Desert Sonora Elementary

Welcome Back to School! The Somerton School District Governing Board decided that all Somerton Schools would make in-person learning available to all students starting on Monday, March 15, 2021. Remote learning is still available for the remainder of this school year for those families who opt to continue. Parents who wish to send their children to school must sign a couple of forms. Teachers will be scheduling a time for parents to come to school to sign the necessary paperwork. Students are encouraged to wear their school uniform or school shirts every day. We understand that some of our families are experiencing hardship at this time and we will be flexible with the uniform requirement for the last two months of school. Students who wear regular clothes to school must wear appropriate attire (e.g. no ripped jeans). School hours for students will be 8:00 – 1:45 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Wednesday will be an early dismissal day and students will be dismissed at 12:00. Students and staff members will still need to wear masks and follow the Desert Sonora Mitigation Plan while on campus. We look forward to seeing most of our students back on campus on Monday, March 15!

The Somerton School District Governing Board determined at the January meeting to continue with Distance Learning because Arizona, Yuma County and Somerton are experiencing a High- Risk level of COVID-19 illness, exposure and transmission. We would like to know your opinion about returning to school in consideration of the “Risk Level”. Please fill out the survey. La Mesa Directiva del Distrito Escolar de Somerton determinó en la reunión de enero de continuar con el aprendizaje a distancia por las razones de que Arizona, el condado de Yuma y Somerton están experimentando un nivel de alto riesgo de enfermedad, exposición y transmisión de COVID-19. Nos gustaría conocer su opinión sobre el regreso a la escuela en consideración al "Nivel de riesgo". Por favor de completar la encuesta. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VQ72WKM

Galileo Testing Week

Estimados amigos y familias de Somerton: Anoche la Mesa Directiva Escolar de Somerton decidió permanecer en Aprendizaje a Distancia y volver a clases después de las vacaciones de invierno. Queremos esperarnos a volver a clases en persona hasta enero para así poder •asegurarnos que continúe la tendencia actual de las medidas de riesgo de COVID del Departamento de Servicios de Salud de Arizona •evitar interrupciones durante la temporada de gripe, así como evitar el riesgo de exposición durante la temporada de fiestas, como el Día de Acción de Gracias y Navidad. •y sobre todo para continuar con los logros que hemos conseguido en el aprendizaje y no interrumpir el sistema actual. Cada escuela ampliará los servicios de supervisión en la escuela según sea posible. Esperamos que en enero podamos volver a clases siguiendo los protocolos de la Fase 3 (evitando la fase híbrida por completo). Esto significa que todos los estudiantes deben regresar a su escuela donde tendremos medidas preventivas. Si está interesado en tener información sobre las diferentes fases, planes y medidas preventivas, usted puede leer el Plan de Reapertura de las escuelas de Somerton en nuestro sitio web ssd11.org Recientemente agregamos una versión en español. ¡Manténgase sano y salvo! Laura Noel, Ed.D. Superintendente Somerton School District #11

Dear Somerton Friends and Family, Last night the Somerton School Governing Board decided to plan to remain in Distance Learning until after Winter Break. We hope to •be sure the current Arizona Department of Health Services benchmark trend prevails •avoid disruption during flu season and risk of exposures over holidays with families •and most of all to continue the momentum we are gaining in learning by not disrupting the current system. Each school will expand supervision provision as able. We expect in January to be able to open using Phase 3 protocols (avoiding Hybrid altogether). This means all students will be encouraged to return to campus, but we will have preventative measures in place. If you are interested in the different phases, plans and preventative measures, you are welcome to review our Reopening Plans. They are on our ssd11.org website and recently added a Spanish version. Stay safe and healthy! Laura Noel, Ed.D. Superintendent Somerton School District #11

Parent Conferences this quarter will be held via phone or through Zoom. Your child's teacher will be contacting you to set up a time so that you can meet and review your child's participation and learning. This will provide an opportunity to assist and support you with our remote learning schedule and other valuable information regarding your child. Las conferencias de padres de este trimestre se llevarán a cabo por teléfono o por medio de Zoom. El maestro de su hijo se comunicará con usted para programar un horario para que pueda reunirse y revisar la participación y el aprendizaje de su hijo. Esto le dará la oportunidad de ayudarlo y apoyarlo con nuestro programa de aprendizaje virtual y otra información valiosa sobre su hijo. Monday, September 7 Labor Day (No School) Tuesday, September 8 Student Early Dismissal @ 12PM Wednesday, September 9 Parent Teacher Conferences/Student Early Dismissal @12PM Thursday, September 10 Parent Teacher Conferences/Student Early Dismissal @12PM Friday, September 11 Non-Student Day (No School)

Good Morning Parents/Guardian, Zoom is currently experiencing outage nationwide. Service has been restored for some users and they are continuing to fix the problem. Please be patient and continue trying to log in. Buenos Dias Padres / Tutores, Zoom está experimentando una interrupción en todo el país. El servicio se a restaurado para algunos usuarios y continúan solucionando el problema. Tenga paciencia y siga intentando ingresar a la sesión.

