Letter to Parents
April 3, 2020
Dear Students, Parents, and Guardians,
Today, Cimarron Municipal Schools is releasing its Continuous Learning Plan. It is included in this email and is also posted on our district website at www.cimarronschools.org. This plan is extensive and will cover most components. Please read through the plan, as it will provide guidance on what our continuous learning will look like, time guidelines, expectations, etc. This plan will be implemented, starting on Tuesday, April 7 and continuing through the remainder of the regular school year (to May 27). Teachers will be using Google Classroom or SeeSaw as an online learning platform. Teachers will have a live session (through Google Meet) with students at a minimum of once per week and a maximum of once per day. Students will then have independent activities to work on through the week. Teachers will be adding parents/guardians to these platforms as well so they can see videos, activities, lessons, assignments, communication announcements or messages, etc.. Students and parents will need to be checking their emails on a daily basis during the school week. Teachers will be sending out communications this week, if you have not already received them, inviting you to these platforms and explaining how their class is going to run. For those families who indicated they did not have internet on the survey, we are looking into other options and the possibility of getting you internet access. At this time, it could be using free Wifi locations to access. These can be found on our website. Please be in contact with your teacher(s). Teachers will also be having office hours each day, Tuesday through Friday, for students and parents to contact them with questions. These hours will be posted on our district website on Monday, April 6, along with teachers’ email addresses so that you will be able to contact them. Please remember, the focus during this time is on connection and keeping brains engaged. Do not overwhelm yourselves or your students in trying to deliver an 8 hour school day. We would like to reinforce that the learning through this plan will NOT and should NOT look like a typical school day or school lesson in a classroom. Use this time to enjoy time together as a family, to have learning experiences together, to do physical activity together, getting outside each day to enjoy the sunshine, and to build connections with one another.
We will be distributing Chromebooks (for those that requested them in their surveys) and student’s personal property on Monday and Tuesday, April 6-7, at the school sites (Cimarron Elementary-Middle School, Cimarron High School, and Eagle Nest Elementary-Middle School) from 11:00am to 1:00pm. Any student medication will also be distributed at these times. Medication will only be released to parent/guardian of the student and will require parent/guardian signature. To pick up your items, and a lunch if desired, please pull up and stay in your vehicle. We will bring your items to you at your car. This is to ensure we are still meeting social distancing guidelines and minimizing physical contact as much as possible. Please take care of your Chromebooks during this time, as you are responsible for their care and will be expected to return them in good condition, as normally required at the end of the year.
We will also be collecting uniforms on these two days. All uniforms, Mid-School, High School and Pee Wee, must be turned in during these two days. You will bring those uniforms to the Cimarron High School Gymnasium or to Eagle Nest Elementary-Middle School. In light of the current circumstances, these two days will be the only opportunity to pick up personal items, medication, and devices and to drop off uniforms. Any items not collected during these two days will be stored until your return at the beginning of next school year.
For Cimarron High School students who live in the Moreno Valley, we will take your belongings and devices (if requested) to Eagle Nest School for pick up to reduce the need for travel. You can also drop off uniforms at Eagle Nest.
During this time, families and students continue to have access to our school nurse, school social worker, and school counselor. Their contact information is below. Please reach out to them if you are needing support. All of these services are being offered as a courtesy to our community but should not take the place of local medical providers during any emergency situations.
Nurse Amanda Sturgeon 719-859-5486 asturgeon@cimarronschools.org
Counselor David Salas 575-643-5479 dsalas@cimarronschools.org
Social Worker Elizabeth Adams 903-949-0158 eadams@cimarronschools.org
Many resources can be found on our district website. This includes daily updates, information about food service, contact information for district personnel, teachers’ office hours, and how-to videos and tutorials regarding Google Classroom, SeeSaw, and much more! The link for those how-to’s is:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bfbn_HCE-yTyOpsoqRb5L_4ry3yFSQ5QHkmbs-nD1ok/edit?usp=sharing
Please reach out to your child’s teacher(s), your building principal, or our district superintendent for any further questions. Thank you all for all of your support, flexibility, and understanding during this time. It is new for all of us, but we know that our staff will do whatever they can to do the best for our students and we know that we have great parents and communities behind us to support us in that as well, so thank you!
Sincerely,
Cimarron Municipal Schools
Adan Estrada, Superintendent 575-760-9551 aestrada@cimarronschools.org
Jody Martinez, Principal, CHS and CEMS 575-447-2572 jmartinez@cimarronschools.org
Lee Mills, Principal, ENEMS 575-377-6812 lmills@cimarronschools.org