This Week's Meeting Schedule

LP10 Agenda - Wrapping Up

Monday 5/18
Teacher Meetings

Tuesday
Zoom
12:00 - Sterling

Wednesday
Office Day

Thursday
Office Day

Friday
Check Outs
10:00 - Eliah - Text/Email
10:20 - Wyatt - Zoom
10:40 - Jonah - Text/Email
11:00 - Jacob - Text/Email
11:20 - Skyler - Text/Email
12:00 - Leila - Zoom
12:20 - Jezreel - Zoom
12:40 - Lucas & Elias - Zoom
1:00 - Jette - Zoom
1:20 - Jasmine, Roxie & Fiona - Text/Email

LP10 Check Out

***If you would rather schedule a regular meeting for LP10, please contact me asap so we can set that up. If we have already scheduled a regular meeting for LP10, you can disregard this post.***

It is time to schedule our LP10 check outs.

The link below will take you to a Google Doc where you can choose an appointment slot. Please double click in one of the boxes and type your name and your preferred check out preference (Zoom, phone call, text, or email).

Zoom & Phone

I will send you a Zoom invitation, if you choose Zoom as your preference, or call you at the appointed time if you choose to meet by phone call. 

Email & Text

If you choose to do your check out via email or text, please use the time slot as a deadline, and make sure we have confirmed everything by then. 

To be ready for check out or LP10 meeting, please:

• Log your LP10 attendance
• Check that your semester plan is accurate through the end of LP10
• Fill in your PE log (or email/text it to me if you'd rather do it on paper)
• Have report card grades, optional effort grades, and comments ready. (See the post below)
• Have any questions ready

Thank you! And let me know if you have any questions.

Click here to sign up for an appointment slot. 

Report Card Information

Report card information for our LP10 meeting/check out:

Grades K-5:
Remember, there are no real "grades" for K-5. Report cards just track progress through the grade level standards - based on curriculum and standard completion.

3 = Proficient/At Grade Level Standard, 4 = Advanced/Exceeds Grade Level, 2 = Approaching Grade Level Standard, and 1 = Beginning/Not Yet Covered. Plusses and minuses can be used when is student is almost there, or not quite there. Most students will get 3s in most categories.

• Download (or just view) sample report cards below. Look over the categories and see if you have any questions. 
• Decide if you would like to add optional effort grades and if so, have them ready.
• Write up your overall comments and either email them to me or read them to me at our meeting/check out.
• Have your progress grades ready. (If it is easier, just let me know which ones, if any, are NOT 3s.)
• You don't need to fill out the LP10 progress tab on the semester plan. The report card will count for that.

Grades 6-12:

• Check in on your student's grades and progress, keep close track between now and our LP10 meeting/check out.
• Write up your overall comments and optional effort grades to give to me at our LP10 meeting/check out. 
• Have your final grades updated in your Semester Plan for our LP10 meeting/check out.

You can download/view samples here:
These are 2017-18 samples, but the categories are the same.

TK/K Sample Report Card
1st Grade Sample Report Card
2nd Grade Sample Report Card
3rd Grade Sample Report Card
4th Grade Sample Report Card
5th Grade Sample Report Card
6th - 8th Grade Sample Report Card
9th - 12th Grade Sample Report Card

If you have any questions, or need any help, please contact me.

This Week's Meeting Schedule

LP9 Agenda - Planning for Next Year

Monday 5/11
Office Day

Tuesday
Virtual
12:00 - Elijah
1:00 - Camryn
2:00 - Jasmine, Roxie & Fiona

Wednesday
Office Day

Thursday
Virtual
11:00 - Leila
12:00 - Jaxon & Sarah

Friday
Office Day

Getting Ready for LP10

We are fast approaching the end of this school year. What a crazy ride! Our last learning period (LP10) begins on Monday, May 18. The last day of school is June 4.

I will share out sample report cards next week to help you get ready.

In preparing for our LP10 meeting, this is what I will need from you:

• Final Grades -  for grades 6-12
• Progress report #'s  - for K-5 (most will be a 3, meaning that your student has mastered the standards for their grade level year.)
• LP10 PE Log(s) completed
• LP10 Attendance Log(s) completed
• Are you continuing with Visions or withdrawing?
• Plus, any questions you might have

If you haven't done so already, please use this form to indicate whether you would like a regular virtual meeting or a 15-minute parent only check-in for LP10. I will be sending out a schedule next week to set up our LP10 meeting.


Thank you!

