Questions about campus re-opening plans? 1) The AUSD website has so much information and we encourage you to read through it all carefully: Alameda Unified School District 2) There will be Town Hall style meetings next week for Earhart families with additional information, procedures, and plans. Please check your Parent Square for zoom information. 3) All parents were notified this week on Wednesday and Thursday about their student’s A/B schedule and the daily schedule was included. If you have specific questions or did not receive your student’s schedule please don’t hesitate to reach out to our principal Joy Dean at JDean@alamedaunified.org. 4) The …
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As our Flex families look forward to campus re-opening on March 15th, I urge ALL families to model kindness in our community (you can read the AUSD press release about re-opening by clicking here). Some families are very excited to return to campus, but many are fearful, and a few have decided that in the end, they will not be sending their children back to campus this school year – all of this is okay! We also need to be mindful of our Remote families who chose to stay home all year out of necessity and may have renewed feelings …
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Earhart will be participating in the Virtual Golden Sneaker Contest March 1-5. The Virtual Golden Sneaker Contest is a week-long classroom challenge that encourages students, parents, teachers and administrators to take healthy modes of active and shared transportation options, such as: Walking Biking Rolling in a wheelchair or mobility device 🛹Skateboarding, scootering, or any other human-powered wheels Riding public transit like AC Transit or BART 🧘♀️Indoor physical activity Each day a physical activity is completed, the students will submit this google form: https://forms.gle/HtoY3WuLPqoVt3fQ8. At the end of the week, the class with the highest participation percentage will receive prizes! And on …
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Calling all artists–it’s time for our annual Yearbook Art Contest! This year’s yearbook theme is PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER. We are celebrating how the Earhart community has come together to make this unique year work for our students and families. What: The Yearbook Committee needs your child’s art submissions for this year’s cover and inside cover. Who: All Earhart students–remote and distance learning/flex. The competition is open to all grade levels and all grade participation is encouraged. How: Your child should create a a work of art (on plain white 8 1/2 x11 paper) which reflects the theme, Putting …
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Principal Joy Dean will do her best to explain the schedules and other known logistics around the school reopening plans. Please check your parent square notification for zoom meeting information. She’ll be on zoom on Monday, February 8 at 9am.
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2020-2021 YEARBOOKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! Prices: Hard Cover- $35 plus shipping, Soft Cover- $25 plus shipping We need pictures for both REMOTE and FLEXIBLE learners and we need YOUR help with candids!! It’s simple to upload your photos. From a desktop/laptop: Visit https://store.shopyearbook.com/earhartyearbook, and log into your Picaboo account. You may need to create one if you have not previously done so. Click on the “Share Photos” link next to the camera icon. Follow the simple prompts to upload your photos! From a mobile device: Visit: https://uploads.picabooyearbooks.com/9164610 Follow the prompts to upload your photos! There are a number …
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Each night, beginning December 14 and continuing through December 18, Amelia Earhart staff will read aloud to children and share one of their favorite holiday stories. Join us at 7:00 PM. Check out ParentSquare and in an email from Joy Dean, the link is the same each night.
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The Virtual Book Fair was so much fun!! Thank you to all who made a purchase and especially to those families who participated in the contests we had going. There were some great book fair prizes handed out and we had so much fun!! While the Book Fair is technically over, you can still shop and our school will get 2% back throughout the year on every purchase in Scholastic Dollars. That money is used to purchase books and supplies for classrooms – teachers still need books to teach to and classrooms will need more books than ever once everyone returns …
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Are you putting together your holiday shopping list? If the Earhart Teachers/Staff are on your list, there will be a special drop-off bin for cards, notes or small gifts at school, Monday, Dec. 14 – Wednesday, Dec. 16, between 9a-3p each day. Please be sure your items are clearly labeled. And, if you are looking for gift ideas, check out the downloadable wish list Remote Families: Earhart teachers are on this list, but if you have a non-Earhart teacher please know I’m working on getting something put together quickly, stay tuned!
