First Day of Hybrid

Day #1 of Hybrid In-Person in the can. 

Day #2 of Hybrid In-Person imminent. 

Day #2 of Virtual imminent, too. Please send me pics of you learning virtually at home (or wherever you are). 

We are all Monarchs!

Daily Pass Help for Parents Today at 3

You can either come to my Coffee and Diet Coke with the Principal today at 3 in my Zoom room to ask questions about Hybrid and Virtual here at Walgrove OR, if you don't have any pressing questions, you can go check out Tracey Silva's workshop on the Parent Portal and Daily Pass:

Hybrid & Online Start the Week of April 19

Dear Families, 

Beginning the week of 04.19, we will begin to host in-person instruction AND virtual instruction...

Monday, April 19 is an all day teacher-prep day (after a 30-minute instructional check-in with teachers via Zoom at 9:00 AM). After that half hour of live instruction, students will have much asynchronous work. Consider it a full school day. Just mostly asynchronous. 

Tuesday, April 20, TK-1 Hybrid students report to their assigned gates. All other students follow their new schedules virtually. (So, Hybrid students in grades 2-5 attend class via Zoom from 8-11. Virtual students attend class via Zoom from 12 to 3.)

Wednesday, April 21, TK-3 Hybrid students report to their assigned gates. All others follow their new schedules virtually. (So, Hybrid students in grades 4-5 attend class via Zoom from 8-11. Virtual students attend class via Zoom from 12 to 3.)

Thursday, April 22, TK-5 Hybrid students report to their assigned gates. 

This is what Hybrid (half in-person/half virtual) instruction will look like:

> Students obtain a negative COVID test result during the previous week. 

> Parents obtain on behalf of their child/children a Daily Pass at DailyPass.lausd.net (or prepare to have their children prove their negative test results and answer the Daily Pass screening questions).

7:45 students arrive to their assigned gates (gates are close to the classrooms, and traffic is distributed around the block). No early arrivals. There is no yard for kids to congregate.

Green Gate - Rms 9, 10, 11 (Merrick, Legg, Lima) APPROX 28 STUDENTS

Yellow Gate - Rms 24, 25 (Gonzalez, Perez) APPROX 24 STUDENTS

Orange Gate - Rms 19, 20, 23 (Elkins, Webster, Jones) APPROX 32 STUDENTS

White Gate - Rms 22, 28 (Ms. B w/Ms. Bowens) APPROX 21 STUDENTS

Blue Gate - Rms 1-7 (Lettieri, Stansbury, Mazariegos, Pliska, Chin, Rose, Whitemountain's sub Alyssa Lee) APPROX 35 STUDENTS 

Upon arrival, students enter through what I am calling the "Portal of Happiness." 

They have their temperature checked AND show their Daily Pass OR if they don't have a device with their Daily Pass or printout, we check their name against the Daily Pass Dashboard OR they prove negative test results and answer the Daily Pass Questions.

Next, the kiddos either stand on a circle with their name on it and wait for their teacher (if their teacher is working the gate) OR they head right to class where their teacher is waiting. 

8:00 class starts. The schedule will likely look something like this:

• Welcome (15 min)
• Math (45 min)
• Aide-supervised 20-minute recess (teachers take a break) TK-3 @ 9:05; 4-5 @ 9:25
• ELA & ELD (45 min)
• History/Science/Interdisciplinary projects/STEAM Studio/Theater/PE (45 min)
• Closing (10 min)

11:00 class is dismissed. Those who are leaving campus may take a lunch on their way home. They leave from their assigned gate. Adults make sure they leave with the right adult OR they leave unaccompanied per advance parent permission. 

Those who stay for BTB/STAR will eat on campus under the supervision of BTB/STAR.  

11-11:30ish Lunch at one of three outdoor locations (students will be assigned)

11:30ish - 4:00 Beyond the Bell/STAR which is one entity (neither stratified nor distinct). Activities include asynchronous work & activities. This will now take place in classrooms, not in outside tents. So, we will likely have to combine classes to some degree, increasing the number of students that your child comes into contact with. Students will likely be put into grade level groups. 

Mondays starting 04/26: 8-10:30 Hybrid instruction,10:30 - 11:30 Lunch, Virtual instruction 11:30 - 2

We have approximately 80 students on our Beyond the Bell/STAR roster. I have shared that roster with BTB/STAR. To complete the registration process, please complete the registration form and email your completed form to Walgrove's new STAR Director Jonney Machtig at jonneym@starinc.org

Jonney will confirm STAR pick-up information. In the meantime, please assume that STAR pick-ups will be on the same street as morning drop-offs. 

