavenger Hunt for the Elementary School are now posted on Facebook! Check out our FB page to see the winners! https://www.facebook.com/stignatiusschools/
Remote Drivers Education St. Ignatius School District #28 is scheduled to begin.
Monday, April 27 at 7pm-8pm: Parent Meeting Online link will be emailed to the student and parent (if email is provided). Both students and parents must attend this meeting.
Tuesday, April 28-Thursday, May 28 Classes will be virtual from 3:00pm to 5:00pm Monday through Thursday.
Thursday, May 28- Will be the Final Lesson and Written Test.
We will assess the best plan for conducting the driving portion of the class as soon as it is safe to proceed.
Anyone who opts out will be reimbursed for the class.
Everyone who wishes to participate must have paid before the parent/student meeting.
The last I heard JOM will not be paying for classes.
Click on SEE ALL POSTS to the right for instructions on how to join our FIRST EVER VIRTUAL SCAVENGER HUNT with PRIZES! Thursday, April 22, 6pm-7:30pm
The date on milk containers have changed. The date on your milk is the sell by date and is good for 10 days after that sell by date. Thank you -
If you did not get meals today and you are on a bus route, please call your building front office and request food drop off on Thursday. Thank you to everyone who picked up breakfast and lunch.
The buses will run twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:00pm. The Week 3 plan said 2:00, but that has been changed to 1:00 pm leaving from the school. Thank you -
Students/Parents/Community: Week 3
• Food Pick up for Week 3 will be Tuesday, April 14 from 10am-1pm
• Work Pick-Up will be the same day (Tuesday) with designated times depending on grade.
• Starting week 3: Buses will run Tuesday and Thursday leaving the school at 2pm.
• Student and Parents: At the end of this closure or end of the year students will be required to take an assessment that will indicate effort and essential understandings of expectations. Teachers will determine the grade based on effort during the closure with work turned in, Google, Learn@home and online efforts and check-ins, end of the year assessment of effort and self-paced learning. Students who are putting in the time, effort and competency of essential understandings will pass the semester.
Students who:
*have not picked up packets
*have not handed in work
*have not checked in or completed online enrichment activities
*have not made progress on their essential understandings... will not pass the semester.
Our open school hours will change in Week 3 to 8am-2pm so we can sanitize on a daily basis. Students as a whole are working really hard and we are very proud of your efforts. Keep up the great work!
Drivers Education: If there are any additional closures after the current April 24th shelter-in-place, Drivers Education will be cancelled until next Spring and checks will be mailed with a full refund.
Closure Extended - April 24
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Students/Parents/Community: Week 2
• Food Pick up for Week 2 will be Tuesday, April 7 from 10am-1pm
• Work Pick-Up will be the same day with designated times depending on Grade on Tuesday and Thursday.
• Buses will run Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday leaving school at 9am and 1pm for school work pick-up drop off and special circumstance meal drop-off.
Attention MS/HS Families
-Just wanted to give a quick update on your children's educational plan moving forward. Thank you to everyone for coming in and picking up work and food. We got every single student their work. Thank you for putting your child's education at the top of your priorities.
-Right now your child(ren) should be working on the homework that was handed out on Tuesday. Do your best to turn that in by next Tuesday. Containers are in front of the HS entrance in the roundabout.
-If you need work picked up, the busses will be running Tu, Wed, Th at 9am and 1pm. Call Jackie in the office to make arrangements 745-3811x263.
-Next week we go live with online learning. Your child should be logging into their school email, and getting onto their google classroom's set up by their teachers.
-Teachers will be taking attendance in their 2nd period class or Advisory in MS. This means your child will have to check in with that teacher someway, daily. That could be in google classroom, in a google chat/hangout, via email, or submission of an assignment online.
-If you are unable to get online to interact, and will be needing paperwork, you can email your child's teacher and let them know, or call Jackie at extension 263.
-We're all learning how to do this as we go. Don't stress out about this too much. Our staff is flexible and wants to work with everyone in ways they feel most comfortable. We'll get through this together. If you have any questions or concerns feel free to email me at shendrickson@stignatiusschools.org or call me at 745-3811 x301.
Please like, share and tag other parents you may know that need to see this. Thanks and have a great weekend.
Hello! My name is Grant Legare and I am the school counselor at St. Ignatius Elementary School. I know we are all going through uncertain times but we are still committed to meeting all of your child's educational and social/emotional needs. The anxiety and stress we are feeling as adults is also being felt by children. However, many kids do not understand, or cannot express what is causing them to feel this way! I will be available for phone calls during regular school hours, from 8:00 a.m. until 3:40 p.m.. You can call me at 406-551-6485. However, you can email me at any time at glegare@stignatiusschools.org. I will be checking my emails throughout the school day. Please, if you or your child need any assistance do not hesitate to reach out!