We are currently scheduling appointments throughout the week for iPad distribution. If your child needs an iPad and you have not received an appointment time, please be patient as appointments will be scheduled throughout this week. Your child will not be marked down for any work until iPad is checked out. Thank you for your patience and support. Actualmente estamos programando citas durante toda la semana para la distribución de tabletas. Si su hijo(a) necesita una tableta y no ha recibido una cita, tenga paciencia ya que las citas se programarán durante esta semana. Su hijo(a) no va a tener que preocuparse de los trabajos hasta despues de tener la tableta. Gracias por su paciencia y apoyo.

Welcome Back Hawks!! Tomorrow is the first day of remote learning. Students need to log in their classes; Kinder-8:30am 1st-6th-8:00am

Dear Parents We hope this message finds you and your family well. We would like to thank you for your continuous support during the school closure. Our school year is winding down, we have 2 more weeks to go! During this time we would like to ensure we limit the in-person contact as much as possible at our site for the safety of staff members and your family. We will no longer distribute work packets and we will take the time to do a routine cleaning of our site once again. We will no longer provide hard copy packets for the remainder of the school year. We are asking our students to continue to stay connected via online programs, assignments and classes with teachers. Teachers will continue communicating with you and your child. Last day of school is scheduled for May 29th. Let’s keep the learning going and end on a strong note! Thank you for your time and support. Estimados Padres: Esperamos que este mensaje les encuentre bien a usted y a los suyos. Nos gustaría agradecerle por su continuo apoyo, especialmente durante estas semanas del cierre de la escuela. Nuestro año escolar está terminando, ¡nos quedan 2 semanas más! Durante este tiempo, nos gustaría asegurarnos de limitar el contacto en persona tanto como sea posible en nuestro sitio para la seguridad de los miembros del personal y su familia. Estamos deteniendo la distribución de paquetes de trabajo y nos tomaremos el tiempo para hacer una limpieza de rutina de nuestro sitio una vez más. Ya no proporcionaremos paquetes impresos por el resto del año escolar. Les pedimos a nuestros estudiantes que continúen conectados a través de programas en línea, tareas y clases con maestros. Gracias por tu tiempo y apoyo.

Parents/Guardians, We need your help. You will be receiving a phone call from a school staff member to verify and update contact information in our system. Padres / tutores, Necesitamos de su ayuda. Recibirá una llamada telefónica de un miembro del personal de la escuela para verificar y actualizar la información de contacto en nuestro sistema.

Good Afternoon Parents/Guardians, Kindergarten home packets will be passed out in front of the office the following days; Friday, April 24, 2020 10:00 am - 11:30 am (Ms. Glenn) Monday, April 27, 2020 11:00 am - 1:00 pm (Ms. Mendoza & Mrs.Ramirez) 1:00-3:00 pm (Mrs. Anderson)

Calling all Hawks to turn in your library books that you checked out from the school. There will be a drop box in front of the office this week from 8:30am-5:00pm.

Good Afternoon Parents/Guardians, Mrs. Molina (5th grade teacher) will be in the front of the school tomorrow from 3:00-5:30pm (4/14/20) handing out packets for her students to work on while at home. Parents please stop by tomorrow to pick up work. Thank you for your time and support in this matter.

Good Morning First Grade Parents/Guardians, The First Grade Teachers will be in the looper area today from 11:30am-3:00pm (4/9/20) handing out packets for your first grade students to work on while at home. Parents please stop by the looper area today to pick up work. Thank you for you time and support in this matter.

Estimadas Familias de Desert Sonora, Esta semana, nuestros alumnos y personal estan de vacaciones de primavera. El 6 de abril, resumen las tareas a traves del internet. Anime a sus hijos a continuar trabajando en Waterfor, Successmaker o Elevate esta semana. La cafeteria seguirá sirviendo desayuno y almuerzo de lunes a viernes.

Dear Desert Sonora Families: This week your children and our staff are on our scheduled Spring Break. We will resume our remote learning assignments on April 6, 2020. Encourage your children to continue reading and working on Waterford, Successmaker or Elevate this week!

Desert Sonora and all Arizona schools will be closed through the end of the school year due to recent COVID-19 outbreak as a precautionary measure. As there may be many questions, any updates and information we will stay in touch via our phone messaging system, the district and school websites, marquee, and/or formal letter. Desert Sonora y todas las escuelas en Arizona estarán cerradas el resto del año escolar debido al reciente brote de COVID-19 como medida de precaución. Como puede haber muchas preguntas, actualizaciones e información, nos mantendremos en contacto a través de nuestro sistema de mensajes telefónicos, los sitios web del distrito y de la escuela, y / o carta formal.

School Closure extended to April 10, per Governor Ducey and Superintendent Hoffman. School scheduled to resume April 13, 2020. *El cierre de la escuela se extendió hasta el 10 de abril por gobernador Ducey y superintendente Hoffman. Programada reanudarse el 13 de abril de 2020.

Dear Parents: We hope your children have been spending part of the day completing school work and reading books. K-2 students should spend 30 minutes a day on Waterford Reading. Contact us via email if your device is not set up yet. fcanchola@ssd11.org We miss our Hawks!