Boulder Oaks Elementary School

Dear AUSD Families, We wanted to make sure to keep you up to date with the latest information. We have been informed by SDGE to be prepared for Public Safety Power Shut Offs beginning as early as this evening into Wednesday, depending on the severity of winds and potential damage to the electric system. They have notified approximately 50,483 customers who may be impacted by the shutdown, and some of our surrounding neighborhoods have already had the electric turned off. At present, school will be open tomorrow but we wanted to reach out and share that schools may need to close. We are expecting an update directly from SDG&E early this evening and will communicate any updates. Stay safe, Dr. Newman Proudest Superintendent on Earth

Hello Boulder Oaks Families, I hope that this weekly update finds you safe and healthy! Just when you think that 2020 could not get crazier, one more hurdle is thrown at us!! But, once again we endured. I cannot thank you enough for your flexibility and resilience through Thursday and Friday’s school closure. Hopefully, this next set of Santa Ana winds do not shut us down again! This week starts the first week of our Countdown to Winter Break dress-up days. Please see the schedule below. We are excited to finally be able to do our regular Picture Day with Hager photography. They will be setting up right outside of the auditorium and the students will have their picture taken standing up. We would like all of our students photographed so our Distance Learners are invited to come to have their picture taken from 10:45-11:45 on either day. Monday 12/7 - Let’s be festive - wear your holiday hats, headbands, socks, or scarves! Tuesday 12/8 - Dress your Best - School Picture Day Thursday 12/10 - Let’s be festive - wear your holiday hats, headbands, socks, or scarves! Friday 12/11 - Dress Your Best - School Picture Day Monday 12/14 - Let’s stay warm and cozy - wear your PJs. Tuesday 12/15 - Show your holiday spirit - wear your favorite holiday sweater Thursday 12/17 - Let’s stay warm and cozy - wear your PJs. Friday 12/18 - Show your holiday spirit - wear your favorite holiday sweater. I am very excited for our first virtual school-wide sing-along next Wednesday, December 16th at 9:00. The Zoom link will be posted in your student’s Google Classroom next week. I hope that all of our students take the opportunity to participate in this fun event. It will be interesting, that’s for sure!! :) Our Holiday Gift Card Drive started last week and goes through this Friday. We are in need of as many gift cards as we can possibly gather. As you know, this is a rough year for many of our families and I would love to offer them as much support and love as we can this holiday season. If you are able to donate a gift card to a place like a grocery store, Walmart, Target, or a gas station, please send it to school with your student or drop it off in the school office. Thank you!! Have a wonderful week! Jenna

Alpine schools will reopen on Monday, December 7. We look forward to welcoming our students back to school.

Dear AUSD Families, Yesterday, I shared some brief information regarding Gov. Newsom’s Regional Stay-At-Home order and I wanted to share some additional updates. The Regional Stay-At-Home order will impact many businesses and industries in San Diego County for at least three weeks starting this month. The order is applicable in areas where hospitals’ intensive care unit (ICU) capacity falls below 15%. The order does not modify existing state guidance regarding K-12 schools. Our schools may continue to remain open for in-person instruction. The order, which divides California into five regions, prohibits private gatherings of any size; closes operations for sectors such as bars and wineries, and salons; and requires 100% masking and physical distancing in retail and other sectors. San Diego County is in the Southern California Tier, which also includes Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties. We will continue to work with local public health as we move forward. I will also continue to share updates as they become available. We are expecting that electricity will be returned to our community and school will be able to resume on Monday. Please continue to check our website, social media and your child’s Google Classroom for updates. As always, stay safe, and let’s make sure to continue to take care of one another. Sincerely, Dr. Rich Newman Proudest Superintendent on Earth

Dear AUSD Families, The safety of our students, staff, and school community is our top priority. With this in mind, we want to keep you updated on the latest information regarding school closures. We will be closing schools tomorrow, Friday, December 4 due to the power outages, which are expected to continue through tomorrow. Teachers are preparing asynchronous activities for students in the event that the power is restored. These will be posted in each teacher’s Google Classroom. In addition, Governor Newsom has just announced that regions, where ICU capacity falls below 15%, will be placed into a Regional Stay-At-Home order. Governor Newsom stated that when regions are placed into the Regional Stay-At-Home order critical infrastructure, schools, retail (at 20% capacity), and restaurants (take out and delivery) will remain open. Here is the link to the latest update regarding the Stay-At-Home order. We will continue to keep you updated with the latest information. Stay well and healthy and take care of your loved ones. Sincerely, Dr. Rich Newman Proudest Superintendent on Earth