Students/Parents/Community: Week 2
· Food Pick up for Week 2 will be Tuesday, April 7 from 10am-1pm
· Work Pick-Up will be the same day with designated times depending on Grade on Thursday 10am-1pm
Education Plan for Week 2 and the Rest of the Closure:
Our long-term plans will be centered on semester standards and educational expectations. This plan will be to continue what has already been established as a best practice for School District #28. Every teacher, for every class will develop a semester test, evaluation, project or documentation that will include the essential understandings for every class and every grade. These expectations or a standard-based rubric that includes the essential understandings will be sent to every student for every class so that every student knows exactly what is expected of them to learn by the end of the year or the end or school closure. This evaluation of essential understandings will be broken down by weeks or months so students know how to pace their learning and expectations. Teachers will give students study guides, online enrichment, resources available on-line such as Discovery Education, Gooru, UTube, Khan Academy or any of the thousands of other resources available to students to learn the essential understandings and expectations. Students will know what they are expected to learn and teachers can give progress monitors and/or check-ins rather than send numerous hand-outs home. The idea will be to establish a process with the end in mind. What are our expected outcomes? When the closure is over or the end of the year, students will be brought back and we will assess what was accomplished with the self-paced learning and essential understanding. We will assess effort and essential understanding of standard achievement and proficiency. This is how we will grade the 4th quarter and the semester. We will take into account the lack of support and limited title I availability and grade accordingly. The teachers will be expected to be available during certain times during the day for phone calls and support for students' understanding of material teachers feel is essential for class completion. Teachers will be available from home, school, online meetings, learn@home on webpage or email. If teachers choose to be at home, we will need home phone numbers and/or cell phone numbers so students can get a hold of teachers during our established contact times. Teachers will be expected to respond in order to support students with evaluation expectations. The 4th quarter grade and semester grade will be based on what was accomplished in terms of essential understanding of the standards. Elective classes may require a documentation log, project completion or evaluation understanding of essential expectations. We start with the end in mind, this is what a student needs to learn, give them the resources to learn it and when they return we will evaluate what was learned or accomplished for our essential understanding expectations. This evaluation is how we will grade and in the elementary assess the standard understanding level with assessments upon return. This measurable outcome will give us the proficiency requirement for all classes. This will also cut down dramatically on the amount of needed worksheets and back and forth work delivery. We will break this down to effectively measure the potential of every student. Students that do not put in the effort and accomplish expectations at a level deemed fair, the teacher can fail or pass with an appropriate and equitable grade designation. At the elementary, standards rating of where they are at and what they accomplished will be determined by each teacher for each student. Work, Study Guides, Online Enrichment, Plans, and Expectations will continue until the end of the closure. If we do not return to school we will send home an end of the year assessment for students to take or at that time decide whether or not it is safe to rotate them through for our final assessments. I believe this will be the best way to handle this situation and cut down on the numerous amounts of work back and forth. Give our students the expectations of what is essential and support them the best way we possibly can and hope we can use this time constructively to make gains. We will assess the students’ effort one way or another at the end of closure or school year. Principals will be giving directives in terms of availability times and school specific expectations. If you have questions, please contact your building principal so we can clarify any confusion. Counselors will be available during school hours for any mental health, educational support and crisis management. Check in regularly with our at-risk students that will need support during these times. We will lead by example and I believe we have the best plan to reach students and continue educational expectations. We will get our on-line and remote learning devices to as many students as possible. Matt Lyon and Jesse Nesper are working hard to get all of you the right tools to best support students remotely. We will see this through successfully. I am, as always, happy to be working for a great community. It is our time to shine, so give it your best.
What a wonderful day!! We distributed or delivered 4,700 meals and 470 student school work packets. We checked out 320 chrome books and had all but 11 students pick up school work and meals. Remember meals only need to be picked up once a week. School work can be returned to the totes outside each school and/or can be returned via the bus by being at the bus stop. When the bus stops; drop the work into the plastic tote that will be available on every bus. The buses will run Wednesday and Thursday this week and depart from the school at 9am and 1:00pm. We want to thank students, parents, kitchen staff, maintenance, classified staff, bus drivers, Smyth Transportation, certified staff, and principals for all your hard work today. To be able to accomplish what we got done today took a giving spirit and a lot of hard work. It was great to see all the kids and parents today!! We want to thank everyone for their patience and willingness to help when needed. It was a great day and highly successful, so thank you all. We also want to thank Karen Biron from Exit Realty and Home for Heroes for the staff breakfast yesterday. We want to thank Jim Krell and K-O Auto for the water donation that will be going home with kids during our weekly meal distribution. GO BULLDOGS!!
Parents and Students: Tomorrow is our first school work and food pick-up from 10:00-1:00. Remember if you want food or schoolwork delivered, please contact your building administrative assistants. The buses will be departing at 9am and 1pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. If you want work dropped off or picked up please have students or parents at their perspective bus stop prepared to deposit work into the work bin or pick up the work packet. Thank you so much for all your help during these times that everyone is trying their best to help each other be safe and successful. Tomorrow will be a great time to watch for expected bus route times. Go Bulldogs
Elementary: Pick up for food - south side of the elementary.
Pick up for packets - south side of the elementary.
Pick up for Chromebooks (if needed) - west side of the elementary. -------------------
MS:
Pick up for food - south side of the elementary.
Pick up for packets - behind the Middle School on the corner.
Pick up for Chromebooks (if needed) - behind the Middle School on the corner.---------------
HS:
Pick up for food - south side of elementary.
Pick up packets - HS parking lot.
Pick up Chromebooks (if needed) - HS parking lot.
For more detailed information about school scheduling and organization see our Facebook page: Saint Ignatius Public Schools