Lisa Leatham, Principal
Lisa Leatham
Please take a few minutes to complete our technology survey. It will help us identify the level of technology support our families need in order to make distance learning work every student and family. Please complete this survey by August 21st. Thank you!
CLICK HERE FOR TECH SURVEY
Welcome Back VES Families!
At the link below, you will find the FRSD flyer describing registration options that will be available beginning next week. Whether you’re registering for the online Options program or the In-Person (K-3)/Online (4-5) Hybrid model, you will still register here at Veneta Elementary. There are 3 choices in regards to how to register: in-person by appointment, pick up and drop off of packets, or a fully online registration. Due to current health related issues, there will be no drop in registration as in the past. All of these options will be available starting at the identified times in the flyer. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the VES office at (541) 935-8225. The office will be open from 7:30-3:30 M-F beginning August 17th.
Please note that the old online registration links have been taken off the website for the next few days as we upload new registration information. New links will be posted next Tuesday. Thanks for your patience!
Thanks in advance to our families for filling out the survey below (very short, 2-3 minutes). The survey allows the district to collect some data, regarding the following:
- How many students will be enrolling in our hybrid program at our schools (some in person-some out as allowed by health metrics and ODE/Governor guidance).
- How currently plan to enroll in our FRSD OPTIONS program that will be fully online with some teacher support.
- How many are pursuing an option outside of the FRSD school district and will not be returning.
This information will help us tremendously with our planning over the next several weeks. This is for returning AND new students to fill out. Please take one survey for EACH student that you have. The survey will remain open until Monday morning, August 10th.
If you need more information before filling out the survey regarding what our hybrid/in-person model will look like, or more information on the FRSD OPTIONS program, please feel free to call or email your building principal.
CLICK HERE FOR SURVEY
Copied from the FRSD website:
Below is a general description of our framework, following our large group committee meeting today. Please be aware that these are subject to change based on several factors, most importantly the required metrics (number of infections in a county and test positivity rate both county and statewide).
To summarize:
The 1st day of school for all students (regardless of model) will be Tuesday, September 15th.
Grades 4-12 will begin in Comprehensive Distance Learning (CDL). This is the only thing allowed by the Governor’s order and ODE directives. There are some exceptions for students with Special Needs to receive “limited” on-site instruction in grades 4-12. We are looking into the ODE definition of “limited” and we will be exploring those options.
Grades K-3 will begin with in-person instruction on an A/B schedule (either Tuesday/Thursday or Wednesday/Friday). Many Lane County School Districts are beginning the year with all of their students K-12 in distance learning. In an effort to try and support our K-3 students and families, as well as provide as safe an environment as possible for our staff, we have agreed to utilize the governor’s exception for K-3 as long as metrics allow.
Starting school one week later gives staff, instead of the normal 4 days, to prepare for the school year, a full 2 weeks. This will significantly improve the CDL experience for our students, parents, and staff. It will also allow our classroom K-3 teachers time to prepare. With the work we have already begun, combined with what will occur the first two weeks staff return, we are confident we can provide an engaging and rigorous Comprehensive Distance Learning (CDL) model for our students. Currently, having 4th-12th grade students attend in person is NOT allowed with the Governor’s guidance.
For families in all grades K-12, an FRSD OPTIONS program will be available. This program is for families that, for example, have a medically fragile student, a high-risk household member, are waiting for a vaccine, or simply want to start the year in CDL and will not be moving back to the building when the metrics allow us to open up with more in-person instruction.
Every 4-5 weeks we will decide, based on both state and county metrics, whether or not we can begin to move 4th-12th graders into some form of on-site instruction, expand our K-3 on-site instruction, or not. A decision on whether we can make this move will be made on or before October 5th. If we can, it will begin Tuesday, October 13th. If it cannot, we will stay with the CDL model in grades 4-12, and A/B schedule in grades K-3 at least through the end of the quarter (Friday, November 13th). A decision regarding moving to in-person instruction that could occur beginning Tuesday, November 17th, will be made on or before November 9th (again, mostly determined by what is allowed based on current state and county infection metrics).
There are still MANY details around this that need to be worked out. Your FRSD staff is working around the clock to prepare for the return of our students. It is our goal to provide options for parents, stay in compliance with the requirements, and provide our families with as much in-person instruction as possible. When it is not possible, we will be working hard to ensure our CDL program is one that is as engaging as we can possibly make it, and that parents and students have the supports and technology they need to make it work for their family.
As usual, we will have our Wednesday community Q and A tomorrow at 3:30 where I will review the information above. The link for that virtual meeting is: https://meet.google.com/wro-ifnp-ans
I picked up the box of the Lifetouch spring pictures from UPS yesterday! I’ll be in front of Veneta Elementary to distribute them tomorrow, Wednesday June 24th, from 12:00pm-2:00pm. Stop by and grab yours if you’re able to. If not, I’ll be taking the remaining picture packets to the district office and they can be picked up there between 7:30am and 4:00pm on weekdays, all summer long. If neither of these options work for you, we’ll hold on to them and you can grab them at registration in August.
Thank for your patience!
Lisa Leatham 🙂
We just received word that the Lifetouch spring pictures taken on March 5th will be here early next week. YAY!!!
Once I have them in hand, I will be setting up a time frame to be at the school to distribute them- most likely Wednesday or Thursday (6/24 or 6/25). I don’t want to set up a date and time yet because I won’t believe they’re here until I actually see them. 🙂
If you aren’t able to come during the set time frame, they will be at the Fern Ridge District Office for pickup. Stay tuned for details next week. Thanks for your patience!
We celebrated our 5th graders today with a drive through promotion! It was tons of fun to see everyone and make lots of noise for our outgoing students. They are going to make THE BEST 6th graders!!
It’s that time (finally)!!!
“Distance Learning” is coming to an end soon, and we need to get textbooks back to classrooms so our teachers and students have them for next year. We are holding a book return on Monday, June 8th, from 10:00-12:30 and 1:00-3:00 in the bus loop. Lots of Veneta Elementary staff members will be there to collect textbooks from your car windows and to say a final goodbye for the year. PALS has graciously donated goodie bags for each child as an end of year gift. They’ll be handed out during the book return. Please remember that as much as we’d love to hug all our students to say goodbye, students and families must stay in vehicles in order to keep a social distance. If for some reason you aren’t able to come to the book return on Monday, the office will be open from 8:00-2:30 daily through June 19th to drop books off.
We can’t wait to see you on Monday!
Planning for the Veneta Elementary yearbook was just getting started when the pandemic school closure occurred in mid-March. Lifetouch has agreed to waive their normal yearbook submittal deadlines and is allowing VES to create a 2019-2020 yearbook at this late date. It will most likely be published and ready to go out to families in mid to late July. The cost is $10 and the ordering is entirely online. When yearbooks come in during the summer, we’ll arrange a couple of pick up dates and also have the them available when the office opens in August. We’re super excited to document this crazy school year!
Link and school code for ordering:
ID code 6868920
- Today is DOUBLE meal day. Meals will come in larger bags that include 2 breakfasts and 2 lunches.
- No Meal Service Tomorrow.
- No Meal Service Monday due to the Memorial Day holiday.
- Meal service and packet-pickup/deliver continues on Tuesday, May 26th!