January 7, 2021 What will your 2021 look like?
2nd graders express their hopes and dreams for 2021 creatively with Mrs. Dodson Lower School Principal Message Happy New Year!
The campus is abuzz this week with students' laughter and stories of their winter break adventures. We are looking forward to a happy and healthy 2021 here at LJA.
On Monday, LJA will be moving to a Covid Response Level 2. Back in October, when the Lower School downgraded to Level 1+, we kept most of Level 2 procedures in place to err on the side of caution. The only changes include classroom bubbles. Students will remain in their class groupings throughout the day including lunch and recess. Language instruction, in which class groups are mixed, will take place outside. By now our students are experts at handwashing, distancing, and masking so for the most part this will be a seamless transition. Please continue your morning self-screening.
Last Fall, we replaced some of our typical Principal's coffees with other parent events like book clubs and trivia nights, but we'll be returning to more frequently scheduled Coffees this semester. Our first Principal's Coffee for 2021 will be held via Zoom on January 22 and I hope you can attend. In this session, we'll be doing some inclusion to introduce some of our new families. We'll also be discussing our assessment and reporting system as you'll be receiving first semester progress report cards later that day. I hope you can join us for that event!
Aloha, Leah
CHECK THIS OUT! SCHOOLPASS ATTENDANCE FEATURE A new feature allows you to report attendance information directly through the SchoolPass app. Just click the plus sign on the bottom of your app and select from the options (absence, late arrival, early pick-up) and then follow the prompts to select your date and the child you are reporting.
REMINDERS SELF-SCREEN DAILY WITH SCHOOLPASS Remember to self-screen your children each and every day using the School Pass App. If you've forgotten, please let us know in the loop. See below for information.
DISMISSAL Car Placards - Upon pick up, please use the front dashboard car placards you were issued at the start of the year as it makes it much easier for adults to safely put your child in your car.
FEE FOR LATE PICK-UP REMINDER As found in the Parent Student Handbook, page 37: Fifteen minutes after the designated pick up time, your child will be waiting outside the reception area of the administration building. Stay in your car and pull up to the loop so a staff member can locate your child. Any student remaining after 3:10 p.m. (and is not waiting for an older LJA older sibling) will be charged $10.00 for the first 20 minutes and then $10.00 for every subsequent 10 minutes. All students, waiting for an older sibling, should be waiting by the front office and be picked up no later than 3:20 p.m.
DISTANCE LEARNING: Q3 Jan 5-Mar 12 DISTANCE LEARNING KIT PICK-UP Fridays - 3:30-6:00pm Location: in front of the Admin building in the loop Your child's teacher will email you if you need to pick up distance learning kit.
All Distance Learning kits will be left at the front office if they are not picked up. The front office is open from 7:00am to 6:00pm. LIBRARY BOOK CHECK-OUT Does your DL reader need new books? Check and order from the online catalog and Mrs. Postema will pull the books, making them ready for pick up in the front office. (Click here for how-to instructions)
PARENT RESOURCES TECH SUPPORT All tech questions should be directed to helpdesk@lejardinacademy.org or to the chat forum at https://www.lejardinacademy.org/parent-portal. Please do not email teachers regarding tech related questions.
Having trouble with your device? Please contact helpdesk@lejardinacademy.org SELF-SCREENING Transition to the app to improve your morning experience and make our jobs of tracking self-screening much easier. School Pass App - load the app to your phone OR follow the link on a web browser.
DATES to REMEMBER Jan 5 - Mar 12 Quarter 3
Jan 18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday No school
Jan 22 LS Principal's Coffee Zoom
Jan 22 LS Report cards posted in ManageBac
STAY SOCIAL!
LS Administration Attendance hotline 261-0707, select options 0, then 1
Leah MagaƱa Lower School Principal (808) 261-0707 ext. 1030 leah.magana@lejardinacademy.org
Lower School Vice Principal/ (808) 261-0707 ext. 1060 rebecca.postema@lejardinacademy.org lori.praetorius@lejardinacademy.org
Lower School Administrative Assistant (808) 261-0707 ext. 1130 lisa.ventura@lejardinacademy.org
SECURITY HOTLINE If you need help while on campus, contact Security at 808-491-7909.
PICTURES OF PRACTICE THIS WEEK
Grade 3 is finishing up their "where we are in place and time" unit. Here, students are sharing their understanding of living in an ahupua'a by writing a journal entry about their life in first person, and recording it on green screen from the ahupua'a they made with their class.
Campus is abuzz with students happy to be back on campus in the new year!
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