AUSD School Closed Thursday, December 3 Power is out in many areas across Alpine and the winds are expected to continue. At present SDGE is stating that the power outages could be sustained for long periods of time. In an abundance of caution and to ensure the safety of all of our students and staff, schools will be closed Thursday, December 3.

Dear AUSD Families, The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning in effect for inland Orange County and San Diego County valleys and mountains from 6 p.m. today through 10 p.m. on Saturday. They also issued a high wind watch from 1 a.m. Thursday morning until Friday at noon. Should power shutoffs occur while students are on campus, the school day will continue as normal until students are picked up or the day ends. We remain in close contact with the San Diego County Office of Education, SDGE, and other officials and will keep you updated on any impact. You can get more information about public safety power outages through SDG&E’s public safety power shutoff mobile app. For location details and updated information on outages and when power may be turned back on, visit SDGE.com/Outages. Sincerely, Dr. Rich Newman Proudest Superintendent on Earth

Free COVID-19 tests and flu shots will be available tomorrow Wednesday, December 2 at JMMS from 9:00-3:00. All students, families, and community members, are welcome. The drive through process is quick and easy.

Hello Boulder Oaks Families, I hope that everyone had a wonderful and restful Thanksgiving holiday. We have exactly three weeks before we break again for the winter holidays and, while we cannot do our usual holiday activities such as our gift shop and classroom parties, we are going to do everything we can to fill these weeks with as much holiday cheer as possible. Starting next week we will have a series of dress-up days for each cohort. Please see the schedule below and on the attached flyer. Additionally, we will be having a school wide sing-along on Wednesday, December 16th at 9:00am. All of our students will join over Zoom to participate in this school wide event. The Zoom link will be posted in your child’s Google Classroom. Monday 12/7 - Let’s be festive - wear your holiday hats, headbands, socks, or scarves! Tuesday 12/8 - Dress your Best - School Picture Day Thursday12/10 - Let’s be festive - wear your holiday hats, headbands, socks, or scarves! Friday 12/11 - Dress Your Best - School Picture Day Monday 12/14 - Let’s stay warm and cozy - wear your PJs. Tuesday 12/15 - Show your holiday spirit - wear your favorite holiday sweater Thursday 12/17 - Let’s stay warm and cozy - wear your PJs. Friday 12/18 - Show your holiday spirit - wear your favorite holiday sweater. One of our most important traditions at BOES, is our Adopt-a-Family Event which takes place every year at this time. In the past, our Giving Tree was in the office and families chose an ornament off of the tree with a suggested gift card to donate. Due to our COVID protocol, we are holding a Holiday Gift Card Drive over the next two weeks instead of the Giving Tree. Families may choose to donate gift cards for any amount to places like grocery stores, Walmart, Target and gas stations and drop them off in the school office. I will then be distributing them to families in need the following week. We know that we have many families in need this year. If your family would like to be a recipient of gift cards, please email me at jweinert@alpineschools.net. This information will be kept confidential. Thank you for your support and helping to bring our families some holiday love. I would like to remind you of our COVID protocols so that we can all stay safe and healthy and so that our school can remain open. If your child displays any one or more symptoms of COVID, please do not send your child to school and call the school office so that we can give you further instructions. If your child was exposed to anyone who has tested positive for COVID within the past 14 days, please don't send your student to school and call the school office for further instructions. Thank you for your support and cooperation as we continue to navigate these unprecedented times. This week our PTA will be meeting via Zoom at 9:00 on Thursday, 12/3. Please use the following Zoom link to join the meeting. All are welcome to join! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9386495394 We need all parents in our district to fill out the survey below if you have not already. You will need to fill out a separate form for each student that attends Alpine schools. This is our Federal Impact Aid survey in lieu of the “green form” that you fill out every year. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0TlgX6fGMLGf_Ko4PTa6vnTDSoUm077Nk_9KDaCk6pkAwIg/viewform Lastly, I would like to take a moment to encourage you to enjoy every little moment of the next month with your children. December truly is the most magical time of the year. Cherish this time as a family and create memories that will last a lifetime. Thank you for all you do! Jenna Weinert

