Hi Everyone!

It’s finally here! Our first ever Bitmoji Virtual Open House is tonight, October 29th, from 6:00pm-7:00pm. Between 6:00-6:15pm, Mrs Leatham will be holding a welcome session via Zoom, then parents and students will be exploring our VES Bitmoji classrooms from 6:15-6:30. Every teacher has a classroom door, behind which you’ll find information about that teacher, as well as class information and a link to that teacher’s open house Zoom meeting. Our teacher meet and greet Zooms will be open from 6:30-7:00pm and will be a chance for you to meet your child’s teacher and ask any questions you might have. Links to the VES Virtual Open House have been sent to students via Google classroom and/or email.We hope you have fun with this new experience!

In the event that you aren’t able to access the Bitmoji Virtual Open House, the links to Mrs Leatham’s Zoom session and each teacher’s Zoom are copied below:

Mrs. Leatham’s Zoom (6:00-6:15pm)

Lisa Leatham is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
https://fernridge-k12-or-us.zoom.us/j/87338023554?pwd=K0N3OWhqQnVDdkVQVUpZUmEvaTFEdz09

Meeting ID: 873 3802 3554
Passcode: 990548

Individual Teacher Zooms (open from 6:30-7:00pm)

Ms. Bliven: https://fernridge-k12-or-us.zoom.us/j/89695664719

Mrs. Peirce: https://fernridge-k12-or-us.zoom.us/j/82666581425

Mrs. Cutsforth: https://fernridge-k12-or-us.zoom.us/j/86595120947?pwd=Y0hkUWFBb3JTb2wrcE9NbGt2Z0pXZz09

Mrs. Pebworth: https://fernridge-k12-or-us.zoom.us/j/89639628405?pwd=TlF5MithSGpocVVwbldTZDUwemdqdz09

Mrs. Greene: https://fernridge-k12-or-us.zoom.us/j/86897235664?pwd=ZlZac2tRR25OQVhoTTJER3E1UGxRUT09

Mrs. Messman: https://fernridge-k12-or-us.zoom.us/j/85653762660

Mr. Guill: https://fernridge-k12-or-us.zoom.us/j/85303556580

Mr. Moeller: https://fernridge-k12-or-us.zoom.us/my/moeller3rd

Mrs. Johnson: https://fernridge-k12-or-us.zoom.us/j/92591339480

Ms. Chen: https://fernridge-k12-or-us.zoom.us/j/2896479297

Mrs. Markham: https://fernridge-k12-or-us.zoom.us/j/91389527490

Mrs. McGuire: https://fernridge-k12-or-us.zoom.us/j/85603540159

Mr. Greene: https://fernridge-k12-or-us.zoom.us/j/89969331106

Mrs. Midwood: https://fernridge-k12-or-us.zoom.us/j/84619786660?pwd=TEFqRStCbUxKbnZIWkMvK3dyakR4dz09

Mrs. Hauge: https://fernridge-k12-or-us.zoom.us/j/5449400433

Mr. Warren: https://fernridge-k12-or-us.zoom.us/j/81974264775?pwd=N0RDRHNzazltTUQ3VWxscXlzZ3dmQT09

As promised, Lisa Leatham, VES Principal, will be holding her bi-weekly Parent Q&A Zoom session tonight, 10/28, at 5:30pm. Because school updates will be addressed at tomorrow night’s Virtual Open House, we’ll go straight into any questions parents want answered. It may be a very short meeting. 😉

Lisa Leatham is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: 10/28 Parent Q&A
Time: Oct 28, 2020 05:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://fernridge-k12-or-us.zoom.us/j/82676149876?pwd=MWNjelhSRzcybnlpM2dWUEpkdFIydz09

Meeting ID: 826 7614 9876
Passcode: 242253

Beginning the week of November 3rd, our 1st-3rd grade students will transition to a more full Comprehensive Distance Learning model (schedule shown above), which will include in person Zoom sessions for core learning outside the 8:00-10:00 in person instruction they are now receiving two days a week. The in person sessions will transition to small group leveled instruction.

