South Bay Union Elementary School District

We have all worked so hard to be able to offer our families the option of on-campus, in-person learning. With the steady increase in positive COVID-19 cases in Humboldt County, you can help Pine Hill and South Bay keep our campus doors open by following the CDPH Guidance for Private Gatherings. Thank you in advance for keeping your family, neighbors, and our greater school community safe and healthy.

Today is the day to ensure you understand how to complete the Daily Health Screening for your student. This will be REQUIRED to come on campus tomorrow. Please check your STUDENT'S school email today to sign up! Thank you for making our school a safe campus. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-gSnFmOxcF8M-y2SSX-EwANaoMybRZDD/view?usp=sharing

Here's your weekly PH/SB Newsletter. Please read carefully for important information. Reminder that the Qualtrics Health Screening in your student's email must be completed daily. Thanks for making our campus safe. https://www.smore.com/hts0w

The Qualtrics health screening has been up and running for a few weeks now, and we appreciate all of you that have been completing it daily! Beginning on Mon. 11/9 if a student has NOT completed the daily Qualtrics screening they will NOT be allowed on campus. The daily screening is sent to your student's email daily with an option for texts to be sent to any cell number you choose. Please complete this screening daily!

Here's your weekly newsletter! Please be sure to read through for all the important information the schools would like to share. Remember Monday school is distance learning and attendance is required. Have a great night. https://www.smore.com/f42ac

Good evening. Here's the PH/SB Newsletter for the coming week. I hope you've enjoyed your weekend! Please remember Monday is distance learning for all students. https://www.smore.com/qmajs-ph-sb-news

Here's this week's version of the Pine Hill/South Bay Newsletter. Please remember that all students receive instruction through distance learning every Monday. https://www.smore.com/8c6ne-ph-sb-news

Please watch the following video about how to complete the daily health screening for students coming onto campus. This new screening will begin on Tues. 10/20. Thank you for helping to ensure our campus is safe for everyone. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-gSnFmOxcF8M-y2SSX-EwANaoMybRZDD/view?usp=sharing

October 13, 2020 TO: South Bay Union Elementary School District Families SUBJECT: In-Person, On-Campus Learning On March 13, 2020 – exactly seven months ago – was the last time students were on our campuses laughing and learning. Today, the South Bay campus welcomed students back into classrooms, and tomorrow, the Pine Hill campus will greet our youngest students as they begin the start of their in-person school year. The road to get here involved the coordination and creative problem solving of many dedicated professionals and educators – a list of names too long to write here. That said, I do feel it necessary to call our community attention to the extraordinary efforts of our school principals, Ms. Heather Becksted and Mr. Tim Grimmett, who without, in-person learning would not have been possible. I feel privileged to call them colleagues, and as a parent with a child at each site, I trust their leadership completely. THANK YOU, Heather, and Tim! Now as parents, the option to continue in-person, on-campus learning lies largely in our control. The following steps will greatly increase a prolonged and sustainable in-person learning opportunity: 1) If you are sick, stay home. I can’t say that too many times or loud enough. Every individual coming onto campus must complete a self-symptom screening to ensure the health and safety of our school community. 2) Face coverings are required. Please have multiple masks and wash them regularly. 3) Wash your hands often. Proper hand hygiene and avoiding touching your face is a simple and effective way to prevent infections. 4) Practice physical distancing. 6foot space, while masked is the gold standard. 5) Review and follow the CDPH Guidance for Private Gatherings. In general, the more people from different households a person interacts with at a gathering, the closer the physical interaction is, and the longer the interaction lasts, the higher the risk that a person with a COVID-19 infection, symptomatic or asymptomatic, may spread it to others. A few details from the guidance -- a. Consistent 3 Household Maximum b. Gather Outdoors c. Don’t Attend Gatherings If You Feel Sick or You Are in a High-Risk Group d. Practice Physical Distancing and Hand Hygiene at Gatherings e. Wear a Face Covering to Keep COVID-19 from Spreading f. Keep it Short (2 hours or less) g. Singing, Chanting, and Shouting Are Strongly Discouraged Together, we find ourselves in the middle of the most important public trust exercise of our lifetime and it is our collective social responsibility to not only look after the health and welfare of ourselves and our family, but our entire South Bay community. Together, by taking the COVID-19 guidance to heart, I’m confident we can keep our campus doors open and begin to create our new South Bay normal. My Very Best, Gary Storts, Superintendent

Here's this week's Pine Hill/South Bay Newsletter with lots of info. In-person instruction begins this week. Please read! https://www.smore.com/4hye3-ph-sb-news

Here's the Pine Hill/South Bay Newsletter for the coming week. Expect more information regarding hybrid and distance learning throughout the week as well. https://www.smore.com/tzwj1-ph-sb-news

An Air Quality ADVISORY is issued today for Eureka (including Rio Dell to Trinidad) - Unhealthy conditions, smoke anticipated to reduce throughout the day. http://www.ncuaqmd.org/files/Wildfire/Notifications/NCUAQMD%20PSA%20for%209-29-20.pdf

Here is your weekly PH/SB Newsletter. There is a lot of important information this week. https://www.smore.com/aq4cp

