Ellen Feickert Elementary School

Elk Grove Unified offers students, families and the community cultural leadership and enrichment opportunities through "Family Leadership Academy" to support fa...milies in becoming partners in the co-education of their child. Each workshop is designed to support the previous session. Families are encouraged to attend all five workshops (January 20 - March 24). https://www.eventbrite.com/e/family-leadership-academy-tick

In a strong collaborative partnership with its Board of Education, labor partners and Sacramento County Public Health officials, the Elk Grove Unified School Di...strict will use the County’s Tier Metrics to help guide its decision-making for a phased-in approach to transition from a Full Distance Learning Model to a partial in-person Concurrent Instructional Model. As Sacramento County advances toward the orange tier, if the county turns orange by November 3rd, the District will begin a phased-in approach to reopen schools in alignment with the academic calendar. Should this happen, the District will provide staff with two weeks to prepare for the reopening of schools. Contingent Phase-In of Students If Sacramento County turns orange by November 3rd: - November 17, 2020: PreK-3 and Jesse Baker School (includes all respective Special Education programs and services); - December 8, 2020: Grades 4-6 (includes all self-contained Special Education programs and services from all grade levels, up to and including programs serving students who are age 22); - January 7, 2021: Secondary (grades 7-12) If the county does not meet the orange tier milestone in November, all Elk Grove Unified students will continue in full distance learning and the District will plan to reopen schools with the Concurrent Instructional Model at the start of the second term, which begins January 4, 2021. For now, parents do not need to take any action. Christopher R. Hoffman, School Superintendent for the Elk Grove Unified School District stated, Our first priority is student and staff safety. Our second priority is maintaining learning continuity and providing our students with the resources they need for their social, emotional and academic growth and development. We are addressing those two priorities now in our full distance learning model and with carefully planned small in-person cohorts. As health conditions permit, our partial in-person concurrent instructional model allows us to transition back to school with added flexibility to return, without disruption to student progress, to full distance learning should health conditions change. Ideally, we want all students to come back to school for unrestricted access to the full array of academic programs, student services, school events and extracurricular and co-curricular activities and I am confident that we will get there as our community continues to work together to stop the spread of COVID-19 with or without a vaccine. Details about the Concurrent Instructional Model and what parents will need to know and be ready for will be provided in a presentation to the Board scheduled for Wednesday, October 28, 2020 with the open session scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m. A board agenda will be posted online by close of business Monday, October 26th, and public comment will close at 8:00 a.m. the day of the meeting. Information will be posted to the District’s website at: www.egusd.net. Parents are encouraged to listen in on the upcoming virtual Board of Education meetings: October 28, 2020 Special Board Workshop: 10:15 a.m. 3:00 p.m. Frequently Asked Questions: Do families need to do anything right now? No. Families should be monitoring their email for updates at this time. They are also welcome to tune into the Elk Grove Unified special board workshop on October 28, 2020 to hear the details about the Concurrent Instructional Model and phased-in plan approach. Will safety precautions be taken at schools? Yes. Those details will be made available for families to review. Will there be transportation? Transportation information and details will be provided during the October 28th board presentation. However, due to the social distancing guidelines, we expect that there will be limited capacity. Will students be able to attend school 5 days a week? No. We will have to maintain an alternating schedule in accordance with the health and safety guidelines. The current bell or time schedules will remain with some minor changes and students will be assigned to days for attendance at school and in class. Will my student have to change schools or teachers if they stay in full distance learning? No. For learning continuity, students will stay with their teacher of record and at their resident school. If a parent chooses to make a change, we would follow regular teacher change request procedures. Can parents change from full distance learning to in-person partial concurrent instruction at any time? Yes, but we ask parents to work with their child’s teacher and school to prepare for the student’s return ahead of time. How will I be able to obtain the information I need? During the special Board of Education Workshop an overview of the Concurrent Transitional Model will be provided. The District’s website will provide easy access to detailed information specific to school schedules, health and safety classroom set-up, family resources, food and nutritional services, and more. EGUNews and Friday updates will continue to provide timely information about all aspects of the transition. We ask everyone to remain vigilant about wearing a face mask, maintaining social distance and handwashing to help turn Sacramento County orange by the end of October. For those who can, remember to get a flu shot for you and your family. Lastly, take a moment to login to the ParentVUE portal to check your student’s grades, attendance and communication from their teacher. For parents who need assistance with ParentVUE activation, please contact your school site or the Family and Community Engagement Office at (916) 831-5530 and translations and interpretation services for families are available at (916) 793-2953. Thank you and stay safe and stay healthy, EGUSD Leadership http://www.egusd.net/covid-19-community-le/october-26-2020/

The Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD) Food & Nutrition Services (FNS) program will provide an opportunity for families to drive through and pick up meal...s for the children in their family, at a number of school sites. Children must be present in order for meals to be provided. The following schools will provide a lunch for that day and breakfast for the following day. Meals will be served between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, in the parking lot or bus lane at each participating school. Please stay in your car and meals will be passed through based on the number of children in the car. http://www.egusd.net//2020/03/EGUSD-Drive-Thru-Meal-Servic

EGUSD Trustees, Superintendent Declare School Closures Through April 3, 2020 Per the proclamation of a national emergency from the President of the United State...s and per the executive order from the Governor of California, and per the Sacramento County Office of Education’s announcement of school closures, and per the Elk Grove Unified School District Board of Education’s declaration of emergency conditions on Friday, March 13, 2020, in order to protect student, family and staff safety and well-being from the COVID-19 threat and in an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Elk Grove Unified School District Board of Trustees upon the recommendation of Superintendent Christopher R. Hoffmann, have declared that EGUSD will remain closed through April 3, 2020 and will continue to be closed through the District’s originally scheduled spring break, which ends April 11, 2020 for schools on Traditional as well as for Year Round calendars and April 18, 2020 for schools on the Modified Traditional calendar. http://blogs.egusd.net//media-statement-egusd-trustees-su/

EGUSD Update: Elk Grove Unified Announces School Year's Originally-Scheduled Spring Break Will Continue Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD) has been commu...nicating and collaborating with all seven of its labor groups over the past several days. On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, EGUSD management met with representatives from all of the labor groups in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Given all of the information that the District was presented with at the time, all labor groups concur that the closing of schools for health and safety reasons was a prudent decision. The Elk Grove Unified School District, in collaboration with all seven labor groups, will be seeking a waiver from the State for this current week. The purpose of the waiver is to avoid the necessity to add more instructional days/minutes at the end of the school year to make up for school closures. While the District engages in this waiver process and awaits the State’s determination, the District is announcing that the Spring Break as published on the 2019-2020 calendar will continue as scheduled. The originally scheduled Spring Break, April 6 through April 10 for the Traditional calendar and April 6 through April 17 for the Modified Traditional calendar, will remain in place. If the District is unsuccessful in its pursuit of State relief through the waiver process, the District will need to make up the days of instruction. It is all of our hope that the State will approve the waiver; in the meantime, the District will be working with labor groups on a contingency plan. All bargaining units are in support of applying for this waiver. However, we will need to develop contingency language in case the state does not approve the waiver. This means that we may need to add additional days to the end of the year for the calendars impacted by the closure. We will have time to work out any impacts of those changes, but it is our goal to hold all employees harmless due to circumstances beyond their control. We will be working diligently so that we will not have to fall back on this contingency language. We understand there may be additional logistical questions pertaining to the current closure as well as future potential impacts of COVID-19 as it develops in our region. The District and the respective labor groups are committed to resolving any outstanding concerns as time progresses. We appreciate everyone’s patience as we work together through these critical times. Communications will be sent out Thursday, March 12th, updating everyone on the plans for next week. EGUSD management and its respective labor groups are fortunate to have the relationships in place to work collaboratively during these challenging times. http://blogs.egusd.net//egusd-update-district-announces-s/

Elk Grove Unified launches a web-based tool that makes it easier for students, families and staff to connect with behavioral and mental healthcare resources and... providers. School is more than a place to learn, it’s a place where students come to feel embraced, included and supported and with more than 400 referrals made in the first two weeks of our soft rollout, we see that there’s an unmet need, said Don Ross, director of student support and health services at EGUSD. We chose Care Solace for their unique ability to further our commitment to finding solutions that strengthen the health and safety of our learning community. Learn more: http://blogs.egusd.net//elk-grove-unified-partners-with-c/

From now until November 8, 2019 we will be collecting non perishable food items at Ellen Feickert Elementary for the KCRA 3 Kids Can Food Drive! Please support a great cause!

Share Your Feedback! Each year, we survey parents, students and staff about budgetary priorities to be included in the EGUSD Local Control Accountability Plan (...LCAP). The information you provide through this survey will be used to make improvements to our school and district programs. Your input is very important to us. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LCAP_Needs_Parent201920 See more

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