03/19/2020
Dear ABC families,
Please know that your loving staff at ABC is praying for you and your families during this stressful time. Teacher's have also been busy cleaning classrooms and preparing packets for your children. After this week we will be leaving our well prepared classrooms ready and waiting for your childrens return.
Our program is a small business and runs from month to month supplied by tuition alone. We understand that this time is financially stressful for everyone. We will not be able to reimburse March tuition as this money has gone toward offering the staff partial compensation but also allowing ABC to pay our bills for March and April so that we may remain open. I am doing everything I can to sustain and maintain the program, but some staff members have mentioned they may have no choice but to look for other employment should the closure be longer than April. We certainly hope this is not the case, as again we want everyone to have a program to come back to. We will not be collecting tuition for April, even though in our handbook it states that tuition must be collected to hold a child's spot regardless of emergency closures. This decision will come at a cost to our teachers who live from paycheck to paycheck, but we are trying to be as compassionate as possible to both staff and families. When we reopen we will pro-rate collections based on our start date. We hope this will help to re-leave some burden on our families.
At this time our closure will continue to follow the Aromas/San Juan School District, however we are debating on whether to return during Aromas Schools spring break, the week of April 13th, or the following week on April 20th with Aromas School. These dates are subject to change as we are advised by the School District and State.
We are so grateful to have so many wonderful families who have reached out to help us during this time of stress and uncertainty and know that we are truly blessed. We will continue to pray and think of you all during this separation. Below are some resources that may be helpful to keep your little ones busy at home.
God bless you all,
Ms. Briana
These links will be available on our facebook
•123 Homesi willchool4me: Get printable worksheets and other resources for homeschooling.
•All Kids Network: Get worksheets, craft ideas, printable dot to dot, hidden pictures and more.
•Animals are amazing: Learn all about animals from the Switcheroo Zoo.
•Arcademics: Games are aimed at students from kindergarten to eighth grade.
•Ascend Math: Ascend Math offers math instruction for kindergarten to 12th-grade students. The platform will be free until the end of April.
•Beaverton School District: Math, reading and many other activities for students pre-K through 12th grade.
•Bedtime Math: See math as part of your child’s daily routine.
•BeeLine Reader: BeeLine Reader helps students of all ages and skill levels improve their reading skills.
•Belouga: Get a free account for K-12th grade students for resources such as math problems and social science videos.
•Big History Project: Get free access to a social studies course. It is focused on high school students but works for most of the rest of us.
•BlocksCAD: Build math and computer science skills by using specialized 3D CAD (computer-aided drafting) software.
•BrainPOP: Want to make a movie? BrainPOP lets students make movies out of images, build maps and develop their block-based coding skills. BrainPOP focuses on K-12th grade children.
•Classroom cereal: Work on your grammar by learning to proofread short stories.
•Club Oasis: A free STEM club offers DYI STEM labs, live classes, coding lessons and lives pop-ups.
•Crash Course: Courses in sociology, computer science, film history and mythology are offered for starters.
•Desmos: Students can use online tools to visualize math problems, create interactive tutorials and play math games with kids from all over the world.
•Discovery K-12: Pre-K to 12th-grade lessons and activities in these areas: language arts, reading, math, science, history/social studies, performing arts and physical education.
•Dr. Seuss to the rescue: Who doesn’t want to read and play games with Dr. Seuss?
•DuckDuckMoose: An app for tablets for preschool to kindergarten students.
•Duolingo: Learn a new language while you are stuck at home.
•Fun Brain: Activities, games, reading and more are available for grades pre-K through eighth grade.
•Games, videos and math: ABCya offers activities for students grades pre-K through sixth grade.
•Giant list of Ideas for being home with kids: It is a pretty giant list of all kinds of ideas for kids to do from art projects to making ice cream to gardening.
•Go to the museum, virtually: Get a virtual tour of 12 museums.
•Going for the record: The folks at Guinness World Records have some ideas for kids who want to be record setters. How many balloons can you burst by sitting in 30 seconds?
•GoNoodle: GoNoodle has games to get your child moving.
•Into the Book: Elementary school students can practice reading comprehension.
•Into the Map: For the world traveler, a way to create maps and explore the world’s geography.
•It’s Epic: The Epic! reading app is free to parents for the rest of the school year if you can get a digital invitation from a teacher or school librarian. They can sign up free to provide access to their students.
•KiwiCo: KiwiCo “helps kids think big and act like creators and producers instead of just consumers” Great activities and DYI science projects.
•Little Twisters Yoga & Emotional Wellness: Don’t forget your child’s emotional health. What about yoga?
•Mathcelebrity.com: Check your math with Mathcelebrity.com.
•Minecraft Education Edition: If you like coding, math and problem-solving try Minecraft way.
•Mystery Science: Video lessons science lessons that will inspire kids to explore our world.
•NaNoWriMo: If your child is looking to write the Great American Novel, here’s a website for you.
•National Geographic for Kids: Look for games, videos, lessons and “cool stuff.”
•New American History: Learn from history materials aimed at grades 4 and up.
•PBS KIDS daily newsletter: Sign up for a free daily newsletter from PBS KIDS.
