March 16 Update from Mrs. Larkin and Miss Crawford
Dear NBCA Families,
I hope you are all well. It feels very weird to be here at the school as we are cleaning and a few of us are planning without students and staff. We will try to communicate with you as much as possible through mass emails and Facebook. I would encourage you to follow us as Facebook as we will post often and try to have a little fun through our posts.
Because things are changing on a daily basis, here are our updates for today. I apologize, but this is a long message. Please read through the whole thing.
Spring Break remains April 5-10.
We will continue to have our spring break scheduled for the week of April 5-10. At this time, we are scheduled to resume school on Monday, April 13.
Breakfast & Lunch Pick Up-Grab-and-Go style
Parents may pick up meals on Tuesdays and Fridays (see details below), beginning tomorrow, March 17, and will include breakfast and lunch for each child 18 years and under for multiple days.
All pickups will be held in front of the school building and are available for any child, NBCA student or not, 18 and under. Additionally, the child does not need to be present at pick up to receive a grocery bag. Visit Kent ISD link above for additional food pickup times and locations provided by other schools if this time does not work for your family.
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Every Tuesday from 11 AM-1PM: grocery bag for each individual child will contain 3 breakfasts and 3 lunches
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Every Friday from 11AM-1PM: grocery bag for each individual child will contain 4 breakfasts and 4 lunches
Optional Learning
We have worked with staff to develop learning extensions that you may choose to use with your children during this extended time at home. These learning extensions are supplemental to student learning and are designed to prevent learning gaps as time progresses. These assignments will not be used for decisions of unit placement at the end of the year. They have been created to provide your children opportunities to feel routine and normalcy during this time of change.
Your child’s classroom teachers will email you suggested and optional learning activities for reading, writing, and mathematics.
The intent of these learning resources is to create a sense of routine and normalcy for our students. Completing these learning extensions is your choice as a family. Be sure to check out all the videos, postings, and resources your child’s teacher(s) will be sending you!
Learning packets have been created for all students. The packets will be available outside the building and are organized by crates labeled by teacher with the student’s first name written on the top. You may pick up the learning packets during the following times:
Wednesday, March 18 – 9:00am-3:00pm
Thursday, March 19 – 6:00-8:00pm
Friday, March 20 – 11:00am-1:00pm
Community Resource Sheet Family & Student Resources.pdf
Communication with the School
he school building will be closed during this time. If you must get ahold of someone at the school, email is the best way to contact us since we will be working from home. If you are unable to send an email, leave us a voicemail and we will return it as soon as possible.
1. Principal Terry Larkin: teresalarkin@choiceschools.com
2. Vice Principal Kristen Crawford: kristencrawford@choiceschools.com
3. Office Manager Giny Aho: ginyaho@choiceschools.com
We are thinking of all of you. Please follow all of the guidelines by the state so we can get rid of this virus and get back to school! From all of us here at New Branches, we wish your family a healthy, happy, and enriching time together over the next three weeks. We look forward to greeting our students and families once Governor Whitmer authorizes our return to school.
Our best,
Terry Larkin, Principal
Kristen Crawford, Vice Principal
The New Branches Team
NBCA Students and Families!
Dear NBCA Families,
The school will be closed Monday, March 16-April 5. We are waiting for information from the Kent ISD as to their direction with spring break that is currently scheduled April 6-10 and will let you know as soon as we find out.
If you have any questions that you need to be answered, you may email Giny Aho, the Office Manager at ginyaho@choiceschools.com, or Terry Larkin at teresalarkin@choiceschools.
Here are some things we want you to know:
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Classroom teachers will be contacting parents electronically through email/DoJo/Remind/Blooms to touch base with all families over the next week.
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We are currently sanitizing the building and will continue this next week.
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Teachers will be providing work for all students which will be posted on this website, on individual teacher pages. Assignments, activities, and practice work will be posted, by teacher, for each grade. Teachers will be surveying parents of students who would prefer paper packets of work which will be available for pickup Wednesday, March 18 from 9-3 and Thursday, March 19 from 6pm-8pm at the school. More details will be provided on Monday, March 16.
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We encourage you to set aside time each day for students to read and work on the assigned work – this will keep their minds fresh!
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If your child has belongings that you will need, please contact your child’s teacher through email to work out a time to pick up the belongings.
We will keep communication flowing between the school and our NBCA Family as we learn more.
Thank you for your patience.
Stay safe and be well!
~Mrs. Larkin
Culvers’ Fundraiser Night has Been Canceled
