5/21/2020
Hello Pirate Family. I hope this message finds you safe and healthy. Starting on Friday, May 22 no new student assignments will be given out but enrichment or closure activities may still take place until June 2, which marks our final day of the school year. The focus for the final 6 days of the school year is to work with students who still have missing work and try to get those assignments completed for credit. The staff will be available to assist your student until the end of the school year. I want to express my sincere gratitude to our entire staff, student body, and parents for your efforts in making this the best possible situation during such an unprecedented time. I’m proud of our Pirate Staff for your collective response and the combined efforts to overcome the numerous challenges we have faced. I’m proud of our parents and guardians who had to take on additional responsibilities to maximize the learning experience for our students. Finally, I’m proud of our students who went from a brick and mortar traditional school learning environment to remote learning in just 72 hours. Thank you to our community for the outreach of care and support that you are showing our Pirate staff with parades, letters, videos, and kind gestures to say thank you to our employees. We have now made it through over 60 days since our campus shutdown. I find this count helpful because reflecting back and realizing that you have already made it over 60 plus hurdles helps you to look forward and know that you can overcome the next challenges that we may face. Once we get through this, and we will overcome this together, we will be proud of how our Pirate family endured this historic time.
I want you to know that we have established three task forces to plan for next year:
Safety Committee - physical re-entry plan to safely and efficiently return to school buildings
Success and Wellness Committee - social and emotional plan for students/staff
Curriculum Council - teaching and learning plan
I also want you to know that our A-Team, curriculum council, building leadership teams, and district leadership team are meeting to establish three potential learning plans for the start of next school year.
Plan 1 Traditional Plan - students return to school buildings full time
Plan 2 Hybrid Plan - combination of students on and off campus
Plan 3 Remote Learning Plan - students learning from home
We have also established a survey for our parents to complete that will provide us with valuable feedback that we will use to help guide our decisions and planning moving forward. The survey has been sent to every student’s email and can also be accessed on the homepage of our school website (www.sepirates.org).
In summary, we will be working diligently to put in place the most optimal plans possible for student learning but with the understanding that they can change instantly due to mandates outside our control. If this year is any indication, I go into next year with great confidence that we will continue to work together to overcome the challenges that we will face. Thank you again for your cooperation, patience, and flexibility that you have demonstrated over the last 7 weeks. This adversity has made our PIRATE FAMILY stronger than ever. Stay safe, healthy, and PIRATE STRONG.
Go Pirates!
Sincerely,
Bob Dunn
General Announcements:
-Our food service employees will continue to provide an essential service by distributing breakfast and lunch to ALL of our students on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11-1 until June 2
-We will be collecting our student instructional packets (packets 1 and 2) on Friday, May 22 from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.. Each building will have a format for the collection of student work with safety protocols in place.
-The 2020 Prom has been cancelled
-The class of 2020 graduation video viewing will take place on Monday, June 8 at 9:20 p.m. at the Midway Drive-in movie theatre. Seniors will be given two tickets for two cars to attend the ceremony.
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