Hello everyone!

I hope this post finds you well.  I have been thinking about the students and all our families and missing our “normal” so much.  This week the district is providing distance learning training and time for teacher collaboration and planning.  We will start distance learning with the students next Monday, April 13th.

This Friday, April 10th, you can expect an email from me with more information about the plan Camarena Elementary, and specifically the 6th grade team has in place.  It will be a work in progress, and I know that together we will all figure this out.  For now I can tell you that the plan is going be very flexible and intended to support continual learning, not to burden students and families during this difficult time.

The district has strongly advised against the use of Zoom for security reasons, and they are only supporting the use of video conferencing through the district platform – Microsoft Teams in Office 365.  I would like to have a quick live video check in tomorrow at 10am with the students with the sole purpose being a) to see all of their smiling faces and say hello and b) start trouble shootting with this platform.  It seems to have some limitations compared to Zoom, but again – we are going to make it work!  Here are the directions to log in.  Follow these steps tomorrow, Wednesday April 8th,  a few minutes before 10:00am.  You can also do steps 1-5 ahead of time as a trial run.