Students who are NOT in STAR will be picked up at the same gate of their morning drop-off. 

Students who ARE in STAR will be picked up on the same street as their morning drop-off. 

STAR students who are dropped off on Morningside will be picked up on Morningside. (Blue Gate.)

STAR students who are dropped off on Walgrove will be picked up on Walgrove (however, there will be only one STAR pick-up gate on Walgrove - the Green Gate).

STAR students who are dropped off on Appleton will be picked up on Appleton (however, there will be only one STAR pick-up gate on Appleton - the Orange Gate).

STAR students who are picked up early (before 3:50) will be picked up on Walgrove at the Green Gate.

CLASSROOMS:

Each Walgrove classroom has up to 14 student desks and a teacher desk. The desks are in rows so that students are spaced 6 feet apart. 

Each student sits in the same spot every day, designated with a nametag. 

Each student has their own 6-qt Tupperware bin (or similar) with their own supplies, such as pencils, pens, markers, scissors, ruler, chalk, crayons, paints, jump rope...). WE ARE PROVIDING THESE. 

Please send with your kiddo:

• Backpack which contains: 
• Water
• Snack (if you don't want the school food)
• Change of pants/clothes in case of an accident (especially for the younger kiddos)
• Mini first aid kid (if available, to limit traffic and congestion in the nurse's office)
• Electronic device (e.g., school iPad or laptop). If you don't have a device to bring back and forth, tell your teacher on the first day, and we will either check one out to you or modify the curriculum. But most teachers and the BTB/STAR folks will want students to access their digital programs at certain times throughout the day
• Thinking cap (preferably one that expands to infinite size)

This is what 100% Virtual Learning will look like:

8-11:00 Asynchronous work at home (with optional STEAM Studio Workshop STEAM Studio Share Time, Theater, Garden Zoom, etc). Also various outdoor adventures, at your family's discretion

11:00-12:00 Lunch at home (or outdoors, or at a restaurant or in France)

12:00 - 3:00 Virtual instruction from home (or pod) with current classroom teacher who is either Zooming from their classroom or from their home (after they teach in person then head on home)

Mondays starting 04/26: 8-10:30 Hybrid instruction,10:30 - 11:30 Lunch, Virtual instruction 11:30 - 2

That live, synchronous instruction will look something like this:

• Welcome (10 min)
• Math (50 min)
• 10-15 minute break (@ 1:00)
• ELA & ELD (50 min)
• 5-10 minute break
• History/Science/Interdisciplinary projects/STEAM Studio/Theater/PE (50 min)

Currently, because the number of Hybrid and the number of Online students works out, we have ALL in-person students in the morning and ALL virtual instruction in the afternoon (noon to 3), and nearly all students get to keep their current teacher.

If more people choose Hybrid than we can accommodate, we will have to do one or more of the following:

Split the class into two rooms and obtain a substitute teacher (though there is a shortage of substitutes)

• Split the class into AM and PM (and get a different teacher for all the virtual students)
• Split the class into AM and PM and have the virtual students watch class via livestream (teachers would have to agree to this)
• Assign some students to a different teacher -- a teacher who has the available space

At Walgrove, the next time more people can choose Hybrid is on or before Friday, April 30 (to be effective Monday, May 3). The next opportunity after that will be Friday, May 14, to be effective Monday, May 17.

People who are currently Hybrid can change their mind and become Virtual at any point, with one day's notice.

People who are either Hybrid or Virtual and who want to be on Independent Study can change to Independent Study at any point, with two days' notice. 

Here is the new Enrichment schedule (STEAM, Theater, Dance, Violin, Garden, Library, PE, etc):

NEW ENRICHMENT SCHEDULE (STARTS 04/26)

We are still working out the details of IEP services, Share and Care and related support services. 

I will continue to come on Saturdays to host families in the Edible Garden and Wildlands. 

My next Coffee and Diet Coke with the Principal is TODAY and every Friday at 3 in my Zoom room. 

Thank you for your partnership and patience during this time!

CAMPUS SIGN IN SHEET FOR EMPLOYEES, VISITORS AND VOLUNTEERS

REOPENING PROTOCOLS FOR K-12 APPENDIX T1

GATE MAP

Mask Accommodation Info

 

COVID TEST THIS WEEK!

 IF you are signed up for HYBRID, get your kiddos COVID tested THIS WEEK!

All 40+ sites, including Mark Twain Middle School, are open 7 days a week from 7am to 7pm.

Make your appointment here: 

DailyPass.lausd.net

Hybrid & Online Start the Week of April 19

Dear Families, 

Beginning the week of 04.19, we will begin to host in-person instruction AND virtual instruction...

