Under updated state guidance for schools, all schools must complete and post to their website homepages a COVID-19 Safety Plan (CSP), described below in COVID19 Safety Plan for In-person Instruction section (page 10) prior to reopening for in-person instruction. Schools that have already reopened are required to post their CSPs by February 1, 2021. The CSP is intended to consolidate requirements to develop written plans pursuant to CDPH guidance first issued in May 2020 and the Cal/OSHA Emergency Temporary Standards finalized in November 2020. You can find our CSP at: www.scd.org/2021schools
On March 13, 2020 St. Francis of Assisi Elementary closed its physical doors to all students and implemented distance learning. Teachers pulled out all of the stops and with the support of our technology department learning shifted online. Chrome books were made available to all students that needed them. Students signed up with platforms such as, Google Classroom, Zoom, Freckle, Duolingo and Khan Academy to continue their studies. On top of academics teachers and staff continued to boost students' and their families morale and important sense of belonging to community through fun Fridays, quizzes, story time, challenges, social media, and zooms check-in's.
During the 2020 summer, the principals, the staff and the CSAC board worked tirelessly to create a document with a strict list of protocols and facility updates to ensure the safety of our school community on the physical return to school. Until that is possible we have a vibrant distance learning plan that is consistent across grade levels, age and developmentally appropriate, reflects a regular school day and builds on the successes of the distance learning that we implemented in March. In all of this, great thought and care has been given to the emotional and spiritual health and well-being of our students, staff and families.
The 2020-21 school year was challenging, but with community support and the love and care that we have for one another, we worked through it together.
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible"St. Francis of Assisi
School opened for in-person teaching under the waiver for the lower grades: September 21, 2020
As the state moved into the red category, upper grades returned to school on 15th October 2020
(Families in lower and upper grades continue to have the option to remain on distance learning)
Return to School Covid-19 Protocols
Return to School Covid-19 Protocols
Distance Learning Protocols
Distance Learning Protocols