Hello Boulder Oaks Families, I hope that you are having a great day. I have a couple of important updates to share with you. We need all parents in our district to fill out the survey below. You will need to fill out a separate form for each student that attends Alpine schools. This is our Federal Impact Aid survey in lieu of the “green form” that you fill out every year. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0TlgX6fGMLGf_Ko4PTa6vnTDSoUm077Nk_9KDaCk6pkAwIg/viewform Lastly, if you are planning on switching Learning Models when we implement Phase 3 of our reopening plan, please let the school office know by tomorrow at 2:00PM. We are assuming that all students will remain in their current model of face-to-face or distance learning UNLESS we hear from you. Thank you! Jenna

Our next COVID-19 test and flu shot date is scheduled for November 18, 2020. Testing will take place from 9:00 - 3:00 at JMMS. All community members and students are welcome to get COVID-19 testing and flu shots free of charge.

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The community is welcome to preview AUSD's proposed science adoption curriculum.

We will be distributing free Grab and Go meals today, November 16, 2020 from 11:00-12:30 and 4:30-6:00 in the JMMS parking lot. Meals are free to children 18 and under.

Hello Boulder Oaks Parents, I hope that everyone had a nice weekend! As you know this is parent/teacher conference week. Our teachers are looking forward to meeting with each of you and sharing your student’s progress. Please note that our staggered dismissal goes from 12:27-12:57 this entire week. Last Tuesday night, the AUSD Board of Trustees announced that Phase 3 of reopening schools would begin on January 19th. This is the date that students have the option of returning to school four days a week. All students that are currently attending two days a week will transition to four days a week and 100% distance learners will continue their learning model UNLESS you contact the school office and let us know that you want to change models. Please let us know by this Thursday, November 19th, at 2:00pm if you want to change learning models. We are asking that students stay in their learning model of choice from January 19th until March 8th which marks the beginning of our 3rd trimester. This Wednesday I will be holding a virtual coffee with the principal at 8:30. This is a very informal time to ask me questions or just chat about our school. Please use the following Zoom link to join and don’t forget your coffee! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9386495394 AUSD is in the final stages of piloting new science curriculum. The curriculum, of choice, Inspire Science by McGraw Hill will be on display at BOES this entire week if you would like to preview it. Please just stop by the office and we will make it available for you to view. There will be no school November 23rd and 27th due to the Thanksgiving holiday. I know that Thanksgiving may look different for many of us this year but I hope that you are still able to find great joy in spending time with your family. As challenging as this year has been, there is still much to be thankful for. I am personally thankful to be part of a district that has made getting our students back on campus a high priority and for a community of parents, teachers, and staff who have pulled together to do our very best for our children. Most of all, I am thankful for our students who amaze me everyday with their positive attitudes and resilience. Thank you for your endless support. Have a wonderful week and very happy Thanksgiving holiday and break. Jenna Weinert

AUSD's phase three reopening will occur on January 19, 2021. Students will return for face to face learning four days a week.