Monday, April 19 is an all day teacher-prep day (after a 30-minute instructional check-in with teachers via Zoom at 9:00 AM). After that half hour of live instruction, students will have much asynchronous work. Consider it a full school day. Just mostly asynchronous. 

Tuesday, April 20, TK-1 Hybrid students report to their assigned gates. All other students follow their new schedules virtually. (So, Hybrid students in grades 2-5 attend class via Zoom from 8-11. Virtual students attend class via Zoom from 12 to 3.)

Wednesday, April 21, TK-3 Hybrid students report to their assigned gates. All others follow their new schedules virtually. (So, Hybrid students in grades 4-5 attend class via Zoom from 8-11. Virtual students attend class via Zoom from 12 to 3.)

Thursday, April 22, TK-5 Hybrid students report to their assigned gates. 

This is what Hybrid (half in-person/half virtual) instruction will look like:

> Students obtain a negative COVID test result during the previous week. 

> Parents obtain on behalf of their child/children a Daily Pass at DailyPass.lausd.net (or prepare to have their children prove their negative test results and answer the Daily Pass screening questions).

7:45 students arrive to their assigned gates (gates are close to the classrooms, and traffic is distributed around the block). No early arrivals. There is no yard for kids to congregate.

Green Gate - Rms 9, 10, 11 (Merrick, Legg, Lima) APPROX 28 STUDENTS

Yellow Gate - Rms 24, 25 (Gonzalez, Perez) APPROX 24 STUDENTS

Orange Gate - Rms 19, 20, 23 (Elkins, Webster, Jones) APPROX 32 STUDENTS

White Gate - Rms 22, 28 (Ms. B w/Ms. Bowens) APPROX 21 STUDENTS

Blue Gate - Rms 1-7 (Lettieri, Stansbury, Mazariegos, Pliska, Chin, Rose, Whitemountain's sub Alyssa Lee) APPROX 35 STUDENTS 

Upon arrival, students enter through what I am calling the "Portal of Happiness." 

They have their temperature checked AND show their Daily Pass OR if they don't have a device with their Daily Pass or printout, we check their name against the Daily Pass Dashboard OR they prove negative test results and answer the Daily Pass Questions.

Next, the kiddos either stand on a circle with their name on it and wait for their teacher (if their teacher is working the gate) OR they head right to class where their teacher is waiting. 

8:00 class starts. The schedule will likely look something like this:

• Welcome (15 min)
• Math (45 min)
• Aide-supervised 20-minute recess (teachers take a break) TK-3 @ 9:05; 4-5 @ 9:25
• ELA & ELD (45 min)
• History/Science/Interdisciplinary projects/STEAM Studio/Theater/PE (45 min)
• Closing (10 min)

11:00 class is dismissed. Those who are leaving campus may take a lunch on their way home. They leave from their assigned gate. Adults make sure they leave with the right adult OR they leave unaccompanied per advance parent permission. 

Those who stay for BTB/STAR will eat on campus under the supervision of BTB/STAR.  

11-11:30ish Lunch at one of three outdoor locations (students will be assigned)

11:30ish - 4:00 Beyond the Bell/STAR which is one entity (neither stratified nor distinct). Activities include asynchronous work & activities. This will now take place in classrooms, not in outside tents. So, we will likely have to combine classes to some degree, increasing the number of students that your child comes into contact with. Students will likely be put into grade level groups. 

Mondays starting 04/26: 8-10:30 Hybrid instruction,10:30 - 11:30 Lunch, Virtual instruction 11:30 - 2

We have approximately 80 students on our Beyond the Bell/STAR roster. I have shared that roster with BTB/STAR. To complete the registration process, please complete the registration form and email your completed form to Walgrove's new STAR Director Jonney Machtig at jonneym@starinc.org

Jonney will confirm STAR pick-up information. In the meantime, please assume that STAR pick-ups will be on the same street as morning drop-offs. 

Students who are NOT in STAR will be picked up at the same gate of their morning drop-off. 

Students who ARE in STAR will be picked up on the same street as their morning drop-off. 

STAR students who are dropped off on Morningside will be picked up on Morningside. (Blue Gate.)

STAR students who are dropped off on Walgrove will be picked up on Walgrove (however, there will be only one STAR pick-up gate on Walgrove - the Green Gate).

STAR students who are dropped off on Appleton will be picked up on Appleton (however, there will be only one STAR pick-up gate on Appleton - the Orange Gate).

STAR students who are picked up early (before 3:50) will be picked up on Walgrove at the Green Gate.