Virtual Curriculum Fair

Excerpt from the Wire Post:
The Curriculum Vendor Fair is an invaluable opportunity for Home School families to research the curriculum options available to them. In lieu of hosting our annual fairs, which was among the events canceled in light of COVID-19, we created a document that serves as a repository of information on the curriculum vendors (now called Curriculum Partners) who would have been present at the 2020 fairs.

Wire Post

2020 Virtual  Curriculum Vendor Fair

This Week's Meeting Schedule

LP9 Agenda - End of School Preparation

Monday 5/4
Office Day

Tuesday
Virtual
11:00 - Elijah
12:00 - Aria & Akira
2:30 - Angel


Wednesday
Virtual
11:00 - Jezreel
12:00 - McKenna
1:00 - Hunter
2:00 - Ana & Baruch


Thursday
Virtual
11:00 - Skyler
12:00 - Hailee & Lyla
2:30 - Lillian


Friday
Office Day 

Master Agreements

You will be receiving your Visions master agreements via email sometime this week. Please make sure to sign them, and have your student(s) sign them, as soon as possible, to ensure your enrollment in Visions for next year.

If you have any questions about master agreements or course assignments, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Thank you!

Ordering Notes

I know many of you are scrambling to use up your school funds by the May 1st deadline. However, I am getting a LOT of orders that I have to reject because they don't adhere to the Visions' Matrix.

I know it can be confusing to know what will be approved or rejected, and I have a strong belief that many unlisted items deserve approval. Please know that I spend hours going over orders, researching each item, trying to advocate for you. I will always go to bat for you if I can justify items as educational, or supporting the standards.

But please, refer to the matrix when ordering so you don't order things that are listed as "not approved".

Typical items that I am seeing orders for that are "not approved":

• PE clothing
• Games that are considered recreational rather than educational
• Furniture items
• Office equipment
• Storage containers/bins
• Stamps
• Toys
• Personal items
• Sports equipment that goes over the $100 per year limit
• Musical instruments that go over the $100 per year limit
• Bulk quantities
• Gardening Tools

Thanks!

LP 10 Meeting Plans

LP10 only has 13 days. 13 days is not enough to hold regularly scheduled meetings for everyone. Typically, we have had park days and group meetings to handle that. With the Covid-19 restrictions, park days and group meetings are not possible this year.

You have a choice in how you would like to conduct your LP10 meeting. Since I only need your report card grades, your attendance, your approved semester plan, and to check in with you on your plans for next year, we can either:

Schedule a "regular" virtual meeting (approx. 1hr per student for sharing work and conducting business)

or

Schedule a 15-minute check-in, with parents only, to make sure all of our compliance requirements are satisfied.

Which would you like to do?

Please submit your answer on this form as soon as possible so that I can schedule our LP10 meeting.

Thank you!

Upcoming & Notable

Notable:

• All activities, events, and face to face meetings are canceled for the rest of the school year. 
• Graduation will now be a "virtual" event.
• All standardized testing, including PE testing, has been canceled this year.
• Reimbursements to families will resume as of April 13th, 2020.

Amador County Homeschool Connection Facebook Page

Deadline for Sibling Enrollments & Academy Transfers - Wednesday, April 22nd @ 4:30 pm

Last Day to Order Curriculum or voucher - Friday, May 1st
LP 10 Begins - Monday, May 18th
Early Ordering - Monday, May 20th to Tuesday, June 30th (Curriculum & Partner Vendors, and summer vouchers up to $600 for July and August services)
Memorial Day - No School, Monday, May 25th

Last Day of School - Thursday, June 4th

This Week's Meeting Schedule

LP9 Agenda - Getting Ready for Next Year

Monday 4/27
Office Day

Tuesday 
Virtual
Tiffany, Madison & Logan - 11:00

Jasmine, Roxie & Fiona - 2:00

Wednesday 
Virtual
Jacob - 11:00
Uriah - 12:05
Wyatt - 1:10
Ella - 2:15

Thursday
Virtual
Leila - 11:00
Jaxon & Sarah - 12:00
Charlotte - 2:30

Friday
Office Day

Upcoming & Notable

Notable:

• All activities, events, and face to face meetings are canceled for the rest of the school year. (With the possible exception of Graduation.)
• All standardized testing has been canceled this year.
• Reimbursements to families will resume as of April 13th, 2020.

