East Midvale Elementary

Parent Update Week Sept. 28-Oct. 2, 2020

Post published:September 27, 2020
Post category:Announcements

Thank you for attending Parent Teacher Conferences!

Beginning the week of Oct. 5, Canyons District is transitioning to a blended model of learning. There will be no in person or online classes on Fridays beginning Oct. 9. This will be in effect at least through winter recess.

The Scholastic Book Fair is still happening through Oct. 6! Here is the link: ONLINE BOOK FAIR LINK

The next Mobile Food Pantry at East Midvale will be on Tuesday Oct. 6

Does your student need shoes? Please contact Mrs. McCall via email or phone with request and size. New shoes will be provided in December through Warm the Soles program at Jordan Credit Union.

Are you struggling to make rent? Follow this link Rent Relief

The PTA fundraiser is also a FUN-raiser! Has your student taken Eddie for a run or walk? Have you taken a picture and shared it with East Midvale? Pictures will be posted. Donations due on Monday Sept. 28!

Where has Eddie the Eagle been?

2nd Step - Social Emotional Learning Tip of the Week: Attentive listening skills

Kinder and 1st grade is:

Ask your child to show you how to make an attento-scope. Here’s how.
- Cup hands around each eye like binoculars.
- Say “Focus” or “Listen” to switch on the attent-o-scope.
- Puts down the attent-o-scope, but pretends it is still there.
When you really need to get your child’s focused attention, suggest that your child use the attent-o-scope.

2nd-5th grade attentive listening skills:

Focus on the person’s words
Use self talk to stay focused and ignore distractions.
Don’t interrupt.
Ask questions to find out more.
Repeat what you heard to show you understand.

Connecting the language teachers use at school and parents use at home strongly reinforces the behaviors! Thank you for being awesome parents to awesome kids!

Canyons District to Move to Blended Learning Model

Post published:September 22, 2020
Post category:Announcements

In response to rising COVID-19 counts, the Canyons Board of Education on Tuesday approved a plan to transition to four days of classroom learning with Friday reserved for remote, or independent, learning.

The new, blended learning schedule will take effect starting Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, which will give families time to adjust their schedules. It will apply to all students.

In-person learners will attend school according to their regular schedules, Monday through Thursday. There will be no early-out or late start days. Friday will be a planning, collaboration and student-consultation day for teachers and a day of independent study for students. Online learners will continue with their online learning Monday through Thursday and use Friday to do independent work as assigned by their teacher.

The temporary calendar change comes in response to rising COVID-19 case counts in the communities CSD serves. Three of the District’s five traditional high schools have transitioned to online learning, and more than 1,700 students across the District have been placed on quarantine due to their coming in close contact with someone in their community who has tested positive for the disease.

Principals on Tuesday testified to the exhaustion, burnout, and mental duress teachers are experiencing as they struggle to teach changing rosters of students across multiple learning environments (in-person, online and students in quarantine). Up to 25 percent of students are quarantined in some schools, requiring teachers to spend 10 to 12 extra hours a week preparing audio and video lessons to accompany the written instructions they’re making available on CSD’s online common-learning management system, Canvas.

Parent Update Week of Sept. 21-25, 2020

Post published:September 20, 2020
Post category:Announcements

This Week:

- Picture Day is Monday Sept. 21!
- Parent Teacher Conferences this week! Wed. and Thurs. September 23 or 24. Meetings will be held over the telephone and materials will be sent home with your student on Tuesday.
- Early Out 1:15 on Thursday Sept. 24
- No school on Friday Sept. 25.
- The Scholastic Book Fair is happening now through Oct. 6! Here is the link to order: ONLINE BOOK FAIR LINK
- The PTA fundraiser is also a FUN-raiser! Has your student taken Eddie for a run or walk? Have you taken a picture and shared it with East Midvale? Pictures will be posted. Donations due on Monday Sept. 28!
- The next Mobile Food Pantry at East Midvale will be on Tuesday Oct. 5.
Does your student need shoes? Please contact Mrs. McCall via email or phone with request and size. New shoes will be provided in December through Warm the Soles program at Jordan Credit Union.

2nd Step TIP OF THE WEEK

Social Emotional Learning Tip of the Week:
How to be respectful and a good listener at school and at home!

For PK, Kinder & 1st graders the language being used is:

Eyes watching: Point to the corners of your eyes.
Ears listening: Cup your ears with your hands.
Voice quiet: Put your finger to your lips.
Body still: Hug your torso with both arms.

For 2nd through 5th graders the language being used is:

Be kind and polite
Take turns
Pay attention and listen to the speaker
Raise your hand to speak

Connecting the language teachers use at school and parents use at home strongly reinforces the behaviors! Thank you for being awesome parents to awesome kids!