April 3, 2020
Dear Lone Peak Family,
Congratulations, you have made it through your first full week of online instruction! The last few weeks have been busy and I am sure difficult as well. On the home front, you have been busy working from home and teaching your children. Neither are easy tasks. At school we have been trying to problem solve remotely how to teach children, who are not yet independent learners, using a platform that requires some level of independence. This is a task that neither side signed up for, but I know we can do it by supporting each other!
We know that it takes repetition for students to be able to learn new concepts. It is going to take your students multiple tries to learn how to learn online. We know that this is going to be frustrating and time consuming for you. Here are some words of encouragement and information to help keep you going!
*We expect the students to make mistakes- feel free to submit assignments with mistakes in them- mistakes are where the learning takes place and help our teachers know what the next step should be.
*Just do your best! Complete what you can. Don’t feel like you need to do schoolwork until 8 o’clock or even 5 0’clock each night.
*Take breaks- when students are frustrated, send them to do a task, give them a brain break, make them run laps around your house. You can come back to it later.
*When all else fails, have your student read books, have them write about the books on paper, have them complete math problems on paper. We know that sometimes the sites aren’t working well- nearly the whole nation is on them.
*The most important thing right now is emotional well-being. When school is back in session, we will figure the rest out! That is what our teachers are the best at!
Spring Break is now upon us! You have made it! We recommend that you take this time to relax with family, forget about school work, play games together, do outside (and socially distanced) activities together. We will be ready on April 13th to continue teaching students. Teachers will be happy to answer any questions for you at that time. Until then, I have advised them to do the same as you. We all need a time to recharge after this stressful few weeks!
Thanks to both families and teachers for all of your hard work!
With Love,
Ms. Stacy