Parent Choice: Instructional Preference Survey Good afternoon Pine Hill and South Bay Families. Last night, the South Bay Governing Board voted 3-1 (yes: Carver, Noga, Quintrell / no: Coan) to grant parents and families the option of continuing with a distance learning instructional model or to choose a hybrid learning model. You will be receiving a survey this afternoon asking that you commit to an instructional model that best fits the needs of your family. Below, please find additional details that will help your choice. Distance Learning This model is a continuation of the distance learning experience we are currently using. Students will have a mix of live daily instruction from their teacher and independent remote work assigned by their teacher. For families choosing the distance learning model, targeted interventions and supports will be provided to students via Zoom. A family may request a transition from one learning model to another at any time. Based on classroom capacity, the transition would occur at the beginning of the trimester. For reference, the start of the second trimester begins on November 20, 2020. Hybrid Learning The hybrid learning model will combine in-person instruction with remote/distance learning. In the hybrid instructional model, students will be placed in either an A.M. or P.M. cohort where in-person learning would focus on social-emotional learning, reading, writing, and math. In the hybrid instructional model, when students are not learning on-campus and in-person, they will be learning remotely focusing on extension and enrichment learning opportunities or receiving targeted interventions and supports. On Mondays, ALL students will participate in distance learning. The first 45 minutes of their cohort will be done via Zoom, and the remainder of the day will be independent learning. At Pine Hill Elementary, the A.M. cohort would attend school from 8:15-11 A.M., and the PM cohort would attend from 12-2:45 P.M. At South Bay Elementary and Middle School, the A.M. cohort would attend school from 8:30 - 11:15 A.M., and the P.M. cohort will attend from 12:15-3 P.M. In order to provide parents with a choice between either distance learning or hybrid learning, your child may need to be placed into another classroom. Student movement between classrooms will be kept to a minimum. All students and staff (regardless of age) are required to wear facial coverings at all times (except when eating or drinking, or with a medical exemption) and are expected to maintain a minimum of six (6) feet of physical distance between themselves and others both indoors and outdoors. If wearing a face-shield, an attached drape that has the ability to be tucked into a shirt is required. Each cohort will have one 15-minute outdoor recess/snack time, with a limited number of classes on the playground at one time, and located in separate areas. Stable cohorts will be strictly monitored and composed of 12-14 students depending on class size, maintaining six (6) foot distancing inside the classroom. Students will remain with the same teacher and classroom aides. To minimize cohort mixing, music, art, PE, and library services will remain virtual. There will also be no assemblies or in-person classroom volunteers. The EXPLORE after school program will only be available to students in the P.M. cohort. Additionally, capacity in the EXPLORE program is limited and only available for students with the highest needs score (identified on registration packets) and as adequate staffing allows. Lunch and breakfast will not be served on campus. Meal bags will continue to be made available on Tuesdays from 8- 1 P.M. with distribution to occur on the South Bay campus. Bussing will only be made available in the A.M. cohort. Additionally, families requesting transportation will need to be able to document an identified hardship (i.e. no other way to get to school). Survey: Online or by Phone With the above information in mind, the South Bay Union Elementary School District will be surveying families online (thru Monday, 12 P.M.) or by phone Tuesday and Wednesday. Your timely response is greatly appreciated and allows time for our educators to prepare for the next leg of our 2020-21 educational journey. Our Very Best, Heather Becksted, Pine Hill Principal Tim Grimmett, South Bay Principal Gary Storts, South Bay Union Elementary School District

Good morning Pine Hill and South Bay Families. I wanted to invite you to attend tomorrow evening’s South Bay School Board Meeting. Among the agenda items, the school board will be providing direction on whether or not to continue with distance learning or to provide an option of hybrid/in-person learning. Your attendance is encouraged and your feedback is valued. You may address the South Bay Board of Trustees during the meeting or by submitting an email to publiccomments@southbayusd.org. Please find the agenda and supporting board packet documents here. The Zoom link is located at the bottom of page 1. Open session begins at 7 PM. Please know I’m here to serve you, our parents and customers. And as always, feel free to reach out to me at your convenience at 707.267.9174 or by email at gstorts@southbayusd.org. My Very Best, Gary Storts Superintendent, South Bay Union Elementary School District

Hope you had a great weekend! This week we have Parent/Teacher Interviews, be sure that you have signed up! Here is your weekly PH/SB Newsletter. https://www.smore.com/2hj6c

Dear Pine Hill and South Bay Families, If you haven't already, please take this short survey to help determine our potential in-person learning plans. Take good care. _GS https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQudKGMHG3Gt0J37lm6Sgc19-ya-PXTYZP2UAGb5AbrRLPnA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0&gxids=7628

Here's your weekly newsletter for 9/14. https://www.smore.com/naju5

Air Quality Update 9/11/2020 Eureka (including Rio Dell to Trinidad) - Unhealthy conditions expected with some improvement tomorrow http://www.ncuaqmd.org/files/Wildfire/Notifications/NCUAQMD%20PSA%20for%209-11-20.pdf

Please see the attached document regarding an Air Quality Public Service Announcement. Stay safe and reach out if we can help in any way. http://www.ncuaqmd.org/files/Wildfire/Notifications/NCUAQMD%20PSA%20for%209-9-20.pdf