New Afternoon Bell Time — Impact on Both A.M. and P.M. 4/5 Yr Old Preschool
In order to maintain afternoon bus transportation, JFK’s afternoon bell time is changing to a dismissal time of 2:15 p.m. all five days per week. There is no one hour early dismissal on Wednesdays while the Davenport Community School District is using a hybrid model; our Wednesday dismissal time is also 2:15.
JFK K-8 Bell Times: 7:25 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Because we coincide our afternoon 4/5 yr old preschool dismissal time so it matches the K-8 dismissal time, we have to adjust our preschool time. Because we also make sure morning and afternoon 4/5 yr old preschool instructional time is the same, we are altering the morning time as well:
M-F mornings for 4/5 yr old PS: 7:25 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
M-F afternoons for 4/5 yr old PS: 11:25 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Note that the times are the same for Wednesdays as they are for the other days of the week.
Three year old preschool times remain unchanged for both the T/Th and MWF classes: 7:25 – 9:55 a.m.
Substitutes Needed
JFK is in need of substitutes. You do not need a teaching degree to work as a substitute. If you are interested in being a substitute, please contact me and/or the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency at 563-359-1371.
K-8 Supply List
Click HERE for the supply list for K-8 or use the following link/url: https://www.olvjfk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Supply-List-2020-21.pdf
There is no supply list for 4/5 year old preschool. The three year old preschool supply list will be available at/after back to school registration.
Unpack Your Backpack/Meet Your Teacher
When enrollment stabilizes and class lists are completed, you will receive an email with your child’s teacher. You will also receive a link to a SignUp Genius for Unpack Your Backpack/Meet Your Teacher. We will have numerous 30 minute time slots available for up to five families at a time to be in classrooms. Families with multiple children will receive the first opportunity to sign up for slots so they can schedule all of their kids’ meetings near one another.
We ask that families social distance when on campus. Given the nature of this event and the volume of students and parents coming and going, face coverings will be required by all adults and children. Desks will be sanitized between sessions.
Time slots for K-8:
Wednesday, August 19: 7:30, 8:00 and 8:30 a.m.
Wednesday, August 19: 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, and 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 20: 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, and 7:00 p.m.
We ask that only one adult accompany one child. While this limitation will help with traffic flow and social distancing, it actually also allows families to “divide and conquer:” mom and child can attend a 6:00 session, and dad and another child can also attend a 6:00 session. Or, mom can take the kids to a 4:00 session for one child and a 4:30 session for the next child while Dad stays home with the littlest child who’s not in school yet.
Preschool meetings are a little different as they are one-to-one — each family has an independent meeting with the teacher. Preschool time slots will be:
Wednesday, August 19: 7:30-9:00 a.m.
Wednesday, August 19: 3:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 20: 11:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. for 4/5 yr old preschool
2:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. for 3 yr old preschool
Return to Learn Complete Plan
Click HERE or use the following link/url to access JFK’s complete return to learn plan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S0XxBLdDHbDrIQcmJBF0sYvmm4yCYXCRafsDaoiusv8/edit?usp=sharing
Please note that this document is revised almost daily as new information becomes available and more details are able to be added. Although the document was last edited on August 1st, it still does not have changes made in light of the Iowa Department of Education’s most recent information released on Thursday of last week.
As there have been a number of questions regarding face coverings, the following is pulled from the Return to Learn Plan and copied below. Please remember that it is subject to change.
Students:
- Students in grades 2-8 are required to wear face coverings, when social distancing is not possible. It is strongly encouraged for preschoolers through 1st graders.
- Students in grades PS-1 may also be required to wear face coverings in certain situations when social distancing is not possible, just like the older students. Examples include during aftercare, on the bus, indoor recess, and other times when the teacher assigns the student to an activity that does not allow for social distancing (such as “centers.”)
- Students in grades PS-8 will also be required, as is feasible, to wear face coverings when traveling in the hallways.
- Classrooms have been set up for six feet of social distancing. Therefore, students are currently encouraged, but not required, to wear face coverings in the classrooms when social distancing is possible. Although preschool classrooms are set up for 5-6 feet of social distancing, face coverings will not be required by preschool students there either.
- Students will provide their own cloth face coverings. There are no specific dress code restrictions, other than the following, which is taken from our dress code policies: No logos, advertising, slogans, sayings, or other pictures of a nature that would be inappropriate to a Catholic school are permitted. Ex: colorful face coverings with brand names on them would be acceptable but skulls/crossbones would not. Disposable face coverings will also be available for those who forget their cloth face coverings.
- Students should not share or try on others’ face coverings.
- All students may be required to wear face coverings when riding school buses, depending upon the guidance in place for bus transportation at the time.
- Students should wear face coverings when arriving at school and at dismissal time as these are less controlled situations, and the hallways and parking lot may become more congested with students of multiple grade levels even with the procedures mentioned elsewhere in this document.
- Students who are waiting to be picked up because they are ill will be required to wear a cloth or disposable face covering to the extent possible given the age of the student and with the exceptions mentioned above by the CDC. When calling the student’s parent to have them pick up the student, this requirement will be mentioned, which allows the parent to note any particular reason why this would not be possible.
- Students will not have a face covering put on them by a staff member. Students put on their own coverings.
- Students will need to remove face coverings for eating and the receiving of the Holy Eucharist.
- Students should also remove face coverings for recess and PE or not participate in high intensity activities that may cause difficulty breathing. Alternate activities will be available for students who do not want to remove their face coverings in order to participate in the high intensity activities. Students will not be required to remove face coverings and may continue to wear them even if not required.
- Students who are wearing face coverings and working with interventionists, even when it is important for the interventionist to see the students’ mouths, will not be asked to remove their face coverings without an agreement with the child’s parents/guardians. Interventionists will discuss with parents the availability of other measures that may be used such as the clear partitions and school provided face shields that may be used by these students during the intervention time period
- Students will keep their face coverings in designated areas during the school day, according to teachers’ discretion. These areas may be in Ziploc bags on their lunch trays, clipped to their desks, etc. Break-away lanyards with face coverings may also be used.
- Students will be taught about the prevention of stigma associated with the use or non-use of face coverings.
- Students who might not be able to use cloth face coverings due to a health or safety concern including but not limited to age, developmental disability, underlying condition, or mental health concern may be allowed to wear a face shield instead after consultation between the students’ parents and JFK staff. These face shields must be provided by the students.
Please continue to take care of yourselves: practice social distancing, maintain hand/face hygiene, stay home when sick, and wear a face covering when social distancing is not possible.
We can do this!
Chad
