Fall 2020 - Distance Learning

We know that our students learn best when they can learn in real-time, so this fall’s distance learning instruction is designed to provide live or synchronous instruction daily. Of course, we realize that this may not be possible for some students in challenging or unusual circumstances, so lessons will be recorded and posted for asynchronous access later on. We are using Google Suite for Education as our teaching and learning platform, and you can expect that this will be consistent for all high school classes.

Block Scheduling

Traditionally, our school has followed an eight period day. In a distance learning environment, expecting our students to sit through eight consecutive hours of screen time is unrealistic and doesn’t allow our teachers and students to get to substantive teaching and learning. So we’ve changed our schedule. We will run an A/B day alternating schedule with a four period block of 84 minute classes each day. It is important to note that with this new schedule we’ve also adjusted our start and end times.                                 

Students will begin their day at 8:25 AM and their school day will conclude at 3:13 PM The District will implement a later Distance Learning (DL) start time for secondary students of 8:25 AM - 3:13 PM, with a 50-minute lunch period. A later start time while in DL will offer benefits for our students. Given current transportation scenarios, we will not be able to continue a later start time if the District goes to full in-person learning, and we will resume our 7:40 AM and 3:03 PM start/end times at that point.