{"id":16267,"date":"2020-03-27T15:56:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T19:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=16267"},"modified":"2020-03-29T16:17:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T20:17:57","slug":"covid-closure-daily-update-for-friday-march-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=16267","title":{"rendered":"COVID Closure Daily Update for Friday, March 27"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Day 10 – Learning from Home Experience\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

We made it though our second week of our new learning from home. This has been a new learning experience for all of us, and we are learning to be flexible and adapt fast as situations change. As we headed into the start of this past week, we assumed we would be back in our school buildings on April 13. Now we know we will be finishing out the end of the school year without returning to our classrooms.<\/span><\/p>\n

This week, we saw <\/span>30,000+ new hits on the ACPS-at-Home website<\/b>, our website for updates and resources for staff and parents during this period of school closures. This week, we added a <\/span>Chromebook Help and Online Learning Hub<\/b>. We have also added an<\/span> ACPS Story Hour<\/b> page under learning resources, which we will share more information about on Monday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We served <\/span>15,325 meals through T.C. Williams High School and our four new school-based meal distribution centers<\/b>, and <\/span>2,019 meals through three new pop-up distribution centers<\/b>. There were also <\/span>677 calls to the Spanish, Arabic and Amharic hotline over four days<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

I want to thank you for tuning in <\/span>15,000+ times<\/b> to get updates via my daily Q&A videos. And I want to acknowledge our teachers who have become overnight YouTube stars. George Mason band teacher Heather Rosner\u2019s home-made carrot clarinet video has been watched more than <\/span>6,700 times<\/b> on Facebook.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, we are asking you to share your own learning tips with us in our new section on the website and social media:<\/span> Learning Together: At- Home Learning Tips from One ACPS Family to Another.<\/i><\/b><\/a> We will be posting your videos of your suggestions and ideas on our ACPS Facebook page and on the ACPS-at-Home website. We know you have incredible ideas and we want to be able to share these ideas with our entire community. We have created a <\/span>VOICES<\/b><\/a> \u00a0audio where one family with three boys shares details about the new schedule they have set up – and what it has taken to make learning work from home. You can share your ideas with us on the <\/span>ACPS Facebook page<\/span><\/a> or upload them to our <\/span>form<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This week has required initiative and creativity from everyone in our community. We want to see how you have adapted to these unprecedented circumstances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Next week, we will be sharing our plans with you to ensure continuity of learning after Spring Break. Rest assured, our staff is working hard to finalize these plans and we will be answering your questions on them all next week. In the meantime, take a break over the weekend and we will see you on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stay Healthy!<\/span><\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Superintendent of Schools<\/span><\/p>\n

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED<\/h2>\n

In yesterday\u2019s video Q&A, Superintendent Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. answered questions about Chromebooks and technology access and support.<\/span><\/p>\n