Please do not stress out about this extra teaching time! The sessions will be recorded and available via Google Classroom so your student can access the lessons in the evening if it works better for your family. As always, we want to hear feedback regarding how your child’s learning is going. Please reach out to the school (541) 935-8225 or me (lleatham@fernridge.k12.or.us) with any questions or concerns.

We’re having our first ever Veneta Elementary Virtual Open House!

Join us next Thursday, October 29th, from 6:00-7:00pm for our 2020 VES Open House. At 6:00, Mrs Leatham will hold a short welcome zoom meeting. After that, parents and students are welcome to explore Veneta Elementary’s Bitmoji Open House. Within each teacher’s “classroom” will be information on the teacher, a visual of the classroom curriculum, some examples of student work, and a link to the individual teacher’s Open House Zoom. Teachers will have their zoom meetings open from 6:15-7:00pm. You can stop into their virtual classrooms, meet the teacher and ask questions. Feel free to take a look at all the virtual classrooms in our school, as well as our IA classrooms. It’s going to be a fun time!

Watch for the Zoom link to my welcome meeting on the website next week. Links to the Bitmoji Open House will be in each teacher’s Google Classroom on the evening of the 29th.

Hope to see you all there!

Good afternoon VES students and families,

This morning district staff have spoken Lane County Public Health and worked with them to review the circumstances of the positive COVID-19 test, examine our cohort logs, and to identify and inform any individuals who may have been exposed.  All students and families that MAY have been exposed have been notified.  Below is the most current information regarding what we have done, what we will be doing, and what changes, if any, will occur at Veneta in the coming days.

1. The positive case has not been in the building since Friday morning.
2. The person began having minor symptoms over the weekend, and tested positive on Monday evening.
3. Despite the fact that the individual hasn’t been in the space for nearly 100 hours, we are currently sanitizing and disinfecting the spaces they were in (which were very few).
4. Our cohort groups and logs worked well, resulting in the need for only one teacher, one instructional aide, and one classroom of students to isolate.  Those families have been notified.
5. School will resume for all other students K-5 at Veneta Elementary beginning tomorrow.  Virtual for 4th-5th, and “B” day for our K-3 students.  In consultation with the local public health authority, we are immediately closing one cohort (again they have been notified) who will remain at home for 14 days under Comprehensive Distance Learning, with a tentative plan to return to Limited In-Person Instruction on Tuesday, November 3rd.
6. For the one classroom of students, stay tuned for direct communication from the school staff/teacher around next steps.  We will be coming up with a 2 week plan to provide learning opportunities over the next two weeks.  This will include CDL (virtual instruction) with your teacher on a chromebook.  The plan to get these out to you will start immediately.

Thank you for  your patience during this process.  It will not be the last time we go through this at one of our schools.

Dear Staff and Families of Veneta Elementary

Just a short time ago (this evening) we were notified that a member of the Veneta Elementary Community has tested positive for COVID-19.  As members of the school community, we understand that this might raise concerns alongside a caring response.  We are working closely with Lane County Public Health to respond to this news and protect the health of our community.

Each situation calls for different protocols.  In this case we are taking the following steps:

1. Due to finding out so late this evening, school is closed for all students K-5 and staff at VES on Tuesday, October 20th.
2. The school will be sanitized fully on Tuesday by our custodial staff.  This is out of an abundance of caution, as the last contact at the school for the individual that tested positive, was Friday morning the 16th.
3. First thing Tuesday morning we will be communicating with Lane County Public Health (LCPH) and supporting their contact tracing protocols and providing our contact tracing logs.
4. Our District Nurse is also working closely with LCPH and will be available to support the District, our staff, students and parents.
5. Lane County Public Health will be directing us tomorrow in regards to if any specific families/students need to be notified, or isolate.  Those families will be informed as early in the day on Tuesday as possible.
6. We expect classes to resume on Wednesday, October 21st.  If LCPH directs us to isolate any specific “cohorts”, those students will be notified immediately.  In that case, the students would move to Comprehensive Distance Learning.
7. A phone dialer will go out to VES families this evening, to share this information.
8. This only effects Veneta Elementary School.
9. We will provide updates both here, on the VES website and Superintendent Carpenter Facebook page.

