March 27, 2020

Dear Shorecrest Families,

Starting this coming Monday, March 30, students will see Home Learning activities and lessons via Canvas for the following courses (prioritizing Senior needs first):

• Senior Civics
• Senior English classes
• Senior PE (Lifetime Sports + Other)
• Bridges for College Math
• Financial Algebra
• Earth Science
• AP Courses
• UW Astronomy
• UW Pre-Calc

By no later than Monday, April 6 we will have Home Learning activities ready for ALL students in ALL current classes.

Home Learning activities are being planned with the mindset that we will be returning to school on April 27. If anything changes in regards to this, we will update you and our Home Learning plans accordingly. 

Teachers will be creating 2 to 3 activities/lessons per week, per class between now and our anticipated return date of April 27. 

For ease and access to these Home Learning activities for students and families, the Shorecrest staff has agreed to the following common guidelines:

-- Home Learning Activities will be housed under one module titled “Home Learning” on each teacher’s Canvas site.  

-- Home Learning Activities will be entered in Canvas as Assignments and students will see them on the calendar feature with due dates to help them stay on pace and on track. 

-- Because we know that each of our families is facing different realities and challenges during this time of school closure, due dates are there to only help with pacing your learning. No Home Learning assignments will be considered late or penalized if turned in after a due date.

-- When a student completely finishes and submits any of these Home Learning assignments, they will receive credit for them. Doing the assignments will help students’ grades, but if a student is unable to complete them for any reason, these assignments cannot harm students’ grades. 

-- Our goal is to keep students’ brains engaged in learning and their school habits fresh as we go through this experience. We want to help incentivize and motivate students in completing these Home Learning assignments! Again, the message to students is “If you are unable to do these Home Learning assignments, your grade will not be hurt. If you are able to do them, you will have the chance to improve your current grade. These HL activities will remain available to you to complete even after we return to school if you choose to do them later on when you are able!”

In regards to tests and quizzes: At this time, we will not be giving any at home tests or quizzes. If a student was absent for a test or quiz, or would like to retake something for a higher score, please have them plan on taking it at school soon after our return on April 27. If our return to school is delayed further, we will formulate a different plan. 

Reminder: We will not be issuing third quarter grades. We will make a final determination on grading and how to close second semester depending on our return date to school. However, we intend to use Pass or NC (No Credit) grading and also keep the option open for students to choose to keep a letter grade for their transcript. We wish to do no harm to students’ GPAs or transcripts.

For those of you would like to help our Shoreline and Lake Forest Park families, please go to the website our PTSA Council created: https://embraceshorelineschools.org/

GO SCOTS!

3/12/2020

Dear SC Families,

We will update information as we can in regards to how we will serve and support students over the coming weeks. Right now, teachers are updating their Canvas pages with classwork through the end of this week: Friday, March 13. Please have your student check in via Canvas for more information and please encourage them to email/contact their teachers with questions regarding work from this week.

We will have more information in regards to the coming weeks and will update you as we can. We have many questions, many logistics to sort out. 

In the immediate, please have your student focus on completing school work for this week (up through March 13) and wait for more guidance beyond that date. 

Below are some quick links to information you can find on our SC website or through the district website, but are here for quick access!

Also, if you are concerned about the health and safety of a student, please utilize the Safety Tip Line (top right hand corner of website, icon is of a megaphone) to report concerns and please access local mental health and community resources provided in link below.

Quick Access Links & Resources

School Links

District COVID site

District Food Resources Info

District community resources page

Canvas Log in

Canvas Guide (for parents)

Community Service (College and Career Center) site

State Coronavirus Hotline

1-800-525-0127

Hotline answers questions on topics like mass gatherings and other general questions. Use this hotline for calls about coronavirus, don't use the King County hotline or city info lines. The state call center (as well as Public Health’s) cannot access testing results. For testing inquiries or results, the public should contact their healthcare provider.

CHAP (Community Health Access Program)

Serving King County residents who would like to see a doctor but don’t have one. CHAP can connect people to free or low-cost medical providers and also assist with enrolling people in public or low-cost health insurance. The services are free and confidential.

1-800-756-5437

CHAP@kingcounty.gov

www.kingcounty.gov/CHAP

Teen Resources