Dear Boulder Oaks Parents, As some of you might be aware, the AUSD Board of Trustees decided at Tuesday night’s board meeting to implement our Phase 3 learning model on January 19, 2021. In phase three, our face-to-face students will attend school four days a week - Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Wednesdays will remain a Distance Learning Day to allow for deep cleaning in the classrooms and other areas of the campus. We will also continue to offer a 100% Distance Learning model. During phase 3, there will be very few changes to the instructional day. School hours will remain the same with our staggered drop-off and dismissal and our 100% Distance Learning students will remain in their homerooms and Zoom at various times during the day. These Zoom times might change depending on the grade level as some teachers are choosing to team teach and specialize in specific disciplines. For example, one third grade teacher might teach all of the math lessons to all 3rd grade distance learning students and another 3rd grade teacher might teach all of the reading to all 3rd grade distance learning students. Your child’s teacher will be providing more information on exactly how this will look within their grade level. We realize that this decision might cause some of you to change which type of learning your student currently participates in. If you desire to change your student’s learning model to 100% distance learning or to face-to-face four days a week you must notify the office by Thursday, November 19th at 2:00PM. Otherwise, current hybrid face-to-face students will automatically switch to face-to-face four days a week and current 100% distance learning students will remain in 100% distance learning. The hybrid model will not be offered during this time. Once again, please either call or email the school office ONLY if you want to change your current learning model - 619-445-8676, mmclean@alpineschools.net, or jguffy@alpineschools.net. Lastly, we are asking that students stay in their learning model of choice from January 19th until March 8th which marks the beginning of our third trimester. Changes from one learning model to the next will not be allowed unless your child is on quarantine from a COVID-19 symptom or has had a close contact with a positive COVID-19 case. On March 8th, we will allow parents to switch models. Thank you for your understanding and patience through these unprecedented times. We appreciate it immensely. Please do not hesitate to reach out with any further questions. Most sincerely, Jenna Weinert

We will be distributing free Grab and Go Meal Bags today, Monday 11/9 from 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm in the JMMS parking lot. The meals are FREE to all children 18 and under!

Hello Boulder Oaks Families, This is Jenna Weinert calling with your weekly update. I hope that everyone stayed cozy this weekend with our first winter weather. You are receiving this update a day early due to information that needs to be shared before tomorrow evening. Tomorrow our students will begin the Wheel of Experts Program that is provided by the Alpine Education Foundation. Wheel of Experts offers our students STEAM enrichment classes such as science, engineering, robotics, and coding. This is our third year of the program which normally takes place in a separate classroom at BOES. Due to our current situation, this program will take place virtually on the students’ opposite cohort days. Cohort A students will participate in Wheel of Experts (W.O.E.) on Thursdays and Cohort B students will participate on Mondays. Please see the times of each grade level’s class below. Zoom links for W.O.E are in your child’s Google Classroom. Depending on the class, you can find the Wheel of Experts Zoom link under “Links” or a separate section called “Wheel of Experts” all within the “Classwork” tab. W.O.E. takes place bi-weekly so the students will have class this week and then again November 30th - December 3rd due to our Thanksgiving holiday. We are very excited for this program to start and are grateful that the Alpine Education Foundation is continuing to provide our students with amazing educational opportunities. 9:30-10:20 - 1st Grade 10:30-11:20 - 2nd Grade 11:30-12:20 - 3rd Grade 12:30-1:20 - 4th Grade 1:30-2:20 - 5th Grade Tomorrow officially marks the beginning of our PTA membership drive. As I am sure you are aware, PTA events and fundraisers will be limited this year due to not allowing visitors on campus. However, it is still extremely important that we keep our PTA up and running as best as we can through these challenging times. They will be continuing to provide our school with many important resources. I highly encourage you to join the PTA. Family members and friends are welcome to join as well. By scanning the QR code with your phone, you are automatically brought to the website where you can easily and quickly join. The flyer is attached and your student will also be bringing home a flyer this week. Thank you in advance for your support! This past Friday marked the end of our first trimester. The teachers were busy finishing up assessments and are now working hard to get report cards finished for our upcoming conferences. I know they are looking forward to meeting with you. They will be sharing your students report card with you at the conference along with their MAP scores. If you do not have a conference scheduled with your students’ teacher, please make sure to reach out and get this scheduled as soon as possible. Conferences take place the week of November 16th-20th. Staggered dismissal starts at 12:27 this week to give time for the teachers to meet with all parents. This Thursday our School Site Council meets at 7:30am. All are welcome to join us. Please use the following Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9386495394 There is no school this Wednesday due to Veteran’s Day. This means that Distance learning will not take place and the students will not be required to complete work. Thank you to all who have served and continue to serve our country. Next Wednesday, I will be holding a Virtual Coffee with the Principal from 8:30-9:30. Please use the following Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9386495394 Thanksgiving Break takes place from November 23rd-27th. There is no school this entire week. Have a wonderful week and enjoy a bit of downtime this Wednesday! Thank you! Jenna Weinert

Free drive through COVID-19 tests and flu shots are available at JMMS today from 9:00-2:00. All students and community members are welcome.