Staff -

I hope you have had a nice summer break and have been able to find time to relax and rejuvenate. As we begin to head into the new school year I wanted to say a big thank you to our certified staff and our coaches for the work that has already been done this summer to prepare for this upcoming school year and our Comprehensive Distance Learning plan. While I am saddened that we won't see our students in person to start the school year, I am so hopeful based on the work I have already seen from our dedicated teaching staff and support staff.

Thank you to all of you and our PBIS team for helping to narrow down a theme for this school year. After many staff votes the winning theme and one we will use throughout the year with students, staff and families is........Parkrose Strong - Together! We hope this can be a unifying theme for our school community through this challenging time.

Please see below for some updates on this upcoming week.

Below is a video that describes the significant differences between last springs emergency closure due to COVID and this fall's requirements during Comprehensive Distance Learning. Please take time to watch this short, but informative video.

Thank you to all of our classroom teachers for your work on your Google Classroom and your Google Site. We are working on a document that we can put out to our parents that will hold links for all of our teacher's Google Sites so that parents and students have easy access throughout our Comprehensive Distance Learning time. This resource will be housed on our school website and I will send it out each week in the weekly parent newsletter. Please make sure your Google Site is ready to be published by the end of the second inservice week, September 11th.

Our school is currently open for staff to access. Our custodians and front office staff are working in the building on a daily basis. You are welcome to access the building using your staff badge during the hours of 6:00am-5:00pm on weekdays. If you need to pick up keys please reach out to Leslie Martinez in the main office to schedule a time to pick up your keys. We appreciate everyone following the below guidelines that are in place to keep everyone safe.

Guidelines:

• Work only in your classroom or office space
• Keep your door shut
• Wear a masks at all times (except when working in your classroom alone)
• Social distance at all times
• No in person meetings - all meetings must be held virtually
• No Children
• No Pets
• No Guests
• If you are feeling sick please stay home

Additionally, we need to track the use of the building in order to keep it sanitized and for contact tracing if necessary.

It is critical that you complete this document each time you enter the building.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h2wpxdc0RwerwL41ykxK3bYqP1YSgHMBzILAy8RmKoU/edit#gid=327779615

Below is this week's schedule. While this is not a required work week for our staff we have almost 100% of our staff attending the Virtual Summer Academy. Again, thank you for your dedication and commitment to our Parkrose students. The meetings below will all be held through Zoom.

This Week:

• Monday, 8.24.20 - New Teacher Day - Zoom Link, Google Classroom code is smgwft4

• Tuesday, 8.25.20- "Virtual" Wicor Day. You can find the schedule for the day and your session assignments here.

• Wednesday, 8.26.20 - "Virtual" Backwards Design Days. You can find the schedule here. Zoom links for synchronous meetings will be added to your Google Calendars.

• Thursday, 8.27.20 - "Virtual" Backwards Design Days. You can find the schedule here. Zoom links for synchronous meetings will be added to your Google Calendars.

• Friday, 8.28.20 - New Teacher Day with the District - New teachers check your Google Calendar for Zoom links

Have a great week everyone!

Email: annette_sweeney@parkrose.k12.or.us
Website: https://www.parkrose.k12.or.us/
Location: 11800 Northeast Shaver Street, Portland, OR, USA
Phone: 503-408-2700
Twitter: @PMSPSD