The best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is through staying home when ill, wearing face coverings, physical distancing, and practicing good health hygiene habits.  Be sure to wash your hands frequently with soap and water, cover your coughs and sneezes, and avoid contact with people who have signs of illness.

We will keep you updated with any new information as it comes out, while meeting the requirements to honor everyone’s right to privacy.  More information can be found on the Oregon Department of Education’s Ready Schools, Safe Learners page and the Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 page.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the District office, or your school administrator.

Professionally,

Gary E. Carpenter, Jr.

Superintendent, FRSD 28J

In partnership with Chartwells and our food service staff, the district is preparing to start a new opportunity to deliver meals to meet the needs of some of our families who are not available to visit either EHS, or one of the drop sites during the school day.  This opportunity will occur every Monday evening, from 5-6 PM in the North (back) lot at Elmira High School.

Come to the High School at this time, and you can/will receive a breakfast and a lunch for the entire week, for each child/student 0-18.  We will still use the drive through model, and you still just need to give your last name.  The students do not need to be present.

All of the meal “kits” will be made fresh that morning, and include the following three bags:

• One containing milk for breakfast and lunch for five days
• One containing a selection of fruits and vegetables for both lunch and breakfast
• One containing five sandwiches and five breakfast items (such as muffins, breakfast bars, etc..)

Something that would be tremendously helpful with planning and preparing the meals would be to get an idea of how many folks will be accessing this resource.  You can do that by one of two ways.  Either emailing the food service director Alan Fullerton at afullerton@fernridge.k12.or.us with the subject of “Monday Night Meals” and include the number of students/children in the line as well.  For example:  Monday Night Meals – 3.  Or you may call your school secretary and give them the information and they will pass it on.  The sooner you “sign up” the better.  You won’t need to do this each week, just the first week to give us an idea of how much product to order, and how many meals to prep.

Please help spread the word!

We have a new Quick Link with the office hours of VES teachers on the right hand bar on our website. Please feel free to reach out during the posted times. If these times don’t work for you, give us a call anytime and we’ll get a message to your teacher. We’re here to help you!

In addition, most of you know we’ve been holding VES Parent Q&A sessions every other week at 5:30pm. The Zoom link is posted the day of the meeting. Our next Q&A will be held on Wednesday, October 28th at 5:30. Hope to see you there!

If you have a Chromebook that looks like this…….

AND your power adapter (charging cord) has markings that match this picture (look for the “Chicony” label)

Please come to the FRSD District Office at your earliest convenience and exchange it (JUST THE CHARGING CORD) for the proper adapter for that model chromebook.  If you have any questions, please call 541-952-7030.  If you cannot come to the District Office, let us know and we can schedule a home visit to make this swap.  It will help us out tremendously to get these back, and get the correct ones to you.

FRSD District Office
88834 Territorial Rd
Elmira, OR 97437

As promised, I’m holding another Parent Q&A tonight, October 14th, at 5:30 via Zoom. I’ll be recapping goings on around VES then will open it up to parents for questions. These sessions generally last 20-30 minutes and you can feel free to jump off the Zoom at any point. Hope to see you tonight!

Lisa Leatham is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: VES Parent Q&A
Time: Oct 14, 2020 05:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://fernridge-k12-or-us.zoom.us/j/87840670105?pwd=QlFQWEsyL1RQeFZzTkFmTVFiZ2pxZz09

Meeting ID: 878 4067 0105
Passcode: 176931
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