Dear Kiva Families,
Just a quick reminder:
- Town Hall Regarding 100% Online Only Learning Option will be at 5pm on Thursday July 30 via Zoom. Link and Passcode will also be posted to kivacharter.org under the News and Information link.
- Town Hall Regarding Kiva Plan on School ReOpening will be at 6pm on Thursday July 30 via Zoom. Link and Passcode will also be posted to kivacharter.org under the News and Information link.
- A link to the Kiva Plan on ReOpening School may be found below. Within this Learning Plan, you’ll find link to Montezuma Cortez RE-1 School District’s plan, upon which our plan is based as well as the guidance from the Colorado Department of Education. Our Learning Plan presents the exceptions to the Montezuma Cortez RE-1 Plan that we be implementing.
- Fall Registration for students begins Monday, August 3rd. Registration will be Electronic instead of paper and pencil. More information is below.
Hello families:
We’re trying to get a high participation on the parent survey and the Town Hall on Monday night. Hearing from you will help us make the best decisions possible as we plan our return to school.
Please take 4 minutes to fill out the Parent survey.
And join us on Monday at 6pm for a Town Hall. Click here to join the Zoom meeting.
Thank you,
Jeffrey Pope
Head of School
Hello families:
I hope you are enjoying your summer and that this is a time of renewal for you and your children. Many questions have been coming in about what school will look like this fall.
The short answer is, we will start school on Tuesday August, 18th with face-to-face learning, unless we receive direction from public health officials (local or state) indicating that schools cannot open on time, or must open in a different “mode” (see below).
Because our school is small and we already eat lunch and have specials in classrooms, your returning student will likely not notice many changes when in the building. And for our new friends, it will all be new anyway. That said, we expect there will be new procedures such as enhanced hygiene (i.e. handwashing) and health checks at the door in the morning.
We are also working on creating a 100% on-line option for families who may not be comfortable returning to in-person learning at Kiva. If this is an option you’d like to know more about, please contact me at 970-769-0808.
To help us learn more about what works for your family, I’m requesting you take 4 minutes to fill out the survey in the Kiva News sent to you email earlier today. In addition, we will hold a town hall meeting on Monday evening at 6pm via zoom. Details for joining the Town Hall are in the same email.
I recognize that no matter what we do, this will be a difficult time for all, and for some it will feel impossible. We are a school community that prides itself on supporting others and being supported. Let us (adults) follow our children’s model of vulnerability, curiosity and wonder as we work through this moment in our history together.
Here’s a snapshot of the emerging (but NOT final) modes of operation that we think we will be moving in and out of, depending on the emerging scenario.
Scenario and Mode of Operation
Scenario: Start of the Year
Mode: Normal Face-to-Face Learning: Cohorts of up to 25 students per room, grades 1-8, attend school at 601 N. Mildred. (Kindergarten will attend school at the Kiva Montessori Children’s House on Empire). Children will eat in class and stay with their class all day.
Scenario: Local outbreak of COVID-19
Mode: Hybrid Learning: Cohorts of 50% class capacity engage in education on a staggered schedule at school and at home. For example, Cohort A comes to school on Monday and Thursday, and learns from home Tuesday and Friday (Wednesday we clean the school and do planning)
Scenario: Positive COVID-19 Case in School or Regional/Statewide Lock Down
Mode: Distance Learning: Students in a class with a positive COVID-19 Case learn from home or, if the whole school is shut, nearly all students engage in distance learning at home.*
*Please note: Students with high needs ESS or MTSS may attend the bricks and mortar facility more regularly than other students.
Enrollment
Kiva is still enrolling students and space is limited. If you know of someone who would like to enroll their child, send them to our website.
As always, if you have questions, please contact me at 970-769-0808 or at the office at 970-564-9377.
Jeffrey Pope
Head of School