Dear Black Gold Families,
Black Gold School Division is working to provide educational resources for students who are at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your children’s teachers will connect with you to share details as they become available.
As we continue to work with Alberta Education and the provincial health authority and keep you informed about program plans there are a few additional ways you can help us support your children at home:
- Model calmness about the COVID-19 and limit news exposure to help decrease anxiety and stress.
- Your family’s health, and the safety of our school community is our first priority. Focus first on making sure your children feel safe and establishing a sense of routine at home.
- Accept that school/learning is going to be different at this point in time. Mitigate expectations on yourself, teachers, students and families.
- There is no expectation that you will be recreating school in your house.
- This is your chance to help your children see learning as something that happens ALL DAY LONG, in everything we do. Not just in textbooks and classrooms. There are ENDLESS learning possibilities during this time. Children and teens can learn all day, every day, while they do different activities from home.
- Spend time away from the television and other screens, stay connected with loved ones and get fresh air.
As you wait to hear from us, in the interim, we have put together some activities and websites for you and your children so they can continue to work on their literacy and numeracy skills. These are supplemental resources. These are not mandatory activities.
We know you have questions in regards to final marks and diploma exams. Those decisions will be made by the Ministry of Education. Black Gold will share all the information as it becomes available. Be assured that our teachers are committed to making sure all Black Gold students will have the opportunity to meet the learning outcomes in their grade level and advance in their educational learning.
Please continue to look after yourself and your family, and in the meantime, if you have any health-related questions, visit the province’s website alberta.ca for information. Black Gold School Division will communicate with you again once we have a detailed plan for learning.
– Sincerest Regards, Black Gold School Division
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