CLASSROOMS:

Each Walgrove classroom has up to 14 student desks and a teacher desk. The desks are in rows so that students are spaced 6 feet apart. 

Each student sits in the same spot every day, designated with a nametag. 

Each student has their own 6-qt Tupperware bin (or similar) with their own supplies, such as pencils, pens, markers, scissors, ruler, chalk, crayons, paints, jump rope...). WE ARE PROVIDING THESE. 

Please send with your kiddo:

• Backpack which contains: 
• Water
• Snack (if you don't want the school food)
• Change of pants/clothes in case of an accident (especially for the younger kiddos)
• Mini first aid kid (if available, to limit traffic and congestion in the nurse's office)
• Electronic device (e.g., school iPad or laptop). If you don't have a device to bring back and forth, tell your teacher on the first day, and we will either check one out to you or modify the curriculum. But most teachers and the BTB/STAR folks will want students to access their digital programs at certain times throughout the day
• Thinking cap (preferably one that expands to infinite size)

This is what 100% Virtual Learning will look like:

8-11:00 Asynchronous work at home (with optional STEAM Studio Workshop STEAM Studio Share Time, Theater, Garden Zoom, etc). Also various outdoor adventures, at your family's discretion

11:00-12:00 Lunch at home (or outdoors, or at a restaurant or in France)

12:00 - 3:00 Virtual instruction from home (or pod) with current classroom teacher who is either Zooming from their classroom or from their home (after they teach in person then head on home)

Mondays starting 04/26: 8-10:30 Hybrid instruction,10:30 - 11:30 Lunch, Virtual instruction 11:30 - 2

That live, synchronous instruction will look something like this:

• Welcome (10 min)
• Math (50 min)
• 10-15 minute break (@ 1:00)
• ELA & ELD (50 min)
• 5-10 minute break
• History/Science/Interdisciplinary projects/STEAM Studio/Theater/PE (50 min)

Currently, because the number of Hybrid and the number of Online students works out, we have ALL in-person students in the morning and ALL virtual instruction in the afternoon (noon to 3), and nearly all students get to keep their current teacher.

If more people choose Hybrid than we can accommodate, we will have to do one or more of the following:

Split the class into two rooms and obtain a substitute teacher (though there is a shortage of substitutes)

• Split the class into AM and PM (and get a different teacher for all the virtual students)
• Split the class into AM and PM and have the virtual students watch class via livestream (teachers would have to agree to this)
• Assign some students to a different teacher -- a teacher who has the available space

At Walgrove, the next time more people can choose Hybrid is on or before Friday, April 30 (to be effective Monday, May 3). The next opportunity after that will be Friday, May 14, to be effective Monday, May 17.

People who are currently Hybrid can change their mind and become Virtual at any point, with one day's notice.

People who are either Hybrid or Virtual and who want to be on Independent Study can change to Independent Study at any point, with two days' notice. 

Here is the new Enrichment schedule (STEAM, Theater, Dance, Violin, Garden, Library, PE, etc):

NEW ENRICHMENT SCHEDULE (STARTS 04/26)

We are still working out the details of IEP services, Share and Care and related support services. 

I will continue to come on Saturdays to host families in the Edible Garden and Wildlands. 

My next Coffee and Diet Coke with the Principal is TODAY and every Friday at 3 in my Zoom room. 

Thank you for your partnership and patience during this time!

CAMPUS SIGN IN SHEET FOR EMPLOYEES, VISITORS AND VOLUNTEERS

REOPENING PROTOCOLS FOR K-12 APPENDIX T1

GATE MAP

Mark Twain Middle School Info Session April 13

 

Marina Del Rey Middle School Info Sessions April 13 & 14

 

Walgrove in the News

On March 17, Board member Nick Melvoin, along with Allison Holdorff and other members of Melvoin's team, Venice Community of Schools Administrator Erick Hansen, parents Chaka Forman and Sara Reimers and a few others toured Walgrove and discussed with Kyle Stokes of KPCC what we all face. 

Campus Aide Liz Howard takes Board Member Nick Melvoin's temperature. 

Rm 4 is turned into a blank slate for a socially distanced TK-K experience. Soon, Ms. Zeena Pliska and students, both in-person and virtual, will fill the room with their energy and their creations. 

Rm 28 was set up to showcase the options: either place nametags where students should sit OR place "Do Not Sit Here" signs where they should not. I am encouraging teachers to place nametags. It's always better to tell folks what they should do than tell them what they should not.

Read Kyle Stokes' article, and hear the KPCC radio interview here:

https://laist.com/2021/03/26/lausd_reopening_plan_faq_return_to_campus_public_schools.php