Distance Learning for Friday, Aug. 28 | Educación a Distancia para el Viernes 28 de Agosto

Dear Odyssey Academy Families,

Your OA family continues to think of all of our friends and family who were affected by Hurricane Laura. Please let your teacher know if your family had any negative effects from the storm. 

Tomorrow, August 28th, we will not have any In-Person Learning. 

Because most families seem to have power and internet access, we will have school via Distance Learning for all students on Friday. 

Specifically, this means students will engage in at least one learning activity. Ideally, the learning activity or activities will be done through itsLearning. Completing one activity will be enough to count a student in attendance. If they have more time and opportunity, then please have them do more. We will not have any Teams or Zoom synchronous class meetings on Friday. 

If you do not have internet access, then please have your child engage in learning activities such as reading and completing a reader's response or summary of what they read. They could also work on their math facts, and depending upon their age, this could mean number recognition, addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. If you are able, email your teacher what you did. If you are unable to email, then write it on paper and submit to your teacher on Monday with a parent note saying that the learning happened on Friday. Again, this will be sufficient for a student to be counted in attendance for the day to show that they made progress with their learning.

This plan will help reduce the number of school days that we will need to make up.

School will resume Monday as originally planned with many of our learners continuing to learn through distance learning and our transition plan to bring small groups of in-person learning back on campus.

Again, please know your OA family is thinking of you.

Dr. Jennifer Goodman
Superintendent


Estimadas familias de Odyssey Academy:

Su familia de OA sigue pensando en todos nuestros amigos y familiares que fueron afectados por el huracán Laura. Informe a su maestro si su familia tuvo algún efecto negativo por la tormenta.

Mañana 28 de agosto no tendremos ningún aprendizaje en persona.

Debido a que la mayoría de las familias parecen tener electricidad y acceso a Internet, tendremos clases a distancia para todos los estudiantes el viernes.

Específicamente, esto significa que los estudiantes participarán en al menos una actividad de aprendizaje. Idealmente, la actividad o actividades de aprendizaje se realizarán a través de su aprendizaje. Completar una actividad será suficiente para contar la asistencia de un estudiante. Si tienen más tiempo y oportunidades, pídales que hagan más. No tendremos reuniones de clase sincrónicas de Teams o Zoom el viernes.

Si no tiene acceso a Internet, haga que su hijo participe en actividades de aprendizaje como leer y completar la respuesta de un lector o un resumen de lo que ha leído. También podrían trabajar en sus operaciones matemáticas y, dependiendo de su edad, esto podría significar el reconocimiento de números, sumas, restas, multiplicaciones o divisiones. Si puede, envíe un correo electrónico a su maestro sobre lo que hizo. Si no puede enviar un correo electrónico, escríbalo en papel y envíelo a su maestro el lunes con una nota para los padres que diga que el aprendizaje ocurrió el viernes. Nuevamente, esto será suficiente para que se cuente la asistencia de un estudiante durante el día para demostrar que progresó en su aprendizaje.

Este plan ayudará a reducir la cantidad de días escolares que necesitaremos recuperar.

La escuela se reanudará el lunes como se planeó originalmente y muchos de nuestros estudiantes continuarán aprendiendo a través del aprendizaje a distancia y nuestro plan de transición para traer pequeños grupos de aprendizaje en persona de regreso al campus.

Nuevamente, sepa que su familia de OA está pensando en usted.

Dra. Jennifer Goodman
Superintendente

Update Concerning School for Friday, Aug. 28

To all OA Families:

Please know your OA family is thinking of you all! We hope you are able to stay safe and dry. The plan for Friday is to not have any In-Person learning at all. 

But, if the storm is not as bad as anticipated and if we have power and internet access, we will plan to have school via distance learning for all students. We will not have any Teams or Zoom synchronous class meetings though. Students will just engage in learning through itsLearning by doing at least one activity for the day. Completing one activity will be enough to count a student in attendance. If they have more time and opportunity, then they can do more.

If the storm is bad and we do not have power or internet access, then OA will keep schools closed through Friday with plans to resume school on Monday as originally planned.

After the storm, we will communicate again with all families to let you know if we will have Distance Learning or not on Friday. 

Please stay safe. Your OA family is thinking of you.

Dr. Jennifer Goodman
Superintendent

SCHOOL CANCELED TUESDAY, AUG. 25 - THURSDAY, AUG. 27

Due to the shift of Tropical Storm Laura and following the recent evacuation order by Galveston, we are CANCELLING school for today, Aug. 25 through Thursday, Aug. 27. We have not made a decision about Friday, Aug. 28 and if school will resume. Please continue to watch the weather and listen to local officials on what they advise for the safety of you and your family. We will continue to send updates via social media and our website.