Principal
K-3 Packets and Materials for December will be ready to go by noon today! Feel free to stop by and grab your child’s materials! These packets will be needed for various small group and whole group Zoom sessions throughout the next three weeks.
Materials are organized by classroom teacher. If you are unable to stop by, PLEASE call EES at 541-935-8214 and I will do what I can to deliver 🙂
We also have our Virtual Family Arts and Crafts Night coming up- if you would like to grab supplies to participate, please do so! Please just sign your name and how many kits you took so that we know who will be participating.
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Family Fun Arts & Crafts Night
Beginning Dec 1st, all K-5 students in the Fern Ridge School District will be engaged in full Comprehensive Distance Learning (CDL) due to rising concerns surrounding Covid 19. There will be no Limited In Person Instruction (LIPI) during December, with a decision regarding the continuation of a full CDL schedule in January to be decided by the end of Winter Break. The CDL schedule during December will be as follows:
- 4th and 5th grade students will continue their normal schedule. No change for these grades.Â
- K-3rd students will continue their normal afternoon CDL schedule (11:15-12:00 & 12:45-1:30) on Tues. and Weds., Dec. 1st & 2nd, with the additional morning Zoom sessions below being added beginning Thursday, Dec 3rd:
9:00-9:30 Whole Class Morning Meeting/Check in for the day
9:30-10:00 Small Group Session #1 (Teachers will reach out to let you know which group your student is in. Those students not on Zoom for small groups during this time will be completing independent work.)
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-10:45 Small Group Session #2 (Teachers will reach out to let you know which group your student is in. Those students not on Zoom for small groups during this time will be completing independent work.)
11:15-12:00 Whole Group Core Subject (ELA or Math) CDL
12:45-1:30 Whole Group Core Subject (ELA or Math) CDL
1:30-2:30 Office Hours for student help (as needed)
On Wednesday, Dec. 2nd, from 12:00pm-6:00pm there will be a packet/supply pick up at each elementary school. Teachers will have packets for the remainder of December out at that time. These packets will be needed for various small group and whole group Zoom sessions throughout the three weeks, so please plan on picking one up during this time. Thank you!
As always, please contact your child’s teacher or the school with any questions and/or concerns. We’re here to help you!
- For the vast majority of students in grades 4th-12th, and FRSD OPTIONS program students, nothing will change.
- The primary changes will be for:
- Kinder-3rd grade students will no longer be coming in for Limited In-Person Instruction, a daily schedule is currently being worked on by administrators, in conjunction with teaching staff and will be released soon. Especially at the youngest grades, the amount of daily CDL will probably start a bit more slowly, and grow over time as we see what is working well, and what isn’t.
- Our handful of 4th-12th grade students that have been coming in either daily, or every other day, will not be able to do so during this period of CDL.
- We are working on a plan to make school meals more accessible, and will have that information posted as soon as it is available.
- While some instructional staff will be working from home, the front offices of all schools as well as the District Office Building will remain open.
- We currently have a drop in “tech-support” time at the District Office from 1-3 PM. In addition to that, we are now adding a morning time from 8-9 AM.
- Currently, this decision is being made only for the 3 weeks in December, over winter break, new information, requirements and data will be evaluated and a decision will be made regarding any changes that will occur in January.
We realize there is no replacement for face-to-face interaction with our students and we look forward to students and teachers returning to school buildings as soon as it is safe to do so. The district is continuing to engage parents, teachers, school leaders and policymakers throughout this process. For now, our students will continue learning from home and we will do everything possible on our end to get back to in-person learning as soon as possible.
The Fern Ridge School District technology department maintains the district’s internal network, computer systems, printers, phone systems and general technology needs. We work with all stakeholders in planning services, and provide a helpdesk support for service issues.
HELPDESK AND SUPPORT:
For Students and Parents/Guradians:
Please make sure your teacher is aware of the issue and see if they can resolve your issue… if not:
If you or your child are having login problems, or issues that could be related to software, you can call our Student Technology Support Line at 541-952-7030. Your school can forward your call/message to that number as well.
If the issue is with your device, or we can’t resolve it remotely, we offer a socially-distanced hands-on troubleshooting time at the District Office weekdays between 1-3PM. We can troubleshoot more complex software or account issues, and replace any faulty hardware. For students or families that can’t make that time, please use the Student Techology Support Line to make special arrangements.
For Staff members in need of assistance having issues with computers, phones, printers, etc.
Please use the helpdesk@fernridge.k12.or.us address or the Helpdesk phone line. Please include your name, school, room number, computer number (if available) and a description of the issue. If you are working remotely, please include your phone contact information in the issue report.
INTERNAL HELP DOCUMENTS:
As the technology department is reorganizing and focusing on how to provide better, more efficient service, we’re compiling howto and support documents for issues.  These are intended for internal staff use, and are in google docs format. Users need to be logged into their Fern Ridge google account for the links to load.
Internal Howto / Support document Index
If you have general suggestions or comments, please send them to tech@fernridge.k12.or.us.
If you are a vendor or interested in responding to proposals for erate projects, please see here.
The technology personnel are:
M. Bateman |
Jeremy Cooper
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Reminder: We WILL be able to offer this the week of Thanksgiving, on Monday, November 23rd (there is NO SCHOOL at all that week). We will take orders beginning Monday, November 9th and continue through Wednesday November 18th (DEADLINE TOMORROW). You can place your order (just need last name and number of children ages 0-18) by either emailing our food service director at afullerton@fernridge.k12.or.us, or by calling your local school and asking them to forward the information to Mr. Fullerton. Once your order is placed you just need to show up at EHS between 5:00 and 6:00 PM on the 23rd to receive the meals.
Pre-ordering allows the food service staff to order the right amount of product, and ensure nothing is going to waste! We hope that many families will participate! Any questions, you can also call Mr. Fullerton at 541-935-8218.
Greetings students and parents of Kindergarten-5th grade students (EES, VES and OPTIONS).
To improve the usability and security of our student’s computer accounts, elementary students will be assigned new passwords on their district account. The new passwords will be easy to remember and will ensure that students will be able to more easily access their accounts. Teachers will be contacting families with the new passwords today and tomorrow (Nov 9th and 10th), via their normal means of communication. Please be on the lookout for this new information. Beginning the morning of Thursday, Nov 12th, passwords will switch and old passwords will not work.
Students who are locked out of their accounts on Thursday morning can get their passwords by calling the school directly or by calling the student tech support line at 541-952-7030.
A reminder to our families that meals for the week (lunches and breakfasts) can be ordered and then picked up every Monday night from 5-6 PM at EHS. For details regarding that program you can view an earlier post at:  https://www.fernridge.k12.or.us/?p=10449.
We are also pleased to announce that we WILL be able to offer this the week of Thanksgiving, on Monday November 23rd (there is NO SCHOOL at all that week). We will take orders beginning Monday, November 9th and continue through Wednesday November 18th. You can place your order (just need last name and number of children ages 0-18) by either emailing our food service director at afullerton@fernridge.k12.or.us, or by calling your local school and asking them to forward the information to Mr. Fullerton. Once your order is places you just need to show up at EHS between 5:00 and 6:00 PM on the 23rd to receive the meals.
Pre-ordering allows the food service staff to order the right amount of product, and ensure nothing is going to waste! We hope that many families will participate! Any questions, you can also call Mr. Fullerton at 541-935-8218.
PTA