Amador County Homeschool Connection Facebook Page

LP 9 Begins - Monday, April 20
Deadline for Sibling Enrollments & Academy Transfers - Extended to Wednesday, April 22nd @ 4:30 pm

Last Day to Order Curriculum or voucher - Friday, May 1st
LP 10 Begins - Monday, May 18th
Early Ordering - Monday, May 20th to Tuesday, June 30th (Curriculum & Partner Vendors, and summer vouchers up to $600 for July and August services)
Memorial Day - No School, Monday, May 25th

Last Day of School - Thursday, June 4th

This Week's Meeting Schedule

LP9 Agenda - Planning for Next Year

Monday 4/20
Office Day
Virtual
12:00 - Hailee & Lyla

Tuesday
Virtual
11:00 - Billy
12:05 - Sterling
1:10 - Wyatt

Wednesday
Virtual
11:00 - Willow H.
12:00 - Lucas & Elias
2:15 - Camryn

Thursday
Virtual
9:00 - 10:30 - Billy*
12:00 - Jonah
1:30 - Savannah
4:00 - Jette

Friday
Office Day

Share of the Week

Thank you, Shelly, for sharing these cool resources!

Shel Silverstein Resources: Poet Trees, Read Aloud Videos, and More 
from https://www.harpercollins.com

These Printable Worksheets Help Your Kids Make a Quarantine Time Capsule from https://kidsactivitiesblog.com

Free Printable Journal Pages Will Help Your Kids Capture This Time in History
from https://letgrow.org

Upcoming & Notable

Notable:

• All activities, events, and face to face meetings are canceled for the rest of the school year. (With the possible exception of Graduation.)
• All standardized testing has been canceled this year.
• Reimbursements to families will resume as of April 13th, 2020.

Amador County Homeschool Connection Facebook Page

LP 9 Begins - Monday, April 20
Deadline for Sibling Enrollments & Academy Transfers - Extended to Wednesday, April 22nd @ 4:30 pm

Last Day to Order Curriculum or voucher - Friday, May 1st
LP 10 Begins - Monday, May 18th
Early Ordering - Monday, May 20th to Tuesday, June 30th (Curriculum & Partner Vendors, and summer vouchers up to $600 for July and August services)
Memorial Day - No School, Monday, May 25th

Last Day of School - Thursday, June 4th

This Week's Meeting Schedule

LP8 Agenda - Whatever you need :)

Monday 4/13
Office Day

Tuesday
Virtual
11:00 - Elijah
12:00 - Aria & Akira
2:30 - Angel


Wednesday
Virtual
11:00 - Jezreel
12:00 - McKenna
1:00 - Hunter
2:00 - Ana & Baruch


Thursday
Virtual
11:00 - Skyler
12:00 - Hailee & Lyla
2:30 - Lillian


Friday
Office Day 

Fit Academy

Home School Virtual P.E. Program: CAPITAL CITY FIT ACADEMY VIRTUAL P.E. - Help your student stay active and boost their immune system with our virtual P.E. program!

Open to students K - 12th grade. LIVE and on-demand workouts students and the whole family can do from home! 

https://www.capitalcityfitclub.com/home-school-independent-p-e

Upcoming & Notable

Notable:

• All activities, events, and face to face meetings are canceled at least until we return from spring break, and "likely" for the rest of the school year. I haven't heard any updates about this yet.
• All standardized testing has been canceled this year.
• I have requested a relaxation of the purchasing matrix guidelines, specifically as it refers to PE, Exploration, and basic school supplies for the remainder of the year as we are trying to navigate the shelter in place order. I will keep you appraised of what I learn.
• Everything is subject to change.

Amador County Homeschool Connection Facebook Page

Spring Break - April 6 - 10
LP 9 Begins - Monday, April 20
Deadline for Sibling Enrollments & Academy Transfers - Extended to Wednesday, April 22nd @ 4:30 pm

Last Day to Order Curriculum - Extended to Friday, May 1st
LP 10 Begins - Monday, May 18th
Early Ordering Begins - Extended to Monday, May 20th 
Memorial Day - No School, Monday, May 25th

Last Day of School - Thursday, June 4th

This Week's Meeting Schedule

LP8 Agenda - Whatever you need :)

Monday 3/30
Teacher Meetings

Tuesday 
Virtual
Tiffany, Madison & Logan - 11:00

Jasmine, Roxie & Fiona - 2:00

Wednesday 
Virtual
Jacob - 11:00
Uriah - 12:05
Ella - 2:15

Thursday
Virtual
Leila - 11:00
Jaxon & Sarah - 12:00
Charlotte - 2:30

Friday
Office Day