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Remote & Flex Learning Families: The Blue Ribbon writing contest is underway! Help us celebrate by writing a poem or essay about this honor and why Amelia Earhart School deserves the recognition of being a 2020 Blue Ribbon School. Winners will have their work published in a book. There will also be special prizes and recognition for all who participate! You can find information on this award at https://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/index.html All entries must be submitted in digital form (12 pt font or higher), double spaced. No illustrations, please. Send entries to: BlueRibbonEarhart@gmail.com by December 18, 2020. The details: Each student may enter one essay and one …
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Find way to participate in the annual America Recycles day here! Remember, talk about the 6 Rs of sustainability with your family: reduce, reuse, recycle, rethink, repair, refuse Make a commitment to be kind to our earth everyday in every way!
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This year we are unable to open our school for in the classroom registration but we still would like our students to compete. Please register for a virtual center offered by Math Kangaroo. The deadline to enter is December 15; the competition will start on or after March 18, 2021. If you are new to Math Kangaroo, please click here take a look at some information about this wonderful international competition in mathematics. 1. Click here to start the registration process. 2. Log in with your login and password or establish your user account if you are new. 3. Select …
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Continuing the celebration of our recognition as a National Blue Ribbon School, Earhart has T-Shirts and Sweatshirts on sale, but only until Friday, November 13th! Click here to order. If you have any questions about your order, please email Earhart Office Manager Susan Bonino Solis.
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You are officially invited to join us for the virtual National Blue Ribbon School award ceremony! The virtual ceremony will take place over two days, with Earhart being recognized at the one taking place on Friday, November 13th, starting at 11:00 a.m. You must be registered in order to receive the event access link next week via email. Please click here to register:
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Save the Date for this Virtual Fair from 11/12 – 11/25. Get all your holiday shopping done and 25% of the profits go right back to our school!
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You can find out about the next School Board meeting and see the agenda at the link below, we encourage you to attend and have your voices heard! AUSD School Board Meeting Information At its October 27 public meeting, the Board of Education heard presentations on the district’s proposal for re-opening schools, disproportionality in AUSD, the Remote Learning Program, and homework. The Board voted to re-open elementary schools on January 7 for TK-2nd flexible program students and to approve a trio of board policies about the district’s parcel taxes. The board also voted to hear presentations on two board policies on the agenda …
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Congratulations to all Earhart students who participated in the first ever Walk & Roll week! We’ve collected 65 passports and 13 winners were announced at Morning Ceremony this past Monday, October 26. More winners will be announced at Morning Ceremony this coming Monday, November 2. Make sure to tune in to see if you’ve won! Ms. Dean has sent a zoom link and password via parentsquare for Morning Ceremony.
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Great news! Earhart collected more than 650 pairs of shoes from our bins! All three schools together collected over 1,000 pairs. Quite a “feat”! Thanks very much to all who participated. Here’s a few photos of the donation station at Road Runner Sports in Berkeley, who will send all the shoes to Project Sole for refurbishing, distribution, or recycling.
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You can find out about the next School Board meeting and see the agenda at the link below, we encourage you to attend and have your voices heard! AUSD School Board Meeting Information Remote Learning Program Updates: There were 3 Town Hall meetings with families in the TK-12 Remote Learning Program and district/school board officials this past week. The goal of these meetings was to have families express their concerns and issues with the Remote Learning Program and to have those issues brought to and presented to the wider community at the next Alameda Board of Education meeting on October …
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You may have heard that Flexible Program students may be returning to in-person school soon, as the School Board and AUSD continue to seek guidance from government health officials. At AUSD’s School Board Meeting that took place this week on Tuesday evening, there was a presentation by Superintendent Pasquale Scuderi. In his presentation, Superintendent Scuderi said the next step was for our school district to complete and share a plan with the Board and community for preliminary review on 10/20/20, with a public review of this plan taking place at the next School Board Meeting on 10/27/20. There are many steps …
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